Coming to Virgin TV

[sstainer]

Originally Posted by TV Boy

Yes they are but still no info.

i think your find this maybe to be some channels we have on ex-ntl that are being added to ex-tw ? as it still shows 280 here on my sammy and cant see anything new inside engineer menu

[hodgie99]

my samsung exntl saying 297 channels

[petermarston]

hi, dont suppose anyone knows but in the log menu it used to say tftp fail (in other topics it was posted as an old system) , now it says tftp success, does this mean they've change the system they're using.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by petermarston

hi, dont suppose anyone knows but in the log menu it used to say tftp fail (in other topics it was posted as an old system) , now it says tftp success, does this mean they've change the system they're using.

It's just random. The TFTP thing was required by an old headend system that is no longer used, but the STB software hasn't been updated to stop doing it yet.

[hodgie99]

Originally Posted by hodgie99

my samsung exntl saying 297 channels

just checked again and now saying 298 channels

[hodgie99]

just check v+ box and that gone up from 304 channels to 305 cant see ne added channels tho ne one know if ne channels been added

[TV Boy]

Keep up-to-date on upcoming channel launches and other important events across the two platforms of Virgin TV - update Week 5

Next Update; Sunday and Maybe Thursday [ Only if Virgin Media work on their EPG Lineup that week ]

Coming up in - January
31st. UKTV are to go widescreen
Motors TV may appear on Telewest this month IF it do not appear it will be removed from NTL.

February
1st. MTV Flux is to be renamed MTV One +1 on Virgin Channel 325.
1st. Sky Movies SD 1 is to be renamed Sky Movies Screen 1 on Virgin Channel 411
1st. Sky Movies SD 2 is to be renamed Sky Movies Screen 2 on Virgin Channel 412.

Channels that will appear soon on Virgin Media [ Been Confirmed by the Broadcaster, BARB or by Virgin Media. ]
Playhouse Disney +
Nuts TV
Pop Girl
Channel 4 HD
Arsenal TV
JJB Sports TV - now testing on some NTL Boxes

Will happen before 2009
Virgin plan to remove all the Ex-ntl or Ex-Telewest channels so that Virgin Viewers can have the same lineup.

The following channels are rumoured to be coming to Virgin TV this year.
The National Geographic Channel +1*, BBC TV Local Channels & The History Channel +1* all may start on Ex-Telewest.
DMAX +1, True Movies 2, AnimeCentral, Cartoonito, TCM2, ESPN Classic, Bubble Hits, Al Jazeera English, ARY QTV and The Musik all may start on Virgin Media.

* = They are maybe off the EPG of Ex-Telewest right now.

Virgin are rumoured to be in talks with the following channels..
ITV HD
ITV2 +1
ITV3 +1
Film 24

Other news
VMTV may go widescreen on January 31st.
NASN is to be rebranded in 2008.
Virgin Media is planning to launch 24-hour linear HD channels in 2008, its chief executive Malcolm Wall told trade paper Media Week.
TV Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin are said to be in talks with three Broadcasters for their HD Channels.
Virgin are rumoured to be in talks with Sky over their Basic channels coming back, Star and Chello Zone - note: Chello Zone is the new name for Zone Media.

The list of Channels THAT Virgin Media have worked on this week - update Week 5.

New Channels added:
Sorry, no new channels this week...

Channels removed from Virgin TV
Sorry, no new channels this week...

New channels that are now testing on some Ex-ntl boxes.
JJB Sports TV

Virgin Media have still to move the following Ex-Telewest channels to match with EPG in Ex-ntl: areas.

TBA
Television X moves from 473 to On Demand
Playboy TV Nightly moves from 475 to On Demand
The Adult Channel Nightly moves from 477 to On Demand
Spice Extreme Nightly moves from 478 to On Demand
Red Hot Just 18 moves from 480 to On Demand
Red Hot Asians moves from 482 to On Demand
Red Hot Amateur moves from 483 to On Demand
Xplicit XXX Nightly moves from 484 to On Demand

Virgin still have to sign deals for the following ex-NTL channels to appear on the ex-Telewest Network

EPG Channel Name
231. The National Geographic Channel +1
235. The History Channel +1
545. Motors TV
811. Zee Music
812. Alpha ETC Punjabi
833. Phoenix CNE
861. BBC One England
862. BBC One Scotland
863. BBC One Northern Ireland
864. BBC One Wales
865. BBC Two England
928. Radio: Magic**
929. Radio: Q**
930. Radio: BBC Radio Scotland
931. Radio: BBC Radio Wales
932. Radio: BBC Radio Ulster
934. Radio: BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
936. Radio: BBC Radio Cymru
962. Radio: The Hits**
963. Radio: Kiss 100**
964. Radio: Kerrang!**
966. Radio: Smash Hits!**

NOTE: ** = EMap Radio channels: ( Magic, Q, The Hits, Kiss 100, Kerrang!, Smash Hits! ) have all been sold to H Bauer SO Virgin need to sign an new deal to carry on getting them.

Virgin still have to sign deals for the following ex-Telewest channels to appear on the ex-NTL Network

EPG Channel Name
830. Deutsche Welle TV
911. Radio: BBC Radio 4 LW
917. Radio: RTE Radio 1
920. Radio: WRN Europe
971. Radio: Deutsche Welle Radio.

TV Boy Thinks: Virgin will keep Bauer Radio Channels, BBC TV and Radio Channels, Nat Geo +1, History channel +1 and ZEE channels and drop the rest.

I know that some radio channels are on Ex-Telewest in some parts of the UK and they will stay but will need to move all the BBC Radio channels that are only on NTL to new channels numbers so that all the Virgin Networks [ Ex-ntl and Ex-Telewest ] can have them.

And now for me to say thanks to the following regular contributors of this thread who give me some of my Information.
They are:- grabbi, JG3870, Jasmeet, buba3d and sakiblateef.

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ITV4 is set to go 24 hours a day from the 6th of Feb, With CITV still being on air and going back to 12 hours a day everyday.
ITV info from Radio Times online and DS Forum.

[Andrewcrawford23]

citv hasnt changed from 12 hours a day so i am confussed what you are meanign goignback?

[TV Boy]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

citv hasnt changed from 12 hours a day so i am confussed what you are meanign goignback?

ITV cut CITV to 6am - 12.30pm at weekends so they are going to put the CITV hours back to 6pm at weekends.

[m.massey]

Thanks for info tv boy keep it coming.

[TV Boy]

I have got the following in an email over the weekend.

Clubland TV is not in testing as far as I know and if they can't find space for Arsenal TV I doubt that they would find it for Clubland.

A few members on various Arsenal fan sites are saying that customer support have told them that Arsenal TV will be coming in February. This would make sense if what your saying about Motors TV possibly being removed at the end of the month actually happens, especially as Motors TV occupies ch 545, next to Liverpool TV.

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Info from Jasmeet.

[Losttheplot]

Originally Posted by JG3870

CH4 pay a fee to ASTRA who own the satellite and then the channel gets uplinked to the satellite and the only involvement with Sky is the broadcaster has to pay SKY a fee to appear on their EPG.

Nope, Sky encode and encrypt C4 HD for Channel 4.

Andrew is yet to show me a single box Professional receiver that can decrypt H.264 Videoguard encrypted channels. Theres still a reason for it, it doesn't exist. Until it does then Virgin cannot take Sky's HD channels from satellite and re-encode them onto their own platform. The alternatives are a three box soultion or a direct HD SDI fibre feed, both very expensive solutions.

[Patalmighty]

Is there any news about virgin media and sky, getting the sky basic channels back ???

[Losttheplot]

Originally Posted by Patalmighty

Is there any news about virgin media and sky, getting the sky basic channels back ???

I think the simple no nonsense answer is no.

[hodgie99]

as i posted yesterday samsumg box having 298 channels i counted channels on eng menu provisioned and non provisioned and counted 291 sowot are the 7 other channels which do not apper on eng menu if any one as idea would be great to know
thanks hodgie99