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[the-cable-guy]

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[Media Boy]

Keep up-to-date on upcoming channel launches and other important events across the two platforms of Virgin TV - April week 2 update

Updated every Monday before midday^ (on Cable Forum )

Latest Freeviews on Virgin Media - Coming up::

Right Now
Sorry, no freeviews channels this week...

May
All Setanta Sports channels will be free to everyone on the weekend of May 2nd - 5th.

Coming up on Virgin TV -
April
18th. Indian Premier League [ of cricket ] starts live only on Setanta Sports.
28th. Five Life is to be rebranded to Fiver.

By the end of this month: Planet Rock may closed on Virgin Channel 924.
By the end of this month: Gay TV is set to appear on Virgin Channel 485.
Some channels may start on Ex-ntl, Ex-Telewest or both this month.

May
1st. Sky Movies sci-fi & horror will be adding 3 hours to its regular broadcasting hours and will now be 8am to 5am on Virgin Channel 407.
5th. The Hits TV is rumoured to be rebranded to 4Music.

BBC iPlayer starts on Virgin Media this month.
New look 4oD starts on Virgin Media.


April/May
VMTV is rumoured to be going widescreen.

Summer
BBC Scotland is to start BBC Gaelic on Virgin Media ( only in Scotland ).

By July 1st
STAR hope to have STAR One and maybe STAR Gold on Virgin Media by this date [NOTE: An deal have still to be signed so it may not happen. ]

August
An Virgin Media worker has started an rumoured that Virgin 1 HD is to start broadcasing this month. [ NOTE: Virgin1 HD may not happen. ]

Channels that will appear soon on Virgin Media [ Been Confirmed by the Broadcaster, BARB or by Virgin Media. ]
Nuts TV
Pop Girl
Channel 4 HD
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*
Motors TV*
BBC TV Local Channels*
The History Channel +1*
Playhouse Disney +
True Movies 2
AnimeCentral
Cartoonito
TCM2
ESPN Classic
Bubble Hits
Al Jazeera English
ARY QTV and The Musik

* = Maybe coming to Ex-Telewest due to Ex-ntl viewers having them right now.

Other news
NBC Universal-backed kids' broadcaster KidsCo is rumoured to be in discussions with Virgin Media looking to launch a linear TV channel on their platform.
Virgin are rumoured to be set to sell they part of UKTV.
ITV are rumoured to be in talks with Virgin Media over they ITV1 HD Channel coming to Virgin TV soon [ We may get ITV on Demand, ITV2 +1 and ITV3 +1 as part of the deal ].
Five are rumoured to be in talks with Virgin Media over they Five on Demand coming to Virgin TV soon [ We may get Five Life +1 and Five US +1 as part of the deal ].
NASN is to be rebranded in 2008.
Virgin Media is hoping to launch up to FIVE linear HD channels in 2008.
Virgin are rumoured to be in talks with Sky over their Basic channels coming back.
Motors TV are says to be 'currently finalizing the renegotiation of they contract' with Virgin Media
No news in months: Film 24 and Chello Zone are both rumoured to be in talks with Virgin.

The list of Channels THAT Virgin Media have worked on this week
Channels renamed/Move EPG:
Sorry, no new channels this week...

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

Channels removed from Virgin TV
Virgin Radio Groove & TheJazz both closed this week.

New channels that are now testing on some Virgin Media boxes.
JJB Sports TV ( Ex-ntl only )

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.

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, Motors TV, 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 ] viewers 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:- harmitage, grabbi, JG3870, Jasmeet, buba3d, sakiblateef and Bob.

^ = From the week of April 21st I will post this list every Thursday.

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TV Boy's Update ( I just found this ):

BBC News 24 is to be rename BBC News from next Monday ( April 21st)

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...e-renamed.html

Info from DS.

[paul_hadley]

Good work, TV Boy.

I really wish Sky would just put the movie channels back to how they were - Sky Movies 1-9, etc. The new way of doing things just doesn't work. I barely watch anything on Sky Movies now.

[ken]

I PHONE CS TO HELP FRIEND OUT WITH NEW PHONE NUMBER TODAY WHEN I GOT THAT OUT THE WAY. HE TOLD ME YOU WHAT TO KNOW ANYTHINK BE FOR YOU GO. SO I WENT ON AND LIKE TOO KNOW WHEN WE GOING TO GET ANY MORE HD CHANNELS.HE TOLD ME WE WILL HAVE MORE HD CHANNELS LATER ON IN THE YEAR. SO I WENT ON TOLD HIM THAT WILL BE ON VOD. SO HE COME BACK TO ME KNOW MORE HD CHANNELS LIKE SKY SPORTS HD AND SKY Movie S HD HE GO ON TO SAY WE NOT UP WITH SKY IN HD CHANNELS. SO THIS IS WHAT WE LOOKING IN TOO. SO BY THE END OFF THE YEAR WE WILL HAVE LOT MORE HD CHANNELS AND BE UP WITH SKY IN HD AND WE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SKY HD CHANNELS WE TALKING ABOUT CHANNELS IN HD WE GOT IN THE PIP LINE FOR THIS YEAR . DONT NO ABOUT YOU I AM JUST GOING TOO SIT BACK AND SEE IF WE DO GET THEM END FOR THE YEAR ?.

[havaska]

Why can't you type normally?

It is very annoying when people type like that, it's just so difficult to read.

[daveetwo]

Originally Posted by havaska

Why can't you type normally?

It is very annoying when people type like that, it's just so difficult to read.

he may be new to posting and not realise its considered shouting when typing in upper case.

[anap]

Originally Posted by daveetwo

he may be new to posting and not realise its considered shouting when typing in upper case.

Are his other 92 posts THAT bad?!

[botchok5]

"By the end of this month: Planet Rock may closed on Virgin Channel 924.
By the end of this month: Gay TV is set to appear on Virgin Channel 485."

You have got to be ******** ME?!?!?! WHY?!?

[WillPS]

Planet Rock may also be closing on DAB (and therefore closing alltogether), due to GCap's decision that the platform isn't worth the continued investment.

[wwe]

Originally Posted by botchok5

"By the end of this month: Planet Rock may closed on Virgin Channel 924.
By the end of this month: Gay TV is set to appear on Virgin Channel 485."

You have got to be ******** ME?!?!?! WHY?!?

why the heck would we wnt a gay tv they should not bring it. bring something better like more hd channels or sky channels bk

[cimt]

Originally Posted by wwe

why the heck would we wnt a gay tv they should not bring it. bring something better like more hd channels or sky channels bk

Because it's a channel aimed at gay people, and gay people may want the channel... I think VM want to try and cater to everyones needs.

[AndyCambs]

in the same manner that not all viewers are sports fanatics or music fans... - why do we need all those channels?

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by wwe

why the heck would we wnt a gay tv they should not bring it. bring something better like more hd channels or sky channels bk

I don't recall you being made custodian as to what "we want", as said above obviously "gay tv" would be for a niche audience, I'm sure VM will not make you watch it

[supremus]

Originally Posted by cimt

Because it's a channel aimed at gay people, and gay people may want the channel... I think VM want to try and cater to everyones needs.

When will there be a straight channel? And no, Kerrang doesn't count anymore.

[moroboshi]

Originally Posted by wwe

why the heck would we wnt a gay tv they should not bring it. bring something better like more hd channels or sky channels bk

1- Learn to spell
2- Homophobia is hugely offensive and incredibly immature

Could it be perhaps that gay TV is targeted at gay people perhaps? Personally I have no interest in sports channels but I appreciate others do.

---------- Post added at 22:52 ---------- Previous post was at 22:51 ----------

Originally Posted by daveetwo

he may be new to posting and not realise its considered shouting when typing in upper case.

Not so much new to posting as new to computers, keyboards, and the human race. Unless of course he has always sent letters by post in all CAPS and considered that completely normal.