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Originally Posted by scorpionatthepc

Any idea on why the channel movement?

its so the genre of the channels are lumped together,look at what theyve done i.e. channel numbers/channel names/type of channel,and you will see it makes sense.

[MojoUK]

Originally Posted by cablecrazy

These channel moves are an absolute DISGRACE, I shall be calling VM tomorrow about this.

Jeez, you can't please everybody!...

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

More channel changes on Virgin from Tuesday of next week -

150 - Five US (was 185)
152 - Fiver (was 186)
157 - FX (was 179)
162 - Hallmark (was 190)
163 - Hallmark +1 (was 191)

I do not know if E! Entertainment, Zone Horror, Diva TV /+1, DMAX and MTV ® will also be moving.

Info from Whats on TV.

(See also Virgin Media Changelog)

At least Roger Tilling, the continuity announcer on Hallmark, has been telling us about the move. I haven't heard anything on the other channels, have you?

WRT Diva, DMAX etc., where they end up in the EPG rather depends on what they are classed as (Entertainment, Lifestyle, Science etc.). Diva could still be grouped with Hallmark and DMAX could be moved in with Discovery but there are alternative ways to class these channels too. I think Discovery would prefer DMAX to be classed as Entertainment to get the Science phobes to start watching Discovery. Do VM have to agree the moves with the channel owner?

If you are using Favourites, do the channels move in the list automatically or do you have to reconfigure your Favourites? If they move then using Favourites may be of some help to those having problems adjusting to the EPG changes. However, I do think the VM should have made an announcement about the changes. With the return of the Sky channels, at least they put messages up on the Guide and place holder screens on the new channels.

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

(See also Virgin Media Changelog)

At least Roger Tilling, the continuity announcer on Hallmark, has been telling us about the move. I haven't heard anything on the other channels, have you?

WRT Diva, DMAX etc., where they end up in the EPG rather depends on what they are classed as (Entertainment, Lifestyle, Science etc.). Diva could still be grouped with Hallmark and DMAX could be moved in with Discovery but there are alternative ways to class these channels too. I think Discovery would prefer DMAX to be classed as Entertainment to get the Science phobes to start watching Discovery. Do VM have to agree the moves with the channel owner?

If you are using Favourites, do the channels move in the list automatically or do you have to reconfigure your Favourites? If they move then using Favourites may be of some help to those having problems adjusting to the EPG changes. However, I do think the VM should have made an announcement about the changes. With the return of the Sky channels, at least they put messages up on the Guide and place holder screens on the new channels.

How said it had anyting to do with the sky channels? sky rearrange there epg i think once a year and it not to do witha spefici channel launch just to make it mroe user friendly at least vrgin are doign it ntl and telewest never did and it was annoying when channels where nto groupped together by broadcaster

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

How said it had anyting to do with the sky channels? sky rearrange there epg i think once a year and it not to do witha spefici channel launch just to make it mroe user friendly at least vrgin are doign it ntl and telewest never did and it was annoying when channels where nto groupped together by broadcaster

I didn't say that the latest changes had anything to do with the return of Sky, just that with the Sky changes, VM gave us some notice via the Guide. They should have given us advance notice of the changes made last week and coming up next week. There are a lot of changes going on now and next year so writing to all VM customers each time would be expensive but they could put a notice up on the Guide like they are currently doing with Sky and iPlayer.

[Andrewcrawford23]

true but they see it as the channels aint important i guess

[Media Boy]

Sky Programme Information site has confirmed that from Thursday 1st January, The Biography Channel will be known as Bio.

Info from Sky Programme Information.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Sky Programme Information site has confirmed that from Thursday 1st January, The Biography Channel will be known as Bio.

Info from Sky Programme Information.

The +1 variant to be launched next year will be known as non-Bio.

[Media Boy]

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

The +1 variant to be launched next year will be known as non-Bio.

Here more info on Bio.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...ecome-bio.html

Info from Digital Spy.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Here more info on Bio.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...ecome-bio.html

Info from Digital Spy.

I notice they spell History correctly capitalised rather than HISTORY as it appears in the VM EPG.

"The move follows The History Channel's recent transformation into 'History'."

[moroboshi]

I guess people are too Mod Edit: Questionable Word Removed these days to handle a channel name which actually has more than one word. The dumbing down of society continues unabated. I await the rebranding of BBC 3 into 'KEBABS' and Channel 4 into 'CHIPZ'.

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Originally Posted by moroboshi

I guess people are too Mod Edit: Questionable Word Removed these days to handle a channel name which actually has more than one word. The dumbing down of society continues unabated. I await the rebranding of BBC 3 into 'KEBABS' and Channel 4 into 'CHIPZ'.

or cable forum into EH?

[frogstamper]

I just noticed on the VM site for their full channel listings that they are now listing Sky Real Life's one and two as being part of the TV-L package, I was under the impression these two channels were only available in the XL package, has this now changed.?

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...nels_full.html

Originally Posted by moroboshi

I guess people are too Mod Edit: Questionable Word Removed these days to handle a channel name which actually has more than one word. The dumbing down of society continues unabated. I await the rebranding of BBC 3 into 'KEBABS' and Channel 4 into 'CHIPZ'.

It's getting ridiculous now. Not only are channels changing their names to a single word, but they now seem to be competing to see who can get away with the shortest channel name!

BIO indeed!

"The word Bio is a major part of the branding and is how the channel refers to itself on air most of the time. Our viewers are now used to this and to avoid confusion we felt is was time to bring the last few references to The Biography Channel in line."

LOL. So they changed the name to "avoid confusion". Such contempt for their viewer's intelligence.

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[yazza34]

hiyya all, any more news on HD channels to VM, have just upgraded tele from HD 720 to 1080p - WOW! - makes a huge difference, just want more channels to enjoy now lol.