Coming Soon to Virgin TV

[Media Boy]

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

Updates every Monday (unless I get an big story).

BOLD = New

=== Coming up on Virgin TV ===
Freeviews on Virgin TV right now:
No freeviews on Virgin TV this week...

=== October 2008 ===
3rd. Penny Movies is back until October 30th on Movies on Demand.
7th. Watch will launch on Virgin TV Channel 124.
7th. Watch +1 will launch on Virgin TV Channel 125.
7th. UKTV Gold will be rebranded into GOLD and will move to Virgin TV Channel 126.
7th. UKTV Gold +1 will be rebranded into GOLD +1 and will move to Virgin TV Channel 127.
7th. Dave and Dave +1 will both move to Virgin TV Channels 128 and 129.
7th. UKTV Drama will be rebranded into a crime drama channel and renamed Alibi and will move to Virgin TV Channel 130.
7th. UKTV Drama +1 will be rebranded into a crime drama channel and renamed Alibi +1 and will move to Virgin TV Channel 131.

=== By November 2008 ===
BBC hope to have BBC Alba into Virgin Media.*
Pop Girl will launch on Virgin TV.
Virgin Media are in talks with CSC Media with an view of carrying Kix!.

* = See Notes or Media Boy Thinks for more info.

=== November 2008 ===
3rd. The following areas are going Digital Cable TV only. They are Andover, Hayes GI (Langley/Hillingdon/Hounslow) NOT WINDSOR, Barnsley (Yorkshire), Oxford, Bromley, Scotland - Glenrothes, Colchester, Surrey, Crawley, Wearside, Derby and Watford.** (Info thanks to BenMcr)

** = Note: All customers in these areas can already get the Digital Service.

=== December 2008 ===
No news.

=== Before 2009 ===
Media Boy has been told that Virgin will start adding Ex-Telewest or Ex-ntl only channels and up to 8 new channels in October.
Neil Berkett says in an email: ''We will be launching more channels later in the year, and the channel launches will be a mixture of those which will harmonise the services across the platforms and some new content for all customers. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide details around the nature of this content at this point, but you should see it arrive over the coming months.'' (Info thanks to ufitm)
Virgin hope to have Channel 4 HD on Virgin TV.

=== February 2009 ===
1st. NASN is to be rebranded as ''ESPN America'' on Virgin Channel 533.
Virgin Media / Sky Court case has been provisionally set to start this month.

=== Sometime in 2009 ===
Early 2009: UKTV is to rebrand UKTV People, UKTV History, UKTV Food & UKTV Documentary (Plus their +1 hour Channels)
Spring 2009: UKTV is to rebrand UKTV Style & UKTV Gardens (Plus their +1 hour Channels)
Mid 2009: Virgin Media are thinking about adding some HD Channels to their network.

=== Before 2010 ===
Virgin Media to move some channels to new channel numbers to that they have room to put their +1 or HD Channel beside the main Channel. (Updated 21/08/08.)
Virgin Media will cease all Virgin TV Analogue.

=== By Summer of 2010 ===
Essex FM, Invicta FM (Kent), GWR Bristol and Severn Sound are all to be rebranding as Heart.

=== Date TBC ===
ITV1 have announced six super-regions: They are
ITV1 Border and TyneTees
ITV1 Central and Granada
ITV1 London and South
ITV1 Wales
ITV1 West and Westcountry
ITV1 Yorkshire and Anglia

NOTE: It is not clear if the ITV Thames Valley region will go into "London and South" or "Central and Granada", or split between them. In addition UTV will still run Northern Ireland and STV will provide a service to Scotland. (Info from ukfree.tv)


=== Notes or Media Boy Thinks ===
Media Boy Thinks: If Virgin do sign an new deal with BBC for BBC Alba we may get the following channels as part of that deal - BBC One England, BBC One Scotland, BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Wales, BBC Two England (Ex-Telewest) and BBC Radio 4 LW (Ex-ntl).

NOTE: The following BBC Radio channels: BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio nan Gaidheal & BBC Radio Cymru will all move channels numbers if Virgin Media can get them into Ex-Telewest ( Due to Local Radio Channel being on Ex-Telewest channels 930 - 950. )

=== No news in months: ===
Virgin hope to complete the EPG alignment between ex-ntl and ex-Telewest including the removal of channels that are not on both networks by the end of 2008.
Radio variation Regional radio channels are to appear on ex-ntl by 2009.
New look 4oD starts on Virgin Media by 2009.
=== Rumoured/Hope ===
Five's director of programmes Ben Gale has revealed that Five are looking into the possibility of launching a stand-alone children's channel based on its Milkshake strand of pre-school programmes.
BSkyB hope to have their Basic Channels back on Virgin TV sometime in the 1st half of 2009.
The chief executive of SMG, has outlined plans for a "Scottish Gold" TV channel, in partnership with the BBC.
STAR One and STAR Gold will not be launching on Virgin Media for the forseeable future. Due to Virgin Media who ''do not think there is an increased demand to sufficiently accomodate these channels'' on their network.
The Paranormal Channel plans to launch on Virgin within six months (Dated 7th of June 2008).
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 in talks with the following broadcasters: ITV, Five & Sky.
Motors TV are says to be ''currently finalizing the renegotiation of they contract'' with Virgin Media.

=== Radio News ===
Global Radio has announced it will re-brand XFM Scotland as Galaxy Scotland (Rumoured on Wikipedia to be 8th of November). The re-brand is part of Global Radio’s major strategy to expand the brand across the UK. Meaning a second name change for the Glasgow-based station which launched as Beat 106 in 1999. [ Info from Radio Today ]
Global Radio have also announced that they are to put five stations up for sale, to ensure their buyout of GCap Media can proceed. The sale of BRMB, Beacon Radio, Mercia FM and Wyvern in the West Midlands has been accepted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as a solution to competition concerns in the West Midlands, while Heart 106 in the East Midlands will either be sold or licensed as a franchise. [ Info from Radio Today ]
Global Radio are to rename all of the following channels by Summer of 2010:

To be rebranding as Heart:
2-Ten FM (Reading), Champion/Coast (north Wales), Coast (north Wales), Chiltern Radio (Bedford), Chiltern Radio (Dunstable), Essex FM, Gemini FM (Exeter), Gemini FM (Torquay), GWR Bath, GWR Bristol, GWR Wiltshire, Hereward FM (Peterborough), Horizon Radio (Milton Keynes), Invicta FM (Kent), 2CR (Bournemouth), Lantern FM (north Devon), Marcher Sound (Wrexham), Northants 96, Orchard FM (Taunton), Plymouth Sound, Fox FM, Q103, Radio Broadland, Severn Sound, SGR FM (Colchester), SGR FM (Ipswich), South Hams Radio (Devon), Southern FM (Brighton) & Wirral's Buzz

To be rebranding as Galaxy:
Power FM (Hampshire)

Not to be rebrand:
Capital FM 95.8, Trent FM (Nottingham), Leicester Sound, Ram FM (Derby), Mercury FM (Crawley), Red Dragon (Cardiff) & Ten 17 (Harlow, Essex).
[Info from Media Web Sites.]

=== The list of Channels THAT Virgin Media have worked on this past week ===
Channels renamed//Re-launch/New Hours/Move EPG:
Five has now been relaunch with an new look on its main channel.

New Channels added:
No news this week...

Channels removed from Virgin TV
No news this week...

New channels that are now testing on some Virgin Media boxes.

Channels that are testing ARE Currently showing:
Name - Testing with
Watch - BBC One
Watch +1 - With Video
BET UK - No Video
Daystar TV - No Video
Wedding TV - No Video
BICS1 - Sky Sports Xtra
BICS2 - Sky Premiere
BICS3 - Sky Premiere +1
BICS4 - Disney Channel
BICS5 - Disney Cinemagic
BICS6 - Hallmark
BICS7 - Hallmark +1
BICS8 - Disney Channel +1
BICS9 - Playhouse Disney
BICS10 - Sky Modern
BICS11 - National Geo
BICS12 - Sky Sports 1
BICS13 - Sky Comedy
BICS14 - Sky Sports 3
BICS15 - Bloomberg
BICS16 - SciFi
BICS17 - Sky Indie
BICS18 - Disney Channel
BICS19 - Sky Action
BICS20 - Sky Drama
BICS21 - No Video
BICS22 - No Video
BICS23 - No Video
BICS24 - No Video
BICS25 - No Video
BICS26 - No Video
BICS27 - No Video
BICS28 - No Video
BICS29 - No Video
BICS30 - No Video

NOTE: All have no EPG right now and
''BICS'' = Tests of 3 new Transport Streams for TV Channels and Interactive. (And Virgin are testing Sky's premium channels to due them having the best picture quality, so by using them, they're testing the full bandwidth of the new channels to their fullest.)

=== Channels THAT still to appear on both platforms ===
List was last updated on August 4th 2008.

NO. Channel Name
231. The National Geographic Channel +1^
235. The History Channel +1^
545. Motors TV^
811. Zee Music^
812. Alpha ETC Punjabi^
830. Deutsche Welle TV^^
833. Phoenix CNE^
861. BBC One England^
862. BBC One Scotland^
863. BBC One Northern Ireland^
864. BBC One Wales^
865. BBC Two England^
911. Radio: BBC Radio 4 LW^^
917. Radio: RTE Radio 1^^
920. Radio: WRN Europe^^
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!^
971. Radio: Deutsche Welle Radio^^

^ = Only on Ex-ntl right now,
^^= Only on Ex-Telewest right now.

=== Virgin Media Electric! news ===
In the summer 2008's ''Electric!' book Virgin Media have make an list of channels that are on both networks but I noted the following Ex-ntl Radio channels in it.

NO. Channel name
929. Q Radio
935. Magic
962. The Hits
963. Kiss FM
964. Kerrang Radio
966. Smash Hits Radio

So it look to me like they are coming soon to Ex-Telewest.

=== Media Boy Thinks: ===
Virgin will keep the following Channels:
Q Radio
Magic Radio
The Hits Radio
Kiss FM
Kerrang Radio
Smash Hits Radio
Motors TV
BBC TV
BBC Radio
Nat Geo +1
History channel +1
ZEE channels

=== Local Radio Channels maybe coming to Ex-ntl ===
I know that some radio channels are on Ex-Telewest in some parts of the UK and I have been told that they will stay but Virgin 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.

==== Deals with broadcasters ===
When deals with broadcasters run out Virgin Media need to sign new one to keep that Channel on Virgin TV.

Here is an list of channel that Virgin may get when they old deal runs out with that broadcaster:

NOTE: To start broadcasing soon = That channel has still to start broadcasing on $ky.

=== Own by BBC ( Everyone in the UK) ===
BBC Alba

=== Own by BSkyB ( Sky Basic Channels ) ===
Sky1
Sky2
Sky3
Sky1 HD
Sky Real Lives
Sky Real Lives HD ( To start Broadcasing soon )
Sky Real Lives + 1
Sky Real Lives 2
Sky Arts ( Soon to be Sky Arts 1 )
Sky Arts HD ( Soon to be Sky Arts 1 HD )
Sky Arts + 1 ( Soon to be Sky Arts 2 )
Sky Sports News
Sky News
Sky Travel

=== Own by BSkyB ( Sky Movies & Sports ) ===
Sky Movies Premiere HD
Sky Movies Screen 1 HD
Sky Movies Screen 2 HD
Sky Movies Action/Thriller HD ( To start broadcasing soon )
Sky Movies Sci-Fi Horror HD ( To start broadcasing soon )
Sky Movies Drama HD ( To start broadcasing soon )
Sky Movies Modern Greats HD ( To start broadcasing soon )
Sky Movies Family HD ( To start broadcasing soon )
Sky Movies Comedy HD ( To start broadcasing soon )
Sky Sports HD 1
Sky Sports HD 2
Sky Sports HD 3

=== Own by NBC Universal Global Networks ===
Sci Fi + 1
Kids Co. ( To start broadcasing in the UK by 2010. )

=== Own by ITV Digital Channels Ltd ===
ITV HD
ITV2 + 1
ITV3 + 1

=== Own by Channel 4 Television Corporation ===
Channel 4 HD
More 4 + 1

=== Own by Discovery Networks Europe ===
DMAX + 1
DMAX + 1.5
DMAX + 2
Discovery Home & Health + 1
Discovery HD
Discovery Science + 1
Discovery Knowledge + 1

=== Own by Chello Zone ===
Zone Reality + 1
Zone Thriller
Zone Romantica
Zone Horror + 1

=== Own by Fox International Channels ===
FX +1
FX HD

=== Own by Channel 5 Broadcasting ===
Five US + 1
FIVER + 1

=== Own by CSC Media Group ===
Showcase TV (It just reboadcasing shows from Pop Girl, Chart Show TV and True Movies 2)
True Movies 2
Chart Show TV
The Vault
Flava
Bliss
Scuzz
Flaunt
NME TV
Tiny Pop + 1
Pop Girl
Kix!
Pop Girl + 1

=== Own by Turner Broadcasting System Europe ===
Nuts TV
Nuts TV +1 (To start Broadcasing soon.)
TCM 2
Cartoonito

=== Own by Viacom (MTV) ===
MTV UK HD (Starting soon on other networks)
BET (Is Testing on some Virgin Boxes)
Nicktoonsters
Paramount Comedy 2 +1

=== Own by ESPN Inc. ===
ESPN Classic

=== Own by TF1 Group ===
Eurosport HD

=== Own by NGC-UK Partnership ===
National Geographic Channel HD

=== Own by A&E Television Networks ===
History Channel HD
Crime & Investigation Network HD (To start Broadcasing soon)
Bio.HD (To start broadcasing soon)
The Military History Channel

=== Own by Disney-ABC Television Group ===
Playhouse Disney +
Disney Cinemagic + 1

=== Own by Best Direct (International) Ltd. ===
Best Direct +

=== Own by Ideal Shopping Direct plc ===
Ideal World 2
Ideal World 3
Create & Craft

=== Own by STAR TV ===
STAR One
STAR Gold

=== Own by ARY Group ===
QTV ARY
ARY One World

=== Media Boy thanks ===
And now for me to say thanks to the following regular Virgin contributors of this thread who give me some of my Information - tell me if you want your name removed.

They are:- BenMcr, ufitm, timn64, Neel lad, paul hadley, harmitage, grabbi, JG3870, Jasmeet, buba3d and Bob.

Media Boy - giving out information for FREE ONLY on Cable Forum.

Last updated by Media Boy on the 6th of October.

Q: I HAVE NEWS BUT I WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA FOR I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE MY NAME?
A: All you need to do is pm me right now and I will post it for you on ''Coming soon to Virgin TV''.
But all I ask is tell me if you life in an Ex-Telewest, Ex-CW, Ex-ntl or Ex-Bell cable part of Virgin TV.

=== Non Virgin Media News: UK Teams in Europe: Games live on UK Telly ===
The confirmed line-up of Europe games also Reserves games as well
is as follows:

Day - Date = KO Time - Teams - (Channel name) [ Games with UK & Ireland Teams playing ]

Live Football coming up in October 2008:
Mon. 6th. 19:00. Arsenal VS Stoke City - Reserves (Arsenal TV)
Mon. 6th. 20:05. Derry City VS Linfield - Setanta Cup (Setanta Sports 2)
Tue. 7th. 11:00. 2nd Round Draw - UEFA Cup (British Eurosport)
Tue. 7th. 19:00. Manchester City VS Liverpool - Reserves (LFC TV)
Wed. 8th. 19:00. Bolton Wanderers VS Manchester United - Reserves (MUTV)
Wed. 8th. 19:45. Rotherham United VS Leeds United - Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2nd Round (Sky Sports 2)
Thu. 9th. 19:45. England VS Republic of Ireland - Legends (ITV4)
Fri. 10th. 19:45. Wales VS England - U21 Euro Championship Play-off 1st Leg (Sky Sports 1)
Sat. 11th. 15:00. Scotland VS Norway - World Cup Qualifier (Sky Sports 1)
Sat. 11th. 17:15. England VS Kazakhstan - World Cup Qualifier (ITV1 - NOT on Local ITV1 in Scotland)
Sat. 11th. 17:30. Wales VS Liechtenstein - World Cup Qualifier (Sky Sports 1)
Sat. 11th. 19:45. Slovenia VS Northern Ireland - World Cup Qualifier (Setanta Sports 1)
Mon. 13th. 20:05. Semi-final - Setanta Sports Cup (Setanta Sports 2)
Tue. 14th. 19:30. Liverpool VS Everton - Reserves (LFC TV)
Tue. 14th. 19:45. England VS Wales - UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifier (Setanta Sports 1)
Tue. 14th. 20:05. Semi-final - Setanta Sports Cup (Setanta Sports 2)
Wed. 15th. 19:30. Belarus VS England - World Cup Qualifier (Setanta Sports 1)
Wed. 15th. 19:45. Germany VS Wales - World Cup Qualifier (BBC TWO Wales and BBC Three)
Wed. 15th. 19:45. Northern Ireland VS San Marino - World Cup Qualifier (Sky Sports 3)
Wed. 15th. 19:45. Republic of Ireland VS Cyprus - World Cup Qualifier (Sky Sports 2)
Fri. 17th. 19:40. Scotland VS Wales - U16 Victory Shield (Sky Sports 1)
Tue. 21st. 19:00. Manchester City VS Manchester United - Reserves (MUTV)
Tue. 21st. 19:00. West Ham United VS Arsenal - Reserves (Arsenal TV)
Fri. 31st. 19:40. Wales VS England - U16 Victory Shield (Sky Sports 1)

November 2008:
Mon. 3rd. 19:00. Arsenal VS Fulham - Reserves (Arsenal TV)
Thu. 6th. 19:00. Manchester United VS Liverpool - Reserves (LFC TV)
Fri. 7th. 19:40. Scotland VS Northern Ireland - U16 Victory Shield (Sky Sports 1)
Fri. 7th. 19:45. 1st Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Sun. 9th. 11:30. 1st Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Sun. 9th. 17:00. 1st Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Mon. 10th. 19:45. 1st Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Tue. 11th. 19:45. Arsenal VS Wigan Athletic - Carling Cup 4th Round (Sky Sports 2)
Wed. 12th. 19:45. Tottenham Hotspur VS Liverpool - Carling Cup 4th Round (Sky Sports 2)
Tue. 18th. 19:00. Liverpool VS Wigan Athletic - Reserves (LFC TV)
Tue. 18th. 19:45. 1st Round Replay - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Wed. 19th. 19:45. Denmark VS Wales - Friendly (Sky Sports 2)
Wed. 19th. 19:45. Northern Ireland VS Hungary - International Friendly (Sky Sports 3 Maybe moving to Sky Sports Xtra)
Wed. 19th. 19:45. Republic of Ireland VS Poland - International Friendly (Sky Sports 1 Maybe moving to Sky Sports 3)
Wed. 19th. 20:00. Scotland VS Argentina - Friendly International (Sky Sports 1)
Wed. 19th. 20:00. Germany VS England - International Friendly (ITV1)
Thu. 20th. 19:45. 1st Round Replay - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Fri. 21st. 19:40. Northern Ireland VS Wales - U16 Victory Shield (Sky Sports 2)
Sat. 22nd. 21:00. Nigeria VS England - FIFA U20 Women's World Cup (British Eurosport)
Mon. 24th. 19:00. Newcastle United VS Liverpool - Reserves (LFC TV)
Wed. 26th. 22:00. England VS New Zealand - FIFA U20 Women's World Cup (British Eurosport)
Fri. 28th. 19:30. 2nd Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Fri. 28th. 19:40. England VS Scotland - U16 Victory Shield (Sky Sports 2)
Sun. 30th. 11:30. 2nd Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)
Sun. 30th. 17:00. 2nd Round - FA Cup (Setanta Sports 1)

[Rob M]

Ok, after some discussion with Media Boy and taking on board some of the constructive comments from the previous thread, it has been decided that we will proceed as follows:

1. The old thread has been closed, but will remain for information purposes
2. Media Boy will collate all the information from his various sources and provide it to me once a week, indicating where the changes are
3. I will update the initial post to show the changes/amendments

In addition to that Media Boy will be on hand to answer any questions that arise and to provide links to other sources of information as they come up.

Could I please ask, in order to make the most of this new thread, that we try to stick as strictly as possible to the topic at hand.

Thank you

[Ozzy3:16]

With Price Crash Tv gone, does that mean Challenge jackpot has taken it's place. That's unfortunate if that's correct.

[sakiblateef]

Virgin Media to offer Bollywood on demand

Virgin Media has announced an agreement with Saavn, the world's largest digital distributor of South Asian content, to make Bollywood films available on demand.From July, Virgin Media's Bollywood launch line-up will include Taare Zameen Par, Life In a… Metro, starring Shilpa Shetty, and the hugely popular, Race, one of the best performing Bollywood films ever, taking over £350,000 at the UK Box Office on its opening weekend in March this year.
Available as a dedicated section on Virgin Media's on demand service, Bollywood enables viewers to choose from 30 hit film titles, to watch when they want, with further titles refreshed and added each month. Bollywood joins around 4600 hours of on demand content, including over 500 films, currently available from Virgin Media.
Malcolm Wall, CEO of Content at Virgin Media, said: "Our agreement with Saavn brings one of the largest digital catalogues of Bollywood films to a UK TV platform for the first time. Virgin Media is always looking to bring new content to our customers and we're delighted to be making a fantastic line-up of Bollywood films available as we continue to develop our compelling TV on demand line-up."
Vinodh V. Bhat, General Manager, Saavn, said: "We are excited to work with Virgin Media to bring the best of Bollywood entertainment to UK consumers. Bollywood is the world’s largest entertainment industry – 4 billion tickets are sold to its films each year – and now, thanks to Virgin Media, people will be able to enjoy top Bollywood entertainment on demand, right on their televisions."
Virgin Media customers can access the service by pressing Home and going to More on Demand. Film prices start at £2.

http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsar...n_media_to.php

[Itshim]

Rob M

Thank you

Itshim

[mertle]

Just let you know Setanta anounced a channel reshufflng this week believe its from weds was anounced on setanta sports news.

someone on a forum saying there channels shuffle will be

417 - nasn
418 - SSN
423 - SS1
424 - SS2
429 - Set Golf
430 - Set Ireland
432 - Racing UK
434 - Liverpool TV
435 - Arsenal TV
436 - Celtic TV
438 - Rangers TV

which is strange this is where movies are or is this not on VM platform or is VM doing a big channel shuffle again.

[gadge]

Originally Posted by mertle

Just let you know Setanta anounced a channel reshufflng this week believe its from weds was anounced on setanta sports news.

someone on a forum saying there channels shuffle will be

417 - nasn
418 - SSN
423 - SS1
424 - SS2
429 - Set Golf
430 - Set Ireland
432 - Racing UK
434 - Liverpool TV
435 - Arsenal TV
436 - Celtic TV
438 - Rangers TV

which is strange this is where movies are or is this not on VM platform or is VM doing a big channel shuffle again.

No its on skys system they are having a reshuffle again.

[mertle]

Originally Posted by gadge

No its on skys system they are having a reshuffle again.

thanks for the reply I can sigh relief.

I was worried I would have to relearn all my favourites due to another channel shuffle.

[Media Boy]

List has now been updated.

[Media Boy]

I know the following is not TV News but just to let every Villa fan know.

Originally Posted by TV Boy

The confirmed line-up of pre season friendlies is as follows:

Day - Date = KO Time - Teams - (Channel name) [ Games with UK & Ireland Teams playing ]

Live Pre-season Football coming up this week: (Monday till Sunday)
Saturday. 19:00. TBC VS Aston Villa - Intertoto Cup (Setanta Sports 1)

Still to come:
July
Sat. 26th. 17:00. Aston Villa VS TBC - Intertoto Cup (Setanta Sports 1)

Aston Villa will face Odense BK in the third and final round of the Intertoto Cup. Both games will be shown LIVE on Setanta Sports 1 on the dates given on the list.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...la/7504558.stm

News from BBC Sport online

[sherer]

not sure if it is worth asking but any news on if Eurosport HD will ever end up on Virgin ? It's on Sky now just a shame it's another channel not on VM.

[Media Boy]

BBC to show SPL on Saturday nights.

Gaelic Digital Service will launch on Virgin Media on September 19th with an SPL game being broadcast every week on an Saturday night.

http://www.scotprem.co.uk/content/de...6289&back=home

Info from SPL.com

---------- Post added at 15:21 ---------- Previous post was at 15:09 ----------

Also I have found out the following (I will added them to my list soon)

Autumn:
Virgin Radio Channels are to be rebrand by their new owners TIML Golden Square Limited*.

September:
19th. Gaelic Digital Service to launch on Virgin Media Channel TBC (Maybe only in Scotland).

* = Info from Radio Today

[IcedPhantom]

Happy 3rd Thread!!!

[Hiroki]

Will Setanta be free again this season to the xl customers?

[Media Boy]

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Will Setanta be free again this season to the xl customers?

Yes Virgin sign an Three year deal with Setanta last July.

But maybe the non XL viewers will need to pay extra as Setanta are putting their prices up on Sky and Freeview right now.