Oh dear, My excitement might have been misplaced. VOD has been dead for a few days again now.
Listings are there, I can select the programme, it appears to want to start but the screen goes blank, no error message, no sound. However it thinks it's running as I have to press the TV button on the remote to get the pop up message Viewing Interrupted - you sure you want to quit?
Faults say they will escalate to 2nd line support. Ho hum.
BTW I've been "upgraded" (to me it's a downgrade but that's a different thread) to the Virgin EPG.