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Old 06-04-2017, 08:51   #976
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I doubt it, last time I checked Virgin Media don't cover the Channel Islands.
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Old 06-04-2017, 11:37   #977
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[/COLOR]ITV Channel Television HD is on it's way along with extra sub regions and more Local TV channels:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your...cences/updates

I'm assuming that the new ITV HD channel will come to VM at least.
ITV Anglia East has been broadcasting for nearly a year on satellite. Longer for ITV Meridian South East.

Not being on Virgin & Freeview is down to Arqiva's switching arrangements & not the licence.

The sub regions for the above (Meridian South & Anglia West) require a dual HD playout facility (the bulletin is recorded earlier & then output at the same time as the "live" version in the other part of the region).

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ITV Channel Television HD is on it's way along with extra sub regions and more Local TV channels:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your...cences/updates

I'm assuming that the new ITV HD channel will come to VM at least.
Interesting, one day Ofcom will adopt a consistent and uniform approach to listing licences and updates. Where on earth have they listed previous "PSDTPS" service changes? They stopped listing ITV HD sometime in 2012 (other than the ITV Breakfast version).

It's unlikely that these additional regional variations will come to VM any time soon. VM doesn't even carry the full range of ITV +1 regions.

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I doubt it, last time I checked Virgin Media don't cover the Channel Islands.
Although they do carry ITV Yorkshire and Lincolnshire across several regional networks, but as you say, when it comes to the HD version, "I doubt it".

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Old 06-04-2017, 14:23   #979
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Although they do carry ITV Yorkshire and Lincolnshire across several regional networks
Yes, but I think that tends to be either because for ITV HD it covers several regions, or for ITV SD it covers a commuter movement.
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Yes, but I think that tends to be either because for ITV HD it covers several regions, or for ITV SD it covers a commuter movement.
Aha! that explanation makes the situation much clearer.
 
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I doubt it, last time I checked Virgin Media don't cover the Channel Islands.
Ahhhh right. Does any cable company cover the areas served by Channel Television? Isn't there only one independent left in some part/s?
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Ahhhh right. Does any cable company cover the areas served by Channel Television? Isn't there only one independent left in some part/s?
Wight Fibre on the Isle of Wight is the only company still independent of Virgin Media in the UK. A franchise was never planned by the Cable Authority for the Channel Isles, so nothing was ever built.
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Wight Fibre on the Isle of Wight is the only company still independent of Virgin Media in the UK. A franchise was never planned by the Cable Authority for the Channel Isles, so nothing was ever built.
Thanks, I guess they never thought it would be financially viable.
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Not sure if many of you got or took up the Virgin Media 30 days of Sky Cinema free trail but in case you did just to say although it was supposed to start of the 8th April I noticed I was already getting it last night.
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Not sure if many of you got or took up the Virgin Media 30 days of Sky Cinema free trail but in case you did just to say although it was supposed to start of the 8th April I noticed I was already getting it last night.
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Thanks, I guess they never thought it would be financially viable.
The Channel Islands have autonomy in many matters as they're not part of the UK so are probably not covered by the UK cable licences.
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The Channel Islands have autonomy in many matters as they're not part of the UK so are probably not covered by the UK cable licences.
As OFCOM is responsible for licencing the TV & Radio services in CI, it would also be responsible for any cable franchises operating.
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Thanks, I guess they never thought it would be financially viable.
Probably the same reason rural areas with difficult terrain didn't get cable. The Channel Islands are relatively small isolated areas.
 
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As OFCOM is responsible for licencing the TV & Radio services in CI, it would also be responsible for any cable franchises operating.
In the UK - yes. In the Channel Islands - no.
In Jersey, The Office of Utility Regulation regulates the cable company there, Homenet. Homenet was formed from the merger of the cable company and ADSL company.
http://www.homenet.je/broadband-options-2/
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