General : Virgin TV (2024)

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Exactly

I should have said V6 slate as FAST services are blocked from legacy Tivos by using the "4K" versions of the subscription codes.

[jfman]

What message (if any) does that prompt on a TiVo or are they “off EPG”.

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Originally Posted by jfman

What message (if any) does that prompt on a TiVo or are they “off EPG”.

The channels will be greyed out on the EPG and will generate a popup prompt - something similar to: this channel needs a subscription - press OK to subscribe. Confusing for viewers, as they can't subscribe to view them on a legacy Tivo box. I guess it is just easier to use subscription codes to block the channels than to dump new firmware to these old boxes to give viewers a more appropriate message.

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11 of the 15 prospective FAST channels launched overnight. Although the red button prompts are displayed on V6 boxes they don't appear to have been activated in time for the launch.
Talk TV has closed and is replaced with an information slate on channel 606.
Local TV channels with Talk TV branding and using Talk TV as a sustaining service have reverted to their previous names.
For full details see https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/

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Originally Posted by epsilon

11 of the 15 prospective FAST channels launched overnight. Although the red button prompts are displayed on V6 boxes they don't appear to have been activated in time for the launch.
Talk TV has closed and is replaced with an information slate on channel 606.
Local TV channels with Talk TV branding and using Talk TV as a sustaining service have reverted to their previous names.
For full details see https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/

The red button now seems to have been fixed.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by epsilon

11 of the 15 prospective FAST channels launched overnight. Although the red button prompts are displayed on V6 boxes they don't appear to have been activated in time for the launch.
Talk TV has closed and is replaced with an information slate on channel 606.
Local TV channels with Talk TV branding and using Talk TV as a sustaining service have reverted to their previous names.
For full details see https://ukcabletvchanges.blogspot.com/

To be fair 4 out of 15 FAST Channels did start to test about 4 to 7 days later then a ones that launch today.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

To be fair 4 out of 15 FAST Channels did start to test about 4 to 7 days later then a ones that launch today.

Sort of but not really. That just seemed to be an interim measure until the services moved into slots released by the Pluto TV FAST channels. They were never going to work on the V6 so didn't need V6 launch slates.

From the UKCTVC Blog:

Changes to Video Slates:

SID 802 - The slate on Video PID 201 changed from 5 Cops to Hell's Kitchen.
SID 806 - The slate on Video PID 601 changed from CSI: New York to Egg Heads.
SID 809 - The slate on Video PID 901 changed from Catfish to UKTV Play Laughs.