General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

"UK consumers will have even more ways to watch great Sky entertainment content with our leading portfolio of channels – Sky Atlantic, Sky One and Sky Living – available on all major Pay-TV platforms for the first time."

Hmmm!

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/b...g-channel.html

We have got an DNP order on Sky Atlantic.

That all we can reveal.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I would be surprised if BT pulled out of the existing wholesale deal with VM. I haven't seen the figures, but gut instinct tells me that BT would get less from VM viewers if they had to subscribe and pay for that service. Currently, they have a guaranteed income stream from VM which must be worth something to BT through the payments made by VM and the extra advertising revenue.

If I was negotiating on behalf of Virgin, I would get UHD and AMC thrown in with the next negotiation!

l repeat that will not be in any forthcoming negotiations OB.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Maybe so, theone, but if BT can patch things up with Sky, I'm sure they can with VM. After all, BT are having to watch their pennies now on the TV front.

Well you are certainly good at the skill of invention OB.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

We have got an DNP order on Sky Atlantic.

That all we can reveal.

Our lips are sealed MB.

[theone2k10]

I've got a DNP on the weather for Christmas.

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Originally Posted by denphone

l repeat that will not be in any forthcoming negotiations OB.

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Well you are certainly good at the skill of invention OB.

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Our lips are sealed MB.

AMC may not even be around when next negotiations come around.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

We have got an DNP order on Sky Atlantic.

That all we can reveal.

Well well! Does 2017 have one more duck to throw at the fan. No doubt VM will launch Now TV on the TiVo. I can't see the actual channel launching directly.

I'm still surprised at the lack of app's for tivo. I would have thought it would have been easy to port the american apps over. Must be a ton of bizarre apps.

Anyway the ongoing 5 year discussion over Sky Atlantic. Will there be a twist or are we all quackers?

[RobboEdin]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

We have got an DNP order on Sky Atlantic.

That all we can reveal.

Is that not a partial breach of the DNP?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

Is that not a partial breach of the DNP?

l suppose as they say its a case of the horse has already bolted.

[Media Boy UK]

The Best of 2017.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):
Winner is - theone2k10 with 441 posts

02) New Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Sky Sports Football

03) Best poster on Cable Forum with Information (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Media Boy HQ

04) Best poster on Cable Forum with information:
Winner is - JJ20X

05) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:
Winner is - Talking Pictures TV

06) Best +1 Channel of the year:
Winner is - Dave Ja Vu

07) Best new HD Channel launch of the year:
Winners is - Sky Sports Arena HD

08) Best UK Channel of the year:
Winner is - 5Spike

09) Best Internatiional Channel of the year:
Winner is - Brit Asia TV

10) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:
Winner is - STV2

11) Best Radio Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Heart 80s

12) Best new brand of the year:
Winner is - Sky Sports Main Event (Was Sky Sports 1 until July 18th)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.

Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
-Sep. 28th: Rishtey Cineplex
-Sep. 28th: MTV Beats
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football HD
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena HD
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena
-Jul. 10th: KMTV (In Kent areas only)
-Jun. 29th: Brit Asia TV
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button HD
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 2
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 3
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 4
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 5
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 6
-Jun. 15th: Blaze
-Jun. 6th: Islam Channel English
-Jun. 6th: Islam Channel Urdu
-Jun. 1st: Talking Pictures TV
-Apr. 18th: Made in Teesside (In Middlesbrough areas only)
-Mar. 15th: Quest Red

Channels on the move:
-Oct. 9th: E4 - from Virgin UK Channel 144 to Virgin UK Channel 106.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket HD - from Virgin UK Channel 502 to Virgin UK Channel 504.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action HD - from Virgin UK Channel 503 to Virgin UK Channel 507.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf HD - from Virgin UK Channel 504 to Virgin UK Channel 505.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League HD - from Virgin UK Channel 505 to Virgin UK Channel 502.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News HD - from Virgin UK Channel 506 to Virgin UK Channel 509.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 HD - from Virgin UK Channel 508 to Virgin UK Channel 506.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket - from Virgin UK Channel 512 to Virgin UK Channel 514.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action - from Virgin UK Channel 513 to Virgin UK Channel 517.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf - from Virgin UK Channel 514 to Virgin UK Channel 515.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League - from Virgin UK Channel 515 to Virgin UK Channel 512.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News - from Virgin UK Channel 516 to Virgin UK Channel 519.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 - from Virgin UK Channel 518 to Virgin UK Channel 516.
-Jan. 10th: Box Upfront - from Virgin UK Channel 338 to Virgin UK Channel 330.
-Jan. 10th: Box Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 337 to Virgin UK Channel 336.
-Jan. 10th: 4Music - from Virgin UK Channel 330 to Virgin UK Channel 337.
-Jan. 10th: Kiss - from Virgin UK Channel 336 to Virgin UK Channel 338.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere HD - from Virgin UK Channel 431 to Virgin UK Channel 401.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits HD - from Virgin UK Channel 433 to Virgin UK Channel 403.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats HD - from Virgin UK Channel 434 to Virgin UK Channel 404.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney HD - from Virgin UK Channel 435 to Virgin UK Channel 405.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family HD - from Virgin UK Channel 436 to Virgin UK Channel 406.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure HD - from Virgin UK Channel 437 to Virgin UK Channel 407.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy HD - from Virgin UK Channel 438 to Virgin UK Channel 408.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller HD - from Virgin UK Channel 439 to Virgin UK Channel 409.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance HD - from Virgin UK Channel 440 to Virgin UK Channel 410.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD - from Virgin UK Channel 441 to Virgin UK Channel 411.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select HD - from Virgin UK Channel 442 to Virgin UK Channel 412.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere - from Virgin UK Channel 401 to Virgin UK Channel 431.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 403 to Virgin UK Channel 433.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats - from Virgin UK Channel 404 to Virgin UK Channel 434.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney - from Virgin UK Channel 405 to Virgin UK Channel 435.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family - from Virgin UK Channel 406 to Virgin UK Channel 436.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - from Virgin UK Channel 407 to Virgin UK Channel 437.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy - from Virgin UK Channel 408 to Virgin UK Channel 438.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller - from Virgin UK Channel 409 to Virgin UK Channel 439.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance - from Virgin UK Channel 410 to Virgin UK Channel 440.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror - from Virgin UK Channel 411 to Virgin UK Channel 441.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select - from Virgin UK Channel 412 to Virgin UK Channel 442.

Channels rebrand (For Good):
-Oct. 31st: Viacom has rebrand Spike as 5Spike.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 HD as Sky One HD.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 as Sky One.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky2 as Sky Two.
-Sep. 30th: That's TV has rebrand Mustard TV as That's Norfolk (Norwich areas only).
-Aug. 28th: Star India has rebrand Star Life OK as Star Bharat.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 HD as Sky Sports Main Event HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 HD as Sky Sports Cricket HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 HD as Sky Sports Action HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 HD as Sky Sports Golf HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 HD as Sky Sports Premier League HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ HD as Sky Sports News HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 as Sky Sports Main Event.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 as Sky Sports Cricket.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 as Sky Sports Action.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 as Sky Sports Golf.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 as Sky Sports Premier League.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ as Sky Sports News.
-Apr. 24th: STV has rebrand both STV Edinburgh and STV Glasgow as STV2.
-Apr. 8th: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Tiddlers TV as Virgin TV Kids.
-Apr. 8th: Global Radio has rebrand Heart Extra as Heart 80s.
-Mar. 18th: Fox has rebrand Fox+ as Fox + 1.
-Mar. 1st: Motorsport has rebrand Motors TV as Motorsport.TV UK.
-Jan. 10th: Sony has rebrand Movie Mix as Sony Movie Channel.

Channels we said Goodbye to:
-Dec. 1st: Playboy TV.
-Oct. 18th: Kix Power.
-Sep. 13th: Bike TV.
-Aug. 17th: BBC Three app - from Virgin UK Channel 106.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button HD.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 2.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 3.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 4.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 5.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 6.
-Feb. 1st: ARY Digital.
-Feb. 1st: ARY News UK.

Final total of posters on 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2017)' Thread this year:

As of December 18th at 4pm

TOP 20:
Name - number of posts
01) theone2k10 - 441
02) OLD BOY - 429
03) denphone - 422
04) RichardCoulter - 341
05) jj20x - 289
06) Media Boy - 278
07) muppetman11 - 132
08) Mad Max - 110
09) Ddonald2016 - 107
10) 1andrew1 - 97
11) Dave42 - 86
12) Ultimate.Conj - 81
13) vincerooney - 55
14) BenMcr - 47
14) nodrogd - 47
16) telegramsam - 46
16) Chad - 46
16) SonicMaster - 46
16) Gavin-D - 46
20) ozsat - 34

The others:
Name - number of posts
21) Inactive Digital - 33
22) Raider999 - 31
23) Mr K - 27
24) passingbat - 26
24) alwaysabear - 26
26) spiderplant - 23
27) Aguero9320 - 19
28) Horizon - 18
29) Arthurgray50@blu - 16
30) johnathome - 15
31) cheekyangus - 14
31) nialli - 14
33) jfman - 11
34) Bananaman_007 - 10
34) Tricky Trevor - 10
34) buckeye - 10
34) RobboEdin - 10
38) Richc1977 - 9
39) Red_dog77 - 8
40) Mobes - 7
40) The Yank - 7
40) mhatter67 - 7
40) heavyside - 7
40) Derekb108 - 7
45) DaMac - 6
45) heero_yuy - 6
45) spankysmagicpian - 6
45) mike_gain - 6
45) nicknewark - 6
50) japitts - 5
50) dodgem22 - 5
50) ottoni - 5
50) oliver1948uk - 5
54) gba93 - 4
54) johnasimmons - 4
54) Bofrok - 4
54) Mr Banana - 4
54) busboy125 - 4
54) MyBraiNz - 4
60) figgyburn - 3
60) DreamRJ - 3
60) trickytree - 3
60) Henkesghost - 3
60) Lozenge - 3
60) DJ-SWITCH - 3
60) toady - 3
60) Itshim - 3
60) blackthorn - 3
60) buba3d - 3
60) devilincarnate - 3
60) TMLeafs - 3
72) 1701-e - 2
72) jodash - 2
72) MichaelScofield - 2
72) Gunslinger - 2
72) Joedm45 - 2
72) Barriescott - 2
72) bluecandylover - 2
72) Rob King - 2
72) Phil-ntl - 2
72) pjj365 - 2
72) Frazz - 2
72) bennyhill - 2
72) love Virgin2013 - 2
85) tpick - 1
85) cupcakes aka dd - 1
85) iadom - 1
85) fedupreggin - 1
85) Martin_D - 1
85) Kev Greenhalgh - 1
85) Bob - 1
85) Jacquesb - 1
85) nfs6600 - 1
85) DVD Cinema - 1
85) i am not scouse - 1
85) TheTruthReigns - 1
85) Horsegirlbusmad - 1
85) huxleypiguk - 1
85) greeninferno - 1
85) Pster72 - 1
85) dilli-theclaw - 1
85) batchain - 1
85) Parkinjw - 1
85) LoneWolf - 1
85) Cable Forum - 1
85) AndyCambs - 1
85) neilo - 1
85) cje85 - 1
85) daz100 - 1
85) jcm193 - 1
85) ongman - 1
85) braysoj1 - 1
85) gunner45 - 1
85) paultrademark - 1
85) Wicked_and_Crazy - 1
85) andrewbrown - 1
85) dazed&confused - 1
85) richard s - 1

ALL POSTERS MUST HAVE POSTED IN 'COMING SOON TO VIRGIN TV (2017)'.

Top posters of 2017 (Total took at 18th December at 16.00):

©copyright 2017 Media Boy 2006 - 2017. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

[vincerooney]

Merry Christmas to all the posters. Hopefully we get more gifts next year from virgin media to allow me to improve on my 13th place.

Roll on 2018 of fine channel launches, new apps and no price increasss

“Lol”

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

We have got an DNP order on Sky Atlantic.

That all we can reveal.

Let me guess - Sky Atlantic isn't coming anytime soon.

Seriously, it was bound to happen before long. Spring 2018 would be my guess.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Let me guess - Sky Atlantic isn't coming anytime soon.

Seriously, it was bound to happen before long. Spring 2018 would be my guess.

Watch this space - we have an idea on when it may appear.

Only the SD Channel coming.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Merry Christmas to all the posters. Hopefully we get more gifts next year from virgin media to allow me to improve on my 13th place.

Roll on 2018 of fine channel launches, new apps and no price increasss

“Lol”

And a very Merry Christmas to you Vince and all the great and the good on this forum.

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Originally Posted by vincerooney

Merry Christmas to all the posters. Hopefully we get more gifts next year from virgin media to allow me to improve on my 13th place.

Roll on 2018 of fine channel launches, new apps and no price increasss

“Lol”

Well we shall see what transpires Sir.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Let me guess - Sky Atlantic isn't coming anytime soon.

Seriously, it was bound to happen before long. Spring 2018 would be my guess.

Not much for you to moan about now then OB.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Watch this space - we have an idea on when it may appear.

Only the SD Channel coming.

Very much expected IMO.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Watch this space - we have an idea on when it may appear.

Only the SD Channel coming.

Looks like I'll still be watching the channel via Now TV then.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Looks like I'll still be watching the channel via Now TV then.

Not necessarily.

[Media Boy UK]

Sky Cinema Action will be temporarily rename as Sky Cinema Heroes.
Sky Cinema Greats will be temporarily rename as Sky Cinema Villains.

Both channels will be temporarily renamed from January 6th 2018 to February 5th 2018.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Looks like I'll still be watching the channel via Now TV then.

The date has got "2018" at the end.

[cheekyangus]

31st :-D
Nice.