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Old 02-12-2014, 23:41
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I am sure they will add it to the January's one unless they do a new one for December
Am sure they will, just seems a strange thing to do release a new channel list without the one you've added that day. Can only imagine certain depts. aren't talking to one another
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Old 11-12-2014, 06:41
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Coming soon...

Hum Europe - channel 833. Urdu language channel,
Worldbox - channel 834. Link to a TiVo app which will allow viewing of international programming/channels.
Worldbox launched today.
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Old 11-12-2014, 09:25
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What is it?
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Old 11-12-2014, 10:58
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Worldbox is a portal to international channel content. The red button start isn't working on my receiver yet though so maybe the red button hadn't been activated on the station this morning.

I don't know if it is subscription based or free or a mixture of both.

I'm really surprised there haven't been any Polish channels launched on VM. There are quite a lot of Poles in the country and surely at least two or three channels would be a good start and would be well received by the Polish community in the UK.
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Old 11-12-2014, 12:55
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Looked on the VM website, nothing there about this Worldbox feature.
Which foreign channels are available?
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Old 11-12-2014, 19:29
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Looked on the VM website, nothing there about this Worldbox feature.
Which foreign channels are available?
I don't have it right in front of me but SIC (Portugal), TV Noticias (Spain - not sure of the exact name), 2+2 (Ukraine), an upcoming North African Arab channels don't I think a couple of others were in the initial batch.
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Old 11-12-2014, 19:47
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Any that will show Premiership Football by any chance?
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Old 11-12-2014, 21:17
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Any that will show Premiership Football by any chance?
not a single chance. VM would be shot down by the FA if it did.
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Old 12-12-2014, 09:01
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Sic will be showing Portuguese football though.
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Old 12-12-2014, 12:31
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The channel list on Worldbox is pretty pathetic.
Will it expand to include other countries?
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Old 12-12-2014, 18:13
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Any that will show Premiership Football by any chance?
No chance.

In fact, it's not even worth thinking about. That's why Sky Sports and BT Sport are there.
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Old 15-12-2014, 23:12
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Worldbox's correct channel list at the moment is only...

Canal 24 Horas - Spanish news channel.
Sic International - General Portuguese channel.
1+1 International - General Ukrainian Channel.
Nessma - Tunisian entertainment channel which is coming soon.

I could have thought of many options in terms of international diasporas in the UK.

Channels from Ireland, Poland, Italy, South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, France, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and a few other nations could potentially be a good fit for the service. I'm not expecting grade A entertainment channels for many of these without subscriptions but it should be feasible to have stuff like 24 hour news channels and the wide range of international services from many countries which tend to focus on homemade shows rather than expensive imports and are often shown free to air around the world.

Worldbox won't be useful with three and a half channels but if it got to 20 or 100, then there is very real potential in the service, especially if a wide range of English language international news channels were provided and not just foreign language services.
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Old 16-12-2014, 16:16
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LFC TV relaunched today on VM as a subscription channel.
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Old 16-12-2014, 16:20
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Worldbox's correct channel list at the moment is only...

Canal 24 Horas - Spanish news channel.
Sic International - General Portuguese channel.
1+1 International - General Ukrainian Channel.
Nessma - Tunisian entertainment channel which is coming soon.

I could have thought of many options in terms of international diasporas in the UK.

Channels from Ireland, Poland, Italy, South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, France, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and a few other nations could potentially be a good fit for the service. I'm not expecting grade A entertainment channels for many of these without subscriptions but it should be feasible to have stuff like 24 hour news channels and the wide range of international services from many countries which tend to focus on homemade shows rather than expensive imports and are often shown free to air around the world.

Worldbox won't be useful with three and a half channels but if it got to 20 or 100, then there is very real potential in the service, especially if a wide range of English language international news channels were provided and not just foreign language services.
I'm surprised that there aren't any Polish channels on there, given the number of Polish immigrants in the UK i'm sure it would be popular.
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Old 17-12-2014, 08:15
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Nollywood Movies starts today on channel 835.
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Old 17-12-2014, 11:34
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I'm surprised that there aren't any Polish channels on there, given the number of Polish immigrants in the UK i'm sure it would be popular.
and from the balkans
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Old 18-12-2014, 16:28
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Just read on a blog that Sky News HD and Sky Sports News HD are testing off the EPG ready for launch. Can anyone confirm this?
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Old 18-12-2014, 16:47
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I think they are meant to arrive in January. Also they have made more space in the late 900's by moving some radio stations but I don't know what for,Possibly more red button streams.
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Old 18-12-2014, 21:23
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I think they are meant to arrive in January. Also they have made more space in the late 900's by moving some radio stations but I don't know what for,Possibly more red button streams.
might be for sky news HD.

as they have red button facilities
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Old 19-12-2014, 01:35
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Learned today that more foreign language channels will be starting on the Worldbox app in January:

Eurochannel- http://www.eurochannel.com shows that they show some English content.

BFM TV (French).

Ukraine Today.

CTC (Russian).

Four more (no further information available as yet).
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Old 19-12-2014, 01:36
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Just read on a blog that Sky News HD and Sky Sports News HD are testing off the EPG ready for launch. Can anyone confirm this?
I've now seen confirmation of this on another website.
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Old 01-01-2015, 01:17
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SSN HD is now live on 511 and sky news HD on 603 great start of year
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Old 01-01-2015, 08:48
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i'm on M+ package and not veiwable
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Old 01-01-2015, 10:12
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i'm on M+ package and not veiwable
need XL Package for sky basic HD channels
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Old 01-01-2015, 20:16
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What Virgin needs now are

Chelsea TV

Sky Atlantic

To be more or less on par with Sky TV
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