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According to the link below, Virgin Media Ireland is launching Sky Sports Mix.
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/m...ring-1.2726352 Assuming Virgin Media are doing new channel deals for the UK and Ireland as a whole (such as H2 HD was a Europe-wide deal for Liberty Global) and given there's a lovely gap in the UK EPG at 507, I wonder if Sky Sports Mix might make an appearance this side of the Irish Sea too...? The three year deal with BT Sport is up for renegotiation on 15/8/16. |
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It will do, both the SD and HD variant of Sky Sports Mix will start on VM on 24/8/16.
The three year deal with BT Sport is up for renegotiation on 15/8/16. VM UK signed a new deal with BT Sport last year when BT Sport Europe launched, so I'd be surprised if 15/8/16 is still the end date of their agreement. In other news, BBC Olympics 1-8 and 1-8 HD are broadcasting off the EPG |
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VM in the UK too?
VM UK signed a new deal with BT Sport last year when BT Sport Europe launched, so I'd be surprised if 15/8/16 is still the end date of their agreement. In other news, BBC Olympics 1-8 and 1-8 HD are broadcasting off the EPG I'm not aware of a new full contract being signed last year, but this could have been made confidential for reasons of commercial sensitivity or something similar. Thanks for the info. It's good to know that Olympic broadcasts are being sorted out behind the scenes of VM, they are currently doing the same for satellite and Freeview. |
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VM in the UK too?
VM UK signed a new deal with BT Sport last year when BT Sport Europe launched, so I'd be surprised if 15/8/16 is still the end date of their agreement. In other news, BBC Olympics 1-8 and 1-8 HD are broadcasting off the EPG |
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The first episode of Mr Robot which starts this Thursday on Universal Channel is now available in HD on Virgin Media with the Universal Channel HD DOG.
Could this suggest that Universal Channel HD is finally launching on Virgin Media, in time for this new series? |
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^I've noticed that Mr. Robot is also being repeated (after being on Universal) on the SciFi Channel - which if memory serves me right does have a HD varient.
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There is speculation that Universal HD may fill the old BBC4 HD slot.
There are rumours that Amazon Prime may join VM later this year. Quote:
The first episode of Mr Robot which starts this Thursday on Universal Channel is now available in HD on Virgin Media with the Universal Channel HD DOG.
Could this suggest that Universal Channel HD is finally launching on Virgin Media, in time for this new series? Quote:
^I've noticed that Mr. Robot is also being repeated (after being on Universal) on the SciFi Channel - which if memory serves me right does have a HD varient.
Having said that, Wentworth is now only available on 5STAR (SD), but is available in HD via VOD on VM. |
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^I've noticed that Mr. Robot is also being repeated (after being on Universal) on the SciFi Channel - which if memory serves me right does have a HD varient.
I guess they're owned by the same parent company but it's still odd that they should do this.Quote:
Let's hope so, I know a fair few who want this channel.
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^I've noticed that Mr. Robot is also being repeated (after being on Universal) on the SciFi Channel - which if memory serves me right does have a HD varient.
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Having said that, Wentworth is now only available on 5STAR (SD), but is available in HD via VOD on VM.
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I'm sure Syfy HD is available on Virgin
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I noticed that about Wentworth not sure why they changed it as it is quite a popular program and I checked tonight it's not on demand on sky at all so had to watch the recording in SD.
Sadly, it's viewing figures are down, so it's been relegated to 5STAR. They are about to shoot the next series and there is concern that Channel 5 won't pick it up. More info here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...876029&page=97 There was a concern that PVR's wouldn't pick up the change to another channel, so I pointed out that the TiVo has this facility with the new software- despite spelling Virgin Media incorrectly
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There was a concern that PVR's wouldn't pick up the change to another channel, so I pointed out that the TiVo has this facility with the new software- despite spelling Virgin Media incorrectly
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Well it had it with the current software too; but only through a Wishlist. I assume these are no-longer needed now?
I think that Wishlists are still needed because you might not know which channel the programme you want is showing it. I suppose you could do a search to find out, but it could be the case that no channel is currently showing the programme that you want to record. If this is the case, a Wishlist would be needed as you'd need an EPG entry to set up a Series Link to get it to check all channels. |
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BBC Olympic Channel Numbers (courtesy of A516Digital)
Virgin Media BBC Olympics 1 - HD channel 561 BBC Olympics 2 - HD channel 562 BBC Olympics 3 - HD channel 563 BBC Olympics 4 - HD channel 564 BBC Olympics 5 - HD channel 565 BBC Olympics 6 - HD channel 566 BBC Olympics 7 - HD channel 567 BBC Olympics 8 - HD channel 568 BBC Olympics 1 - SD channel 571 BBC Olympics 2 - SD channel 572 BBC Olympics 3 - SD channel 573 BBC Olympics 4 - SD channel 574 BBC Olympics 5 - SD channel 575 BBC Olympics 6 - SD channel 576 BBC Olympics 7 - SD channel 577 BBC Olympics 8 - SD channel 578 The channels will launch automatically on the Virgin Media EPG - viewers should not need to do anything. These streams replace the current Red Button service. It's just been announced that Channel 5 are scrapping their 5+24 channel and replacing it with my5 (a channel similar to 4seven according to tvwise). |
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Thanks. It could be of some interest, assuming we have it on Virgin to replace +24 (which I don't recall ever watching).
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Thanks. It could be of some interest, assuming we have it on Virgin to replace +24 (which I don't recall ever watching).
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Will VM make a push with new channels this Autumn with their new TiVo box coming like ......
History HD CNN HD Universal HD Fox News HD and others ? Will VM also join with BT TV with the new 4K services channel as the new box will be for 4K along with normal HD SD channels ? |
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Will VM make a push with new channels this Autumn with their new TiVo box coming like ......
History HD CNN HD Universal HD Fox News HD and others ? Will VM also join with BT TV with the new 4K services channel as the new box will be for 4K along with normal HD SD channels ? There's been speculation that Universal HD will shortly be joining, heightened by the fact that BBC4 HD is shortly to move to the old BBC3 HD slot and HD programming has now been spotted on their VOD offering. |
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Additional Worldbox channels have started:
Antena 3 and Atreseries have been added to Spanish Viva. http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...ers-uk-market/ |
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Will VM make a push with new channels this Autumn with their new TiVo box coming like ......
History HD CNN HD Universal HD Fox News HD and others ? Will VM also join with BT TV with the new 4K services channel as the new box will be for 4K along with normal HD SD channels ? |
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Do CNN International even have an HD feed?
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On 4 July Fox News started testing off the EPG; not sure if this was SD or HD.
There's been speculation that Universal HD will shortly be joining, heightened by the fact that BBC4 HD is shortly to move to the old BBC3 HD slot and HD programming has now been spotted on their VOD offering. |
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I guess they're owned by the same parent company but it's still odd that they should do this.
