Media Boy's Xmas News

Scottish Media Group (SMG) owned Virgin Radio Groove will closed on Monday night at midnight. You can hear Virgin Radio Groove on Virgin Channel 953 until that time.

Digital Spy: Two Sky Movies channels to rebrand in 2008

Sky Movies is to make minor name changes to two of its channels that are on Virgin Media next year.

Sky Movies Channels on the move on Virgin Media

Virgin Media has move all of the Sky Movies Channels:

C21 Media: Discovery to launch DMAX on Virgin Media

Discovery Networks is bringing its 15-month-old DMax channel brand, first launched in Germany in August last year, into the UK market. It launches in the New Year.

Digital Spy: Setanta Sports News launch date announced

Info from Digital Spy:

Setanta Sports and Virgin Media have announced that their joint-venture sports news channel will launch on November 29.

Digital Spy: Sky Movies to give viewers more movies over Christmas

Here is some news on The transmission hours for some of Sky's movie channels over the Christmas period.

Bad news regarding Bliss, Scuzz & Flaunt

Bad news regarding Bliss, Scuzz & Flaunt according to Virgin Media Technical Support today.

Confirmed: Virgin Media to axe Three music channels next week

Scuzz has confirmed on their web site that Scuzz is set to be remove from Virgin Media. Ex NTL viewers will also lose Bliss & Flaunt from October 30th.

Digital Spy: Details emerge on MTV R

Info from Digital Spy:

MTV is to launch a new entertainment channel next month known as MTV R: 'Rated and Recommended'.

Virgin Media set to move channels about in Ex-Telewest areas

Reshuffling dates are as followed:

Three more channels now testing on Virgin Media

Virgin Media are now testing Diva TV, Movies 24+ and True Movies.

Two new channels launches on Virgin Media

Virgin Media has today added the following Channels.

Digital Spy: UKTV News

From October 15 UKTV G2 is to be relaunched as Dave and will focusing on a younger male audience.

Liverpool FC TV launches on Virgin Media

Liverpool FC TV has launch on Virgin Channel 544.

Three UKTV Channels launches in Ex - NTL areas

Virgin Media has today launch the following channels on EX NTL areas:

Digital Spy: ABC1 set to close?

ABC1 is rumour to be closedown on Virgin Media, Sky and Freeview from October 1. [ Rumour from DS Forum. ]

Digital Spy: Channel 4/EMAP are to launch new Music Channel?

Channel 4/EMAP are to start E4 Music or 4Music to replace The Hits from the 1st of October [ Rumour from DS Forum. ]

Three new Radio channels launches in Ex-NTL areas

Three new Radio Channels has today launch on EX NTL areas:

BBC: Gaelic channel value test begins

Final scrutiny of a plan to launch a dedicated digital television channel for Gaelic programmes has begun.

New Channel news

It look like Virgin Media have signed an new deal with Global Radio UK to carry the following Radio channels:

Cable Forum: Virgin Media Channel news

Info thanks to Ozsat:

Digital Spy: New Viacom deal signed

More new channels joining VM soon: They are

New Channel update

I have been told the following tonight when FTN +1 starts on Virgin it WILL be on Virgin Channel number 130 under the banner 'ftn+1'.

ftn +1 will appear on Virgin on Thursday or Monday.

Virgin1 update

Ftn+1 is currently testing in the engineers menu on channel 130.

Channel 4 update

From August 22nd

Setanta Sports News to launch 'Very Soon'

Setanta News channel is believed to be coming to Virgin Media within the next 9 Days.

C21 Media: Virgin Media set to reveal launch of new Sports News Channel

From C21 Media:

Virgin Media is shortly expected to unveil a new sports news channel, which it is understood to be developing with Setanta following Sky's withdrawal of the Sky Sports News channel from Virgin's platform in March, following a pricing disagreement.

Channel 4 news

I have been told the following by my Virgin Media Insider tonight:

Confirmed: Setanta Sports to join XL Pack

Virgin Media is to offer customers who take Virgin Media's XL TV package an additional six Setanta Sports channels.

Virgin Media to cut price of Setanta Sports pack?

I have been told by an Virgin Media insider that Setanta and Virgin are only days away from doing an deal that will 'reduced the price on the Setanta Sports Package'.

Liverpool FC TV to launch in Setanta Sports Pack?

Media Boy HQ have found this on Liverpool FC.tv Web Site: 'LFC TV will also be available on cable via Virgin Media as part of the Setanta Sports Pack. Further details to be released shortly.'

Media Guardian: Channel 4 set to launch Channel 4 +1

Channel 4 is set a "+1" timeshift service on digital TV.

Broadcast: Viacom to give MTV new look

According to this weeks Broadcast Magazine, Viacom's new general entertainment channel 'MTV R' will launch this autumn after MTV UK is being rebranded to MTV ONE on July 22.

Digital Spy: New Channels set to launch

Some exciting new channels are coming soon to Virgin Media, Animal Planet +1 on channel 216 and Discovery Home + Health +1 on Channel 276. This completes the Discovery channel bouquet on Virgin. Info from Technix ( from Digital Spy. ).

Digital Spy: Virgin Media to launch Virgin1

Story from Digital Spy:

Virgin Media TV has confirmed it will launch a new entertainment channel, Virgin 1, which will be available on Sky, cable and digital terrestrial television in the autumn.

SET Asia and Max free to view for one month

My insider has told me tonight that both SET Asia and Max is only free to view for one month.

Broadcast: Virgin Media poised to sign sports news deal

Story from Broadcastnow.

Virgin Media update

The following is from my Insider [ Ex-Telewest News. ] 

The only TV change planned for the next few weeks is The Performance Channel is to be removed middle of June.

Digital Spy: Capital Disney to close next month

Story from Digital Spy:

Kids' radio station Capital Disney will cease broadcasting on June 29.

Digital Spy: Sky Movies to extended some of their transmission hours

Sky Movies are extended some of their transmission hours for the following channels effective from Saturday 2 June:

Virgin Media update

I got this info from my insider over the weekend: On the 24th May, Toonami will be renamed Cartoon Network Too and it WILL be on Virgin TV Channel 732.

ITV on Demand update.

The latest I have been told by my Insider is:

Virgin are still in talks with ITV over this and IF they can do an deal ITV on Demand will start on the 30th of May. [ Also on the Internet. ]

C21 Media: Turner Broadcasting to launch new preschool channel

Turner Broadcasting in the UK is launching a preschool channel based on its existing Cartoonito block, and is also folding Toonami into Cartoon Network Too.

EXCLUSIVE: Media Boy reveal what set to move package from May 1st

Here is the list of Channels changing on the 1st of May:

LiverpoolFC.com: Liverpool FC to launch TV channel this summer

Liverpool are finally set to unveil their own tv channel this summer - ingeniously entitled LFC TV.

Virgin Media update

My Virgin Media insider has told me the following:

Virgin Media set to launch ITV on Demand?

My Virgin Media Insider has told me the following.

ITV are starting their 'On Demand' Channel on ITV.com at the end of May. And my insider think that Virgin are only testing it out right now to see if Virgin can carry all of ITV On Demand from the start.

Sky Movies reveal new look

Here is the new hours for the Sky Movies viewers from the 4th of April:

Virgin Media update

Info from Digital Spy.

Think Thane and Thane Direct are both back having signed a new deal with Virgin. But they're hidden on Ex-NTL Boxes testing right now.

New Channels may launch tomorrow

Info from my Virgin Media insider:

Digital Spy: The Biography Channel to be rebrand as Bio from April

The Biography Channel, a joint venture between BSkyB and A&E Networks, is to be rebranded as Bio from April.

Two new Kids channels set to launch on Virgin Media?

Two NEW Kids Channels maybe coming Virgin soon they are:

Virgin Media 'in talks' for new channels

Virgin are in talks with all the channels on the network to get they extra channels like TCM2, Cartoon Network TOO & Nick Jr. 2 and much, much more.

Virgin Media axe Sky Basic Channels

Virgin Media has today posted the following on their web site:

Virgin Media set to launch new channels this month?

My Virgin Media insider has told me a following today:

"Virgin Media have plans to release more Virgin channels between now and May but i can not give you any more information than that."

EXCLUSIVE: Two new channels are coming soon to Virgin Media

We have been told that Virgin Media are set to launch the following channels Discovery RealTime +1 (Channel 272) and Discovery RealTime Extra (Channel 274).

Marketing Week: Discovery Turbo to launch on Virgin Media from March 1st

Discovery Networks Europe is launching a new motoring entertainment channel aimed at adult men. Discovery Turbo will launch in the UK on Virgin Media on March 1.

Adventure One to be replaced with 'Wild'

National Geographic is launching a new channel dedicated to the best in wildlife programming, which will replace their existing service Adventure One.

The upcoming channel will be known as National Geographic Wild and it will broadcast for 18 hours a day when it launches on 1st March 2007.

EXCLUSIVE: Current.TV set to launch on Virgin Media

Richard Branson has just confirmed LIVE on Bravo 2 that 'Current.TV is COMING to Virgin Media on the 12th of March.'