Media Boy's 2011 year in review

The following channels has launch on Virgin TV this year:
Ch 114. ITV1 +1 (England and Wales only - On Jan 11th).
Ch 114. STV +1 (Scotland only - On Jan 11th).
Ch 114. UTV +1 (N. Ireland only - On Jan 11th).
Ch 189. True Entertainment (On Mar 1st).
Ch 826. COLOURS (On Apr 1st).
Ch 974. Sunrise Radio London (On Apr 1st).
Ch 282. Sky Arts 1 HD (On Apr 26th).
Ch 284. Sky Arts 2 HD (On Apr 26th).
Ch 188. BBC ALBA (Scotland only - On May 18th)
Ch 554. PPV Live Events Help (On Jun 27th).
Ch 555. TiVo Pay Per Views (On Jun 27th).
Ch 441. Sky Movies Classic HD (On Oct 4th).
Ch 204. Yesterday +1 (On Oct 7th).
Ch 209. Eden HD (On Oct 7th).
Ch 210. Eden +1 (On Oct 7th).
Ch 261. Good Food HD (On Oct 7th).
Ch 129. Dave HD (On Oct 10th).
Ch 125. Watch HD (On Oct 12th).
Ch 243. PBS (On Nov 1st).
Ch 546. Box Nation (On Dec 1st).
Ch 192. CBS Action (On Dec 15th).
Ch 193. Sony TV UK (On Dec 15th).
Ch 621. NDTV (On Dec 15th).

But this year we have said Goodbye to:
Ch 136. Bravo (On Jan 1st).
Ch 137. Bravo +1 (On Jan 1st).
Ch 138. Bravo2 (On Jan 1st).
Ch 141. Challenge Jackpot (On Jan 1st).
Ch 119. Channel One (On Feb 1st).
Ch 120. Channel One +1 (On Feb 1st).
Ch 736. POP (On Feb 28th).
Ch 811. Zing (On Apr 1st).
Ch 485. Gay TV Information Channel (On Apr 7th).
Ch 823. Midland Asian TV (MATV) (Leicester only - On May 19th).

Plus the following have been rebranded this year:
Ch 109. LIVING has been rebranded as Sky Living (On Feb 1st).
Ch 110. LIVING HD has been rebranded as Sky Living HD (On Feb 1st).
Ch 111. LIVING +1 has been rebranded as Sky Living +1 (On Feb 1st).
Ch 112. LIVINGit has been rebranded as Sky LIVINGit (On Feb 1st).
Ch 159. LIVING Loves has been rebranded as Sky Living Loves (On Feb 1st).
Ch 160. LIVINGit +1 has been rebranded as Sky LIVINGit ( On Feb 1st).
Ch 105. FIVE has been rebranded as Channel 5 (On Feb 14th).
Ch 150. FIVE HD has been rebranded as Channel 5 HD (On Feb 14th).
Ch 855. FIVE AD has been rebranded as Channel 5 AD (On Feb 14th).
Ch 180. Sky3 has been rebranded as Pick TV (On Feb 28th).
Ch 478. Top Shelf TV has been rebranded as My Ex Girlfriends (On Mar 4th).
Ch 151. FIVER has been rebranded as 5* (5 Star) (On Mar 7th).
Ch 152. FIVER +1 has been rebranded as 5* (5 Star) +1 (On Mar 7th).
Ch 153. FIVE USA has been rebranded as 5 USA (On Mar 7th).
Ch 154. FIVE USA +1 has been rebranded as 5 USA +1 (On Mar 7th).
Ch 727. Playhouse Disney has been rebranded as Disney Jr. (On May 5th)
Ch 484. Xplicit XXX has been rebranded as XXX Mums (On Jun 1st).
Ch 480. UK Swingers has been rebrand as Red Hot Fetish (On Jul 1st).
Ch 481. Viewers Wives has been rebrand as Red Hot Mum (On Jul 1st).
Ch 741. Price-Drop TV has been rebranded as price drop (On Aug 9th).
Ch 745. Bid TV has been rebranded as bid (On Aug 9th).
Ch 746. Speed Auction TV has been rebranded as speed auction (On Aug 9th).

The following have move packages this year on Virgin Media:
Ch 139. Challenge joins the M Package (On Feb 1st).
Ch 140. Challenge + 1 joins the M Package (On Feb 1st).
Ch 155. Current TV joins the XL Package (On Jun 8th).
Ch 267. Really joins the M Package (On Aug 2nd).
Ch 281. Sky Arts 1 joins the M+ Package (On Oct 4th).
Ch 283. Sky Arts 2 joins the M+ Package (On Oct 4th).