EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to offer True Movies 1 free to all M+ Package customers in April

From April 1st Virgin Media are set to offer True Movies 1 to all M+ Package customers absolutely free until May 1st 2012.

No Red Button non TiVo boxes for Sky Sports F1 until July

Only viewers with TiVo can watch the Red Button on Sky Sports F1 on Virgin Channel 516.

The rest of us will get it in July 2012.

Current TV close but Sky Sports F1 launch on Virgin

Over the weekend saw:

Sky Sports F1 launch on Virgin Media Channel 516 on Friday night. But Current was close on Sunday Night on Virgin Media Channel 155.

Guardian Media: Channel 4 to launch 4seven catchup channel in the summer

Story from Guardian Media:

Channel 4 has given the green light to a new TV channel, to be called 4seven, that will allow viewers to catch repeats of its most popular shows from this summer.

Digital Spy: BBC One regional changes around Brighton

An DS Forum poster has posted the following:

VM customers to the west of Brighton & Hove (in particular Worthing and Littlehampton) may find they now receive South East Today instead of the correct South Today programme, this is due to the Brighton area receiving BBC South East Today from the local transmitter as of today as part of Digital Switchover.

Mid-Week update

MTV Dance has gone widescreen on Virgin Channel 309.
MTV Rocks has gone widescreen on Virgin Channel 325.
Plus Virgin Media has remove Current TV from Virgin on Demand.

Virgin may launch Sky Sports F1 before next Friday

I have seen that DS Forums is reporting that Sky Sports F1 is now broadcasting on Sky showing ''preview loop'' and have ask my insiders if Virgin have any to carry the ''preview loop'' or are we just getting the information screen until March 9th.

Finally, Sky Sports Red Button has launch on TiVo

According to TiVo viewers Sky Sports Red Button has this morning launch their boxes.