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Friday, 31 May 2013
Broadcast: Viacom carriage deal shakes up Virgin EPG
Story from Broadcast:
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Confirmed: Virgin Media to broadcast Local TV on Virgin Channel 159
The head of the London Evening
Standard's TV channel 'London Live' has confirmed to the Westminster Media Forum
on local media.
"What "still needs to be resolved" is Virgin Media's offer of
slot 159 on its TV service." Which he feels is too low down.
ESPN Classic and WarnerTV to close on Virgin on Demand
Virgin Media has confirmed that both ESPN Classic and Warner TV will be remove from Virgin Media’s TV On Demand Service with effect from Friday 31st
May.
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Viacom sign new deal with Virgin Media
Virgin Media has signed an new broadcasting deal with Viacom.
UPDATED: Five channels move to lower packages on Virgin Media
Info from Virgin Media Forum:
Today we've made some changes to the packages some channels are available on, so those on the lower tiers can now start to enjoy the great content from:
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Friday, 24 May 2013
Confirmed: Zee to pull Zee Café from UK and Ireland on June 10th
Story from BizAsia:
A new channel from ZEE Network by the name of Lamhe will replace ZEE Cafe in June, BizAsia can exclusively confirm.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
The Independent: Sit-Up shopping channels found to have made misleading price claims and product descriptions
Story from The Independent:
The company behind the shopping channels Bid and Price Drop could have its broadcast licence revoked after being found to have consistently made misleading price claims and product descriptions.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Competition Commission results on Global Radio
Story from Radio Today:
The Competition Commission has released the results of its six-month investigation into the takeover of GMG Radio by Global Radio.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Virgin Media 'deep in negotiations with BT'
From Virgin Media Forum:
Virgin Media Takeover - TBI: Liberty Global makes senior Virgin Media appointment
The Following story from TBI Magazine:
Liberty Global has named the managing director of UPC Netherlands, Robert Dunn, as Virgin Media’s next chief finance officer.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Biz Asia: Zee Cafe to get rebranded in June?
Asian Media Web Site Biz Asia is tonight reporting that just days after launching on Virgin Media Zee Café will be getting rebrand as Zee Classic in June.
Zee Café was launch on May 1st on Virgin Channel 811.
Zee Café was launch on May 1st on Virgin Channel 811.
BT reveal more info on BT Sports
BT has today reveal that from August 1st BT Sports package that the cost of £12 per month (For SD Channels only) and £15 per month (For HD Channels as well) will have the following channels in it:
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Virgin Media Takeover - Telegraph: John Malone hires ex-News International boss Tom Mockridge to head up Virgin Media
The following is from The Telegraph:
Mr Mockridge departed News International at the end of December after he missed out on the top job at New Corp's newly hived-off newspaper and book publishing arm.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Virgin Media moves some Discovery channels to new EPG Channel numbers
- Discovery Home & Health has moved from Virgin Channel 275 to Virgin Channel 271.
Monday, 6 May 2013
Mail on Sunday: BT to screen sport free to superfast broadband subscribers
The following post is thanks to Mail on Sunday:
BT is set to give free access to its sports channel showing live Premier League football to a million subscribers who take its high-speed fibre optic broadband service.
Friday, 3 May 2013
Confirmed: ESPN to close on July 31st
The following info is thanks to Virgin Viewer and Cable Forum poster smallclone:
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Animal Planet HD launches on Virgin Media
Virgin Media has today added Animal Planet HD to Virgin Channel 217.
UKTV to launch Drama on Freeview in July
UKTV has today confirmed that a new channel called "Drama" will launch on July 8th on Freeview.
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Virgin Media to move it Shed next door - soon
I have discovered on 'Discoveryuk.com' that Virgin Media is set
to move Discovery Shed soon on Virgin Channel 274 to Virgin Channel
273.
I think it will move on May 7th when Home and Health moves to Channel 271.
I think it will move on May 7th when Home and Health moves to Channel 271.
Confirmed: Virgin Media will not launch Universal HD and E! HD any time soon
A Cable Forum poster and Virgin Media Viewer has posted the following info today from NBCUniversal:
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