Thursday, 9 January 2014

BBC to relaunch BBC Red Button 2 for the Winter Olympics

The BBC has today confirmed the following coverage for the Winter Olympics (Information right as of January 9th):

  • Over 200 hours of coverage from the event in Sochi, Russia, on BBC Two and BBC Two HD,
  • Over 650 hours of coverage on six HD streams via TiVo.
  • And the relaunch of BBC Red Button 2 (To all Virgin Media viewers).

The Winter Olympics runs from February 7th to February 23rd on the following Channels:

  • BBC One - Virgin Channel 101.
  • BBC Two - Virgin Channel 102.
  • BBC One HD - Virgin Channel 108.
  • BBC Two HD - Virgin Channel 162.
  • BBC Radio Five Live - Virgin Channel 905.
  • BBC Red Button 1 - Virgin Channel 991.
  • BBC Red Button 2 - Virgin Channel 992*. 

*Channel number still to be confirmed.