UPDATED: The Best of 2017

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The Best of 2017.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):

Winner is - theone2k10 with 441 posts

02) New Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):

Winner is - Sky Sports Football

03) Best poster on Cable Forum with Information (Nominate by YOU):

Winner is - Media Boy HQ

04) Best poster on Cable Forum with information:

Winner is - JJ20X

05) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:

Winner is - Talking Pictures TV

06) Best +1 Channel of the year:

Winner is - Dave Ja Vu

07) Best new HD Channel launch of the year:

Winners is - Sky Sports Arena HD

08) Best UK Channel of the year:

Winner is - 5Spike

09) Best Internatiional Channel of the year:

Winner is - Brit Asia TV

10) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:

Winner is - STV2

11) Best Radio Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):

Winner is - Heart 80s

12) Best new brand of the year:

Winner is - Sky Sports Main Event (Was Sky Sports 1 until July 18th)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.

Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:

• Dec. 19th: Playboy
• Sep. 28th: Rishtey Cineplex
• Sep. 28th: MTV Beats
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football HD
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena HD
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena
• Jul. 10th: KMTV (In Kent areas only)
• Jun. 29th: Brit Asia TV
• Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button HD
• Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 2
• Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 3
• Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 4
• Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 5
• Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 6
• Jun. 15th: Blaze
• Jun. 6th: Islam Channel English
• Jun. 6th: Islam Channel Urdu
• Jun. 1st: Talking Pictures TV
• Apr. 18th: Made in Teesside (In Middlesbrough areas only)
• Mar. 15th: Quest Red

Channels on the move:

• Oct. 9th: E4 - from Virgin UK Channel 144 to Virgin UK Channel 106.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket HD - from Virgin UK Channel 502 to Virgin UK Channel 504.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action HD - from Virgin UK Channel 503 to Virgin UK Channel 507.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf HD - from Virgin UK Channel 504 to Virgin UK Channel 505.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League HD - from Virgin UK Channel 505 to Virgin UK Channel 502.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News HD - from Virgin UK Channel 506 to Virgin UK Channel 509.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 HD - from Virgin UK Channel 508 to Virgin UK Channel 506.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket - from Virgin UK Channel 512 to Virgin UK Channel 514.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action - from Virgin UK Channel 513 to Virgin UK Channel 517.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf - from Virgin UK Channel 514 to Virgin UK Channel 515.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League - from Virgin UK Channel 515 to Virgin UK Channel 512.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News - from Virgin UK Channel 516 to Virgin UK Channel 519.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 - from Virgin UK Channel 518 to Virgin UK Channel 516.
• Jan. 10th: Box Upfront - from Virgin UK Channel 338 to Virgin UK Channel 330.
• Jan. 10th: Box Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 337 to Virgin UK Channel 336.
• Jan. 10th: 4Music - from Virgin UK Channel 330 to Virgin UK Channel 337.
• Jan. 10th: Kiss - from Virgin UK Channel 336 to Virgin UK Channel 338.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere HD - from Virgin UK Channel 431 to Virgin UK Channel 401.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits HD - from Virgin UK Channel 433 to Virgin UK Channel 403.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats HD - from Virgin UK Channel 434 to Virgin UK Channel 404.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney HD - from Virgin UK Channel 435 to Virgin UK Channel 405.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family HD - from Virgin UK Channel 436 to Virgin UK Channel 406.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure HD - from Virgin UK Channel 437 to Virgin UK Channel 407.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy HD - from Virgin UK Channel 438 to Virgin UK Channel 408.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller HD - from Virgin UK Channel 439 to Virgin UK Channel 409.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance HD - from Virgin UK Channel 440 to Virgin UK Channel 410.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD - from Virgin UK Channel 441 to Virgin UK Channel 411.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select HD - from Virgin UK Channel 442 to Virgin UK Channel 412.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere - from Virgin UK Channel 401 to Virgin UK Channel 431.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 403 to Virgin UK Channel 433.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats - from Virgin UK Channel 404 to Virgin UK Channel 434.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney - from Virgin UK Channel 405 to Virgin UK Channel 435.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family - from Virgin UK Channel 406 to Virgin UK Channel 436.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - from Virgin UK Channel 407 to Virgin UK Channel 437.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy - from Virgin UK Channel 408 to Virgin UK Channel 438.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller - from Virgin UK Channel 409 to Virgin UK Channel 439.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance - from Virgin UK Channel 410 to Virgin UK Channel 440.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror - from Virgin UK Channel 411 to Virgin UK Channel 441.
• Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select - from Virgin UK Channel 412 to Virgin UK Channel 442.

Channels rebrand (For Good):

• Oct. 31st: Viacom has rebrand Spike as 5Spike.
• Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 HD as Sky One HD.
• Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 as Sky One.
• Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky2 as Sky Two.
• Sep. 30th: That's TV has rebrand Mustard TV as That's Norfolk (Norwich areas only).
• Aug. 28th: Star India has rebrand Star Life OK as Star Bharat.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 HD as Sky Sports Main Event HD.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 HD as Sky Sports Cricket HD.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 HD as Sky Sports Action HD.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 HD as Sky Sports Golf HD.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 HD as Sky Sports Premier League HD.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ HD as Sky Sports News HD.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 as Sky Sports Main Event.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 as Sky Sports Cricket.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 as Sky Sports Action.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 as Sky Sports Golf.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 as Sky Sports Premier League.
• Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ as Sky Sports News.
• Apr. 24th: STV has rebrand both STV Edinburgh and STV Glasgow as STV2.
• Apr. 8th: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Tiddlers TV as Virgin TV Kids.
• Apr. 8th: Global Radio has rebrand Heart Extra as Heart 80s.
• Mar. 18th: Fox has rebrand Fox+ as Fox + 1.
• Mar. 1st: Motorsport has rebrand Motors TV as Motorsport.TV UK.
• Jan. 10th: Sony has rebrand Movie Mix as Sony Movie Channel.

Channels we said Goodbye to:

1. Dec. 1st: Playboy TV.
2. Oct. 18th: Kix Power.
3. Sep. 13th: Bike TV.
4. Aug. 17th: BBC Three app - from Virgin UK Channel 106.
5. Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button HD.
6. Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 2.
7. Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 3.
8. Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 4.
9. Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 5.
10. Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 6.
11. Feb. 1st: ARY Digital.
12. Feb. 1st: ARY News UK.

Final total of posters on 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2017)' Thread this year:

As of December 18th at 4pm

TOP 20:

Name - number of posts

1.  theone2k10 - 441
2. OLD BOY - 429
3. denphone - 422
4. RichardCoulter - 341
5. jj20x - 289
6. Media Boy - 278
7. muppetman11 - 132
8. Mad Max - 110
9. Ddonald2016 - 107
10. 1andrew1 - 97
11. Dave42 - 86
12. Ultimate.Conj - 81
13. vincerooney - 55
14. BenMcr - 47
15. nodrogd - 47
16. telegramsam - 46
17. Chad - 46
18. SonicMaster - 46
19. Gavin-D - 46
20. ozsat - 34
21. Inactive Digital - 33
22. Raider999 - 31
23. Mr K - 27
24. passingbat - 26
25. alwaysabear - 26
26. spiderplant - 23
27. Aguero9320 - 19
28. Horizon - 18
29. Arthurgray50@blu - 16
30. johnathome - 15
31. cheekyangus - 14
32. nialli - 14
33. jfman - 11
34. Bananaman_007 - 10
35. Tricky Trevor - 10
36. buckeye - 10
37. RobboEdin - 10
38. Richc1977 - 9
39. Red_dog77 - 8
40. Mobes - 7
41. The Yank - 7
42. mhatter67 - 7
43. heavyside - 7
44. Derekb108 - 7
45. DaMac - 6
46. heero_yuy - 6
47. spankysmagicpian - 6
48. mike_gain - 6
49. nicknewark - 6
50. japitts - 5
51. dodgem22 - 5
52. ottoni - 5
53. oliver1948uk - 5
54. gba93 - 4
55. johnasimmons - 4
56. Bofrok - 4
57. Mr Banana - 4
58. busboy125 - 4
59. MyBraiNz - 4
60. figgyburn - 3
61. DreamRJ - 3
62. trickytree - 3
63. Henkesghost - 3
64. Lozenge - 3
65. DJ-SWITCH - 3
66. toady - 3
67. Itshim - 3
68. blackthorn - 3
69. buba3d - 3
70. devilincarnate - 3
71. TMLeafs - 3
72. 1701-e - 2
73. jodash - 2
74. MichaelScofield - 2
75. Gunslinger - 2
76. Joedm45 - 2
77. Barriescott - 2
78. bluecandylover - 2
79. Rob King - 2
80. Phil-ntl - 2
81. pjj365 - 2
82. Frazz - 2
83. bennyhill - 2
84. I love Virgin2013 - 2
85. tpick - 1
86. cupcakes aka dd - 1
87. iadom - 1
88. fedupreggin - 1
89. Martin_D - 1
90. Kev Greenhalgh - 1
91. Bob - 1
92. Jacquesb - 1
93. nfs6600 - 1
94. DVD Cinema - 1
95. i am not scouse - 1
96. TheTruthReigns - 1
97. Horsegirlbusmad - 1
98. huxleypiguk - 1
99. greeninferno - 1
100. Pster72 - 1
101. dilli-theclaw - 1
102. batchain - 1
103. Parkinjw - 1
104. LoneWolf - 1
105. Cable Forum - 1
106. AndyCambs - 1
107. neilo - 1
108. daz100 - 1
109. jcm193 - 1
110. ongman - 1
111. braysoj1 - 1
112. gunner45 - 1
113. paultrademark - 1
114. Wicked_and_Crazy - 1
115. andrewbrown - 1
116. dazed&confused - 1
117. richard s - 1

ALL POSTERS MUST HAVE POSTED IN 'COMING SOON TO VIRGIN TV (2017)'.

Top posters of 2017 (Total took at 18th December at 16.00):

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THIS POST WAS FIRST LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 18TH.

*Some text was updated on December 20th.