Thursday, 27 September 2018

Virgin Media UK launches three more Crime + Investigation channels

Virgin Media UK has added three more Crime + Investigation channels to lineup.

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Media Guardian: Rupert Murdoch's Sky reign to end as Fox sells all shares to Comcast

Story from Media Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch’s three-decade reign at Sky TV is to end after his company 21st Century Fox announced it would sell all of its shares in the British broadcaster to the US media firm Comcast.

Monday, 24 September 2018

Virgin Media UK to launch Freesports HD tomorrow

Virgin Media UK has confirmed that FreeSports will launch an HD Channel on Virgin Media UK from September 25th.

Saturday, 22 September 2018

BBC News - Sky: Comcast outbids Fox with £30bn bid for broadcaster

Story from BBC News:

US cable giant Comcast has submitted the highest bid in the auction for broadcaster Sky, valuing the company at more than £30bn.

Thursday, 20 September 2018

BBC News: Sky bid tussle to be settled by auction

Story from BBC News:

The takeover of broadcaster Sky will be settled by an auction, the UK's Takeover Panel has announced.

Monday, 17 September 2018

UKTV: GOLD HD to launch on Virgin Media UK next week

UKTV has tonight confirmed that GOLD HD will replace Gold SD on Virgin Media’s platform on the 25th of September.

Saturday, 15 September 2018

The F1 Broadcasting Blog: TV channel Motorsport.tv to close

The F1 Broadcasting Blog Is reporting that Motorsport.tv will close on Virgin UK Channel 545 on October 1st.

Motorsport Network will carry on broadcasting via motorsport.tv or Apple TV, iOS & Android Apps.

Friday, 14 September 2018

Virgin Media UK rebrand Information Channels

Virgin Media UK has rebranded the following channels:

Monday, 10 September 2018

Express: Virgin Media update offers millions of customers the ultimate way to watch TV

Story from Express:

Virgin Media customers who own a 4K Ultra HD TV could be in for a treat.

The broadband and TV supplier has just announced it’s launching a brand-new channel that is dedicated to showing every programme in 4K.

Monday, 3 September 2018

Broadband TV News: STV HD made available to Virgin TV homes

Story from Broadband TV News:

Virgin TV customers on Scotland will be able watch fully regionalised versions of STV in HD for the first time.

Virgin Media UK launches 5 HD Channels to Asian Mela

Asian Mela customers can now watch the following channels in HD. To make room for them to launch Virgin Media UK has axe their SD Channels.