MEDIA BOY UK BLOG: Setanta Sports Fallout

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Monday, 10 August 2009

Setanta Sports Fallout: Racing UK to be axe from Virgin Media's XL Pack

From Next Monday (August 17th) Racing UK will be remove from the XL Pack and will be an standalone channel at an cost of £20 per month.

Info from Virgin Channel 536.

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Setanta Sports Fallout: Aresnal TV Closedown

Aresnal has today closedown their TV Channel - but it may relaunch that an later date.

Aresnal TV was on Virgin Channel 542.

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Setanta Sports Fallout: More news to come from Virgin Media - This week

News on what's happening with the remaining channels left from the old Setanta offer - like Racing UK and Arsenal TV.

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Setanta Sports Fallout - EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media insider give Media Boy HQ an update on Setanta Sports Channels

A Virgin Media insider has just given an updates on what may happen to the Setanta Sports channels on Virgin Media.

Setanta Sports - Guardian Media: Setanta goes off air with loss of more than 200 jobs

Story from Guardian Media:

Irish pay-TV company Setanta has today been placed into administration after rescue talks designed to secure new funding collapsed.

Digital Spy: Virgin Media confirms ESPN talks

Virgin Media is in talks with ESPN about its recently secured TV rights to English Premier League games.

Confirmed as coming up on Virgin Media UK:

Last updated September 9th 2025:

Keep up to date with the latest CONFIRMED news on upcoming channel launches and non "Temporary" channels rebrands plus other important events across all platforms of Virgin UK and Northern Ireland TV network.

That's Belfast (Soon).
Virgin Media UK will rebrand NVTV as That's TV Belfast soon on Virgin Channel 159 [Local area only].

That's TV Sheffield (Soon).
Virgin Media UK will rebrand Sheffield Live as That's TV Sheffield soon on Virgin Channel 159 [Local area only].

Sky Artist of the Year (TBC).
Virgin Media UK is set to launch Sky Artist of the Year soon on Virgin UK Channel 239.

Sky Sports Stories (TBC).
Virgin Media UK is set to launch Sky Sports Stories soon on Virgin UK Channel 558.

Sky Sports Classics (TBC).
Virgin Media UK is set to launch Sky Sports Classics soon on Virgin UK Channel 559.

Sky Sports Vault (TBC).
Virgin Media UK is set to launch Sky Sports Vault soon on Virgin UK Channel 560.

The following changes may happen at a later date on Virgin Media UK.

Sky Sports Tennis HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports Tennis HD from Virgin UK Channel 520 to Virgin UK Channel 509.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports Racing HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports Racing HD from Virgin UK Channel 519 to Virgin UK Channel 510.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports Tennis SD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports Tennis SD from Virgin UK Channel 537 to Virgin UK Channel 519.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports Mix HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports Mix HD from Virgin UK Channel 510 to Virgin UK Channel 520.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports News HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports News HD from Virgin UK Channel 509 to Virgin UK Channel 528.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports Main Event UHD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports Main Event UHD from Virgin UK Channel 532 to Virgin UK Channel 529.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports F1 UHD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports F1 UHD from Virgin UK Channel 533 to Virgin UK Channel 530.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports UHD 1 (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports UHD 1 from Virgin UK Channel 534 to Virgin UK Channel 531.
(This change may not happen).

Sky Sports UHD 2 (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Sky Sports UHD 2 from Virgin UK Channel 535 to Virgin UK Channel 532.
(This change may not happen).

Liverpool FC TV HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Liverpool FC TV HD from Virgin UK Channel 544 to Virgin UK Channel 538.
(This change may not happen).

Premier Sports 1 HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Premier Sports 1 HD from Virgin UK Channel 551 to Virgin UK Channel 541.
(This change may not happen).

Premier Sports 2 HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Premier Sports 2 HD from Virgin UK Channel 552 to Virgin UK Channel 542.
(This change may not happen).

Premier Sports Rugby HD (TBC).
Virgin Media UK may move Premier Sports Rugby HD from Virgin UK Channel 553 to Virgin UK Channel 543.
(This change may not happen).

Changes dates still to be confirmed by broadcaster:

BBC Four HD (2025).
The BBC will move BBC Four HD from Virgin Scotland Channel 107 to BBC Iplayer.
(BBC Four HD moving date to move online only is still to be confirmed).

BBC Four HD (2025).
The BBC will move BBC Four HD from Virgin Wales Channel 107 to BBC Iplayer.
(BBC Four HD moving date to move online only is still to be confirmed).

BBC Four HD (2025).
The BBC will move BBC Four HD from Virgin England Channel 108 to BBC Iplayer.
(BBC Four HD moving date to move online only is still to be confirmed).

BBC Four HD (2025).
The BBC will move BBC Four HD from Virgin Northern Ireland Channel 108 to BBC Iplayer.
(BBC Four HD moving date to move online only is still to be confirmed).

CBBC HD (2025).
The BBC to move CBBC HD from Virgin UK Channel 701 to BBC Iplayer.
(CBBC HD moving online date is still to be confirmed)

BBC Radio 4 Extra (By 2028).
The BBC to move BBC Radio 4 Extra from Virgin UK Channel 910 to BBC Sound.
(BBC Radio 4 Extra moving to BBC Sound date is still to be confirmed).

For Media Boy HQ only:

Channel name (Month/Year).
Channel name will launch today on Virgin UK Channel TBC.

Channel name (Month/Year).
Channel name will move from Virgin UK Channel TBC A to Virgin UK Channel TBC B today.

New Channel name (Month/Year).
Old Channel name will rebrand as New Channel name today on Virgin UK Channel TBC.

Channel name (Month/Year).
Channel name will close today on Virgin UK Channel TBC.

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