Advanced Television: Star Plus & Star Gold now in HD on Virgin TV

Story from Advanced Television:

Star Network has announced the launch of Star Plus HD and Star Gold HD on Virgin TV, available from November 1st.

Digital TV Europe: Sky’s Darroch to ‘stick around’, outlines post-Comcast priorities

Story from Digital TV Europe:

Sky will stay focused on growing “all segments of pay TV” as well as building on its investment in original content and forging partnerships, including with third-party app providers, according to CEO Jeremy Darroch.

A516Digiital: BBC Scotland channel launch date revealed

A516Digital has seen information on the BBC Web site that revealed that BBC Scotland will launch on Sunday 24th February 2019.

MTV Christmas coming to Virgin Media UK this year

Viacom will rebrand MTV ROCKS as MTV Xmas from November 9th to late December.

Digital TV Europe: GINX TV to leave Virgin Media in HD row

Story from Digital TV Europe:

Ginx TV is due to pull its channel from the Virgin Media platform in the UK over a row about picture quality and contract terms.

Racing UK goes HD on Virgin Media UK

Ahead of Sky Sports Racing launching in 2019 Virgin Media UK has now added Racing UK HD to channel 536.

The SD Channel of Racing UK has been removed.

Romour: Is BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Wales set to launch new HD Channel next month?

Media Boy Blog has seen rumours has says both BBC Northern Ireland HD and BBC Wales HD to launch on November 29th.

Virgin Media UK has all been made 8 Kids Channels "available to all" until October 31st

Digital Spy Forum is reporting that Cartoon Network, Cartoonio, Nickelodean, Nick Junior, Nick Junior 2, Nicktoons, Boomerang and Zoo Moo HD has all been made available at no extra cost until October 31st to customers who don't normally receive them.

Sources: Digital Spy Forum and RichardCoulter.

Advanced Television: ITV quashes Endemol Shine bid speculation

Story from Advanced Television:

In light of continued press speculation, UK commercial PSB ITV has issued a statement confirming that it has no current intention of making a bid for Endemol Shine Group.

Virgin Media UK launches three more Crime + Investigation channels

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Virgin Media UK rebrand Information Channels

Virgin Media UK has rebranded the following channels:

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.

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.