The Telegraph: Virgin Media turns up the television volume to transform its neglected pay-TV business

Story from The Telegraph:

For a company calling itself Virgin Media, it has been a long time since Britain’s number two pay-TV operator had much to say about television.

Virgin Media UK: Prices increased for Sky Movies and Sky Sports customers

Virgin Media UK has confirmed the following:

Virgin Media UK axe Ukraine Today from Worldbox

Virgin Media UK has axe Ukraine News channel "Ukraine Today" from WorldBox on Virgin UK Channel 834.

Guardian Media: John Whittingdale could force BBC to sell off UKTV stake

Story from Guardian Media:

The government is considering forcing the BBC to sell off its 50% stake in UKTV, which owns 10 channels including Dave and Gold, which is valued at about £500m.

UPDATED: Virgin Media UK starts TiVo software update

Digital Spy Forum poster "Andyland" say the following tonight:

It looks as though VM are rolling out a software update for Tivo. I just had a promo appear in the discovery bar.

Virgin Media UK: Virgin Media TV customers say ‘hayu’ to SVOD all-reality extravaganza

Story from Virgin Media UK:

NBCUniversal International (NBCUI) and Virgin Media today announce a ground-breaking partnership with the launch of hayu to Virgin Media customers.

MB Views: Will Virgin Media UK launch two new channels this week?

QVC's Red Button - QVC Active - was axe on April 2nd 2013 we feel that QVC Beauty and QVC Style may launch this week on Virgin UK Channels 741 and 742.

Radio Times: CBBC can still stay up to 9pm from April 11th

Radio Times say that CBBC will stay on air to 9pm everyday from April 11th.

Confirmed: Sky Premiums HD closes on the Scientific-Atlanta V+ model

Virgin Media UK Worker "BenMcr" has today confirmed on Cable Forum that Virgin Media UK has axe the Sky Premiums HD for Virgin Media UK customers using the Scientific-Atlanta V+ model.

Virgin Media UK customers using the Scientific-Atlanta V+ model has lost the following channels:

BBC Three gets TiVo app on Virgin Media UK

The BBC has axe BBC Three today on the following channels on Virgin Media.

Confirmed: Nollywood Movies set to moved to M+ Package from Friday

Virgin Media UK has confirmed via their TiVo boxes that Nollywood Movies will be added to the M+, L and XL Packages at no extra cost from April 1st.

Virgin Media: “More VoD exclusives”

Story from Advanced Television:

UK quad-play operator Virgin Media is to ramp up the amount of exclusive video-on-demand programming available to its Virgin Media TV XL customers to watch through its TV on demand service.

Sky Sports: Sky Sports to show every F1 race live from 2019 until 2024

Story from Sky Sports:

Sky Sports has extended its partnership with Formula 1 to remain the home of F1 in the UK and Ireland until 2024.

BBC to axe BBC Three as TV Channel from March 31st

Virgin Media UK has today confirmed that BBC Three and BBC Three HD will close on March 31st.

New ITV HD Channels coming soon to Virgin Media UK

ITV have confirm that three new regions are to launch soon in HD on Virgin Media UK.

EXCLUSIVE: Two new channels start tests on Virgin Media UK

Media Boy Sources has confirmed that Virgin Media UK has today started to test the following QVC Channels:

Confirmed: Virgin Media UK to cut Non Direct Debit Customers to 45p from April 1st

Virgin Media UK have confirmed on Virgin Media.com that Non Direct Debit Customers will just pay 45p extra per month from April 1st.

EXCLUSIVE: Sky viewers will no longer need to pay extra for Sky Movies HD Channels

THIS POST WAS UPDATED ON MARCH 14TH AS A CORRECTIONS TO A STORY WE POSTED ON MARCH 10TH:

Sky Sources has confirm to Media Boy HQ that Sky viewers will no longer need to pay extra for Sky Movies HD Channels from June 1st.

Advanced Television: Virgin boosts VoD content with Endemol Shine

Story from Advanced Television:

Virgin Media has agreed a partnership with Endemol Shine International to bring the hit US show Kingdom to the UK, exclusively for its TV customers to watch on demand from April 1st.

EXCLUSIVE: New tests appear for "Formula E" on Virgin Media UK

Media Boy Sources say Virgin Media UK have started to test "Formula E" - No news on if this will be an app or an channel was know at time of posting.