New Channels for 2008

[TW4Tv]

Not sure if this is the right section, but I thought it is worthy of mention (even a sticky?)

December:
29-30th. All Setanta Sports Channels FREE to viewers on both the M and L packages.
31st. SMG owned Virgin Radio Groove will closed at the Bells.

January:
8th. Discovery new channel 'DMax' starts on Virgin Media Channel 197.
8th. The National Geographic Channel +1 may start on Ex-Telewest on Channel 231.
14th. Arsenal TV may start on Virgin Media XL Pack.
31st. VMTV and UKTV to go widescreen.
Pop Girl may start on Virgin Media this month.
Motors TV may appear on Telewest this month IF it do not appear it will be removed from NTL.

February:
Sky Movies rename again Sky Movies SD 1 (Virgin Channel 411) will be renamed Sky Movies Screen 1 also the same name tweak will also be applied to Sky Movies SD 2 as well.

Channels still to come to Virgin Media:
Channel 4 HD will appear when Virgin get room to put it in January or March.
The History Channel +1 will start soon on Ex-Telewest.
True Movies 2 and AnimeCentral all may start on Virgin Media in January.
Nuts TV, Cartoonito, TCM2, ESPN Classic, Bubble Hits, Al Jazeera English and BBC Gaelic Channel ( Scottish viewers only ) all may appear on Virgin Media in March.

Other news:
NASN is to be rebranded in 2008.
Sometime in 2008: Virgin plan to remove all the Ex-ntl or Ex-Telewest channels so that Virgin Viewers can have the same lineup.
BBC Worldwide is looking to buy out its Virgin Media partner in UKTV
Virgin Media is planning to launch 24-hour linear HD channels in 2008, its chief executive Malcolm Wall told trade paper Media Week.

The list of Channels rumoured to be coming to Virgin Media.
Virgin are still in talks with Sky over their Basic channels coming back on air.
ITV are rumoured to be in talks with Virgin over ITV HD coming to Virgin [ We may also get ITV2 +1 and ITV3 +1 as part of the deal. ]
.Also Film 24, Star and Chello Zone are also rumoured to be in talks with Virgin - note: Chello Zone is the new name for Zone Media.
ARY QTV and The Musik may appear soon on Virgin.

New channels that are now testing on some Ex-ntl boxes.
JJB Sports TV

Alignment of Ex-Telewest channels to match with Ex-ntl: areas has began and the following channels will move in the coming weeks

TBA
Television X moves from 473 to On Demand
Playboy TV Nightly moves from 475 to On Demand
The Adult Channel Nightly moves from 477 to On Demand
Spice Extreme Nightly moves from 478 to On Demand
Red Hot Just 18 moves from 480 to On Demand
Red Hot Asians moves from 482 to On Demand
Red Hot Amateur moves from 483 to On Demand

Virgin still have to sign deals for the following ex-NTL channels to appear on the ex-Telewest Network

EPG Channel Name
231. The National Geographic Channel +1
235. The History Channel +1
545. Motors TV
811. Zee Music
812. Alpha ETC Punjabi
833. PCNE Chinese
861. BBC One England
862. BBC One Scotland
863. BBC One Northern Ireland
864. BBC One Wales
865. BBC Two England
928. Radio: Magic
929. Radio: Q
930. Radio: BBC Radio Scotland
931. Radio: BBC Radio Wales
932. Radio: BBC Radio Ulster
934. Radio: BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
936. Radio: BBC Radio Cymru
962. Radio: The Hits
963. Radio: Kiss 100
964. Radio: Kerrang!
966. Radio: Smash Hits!

Virgin still have to sign deals for the following ex-Telewest channels to appear on the ex-NTL Network

EPG Channel Name
830. Deutsche Welle TV
832. Leonardo
911. Radio: BBC Radio 4 LW
917. Radio: RTE Radio 1
920. Radio: WRN Europe
971. Radio: Deutsche Welle Radio

[PIMP-KHAN]

DMax is allready available on the eurovox!

PS. This info is from wikipedia isnt it?

[TW4Tv]

nah, VM forums

[daithi]

Any news about Ireland????

[hiroki]

Can anyone tell me why Dmax has OBE TV on it?

[leythdave]

Also anyone else now get Setanta Sports news??
I do.

[artynoble]

setanta sports news has been round for a month or so.

[adex1]

Yeah I get Setanta Sports. Its really glitchy though even though the signal is 80-84%. Tried everything. Frustrating