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Found this elsewhere maybe of interest to everyone.



November:
1st. Discovery renamed Discovery Civilization to Discovery Knowledge on Virgin Media channel 217.
6th. UKTV Documentary moves from 225 to 208'
6th. UKTV Documentary+1 moves from 226 to 209'
6th. Nat Geo Wild moves from 231 to 228'
6th. Sky Sports Xtra moves from 514 to 516'
6th. Racing UK moves from 537 to 536'
13th. Dave moves from 125 to 126'
13th. UKTV Gold+1 moves from 126 to 125'
13th. Bravo moves from 138 to 137'
13th. Bravo+1 moves from 139 to 138'
13th. Bravo2 moves from 154 to 139'
20th. ITV2 moves from 113 to 114'
20th. ITV (Sheffield) moves from 114 to 870 (this channel is only available to certain customers in Yorkshire)'
20th. ITV (Anglia) moves from 114 to 870 (this channel is only available to certain customer in South East)'
20th. ITV (Meridian) moves from 115 to 870 (this channel is only available to certain customer in South East)
Setanta Sports News starts on Virgin Media.

' = Only moving on Ex-Telewest.

December:
7th. Arsenal TV start on Virgin Media XL Pack.
21st. Virgin plan to remove all the Ex-ntl or Ex-Telewest channels so that Virgin Viewers can have the same lineup.
Channel 4 HD may start on Virgin Media

Now - December:
New Channels numbers comes to Ex-Telewest.
UKTV Drama + 1 rumour to be coming to Virgin by Virgin Media.

January 2008:
VMTV AND UKTV go Widescreen on their channels.

The list of Channels rumoured to be coming soon to Virgin Media - update Week 8.2.
Paramount 2 +1 may appear in November on Virgin Media.
MTV R may appear in November on Virgin Media
Playhouse Disney Plus rumour to be coming to Virgin Media in November.
Al Jazeera English rumour to be in talks with Virgin Media.
ITV1 HD may start on Virgin Media in Spring 2008.
Classic FM TV to start on Ex-Telewest by end of year.
ESPN Classic Sport to start on Virgin by end of year.
Sci-Fi + 1 - rumour to be coming very soon to Virgin.
Zone Media rumour to be in talks with Virgin.
Motors TV rumour to be coming to Ex-Telewest by end of this year.

New Channels that are now testing on Virgin Media ( some Ex-ntl ) boxes: - [ Last updated 16/10/07. ]

JJB Sports TV
Diva TV
Movies 24 +
Cartoonito
TCM 2
True Movies 2
Setanta Sports News

Virgin have still to sign new deals for: - [ Last updated 08/10/07. ]

Epg Channel Name
231. The National Geographic Channel +1*
235. The History Channel +1*
345. Bliss - new deal has been signed but still to be added to Ex-Telewest.*
347. Scuzz - new deal has been signed but still to be added to Ex-Telewest.*
348. Flaunt - new deal has been signed but still to be added to Ex-Telewest.*
350. Classic FM TV*
545. Motors TV*
811. Zee Music*
812. Alpha ETC Punjabi*
830. Deutsche Welle^
832. Leonardo^
833. PCNE Chinese*
861. BBC One England*
862. BBC One Scotland*
863. BBC One Northern Ireland*
864. BBC One Wales*
865. BBC Two England*
911. Radio: BBC Radio 4 LW^
917. Radio: RTE Radio 1^
920. Radio: WRN Europe^
928. Radio: Magic Radio*
929. Radio: Q Radio*
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 Radio*
963. Radio: Kiss 100*
964. Radio: Kerrang!*
966. Radio: Smash Hits!*
971. Radio: Deutsche Welle Radio^

Still to come to: * = Ex-Telewest, ^ = Ex-ntl:.

NOTE: Virgin plan to have the same Channel lineup on both network by December 21st.

Virgin Media still need to move the following channels to new EPG numbers on their Ex-Telewest network:

EPG
Old/New Channel name
113/114. ITV2
126/125. UKTV Gold +1
125/126. Dave
138/137. Bravo
139/138. Bravo +1
154/139. Bravo 2
225/208. UKTV Documentary
226/209. UKTV Documentary +1
231/228. National Geographic Wild
301/311. MTV One
302/312. MTV Two
303/313. TMF
305/315. MTV Base
307/317. MTV Hits
309/319. MTV Dance
310/320. VH1
311/321. VH1 Classic
315/325. MTV Flux
320/330. The Hits
491/470. Adult Freeviews
514/516. Sky Sports Xtra
537/536. Racing UK
114/870. ITV1 Alternate Region 1
115/871. ITV1 Alternate Region 2

NOTE: Virgin Media will give Ex-Telewest their new EPG numbers sometime before December 21st.

Since Virgin Media started they have giving us some missing channels from Discovery, Nickelodeon, Paramount and CSTV when they signs an new deal with them so keep an eye out for the following channels to appear on Virgin in the next year or two.

When Virgin sign an new deal with:

-Sparrowhawk Media Group They may get
Movies 24 +
Diva TV

-Paramount They may get
Paramount Comedy 2 +1

-MTV They may get
MTV R

-NBC Universal they may get
Sci-Fi +1

- Star they may get.
STAR Gold
STAR One

- ARY they may get.
ARY QTV
ARY The Musik

- Zee they may get.
Zee Gujarati
Zee Comedy
Zee Kids
Zee Kids Animation
Zee Lifestyle
Zee News
Zee Next

- Zone Media they may get.
Zone Romantica
Zone Reality +1
Zone Reality Extra
Zone Thriller

- Disney they may get.
Playhouse Disney +1
Disney Cinemagic +1

- ESPN they may get.
ESPN Classic Sport

- Five they may get.
Five US + 1
Five Life + 1

- Channel 4 they may get.
More4 +1
Channel 4 +1 AD - may appear on Channel 856.
Channel 4 HD [ May start on Virgin in December ]

- ITV Plc they may get.
ITV1 HD [ Set to Start Spring 2008. ]
ITV2 +1
ITV3 +1

- Turner Entertainment Networks International Limited they may get.
Cartoonito
TCM 2
Nuts TV

- Chart Show TV they may get.
True Movies 2
Chart Show TV
The Vault
B4
Pop + 1
Tiny Pop + 1
Pop Girl
Anime Central
Minx

- UKTV they may get.
UKTV Drama +1

- Setanta they may get.
Racing World

- Guardian Media Group they may get.
Century Digital
Real Radio
Rock Radio ( Formerly Q96 )

- RTE Radio they may get.
RTE Radio 2
Lyric FM
Raidio na Gaeltachta

- EMAP Radio they may get.
Heat Radio
Mojo Radio
Hallam FM
Metro Radio
Rock FM
Clyde 1
Forth One
West Sound FM
Tay FM

- UTV Radio they may get.
talkRADIO [ Set to Start again only on Digital Radio in 2008 ]
Talk 107

- BBC they may get.
BBC Gaelic Channel [ Set to start March 2008 for viewers in Scotland. ]

- GCap Media they may get.
BRMB
Red Dragon FM
Invicta FM
Beacon FM
Q103

I know that some radio channels are on Ex-Telewest in some parts of the UK and unless they sign an new deal with them so that every Virgin Media viewers get them by December 21. Virgin will remove them so that all the Virgin Networks [ Ex-ntl and Ex-Telewest ] will have the same channel lineup.


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