Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

 

Service Removals - Closed Sports Services (Placeholders): 

 

ID   319  Sky Sports Main Event - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 2  SID 222 on traditional cable networks. 

 

ID   320  Sky Sports Cricket - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 9  SID 912 on traditional cable networks.  

 

ID   321  Sky Sports Action - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 2  SID 206 on traditional cable networks.   

 

ID   322  Sky Sports Golf - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 4  SID 410 on traditional cable networks.   

 

ID 1595  Sky Sports F1 - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 3  SID 324 on traditional cable networks.   

 

ID 1786  Sky Sports PL - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 2  SID 217 on traditional cable networks.   

 

ID 1921  Sky Sports + - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 3  SID 314 on traditional cable networks.   

 

ID 1923  Sky Sports Football - Placeholder - End of Service 

- Removed from TSID 4  SID 423 on traditional cable networks.   

 

ID 2326  Sky Sports Tennis - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 4  SID 414 on traditional cable networks.   

All services listed above:

- Removed from the SDT and the NIT.

These placeholder services have been removed after preserving recordings for 94 days.
Any recordings will no longer play.

 

 

Service Removal - Placeholder: 

ID 1548  Sky Showcase HD - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 2  SID 222 on traditional cable networks. 

- Removed from the SDT and the NIT.

This placeholder service has been removed after preserving recordings for 94 days.
Any recordings will no longer play.

  

 

Service Removals - FAST Service Closures: 

 

Channel 250 - ID 2293  Deal or No Deal - FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Removed from TSID 8  SID 807 on traditional cable networks. 

Releasing channel 250 for reuse by 8 out of 10 Cats.

 

Channel 251 - ID 2353  Mythbusters - FAST Channel Portal - Not on Original Tivo

- Removed from TSID 8  SID 802 on traditional cable networks.  

Releasing channel 251 for reuse by Pointless. 

 

Both services listed above:

- Removed from the SDT and the NIT.

 

New FAST Services - Launched

 

Channel 250 - ID 2397  8 Out of 10 Cats  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo

- EPG slot allocation changed - now channel 250 (was 263). Reversing the previous change. 

  

Channel 251 - ID 2398  Pointless  -  FAST Channel Portal - Not on V6 or Tivo

- EPG slot allocation changed - now channel 251 (was 264). Reversing the previous change. 

 

Both services listed above: 

- Added to the NIT of all remaining networks.

These FAST services have now launched on TV360 and Stream devices.

Service Closures: 

 

Channel 151 - ID 2355  That's TV2 - Placeholder - End of Service

- End of Service and Placeholder flags have been added.

 

Channel 152 - ID 2297  That's 20th Century - Placeholder - End of Service

- End of Service and Placeholder flags have been added.

 

The end of service / placeholder flag combination preserves any recordings for a short period following a channel closure.  

These services have closed on Virgin TV, they are currently carrying a closure slate advising viewers that That's TV is still available on channel 150.

 

 

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Channel Closure - SDT Root Flags:

ID 2141  Sky Animation HD  - Placeholder - End of Service

- SDT root flags show that this service is running and not encrypted - encryption removed.

Encryption has been removed following the removal of elementary streams on May 20th.

 

Temporary Rebrand: 
- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand - the service name change scheduled for May 23rd has now been actioned by Virgin TV. 

Temporary Rebrand: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand - the service name was not updated by Virgin TV at the time but was changed later.. 

Launch - Temporary pop-up service added to the EPG:

ID 1484  TNT Sports HD Final  - Pop Up Service

 - Added back to the NIT of remaining networks.

This service is now visible on customer devices on channel 526, bringing coverage of UEFA cup final games.

 

 

Channel Closure - Housekeeping:

ID 2141  Sky Animation HD  - Placeholder - End of Service

- All elementary streams have now been removed following the channel closure (TSID 24 SID 2404 on traditional cable networks).

Temporary Rebrand - not actioned by Virgin TV: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand - the service name was not updated by Virgin TV.