Several changes took place overnight, largely removing placeholder services and some obsolete services.
Service Removals:
| ID-Ref | Service Name | Annotation | TSID | SID | |
| 49 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Meridian - West (South Coast) | 101 | 10171 | |
| 50 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Granada | 101 | 10162 | |
| 55 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Meridian - East (South East) | 101 | 10172 | |
| 56 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Tyne Tees | 101 | 10170 | |
| 58 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Anglia - East | 101 | 10169 | |
| 60 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV London | 101 | 10161 | |
| 61 | Ulster TV | Placeholder - EoS - UTV - Northern Ireland | 101 | 10175 | |
| 62 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Cymru Wales | 101 | 10165 | |
| 63 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Central - West | 101 | 10163 | |
| 64 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Anglia - West | 101 | 10176 | |
| 65 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Yorkshire - Calendar North | 101 | 10173 | |
| 67 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Central - East | 101 | 10164 | |
| 68 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Meridian - Thames Valley | 101 | 10168 | |
| 69 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV West Country - West | 101 | 10166 | |
| 81 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV West Country - South West | 101 | 10167 | |
| 84 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - Northern Ireland Macro | 102 | 10226 | |
| 85 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - Scotland (inc Cumb) Macro - VM Scot | 102 | 10227 | |
| 86 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - North Macro | 102 | 10225 | |
| 89 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - Midlands Macro | 102 | 10224 | |
| 103 | Channel 5 | Placeholder - EoS | 8 | 852 | |
| 139 | Sky Witness | Placeholder - EoS | 3 | 354 | |
| 141 | Sky Crime | Placeholder - EoS | 2 | 264 | |
| 142 | ITV2 | Placeholder - EoS | 21 | 2107 | |
| 152 | ITV3 | Placeholder - EoS | 4 | 452 | |
| 163 | ITV4 | Placeholder - EoS | 21 | 2110 | |
| 173 | Comedy Central | Placeholder - EoS | 5 | 573 | |
| 175 | Sky Sci-Fi | Placeholder - EoS | 3 | 353 | |
| 180 | More 4 | Placeholder - EoS | 8 | 851 | |
| 182 | E4 | Placeholder - EoS | 8 | 850 | |
| 196 | 5 USA | Placeholder - EoS | 2 | 210 | |
| 214 | E! | Placeholder - EoS | 22 | 2250 | |
| 234 | National Geographic | Placeholder - EoS | 3 | 352 | |
| 255 | MTV | Placeholder - EoS | 4 | 451 | |
| 292 | Film4 | Placeholder - EoS | 4 | 455 | |
| 392 | Cartoon Network | Placeholder - EoS | 4 | 456 | |
| 395 | Nickelodeon | Placeholder - EoS | 7 | 760 | |
| 443 | Channel 5 Audio Desc | Placeholder - EoS - Networked | 8 | 853 | |
| 566 | S4C Audio Desc | Placeholder - EoS - Wales - Networked | 512 | 1212 | |
| 1382 | Sky Showcase | Placeholder - EoS | 4 | 453 | |
| 1386 | Sky Sports News | Placeholder - EoS | 7 | 775 | |
| 1411 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Yorkshire - Calendar South | 101 | 10174 | |
| 1651 | 4Seven | Placeholder - EoS | 3 | 350 | |
| 1778 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Border - England | 101 | 10177 | |
| 1795 | TNT Sport 5 | Red Button Service (This was removed in error by Virgin TV) |
23 | 2305 | |
| 1797 | ITVBe | Placeholder - EoS | 10 | 1055 | |
| 1889 | Sky Sports Mix | Placeholder - EoS | 7 | 757 | |
| 1969 | 5ACTION | Placeholder - EoS | 10 | 1052 | |
| 2026 | Channel 4HD | Placeholder - EoS - London Macro - VM South & Wales | 102 | 10254 | |
| 2118 | Sky Comedy | Placeholder - EoS | 3 | 351 | |
| 2124 | Sky Nature | Placeholder - EoS | 4 | 454 | |
| 2126 | Sky Documentaries | Placeholder - EoS | 5 | 572 | |
| 2149 | ITVBe +1 | Placeholder - EoS - VM Scotland | 3 | 326 | |
| 2180 | Sky Max | Placeholder - EoS | 5 | 575 | |
| 2182 | Important Information | Information Slate - Inactive | 514 | 1459 | |
| 2183 | Important Information | Information Slate - Inactive | 514 | 1460 | |
| 90025 | Hidden 25 | Inactive Transport Stream Marker - Deprecated |
25 | 2551 |
- Any recordings made from these channels will no longer be playable.
Notes:
ID 566 S4C Audio Desc - Placeholder - EoS -
Wales - Networked
-
Although this has been a hidden placeholder service for some time, the
PMT has remained, sharing the S4C HD elementary streams.
ID 1795 TNT Sport 5 - This service was removed in error by Virgin TV (see Mid Morning Update).
- This removal is odd as this was an active red button service of TNT Sport and not a placeholder.
- As an active service, the PMT & elementary streams are still present on TSID 23 SID 2305.
- TNT Sports 1 HD is showing a "channel unavailable" error message when the red button option is selected.ID 2149 ITVBe +1 - Placeholder - EoS -
VM Scotland
- Although this has been a hidden placeholder service for some time, the PMT has remained, sharing the main ITVBe +1 elementary streams.
IDs 2182 & 2183 "Important Information" - Inactive Slates.
- These were the information slates advising users of the obsolescence of Liberate based hardware.
- These were the information slates advising users of the obsolescence of Liberate based hardware.
ID-Ref 90025 Hidden 25 - Inactive Transport Stream Marker - Deprecated:
- This
marker was added on 20/01/2021 when services were migrated from TSID 25
to TSID 20 as part of a housekeeping exercise. When another group of
channels were added to TSID 25 on 16/04/2021 in a further housekeeping
exercise, the marker became redundant. Rather than remove it, Virgin TV
simply moved it from SID 2501 to placeholder SID 2551, where it remained
until its removal overnight.- Note that 90025 is an internal reference number and not the USID which was listed as zero for this service.
NIT Network Changes:
In another strange move, the regional transport stream TSID 101 has been removed from the NIT of TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE).
TSID 101 carries fewer services nowadays and, with BBC regional services being moved onto national transport streams in London, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland, there are only local "city" stations remaining in those regions.
As Scotland has no local stations available on Virgin TV, TSID 101 is empty on Scottish networks.
In Northern Ireland TSID 101 carries BBC Two NI HD, RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 and the Northern Visions local service.
Welsh Networks carry BBC Two Wales HD on TSID 101, together with TalkCardiff in Cardiff and That's TV South Wales in Swansea.
Some of the London networks carry adjacent BBC One HD regions and / or London Live on TSID 101.
Mid Morning Update:
Service Restored:
ID 1795 TNT Sport 5
- This service has now been restored by Virgin TV.
- TNT Sports 1 HD now displays the TNT Sport 5 service correctly when the red button option is selected.
Retention Periods:
| ID-Ref | Service Name | Annotation | Days Held | |
| 90025 | Hidden 25 | Inactive TS Marker | 1048 | |
| 2183 | Important Information | Information Slate - Inactive | 819 | |
| 2182 | Important Information | Information Slate - Inactive | 807 | |
| 443 | Channel 5 Audio Desc | Placeholder - EoS - Networked | 659 | |
| 566 | S4C Audio Desc | Placeholder - EoS - Wales - Networked | 652 | |
| 84 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - Northern Ireland Macro | 519 | |
| 85 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - Scotland (inc Cumb) Macro - VM Scot | 519 | |
| 86 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - North Macro | 519 | |
| 89 | Channel 4 | Placeholder - EoS - Midlands Macro | 519 | |
| 2026 | Channel 4HD | Placeholder - EoS - London Macro - VM South & Wales | 519 | |
| 49 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Meridian - West (South Coast) | 400 | |
| 50 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Granada | 400 | |
| 55 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Meridian - East (South East) | 400 | |
| 56 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Tyne Tees | 400 | |
| 58 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Anglia - East | 400 | |
| 60 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV London | 400 | |
| 61 | Ulster TV | Placeholder - EoS - UTV - Northern Ireland | 400 | |
| 62 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Cymru Wales | 400 | |
| 63 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Central - West | 400 | |
| 64 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Anglia - West | 400 | |
| 65 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Yorkshire - Calendar North | 400 | |
| 67 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Central - East | 400 | |
| 68 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Meridian - Thames Valley | 400 | |
| 69 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV West Country - West | 400 | |
| 81 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV West Country - South West | 400 | |
| 103 | Channel 5 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 139 | Sky Witness | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 141 | Sky Crime | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 142 | ITV2 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 152 | ITV3 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 163 | ITV4 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 173 | Comedy Central | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 175 | Sky Sci-Fi | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 180 | More 4 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 182 | E4 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 214 | E! | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 234 | National Geographic | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 255 | MTV | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 292 | Film4 | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 392 | Cartoon Network | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 395 | Nickelodeon | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 1382 | Sky Showcase | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 1386 | Sky Sports News | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 1411 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Yorkshire - Calendar South | 400 | |
| 1651 | 4Seven | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 1778 | ITV1 | Placeholder - EoS - ITV Border - England | 400 | |
| 1797 | ITVBe | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 1889 | Sky Sports Mix | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 1969 | 5ACTION | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 2118 | Sky Comedy | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 2124 | Sky Nature | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 2126 | Sky Documentaries | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 2180 | Sky Max | Placeholder - EoS | 400 | |
| 196 | 5 USA | Placeholder - EoS | 243 | |
| 2149 | ITVBe +1 | Placeholder - EoS - VM Scotland | 239 |
The placeholder services were each held for the number of days specified in the above list, preserving any recordings for that period.
The countdown usually starts from the day the service is closed, or from the date the service is hidden from the EPG.
The countdown for Hidden 25 started when the transport stream was repopulated with services.
2 services remain with placeholder status:
ID 2059 E! HD (currently held for 58 days).
ID 1960 Viaplay Xtra (currently held for 34 days).
Recordings are generally preserved for around 3 months after a channel closure but Virgin has been known to remove placeholder services after shorter periods.
Although this housekeeping exercise by Virgin TV has cleared out a lot of clutter from the SI data, the database shows several other services marked as inactive or deprecated. As these are mainly internal services, rather than channels, they could be removed at any time with no notice.