Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 music channels reverting to their usual names following seasonal rebrands.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 3 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

Information Slate:

Channel 296  -  ID 2020  Channel Update  -  Information Slate - Internal Networks Only

- Removed from the NIT of all networks other than 3 internal networks.

The slate advising viewers of That's Christmas move to channel 152 is no longer visible on the EPG to those who could actually see it.

This slate was unseen by many subscribers as it had been left incorrectly flagged as the Sport genre and with TNT Sports subscription codes from the last time it was used. These have still not been updated.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

- 1 movie channel reverting to its usual name following a promotional rebrand.

New Service - Update to pre-launch Configuration:

ID 2360 Cruise1st.tv  -  Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name changed from Cruise1sttv to Cruise1stTV.

- Genre changed from Entertainment to Shopping.

Although no longer hidden from the EPG, Cruise1st.tv will not show up on customer equipment as it is not included in the NIT of customer facing networks.

 

 

Temporary Rebrands:

- 3 sports channels with promotional rebrands (2 sports channels on Stream devices as they don't have the SD version).

New Service - Update to pre-launch Configuration:

ID 2360 Cruise1st.tv  -  Internal Networks Only

- No longer hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag removed.

- SDT root flags updated to show that this service is running and encrypted - now active with encryption added.

- Subscription codes added for M / Player / Mixit and above and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

Although no longer hidden from the EPG, Cruise1st.tv will not show up on customer equipment as it is not included in the NIT of customer facing networks.

Housekeeping - Placeholder SID:

ID 2170  Eurosport 4 HD  -  Placeholder - EoS - Pop Up Service

- The service has been moved from SID 704 to placeholder SID 754 on traditional cable networks (TSID 7).

Releasing SID 704 to be re-used by Cruise1st.tv.

 

 

New Service - Pre-launch Configuration:

ID 2360 Cruise1st.tv  -  Internal Networks Only

- Added to TSID 7 SID 704 on traditional cable networks.

- Short EPG Name - Cruise1sttv.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 758. Channel numbers are subject to change.

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

- Marked as the Entertainment genre.

- Marked as HD.

- Hidden from the EPG. - Hide1 flag applied.

- Subscription codes have not yet been assigned.

- Added to 3 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.

   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added when checked.

Although hidden from the EPG this isn't really necessary as the service isn't in the NIT of customer facing networks.  

 

 

New FAST Services - Changes to Pre-launch Configurations:

ID 2356  Sky Artist of theYear  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- This service has been added to the NIT of VM Paddington bringing the total number of internal networks being used for pre-launch configuration to four. 

 

 

During the day: 

New Service - Update to the pre-launch Configuration:

ID 2360 Cruise1st.tv  -  Internal Networks Only

- PMTs and elementary streams (video & audio) have now been added.

New FAST Services - Changes to Pre-launch Configurations:

ID 2331  Hell's Kitchen  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2332  Egg Heads  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2357  Sky Sports Stories  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2358  Sky Sports Classics  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

ID 2359  Sky Sports Vault  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Each service has been added to the NIT of VM Paddington bringing the total number of internal networks being used for pre-launch configuration to four.

 

Oddly, ID 2356, Sky Artist of theYear, has not been added to VM Paddington at this point.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 2 movie channels with promotional rebrands.

Renamed Network:

- The internal network at Virgin Media HQ has had a change of name from VM Hammersmith to VM Paddington.

Taking on the name of the location of Virgin Media's new office building in Paddington.

Subscription pack codes added:

ID 2263  Test Barker  -  Internal Networks Only

- Subscription pack codes above M/Player/Mixit and the Stream Inclusive Channels free tier have been added.

Previously this service only had the subscription pack code for M/Player/Mixit with no other codes, which isn't a normal configuration.

This service is only available on 2 internal networks, VM Paddington & Code Download Test (Portsmouth), so isn't visible to Virgin TV customers.

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Temporary Rebrands:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

- 2 kids channels reverting to their usual names following promotional rebrands.

Start of a Free To View period:

Channel 175  -  ID 2033 Virgin TV Ultra HD  -  Not on Original Tivo.

Channel 999  -  ID 1989 Virgin TV Ultra HD  -  Not on Original Tivo.

- Temporary subscription pack codes added for M/Player/Mixit on traditional cable networks and for the basic, inclusive channels, pack for Stream devices.

These channels are now available to all customers. In previous years the free to view period has been for the whole of December. 

Temporary Rebrand:

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.