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.

Temporary Rebrand - not actioned by Virgin TV: 

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

Note:

Analysis noted that the changes listed on the May 13th update were all reversed by Virgin TV. This data was held in the database without updating the history. Subsequent analysis showed that the changes from May 13th had been restored. As processing changes of this type is very time consuming, data from May15th has not been recorded. 

 

This type of situation usually indicates that Virgin TV has lost data and restored the service from the previous day's backup. 

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations Updated:

 

ID 2417  River Monsters  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

 

ID 2418  Hotel Inspector  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - changed from internal channel 1253 to channel 253. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

For both of the above regional services: 

- Added to 4 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.

   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

   - VM Paddington 

 

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2400  Robot Wars  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: Robot Wars 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 847 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 235. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

ID 2419  Demand Drama  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: DemandDrama 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 850 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 236. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

For both of the above regional services: 

- Flagged as the Entertainment Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- HD flag added.

- SDT root flags show that the services are not running and not encrypted.

- Subscription code segments had not been added at the time of the analysis.

- Added to 4 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.
   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)
   - NGRHEE Bromley
   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)
   - VM Paddington 

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added at the time of the analysis.

 

 

Channel Closure - hidden from the EPG:

Channel 405 - ID 2141  Sky Animation HD  - Placeholder - End of Service

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- EPG slot changed from channel 405 to internal channel 2405 - releasing channel 405 for reuse. 

The closure message slate has now been hidden from the EPG.

 

 

Pop-up service being updated for reuse:

ID 1484  TNT Sports HD Final  - Pop Up Service - Internal Networks Only

- Made visible on the EPG - Hide1 flag removed.

- EPG slot changed from internal channel 1897 to channel 526. Channel numbers are subject to change.

- SDT root flags show that the services are running and encrypted - encryption added.

- Added to 4 internal networks often used for pre-launch configuration.

   - Code Download Test (Portsmouth)

   - NGRHEE Bromley

   - TTA Knowsley DMC (Hayes_RHE)

   - VM Paddington  

This service is not visible on customer devices as it is not currently included in the NIT of customer facing networks.

 

 

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

 

Note that monitoring took place very late in the day on May 13th, it is possible that some of these changes were actually scheduled for May 14th but updated early by Virgin Media. 

Temporary Rebrands: 

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

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

Service Removals:

 

ID 1751  TRUE CRIME +1 - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID 11  SID 1108 on traditional cable networks.

 

ID 1752  LEGEND XTRA +1 - Placeholder - End of Service

- Removed from TSID   4  SID  425 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 91 days.
Any recordings will no longer play.

 

 

New FAST Services - Pre-launch Configurations:

 

ID 2417  River Monsters  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: RiverMonstr 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 848 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - channel 239. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

ID 2418  Hotel Inspector  -  FAST Channel Portal - Internal Networks Only

- Short EPG Name: HotelInsptr 

- Added to TSID 8 SID 849 on traditional cable networks.

- Pre-launch EPG slot allocation - internal channel 1253. Channel numbers are subject to change.

 

For both of the above regional services: 

- Flagged as the Entertainment Genre.

- Hidden from the EPG - Hide1 flag added.

- HD flag added.

- SDT root flags show that the services are not running and not encrypted.

- Subscription code segments had not been added at the time of the analysis.

- Not added to the NIT of any networks.  

- PMTs and elementary streams had not been added at the time of the analysis.

 

 

Channel Closure:

Channel 405 - ID 2141  Sky Animation HD  - Placeholder - End of Service

- The video stream now carries a closure announcement slate. 
- 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. 

 

 

Temporary Rebrands: 

- 1 movie channel with a promotional rebrand.

- 1 kids' channel with a promotional rebrand.