VH1 Classic

DaveH

Its Seem VH1 Classic have changed there format. VH1 Classic smooth is changed to VH1 Classic HITS. Classic rocks hours have changed from 9pm to 5am, to 10pm to 2am. Which sucks, I love classic rock, best music channel on SKY.

DMC

Good: Got rid of easy listening "smooth" so the tracks can be mixed up more.

Bad: Shortened Rock hours.

byte

Originally posted by DMC
Bad: Shortened Rock hours.

Couldnt agree more. That really sucks! If anything, they shouldve extended the Rock hours starting at least at 8pm!:(

Dun

FFS, like we need more pop music :mad:

Mossy Monk

what they have done is disgusting. Classic Rock hours were short enough as they were, and on at the wrong time. VH1 Classic is now only 4 hours short of being called Magic Extra :mad:

icdg

Love VH1 Classic Rock in the evening. Am indifferent about Classic Smooth. VH1 itself is however the best music channel on TV (although I have to admit, I don't get MTV-2).

Anyways... cable viewers can also recieve VH1 Classic, so I'm moving this thread to the Broadcasting forum.

DMC

I didnt know that was on NTL, I thought it was exclusive to Sky?

icdg

Channel #138 on Go Digital.

With the launch of the EMAP channels last summer, we now have basically all the music channels that are on Sky Digital, barring MTV-2 (and TMF, if that's on Sky Digital now).

But alas for Chorus viewers! They are still left with only MTV, VH-1, and The Box.

watty

VH1 Classic looked really good BEFORE I got Sky Digital. After it seemed pathetic.
MTV & VH1 I think are same company, not at all exclusive to Sky, pay versions are on nearly every Satellite and many European Cable systems.
VH1 & VH1 Classic seem to be Pay channels everyplace, But:


FREE TV and Radio Pop/Country/Rock/Jazz/Classical:


There are very many good Pop Video TV and Pop / Jazz / Classical Radio on both old free analog Satellite and on European Free Digital Satellite.

An old Sky Analog box and Dish can get 4 Pop daytime and 5 at night:
MTV Europe
MTV 2
Viva
Viva Plus
BTV ?
About 20 radio stations.

A Digital receiver (Sky Digibox, PC Card or non-Digibox receiver) can get at least the following free POP from 13E and 19E:
MTV Central
MTV 2
Viva Polska
(Occasionally MTV Polska is Free)
Viva
Viva Plus
Countdown
Magic
Hits 102
Onyx
Zik
123Sat
And a few others I forget.
About 200 Radio Stations
(Admittedly the DJ/Links are mostly German or Itallian, but there is much less presenter and much more music on the Non -UK versions).

On Sky 28.2, with any Digital Receiver and NO payment/Subscription:
p-Rock
Chart Hits
Classic FM TV
Performance
About 60 Radio stations

(Warning: some German POP stations change to FTA Soft Porn at night).

icdg

Originally posted by watty
MTV & VH1 I think are same company, not at all exclusive to Sky, pay versions are on nearly every Satellite and many European Cable systems.

Indeed they are both run by MTV Networks Europe Ltd, the parent company of which is Viacom Incorporated. Paramount and Nickelodeon are part of the same family.

MTV France and Spain are also licenced in the UK, oddly enough.

byte

Originally posted by watty

Countdown

Which bird is this on? I dont think i have it. MTV Polska is pretty good whenever it's FTA. MTV2 POP is mostly music with very little DJ interferance. MTV Central, Viva, VivaPlus, Hits 102&5 and Onyx are pretty good.

There is also Tango TV (19E analog and digital) which is mostly music as far as i can see, and I do believe i have watched Simpsons in English on that channel! And Video Italia on Hotbird though all the music is Italian!

And from 28E, if your minidish signal is strong enough you can pick up Stanice O.

watty

Countdown is Itallian. so maybe Hotbirds 13E. My PC has four "birds" on it and I don't always note which actual satellite I'm on.

Yes I forgot lots of other ones inc some FTA on Sky too:
B4U Music
U Music

Why does UK/Ireland have about 5 times the number of Shopping channels though compared with Itally, Spain, France, Germany etc.? Two for selling music (Simply Music and Chart whatever).

forfcksake

what channel is vh1 classic on now?

patrickmooney

MTV Classic I would say....

forfcksake wrote: »

what channel is vh1 classic on now?

JDxtra

forfcksake wrote: »

what channel is vh1 classic on now?

Forfcksake, you resurrected a thread that died almost 8 years ago!

forfcksake

JDxtra wrote: »

Forfcksake, you resurrected a thread that died almost 8 years ago!

I know i was only 13 then Ha Ha!
EDIT: oh its not mtv classic either, there is suppose to be a springsteen programme on at 9 on VH1 classic, but i cant seem to find it anywhere? http://www.vh1.com/channels/vh1_classic/channel_daily.jhtml

Minstrel27

What a great time that was. VH1 Classic Rock was just super.

forfcksake wrote: »

EDIT: oh its not mtv classic either, there is suppose to be a springsteen programme on at 9 on VH1 classic, but i cant seem to find it anywhere? http://www.vh1.com/channels/vh1_classic/channel_daily.jhtml

That's VH1 Classic in the states.

watty

VH1 was great in Analogue days. But a about a month or two after getting Sky Digital (more than 8 years ago!) it was rubbish.

I've watched Vintage TV a few times recently. We have had no Pay TV for ages and I can't see what would even entice me back. I renewed the last time to get a dying Sky box replaced. But now Freesat HD boxes exist and HDMI out on PC sat card solutions. (how I get PC HDMI signal to TV without noise of fans)

darrenw5094

That has to be a boards record. 8 year old thread dragged up.:)