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The Virgin Media Television thread

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    #5342
    Delta2113
    Registered Users Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Delta2113


    RTE News Now actually showed the big Itv debate last night and not Virgin.


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    #5343
    Maz2016
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭Maz2016


    Delta2113 wrote: »
    RTE News Now actually showed the big Itv debate last night and not Virgin.

    I noticed that too. Didn’t think either broadcaster would show it bus was shocked to see RTÉ show it


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    #5344
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Maz2016 wrote: »
    I noticed that too. Didn’t think either broadcaster would show it bus was shocked to see RTÉ show it

    I think news now had the BBC one from the last election.


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    #5345
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,511 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Wasn’t it produced by ITN rather than ITV Studios? If so it would have been fair game for RTE.


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    #5346
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    icdg wrote: »
    Wasn’t it produced by ITN rather than ITV Studios? If so it would have been fair game for RTE.

    I doubt Virgin Media considered it something they would show.


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    #5347
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    VM1 did show the "Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate" in July, albeit was shown 2 hours after originally broadcast on ITV.


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    #5348
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    iseegirls wrote: »
    VM1 did show the "Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate" in July, albeit was shown 2 hours after originally broadcast on ITV.

    Initially I read that as 2 months after :D


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    #5349
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    I've discovered the magic number of how many times the Virgin Media Channels will show a series which they've gotten from ITV Studios.

    The number is EIGHT times.

    Series like Bancroft, Little Boy Blue, The Loch, Safe House, Schofield's South African Adventure, BBQ Champ, Britain's Brightest Families, Call The Cleaners, Innocent etc.. And they're all shown and shown within a 2 year period 8 times.

    The question would be is there even a need to repeat some of these shows even once never mind 7 more times? You can see them cramming in programmes before the end of month sometimes before the contract runs out. For example The Ibiza Weekender Series 1 was being shown across all the 3 channels between April to June this year, each episode (only 8 of them) being shown 7 times.


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    #5350
    political analyst
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    icdg wrote: »
    Wasn’t it produced by ITN rather than ITV Studios? If so it would have been fair game for RTE.


    UK-wide political debate programmes on the ITV Network are produced at Media City, Salford, Greater Manchester. Therefore, it must be ITV Studios.


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    #5351
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Anyone know if Red Rock on Virgin TV on Demand includes the lost 2 episodes?


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    #5352
    Paul Pott
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭Paul Pott


    Doesn't it feel like saorview has less choice than ever ? Since the rebrand we have pretty much lost a channel 3e which was fairly youth orientated. Virgin 1,2 & 3 feel like the one channel, absolutely nothing to tell them apart


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    #5353
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    Paul Pott wrote: »
    Doesn't it feel like saorview has less choice than ever ? Since the rebrand we have pretty much lost a channel 3e which was fairly youth orientated. Virgin 1,2 & 3 feel like the one channel, absolutely nothing to tell them apart
    Channel 6 was better.


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    #5354
    Maz2016
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭Maz2016


    Paul Pott wrote: »
    Doesn't it feel like saorview has less choice than ever ? Since the rebrand we have pretty much lost a channel 3e which was fairly youth orientated. Virgin 1,2 & 3 feel like the one channel, absolutely nothing to tell them apart

    I was thinking the same. 3e at least had family guy, uploaded etc to differentiate it some bit but now it has nothing.


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    #5355
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    Maz2016 wrote: »
    I was thinking the same. 3e at least had family guy, uploaded etc to differentiate it some bit but now it has nothing.

    Uploaded was TERRIBLE.


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    #5356
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    its_steve116 wrote: »
    Uploaded was TERRIBLE.

    At least it was something different

    They’ve progressively got worse

    VM one < TV3
    VM TWO < 3e < Channel 6
    VM THREE < be3 < UTV Ireland


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    #5357
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    It's just heavily dependent on anything produced by ITV Studios at the moment.

    Pre-UTV Ireland times, we had 2 decentish channels in TV3 and 3e, and UTV which mimicked everything off ITV with some NI News thrown in.

    After UTV Ireland and Virgin Media re-branding, we have 3 channels that show exactly the same thing across all 3 channels. 5 hours of Judge Rinder, 4 hours of The Chase, 3 hours of Tipping Point, 3 hours of The Royal daily. Only Irish input is News and live studio based discussion shows.


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    #5358
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,015 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    iseegirls wrote: »
    It's just heavily dependent on anything produced by ITV Studios at the moment.

    Pre-UTV Ireland times, we had 2 decentish channels in TV3 and 3e, and UTV which mimicked everything off ITV with some NI News thrown in.

    After UTV Ireland and Virgin Media re-branding, we have 3 channels that show exactly the same thing across all 3 channels. 5 hours of Judge Rinder, 4 hours of The Chase, 3 hours of Tipping Point, 3 hours of The Royal daily. Only Irish input is News and live studio based discussion shows.

    Add RTE problems well aired last few weeks on this and other forums and Irish TV is in a right mess.


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    #5359
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    Wonder will Virgin Media go ahead and broadcast the rest of Blind Date that they've produced, now that all allegations against Al Porter were dropped.


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    #5360
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Good chance that they will he's asked that they show it.

    However there's a good chance it will be the last series of the show for Virgin Media also.


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    #5361
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Virgin Media Two showing Napoli and Genk this Tuesday at 17:55.

    Virgin Media Sport and Rte 2 will show RB Salzburg and Liverpool at the same time.


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    #5362
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    mikeym wrote: »
    Virgin Media Two showing Napoli and Genk this Tuesday at 17:55.

    Virgin Media Sport and Rte 2 will show RB Salzburg and Liverpool at the same time.

    It's been the norm this season. VM1 and VM2 have shown games at 17.55 on both Tuesday and Wednesday, along with another game at 20.00 on Tuesday. They keep the Wednesday 20.00 exclusive to Virgin Media Sport.
    It's just the first time RTE have moved their first choice match to the early time, due to liverpool needing a result on Tuesday.


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    #5363
    zeebre12
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭zeebre12


    Why do they have ads before the livestreams of the Virgin Media channels start on the app? It's a joke. You don't know if it's an actual ad break on the channel or the ads before it.


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    #5364
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    Looks like Love Island (winter edition) is moving to VM1 in January. This just judging off tweets promoting the show, and they're pretty useless with knowing what shows are on which channels on twitter at times. However, having 30 or so hours of 9pm been taken up by another ITV programme will leave them to show little to no home produced programming at prime time, with no Red Rock finale in sight.


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    #5365
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    I'm sure it will move to 2 or 3 for no reason at some stage.


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    #5366
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    iseegirls wrote: »
    Looks like Love Island (winter edition) is moving to VM1 in January. This just judging off tweets promoting the show, and they're pretty useless with knowing what shows are on which channels on twitter at times. However, having 30 or hours of 9pm been taken up by another ITV programme will leave them to show little to no home produced programming at prime time, with no Red Rock finale in sight.

    I guessed that was going to happen, X-Factor on VMT one has fallen off a cliff, not sure how the Bands version will do, also the fact that BGT is also lossing viewers and Virgin Media have no interest in any ITV show outside the Soaps and Reality TV. Wonder if The Voice will return to VMT one.


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    #5367
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 2,989 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    Elmo wrote: »
    I guessed that was going to happen, X-Factor on VMT one has fallen off a cliff, not sure how the Bands version will do, also the fact that BGT is also lossing viewers and Virgin Media have no interest in any ITV show outside the Soaps and Reality TV. Wonder if The Voice will return to VMT one.

    They've shown all ITV The Voice series' and the Kids versions, so I'll presume they'll continue that on again in 2020. They also have no Ireland's got Talent, so will need The Voice to plug that hole.

    Also looks like all news and home produced programming shutting up shop from Sat 21st December across their channels. News bulletins will be 2-3 minutes long for at least 12 days.


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    #5368
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    iseegirls wrote: »
    They've shown all ITV The Voice series' and the Kids versions, so I'll presume they'll continue that on again in 2020. They also have no Ireland's got Talent, so will need The Voice to plug that hole.

    Also looks like all news and home produced programming shutting up shop from Sat 21st December across their channels. News bulletins will be 2-3 minutes long for at least 12 days.

    They are really pulling back, though I was surprised to Read Living with Lucy is going to be back.


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    #5369
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    They have put Coro St up against Fair City, and ditch the Celebrity Version of WWTBAM in favour of a The Chase repeat.

    Though soap fans will have the ability to watch on +1s
    8pm
    Coro Street (UTV)
    9pm
    Fair City (RTÉ ONE)
    Coro Street (VMT one/UTV +1)
    EastEnders (BBC ONE)
    10pm
    EastEnders RTÉ 2
    Fair City RTÉ ONE +1
    Coro Street VMT one +1
    11pm
    EastEnders RTÉ 2 +1


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    #5370
    Maz2016
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭Maz2016


    Red Rock series finale coming soon . They had an ad during tonights first episode of Emmerdale


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    #5371
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,867 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Maz2016 wrote: »
    Red Rock series finale coming soon . They had an ad during tonights first episode of Emmerdale

    After the last episode aired 1 April 2019? They are taking their viewers for fools.


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