The Virgin Media Television thread

Elmo

GreenFolder2 wrote: »

So it isn't on air yet. Thanks for clarifying....

Yes it is on air it has been for the last 2 years, the name will change on Jan 9 to reflect new owners.

Elmo

brick man wrote: »

Just looking at saorview EPG for monday 9th January and utvi programming no longer available which is right. I am wondering will be3 be on saorview at all

If not it can say goodbye.

GreenFolder2

Elmo wrote: »

Yes it is on air it has been for the last 2 years, the name will change on Jan 9 to reflect new owners.

Oh right .... my mistake .... I'm clearly a moron.

Elmo

GreenFolder2 wrote: »

Oh right .... my mistake .... I'm clearly a moron.

But it is on the air it's just going to have its name changed. It will prob still be owned by UTV Ireland Ltd T/A be3 just as 3e is Channel 6 Ltd

Johnboy1951

No programme info available for UTV Ireland from midnight on 8th.

An Ciarraioch

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

No programme info available for UTV Ireland from midnight on 8th.

There is, on the RTE website:

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/listings/television/#!

icdg

It seems all EPGs are showing UTV Ireland listings stopping after the Chase on Sunday night.

However there is perhaps a (or more than one) good reason for this. If I recall correctly EPG moves are on the cards on Virgin Media at any rate, and possibly other platforms too.

Elmo

icdg wrote: »

It seems all EPGs are showing UTV Ireland listings stopping after the Chase on Sunday night.

However there is perhaps a (or more than one) good reason for this. If I recall correctly EPG moves are on the cards on Virgin Media at any rate, and possibly other platforms too.

I don't think they are moving on Saorview. Though perhaps they have asked for channel 5, to swap with 3e, 3e is remaining on 106 on Virgin right? but then that confuses Sky's 105.

you'd think they would try to get the same number 6 or 106, though sky won't give them 106.

icdg

My recollection was that Be 3 was to move to 106 on Virgin, but without any indication as to where 3e was to go. It'd be a bit odd if they left Be3 in the old ITV slot of 110.

Elmo

icdg wrote: »

My recollection was that Be 3 was to move to 106 on Virgin, but without any indication as to where 3e was to go. It'd be a bit odd if they left Be3 in the old ITV slot of 110.

Not if ITV/UTV doesn't return I guess 110 will be TV3+1?

medoc

Elmo wrote: »

Not if ITV/UTV doesn't return I guess 110 will be TV3+1?

Can't see UTV NI or any ITV region returning to Virgin. Especially after TV3 doing a deal for the ITV racing coverage. I'd be surprised to see ITV2/3/4 surviving long term. Though who knows what might happen if there are complaints re the loss of Good Morning Britain etc like before from Virgin land.

dave98

So it appears "This Morning" is moving to TV3. "Midday" is changing its name and time to "Elaine" at 3pm on TV3. 3E are still in love with Uploaded, Judge Judy is on BE3 as well as TV3. Soaps seem to be repeated twice on BE3 after airing on TV3 (Eg Emmerdale 7pm on tv3, 22.30 on BE3 and again at 14.30 the next day) Same for other programmes such as Xpose and Elaine. Xpose isnt on Tuesdays schedule on TV3 but is for other days

They sure know how to dilute the schedules. Maybe the new channel should have been called Mi Wadi

Anyway, Here is Tuesdays schedule 10th January

TV3
07.00 Ireland AM
10.30 This morning
12.30 TV3 news at 12.30
13.00 The Chase
14.00 Tipping point
15.00 Elaine (Elaine Crowley)
16.00 Kevin Dundons Back to Basics
16.30 Judy Judy - Double Bill
17.30 TV3 news: The 5.30
18.00 The six o clock show
19.00 Emmerdale
19.30 Rare Breed
20.00 Sugar free farm
21.00 FILM: Half light
23.10 Tonight with VB
00.05 Homeless Shelter
01.05 Unforgettable
02.05 Booze Patrol - Double bill

BE3
06.05 Elaine
07.00 3 hours of childrens TV
10.00 Xpose
10.30 Ireland AM
12.30 Loose Women
13.30 Judge Judy - Double bill
14.30 Emmerdale
15.00 Coronation Street - Double bill
16.00 Dickinsons real deal
17.00 Whos doing the dishes?
18.00 Renovation Nation
19.00 BE3 News @7
19.30 Celebrity Home Secrets
20.00 Midsomer Murders
22.00 BE3 News @10
22.30 Emmerdale
23.00 Red Rock
01.00 Elaine
02.00 Loose Women
03.00 Off their Rockers

3E
08.00 Catchphrase
08.50 Uploaded
09.00 Jeremy Kyle
10.00 Jeremy Kyle
11.00 Tipping Point
12.00 Judge Rinder
13.00 Xpose
13.30 Bondi Rescue
14.00 Steve Wilkos Show*Followed by 60 second news update
15.00 Steve Wilkos Show*Followed by 60 second news update
16.00 Jeremy Kyle Show*Followed by 60 second news update
17.00 Tipping Point
18.00 Judge Rinder
19.00 Catchphrase
19.50 Uploaded Bitesize
20.00 Bondi Rescue
20.30 Xpose
21.00 Celebrity Big Brother
22.00 Snow, Sex and suspicious parents
23.05 Celeb Big Brothers Bit on the Side
00.00 Family Guy
00.30 American Dad
01.00 Family Guy
01.30 Family Guy
02.00 The Best Of Jonathan Ross
03.00 Family Guy
03.30 American Dad
04.00 Family Guy
04.20 Uploaded through the night

(Source: http://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?sd=10-01-2017%2014:00 )

icdg

Can I just ask that no more complete programme schedules are posted here. I didn't mind the day one as an example, given there was so little information out about the changes afoot, but the fact is that the schedules are actually copyrighted and listings magazines etc do pay a heafty charge to publish them.

iseegirls

Summary for TV3's re-launch week: TV3 have brought over Rare Breed and Kevin Dundon's Back to Basics from UTV Ireland.

They also are promoting episodes for The Chase, The Celebrity Chase, The Cube, Keep It In The Family, Surprise Surprise, Paul O'Grady's F.T.L.O.Dogs and Piers Morgan as new series/episodes, yet they've been shown on UTV Ireland previously.

TV3 are showing The Voice on Saturday, Dance Dance Dance on Sunday (digiguide says they are, TV Now/tvguide.co.uk says they arent), and a new drama called Tina & Bobby which is on Friday 13th on ITV, but maybe the following week on TV3 as they are already promoting it.

Home-produced TV3 programming has Red Rock on Monday, Thelma's Big Irish Communions on Wednesday and This Is Jobstown on Thursday.

dave98

Yeah they seem to be still working on schedules. There was a few differences between TV guide, radio times and digi guide

reubenreuben

Where is Be3 on the TV3 tv guide, no where to be seen

Elmo

reubenreuben wrote: »

Where is Be3 on the TV3 tv guide, no where to be seen

Funny they only updated their tv listing to include UTV Ireland where they had kept UTV !

political analyst

Be3 is keeping the two half-hour bulletins but moving the early evening news to 7. Surely, it would have made more sense to axe the Be3 early evening news and use the resources to provide 10-15 minute bulletins on Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday evenings. Do regular viewers of TV3 not care about what goes on in Ireland and the world?

reubenreuben

political analyst wrote: »

Do regular viewers of TV3 not care about what goes on in Ireland and the world?

I think you misunderstand TV3, they dont care about the viewers, they just care about how much money they can make from their ad sales.

lertsnim

political analyst wrote: »

Do regular viewers of TV3 not care about what goes on in Ireland and the world?

They are probably more concerned about Xpose than real news.

Elmo

lertsnim wrote: »

They are probably more concerned about Xpose than real news.

Well why are they moving to to 3e .... those bastards!!!!!

medoc

Is it likely to swap the HD channel from 3e to be3? Surely it's a future aim to have all their channels in HD on the pay platforms.

The Parish priest

Could someone fill me in on the history of Channel 6 ? (I was living in Austria back then) what were its ratings like ? Why was it unsuccessful ? Did ratings go up or down after the transition to 3e? Why was it called Channel 6, when it was Ireland's 5th channel surely ?

The Cush

The Parish priest wrote: »

Why was it called Channel 6, when it was Ireland's 5th channel surely ?

Presumably because Setanta Ireland was the fifth Irish channel on cable systems at the time.

JDxtra

The Cush wrote: »

Presumably because Setanta Ireland was the fifth Irish channel on cable systems at the time.

...and the UK Channel 5 existed, and could in theory have made itself available here.

medoc

Still think Channel 6 was a better name than 3e is. They could have rebranded it to TV6 to tie in with the TV3 group with similar logos if they wanted.

icdg

It launched in 2006, was backed by the Barry's (Cork tea/political family) and Gowan (car dealership). Was only available on Chorus NTL (now Virgin Media) at the start, and hence the name Channel 6, because (as the poster above alludes to) Setanta Ireland had got to the EPG 105 slot first. Showed mostly US programmes (a lot of repeats of 1990s stuff at the start too) and some cheaply made home brew programmes.

Was bought by TV3 after two years, became 3e in January 2009. Incidentally if you think 3e's ident (which are finally being replaced on Monday after an eight year run) are bad, Channel 6's were worse - just a 6 on a white background badly animated.

Elmo

The Parish priest wrote: »

Could someone fill me in on the history of Channel 6 ? (I was living in Austria back then) what were its ratings like ? Why was it unsuccessful ? Did ratings go up or down after the transition to 3e? Why was it called Channel 6, when it was Ireland's 5th channel surely ?

It was only available on cable in its first year. It had about 0.5% and slowly increased. It was placed on Sky in the 200s and later around 150. By the time TV3 purchased the channel it had 0.9%. In the first few months as 3e it saw a drop in audience but by that stage it was given the 105 slot on Sky. This help it grow to about 1.5%, and when saorview launched it grew to 2.5%.

Much better channel as channel6 in terms of programming.

I disagree with the indents, 3e was a step back for the channel. The were simple but at least brighter than 3e's which lasted way too long.

Promos here https://youtu.be/tfH5N_2naYc

lgs 4

Changing a name is not going to change the problem of rubbish programming .

The Parish priest

Seems so that the change over to 3e worked out pretty well for c6 in terms of ratings and getting it on saorview, the opposite will happen with be3, instead of ratings going up, they will sink like a stone, isn't B3s daytime schedule a carbon copy of what 3e used to have? A repeat of Ireland am and xpose?