Posted 25th November 2011 by Paul
Sky are launching a brand new channel to show their Formula 1 coverage on next year.
Sky Sports F1 HD will launch in March and will air all races live, live practice & qualifying for every race and extra live content. The channel will also be available on Sky Go via a laptop or mobile device.
The channel will be available at no extra cost for people already subscribing to Sky Sports packages 1 & 2 or the HD pack of channels. Sky Sports customers without the HD pack will receive the standard definition version of the channel.
The new channel has only be confirmed for launch on Sky at the moment.
Visit the Sky Sports website for more details.
Tags: hd, Satellite (Sky Digital), sky sports, sky sports f1, sky sports f1 hd
Posted 5th September 2011 by Paul
Sky Sports will be free to all Virgin Media TV customers for one weekend this month.
From 6am on the 24th September through to 6th on the 26th September Sky Sports 1-4, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports HD 1 & 2 (only for customers with an HD box) will be free to all TV customers.
For more details see the September issue of the Electric newsletter by clicking here.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), hd, sky sports
Posted 7th May 2011 by Paul
Sky Sports red button services launched on Virgin Media earlier this month.
The new red button options are available at various times – i.e. when there are additional football matches to show that aren’t on the standard Sky Sports channels.
Tivo customers won’t have the Sky Sports red button services for a while.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), red button, sky sports
Posted 24th April 2011 by Paul
The long awaited Sky Sports red button service might be coming to Virgin Media next week.
According to the Virgin Media blog by the very reliable Media Boy we could expect to see the red button video services appearing for Virgin Media TV customers on Thursday 28th April.
The Sky Sports red button service is also expected on Virgin Media’s new Tivo service at some point in July.
The red button service will offer additional Sky Sports sports coverage (including live football), which Sky customers have been able to enjoy for some time.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), red button, sky sports
Posted 26th September 2010 by Paul
As previously announced, Sky Sports is free to all Sky customers today (Sunday 26th September).
Also, if you are a Sky+ HD subscriber you will get access to the Sky Sports HD channels for the whole day as well.
The Sky Sports channels are also free for all Virgin Media customers.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), hd, Satellite (Sky Digital), sky sports, sky sports hd
Posted 26th August 2010 by Paul
Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports 4 will be free for all Sky customers all day on the 26th September.
Tags: Satellite (Sky Digital), sky sports, sky sports 1, sky sports 2, sky sports 3, sky sports 4
Posted 3rd August 2010 by Paul
Sky Sports HD and Sky Movies HD channels are now available to Virgin Media customers for the first time. The launch comes after Ofcom told Sky they needed to offer their channels more fairly.
Sky Sports HD 1 is on channel 517 and Sky Sports HD 2 is on channel 518.
Sky Movies HD Premiere is on channel 431, Sky Movies HD Showcase is on channel 433, Sky Movies HD Comedy is on channel 434, Sky Movies HD Action & Adventure is on channel 435, Sky Movies HD Family is on channel 436, Sky Movies HD Crime & Thriller is on channel 437, Sky Movies HD Drama & Romance is on channel 438, Sky Movies HD Sci-Fi & Horror is on channel 439, Sky Movies HD Modern Greats is on channel 440 and Sky Movies HD Indie is on channel 442.
The Sky Premium HD bundle is available which costs £7 a month (per set top box) for all of the above channels.
Click here to see the Virgin Media channel lineup in full.
Click here for more details about Sky Sports & Sky Movies on Virgin Media.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), hd, sky movies, sky movies hd, sky sports, sky sports hd
