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	'''Virgin TV''' is a digital pay [[cable television]] service in the [[United Kingdom]], owned by [[Liberty Global]] (50%) and [[Telefónica]] (50%) after merging its UK businesses to form [[Virgin Media O2]]. Its origins date from [[NTL Incorporated\|NTL]] and [[Telewest]], formerly two of the UK's largest cable operators, which merged on 6 March 2006. All NTL:Telewest services were rebranded as [[Virgin Media]] in February 2007. Since the acquisition of [[Smallworld Cable]] in 2014, Virgin is the sole national cable TV provider in Great Britain.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/tv/cable-tv\|title=All about cable TV - a broadbandchoices guide \|website=broadbandchoices.co.uk}}</ref> {{As of\|2019\|alt= Currently}} about 51% of UK households have access to Virgin's network, which is independent from [[BT Group\|BT]]'s [[Openreach]] network.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/virgin-media-available-in-my-area.html\|title=StackPath\|website=www.choose.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news \|last=White \|first=Dominic \|title=Virgin media launch to cost £20m \|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|date=20 January 2007 \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121062612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 January 2007 \|access-date=1 February 2007 \|location=London}}</ref>		'''Virgin TV''' is a digital pay [[cable television]] service in the [[United Kingdom]], owned by [[Liberty Global]] (50%) and [[Telefónica]] (50%) after merging its UK businesses to form [[Virgin Media O2]]. Its origins date from [[NTL Incorporated\|NTL]] and [[Telewest]], formerly two of the UK's largest cable operators, which merged on 6 March 2006. All NTL:Telewest services were rebranded as [[Virgin Media]] in February 2007. Since the acquisition of [[Smallworld Cable]] in 2014, Virgin is the sole national cable TV provider in Great Britain.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/tv/cable-tv\|title=All about cable TV - a broadbandchoices guide \|website=broadbandchoices.co.uk}}</ref> {{As of\|2019\|alt= Currently}} about 51% of UK households have access to Virgin's network, which is independent from [[BT Group\|BT]]'s [[Openreach]] network.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/virgin-media-available-in-my-area.html\|title=StackPath\|website=www.choose.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news \|last=White \|first=Dominic \|title=Virgin media launch to cost £20m \|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|date=20 January 2007 \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121062612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 January 2007 \|access-date=1 February 2007 \|location=London}}</ref>

	Virgin ranks as the UK's second-largest pay TV service, and the service is provided in conjunction with Virgin Media broadband and phone.<ref name="auto"/> As of Q3 2007, it had 3.6 million subscribers, compared to 8.2 million on its traditional rival [[Sky UK\|Sky]].<ref name="Ofcom Update">[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf The Communications Market: Digital Progress Report -Digital TV Q3 2007] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625013029/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf \|date=25 June 2008 }}, [[Ofcom]]. Retrieved on 23 February 2008</ref> As of 2009, Virgin's digital cable television currently uses the [[Nagravision]] 3 [[conditional access system]].<ref name="Your new TV Smart Card">{{cite web\|url=http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|title=Your new TV Smartcard\|publisher=Virgin Media\|access-date=16 October 2009\|archive-date=21 October 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021051541/http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yorkshire smart card swap">{{cite web \|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a183742/virgin-plans-yorkshire-smart-card-swap.html.html\|title=Virgin plans Yorkshire smart card swap\|website=Digital Spy\|date=26 October 2009}}</ref> The service was fully digitalised in 2013.		Virgin ranks as the UK's second-largest pay TV service, and the service is provided in conjunction with Virgin Media broadband and phone.<ref name="auto"/> As of Q3 2007, it had 3.6 million subscribers, compared to 8.2 million on its traditional rival [[Sky UK\|Sky]].<ref name="Ofcom Update">[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf The Communications Market: Digital Progress Report -Digital TV Q3 2007] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625013029/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf \|date=25 June 2008 }}, [[Ofcom]]. Retrieved on 23 February 2008</ref> As of 2009, Virgin's digital cable television currently uses the [[Nagravision]] 3 [[conditional access system]].<ref name="Your new TV Smart Card">{{cite web\|url=http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|title=Your new TV Smartcard\|publisher=Virgin Media\|access-date=16 October 2009\|archive-date=21 October 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021051541/http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yorkshire smart card swap">{{cite web \|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a183742/virgin-plans-yorkshire-smart-card-swap.html.html\|title=Virgin plans Yorkshire smart card swap\|website=Digital Spy\|date=26 October 2009}}</ref> The service was fully digitalised in 2013 based on [[DVB-C]] standard.

	~~Since~~ November 2016, the service's flagship [[set top box]] is the [[TiVo]]-powered Virgin V6 Box, or the Virgin TV 360 which has an updated HORIZON interface,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.virginmedia.com/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/game-changing-virgin-tv-launch\|title=Game-changing Virgin TV Launch\|website=Virgin Media}}</ref> competing with [[Sky Q]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/14/virgin-v6-tv-review-tv-recorder\|title=Virgin V6 TV review: jack of all trades, master of none\|date=14 November 2019\|website=The Guardian}}</ref>		From November 2016, the service's flagship [[set top box]] is the [[TiVo]]-powered Virgin V6 Box, and then the Virgin TV 360 which has an updated HORIZON interface,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.virginmedia.com/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/game-changing-virgin-tv-launch\|title=Game-changing Virgin TV Launch\|website=Virgin Media}}</ref> competing with [[Sky Q]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/14/virgin-v6-tv-review-tv-recorder\|title=Virgin V6 TV review: jack of all trades, master of none\|date=14 November 2019\|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

			On 22 April 2022, Virgin Media launched the [[IPTV]] service Virgin Media Stream<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Feeley \|first=Michael \|date=2022-04-26 \|title=Virgin Media O2 launches entertainment service Stream \|url=https://newdigitalage.co/publishing/virgin-media-o2-launches-entertainment-service-stream-to-make-older-tvs-smarter/ \|access-date=2026-09-02 \|website=New Digital Age \|language=en-GB}}</ref> which was renamed to Virgin Media Flex in October 2024 and relies entirely on the company's fixed-line broadband internet delivery.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Virgin Media launch new Flex TV service \|url=https://www.choose.co.uk/news/2024/virgin-media-launch-new-flex-tv-service/ \|access-date=2026-09-02 \|website=www.choose.co.uk \|language=en}}</ref> Existing customers of the old Virgin cable TV system have been gradually migrated to the new service before the imminent closure of the old Virgin TV<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Goren \|first=Or \|date=2025-07-23 \|title=Virgin Media’s Big Switch: Stream Box Replaces TV 360 \|url=https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/virgin-media-switch-stream-box-tv-360/ \|access-date=2026-09-02 \|website=Cord Busters \|language=en-US}}</ref> and enabling cable infrastructure upgrading from [[hybrid fiber-coaxial]] to [[Fiber to the x\|full fibre]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ferguson \|first=Andrew \|date=2026-07-07 \|title=EXCLUSIVE: June 2026 update on broadband availability across the UK, nations and regions \|url=https://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/exclusive-june-2026-update-on-broadband-availability-across-the-uk-nations-and-regions \|access-date=2026-09-02 \|website=thinkbroadband \|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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	'''Virgin TV''' is a digital pay [[cable television]] service in the [[United Kingdom]], owned by [[Liberty Global]] (50%) and [[Telefónica]] (50%) after ~~the merger~~ its UK businesses to form [[Virgin Media O2]]. Its origins date from [[NTL Incorporated\|NTL]] and [[Telewest]], formerly two of the UK's largest cable operators, which merged on 6 March 2006. All NTL:Telewest services were rebranded as [[Virgin Media]] in February 2007. Since the acquisition of [[Smallworld Cable]] in 2014, Virgin is the sole national cable TV provider in Great Britain.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/tv/cable-tv\|title=All about cable TV - a broadbandchoices guide \|website=broadbandchoices.co.uk}}</ref> {{As of\|2019\|alt= Currently}} about 51% of UK households have access to Virgin's network, which is independent from [[BT Group\|BT]]'s [[Openreach]] network.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/virgin-media-available-in-my-area.html\|title=StackPath\|website=www.choose.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news \|last=White \|first=Dominic \|title=Virgin media launch to cost £20m \|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|date=20 January 2007 \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121062612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 January 2007 \|access-date=1 February 2007 \|location=London}}</ref>		'''Virgin TV''' is a digital pay [[cable television]] service in the [[United Kingdom]], owned by [[Liberty Global]] (50%) and [[Telefónica]] (50%) after merging its UK businesses to form [[Virgin Media O2]]. Its origins date from [[NTL Incorporated\|NTL]] and [[Telewest]], formerly two of the UK's largest cable operators, which merged on 6 March 2006. All NTL:Telewest services were rebranded as [[Virgin Media]] in February 2007. Since the acquisition of [[Smallworld Cable]] in 2014, Virgin is the sole national cable TV provider in Great Britain.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/tv/cable-tv\|title=All about cable TV - a broadbandchoices guide \|website=broadbandchoices.co.uk}}</ref> {{As of\|2019\|alt= Currently}} about 51% of UK households have access to Virgin's network, which is independent from [[BT Group\|BT]]'s [[Openreach]] network.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/virgin-media-available-in-my-area.html\|title=StackPath\|website=www.choose.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news \|last=White \|first=Dominic \|title=Virgin media launch to cost £20m \|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \|date=20 January 2007 \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121062612/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/01/20/cnvirgin20.xml \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 January 2007 \|access-date=1 February 2007 \|location=London}}</ref>

	Virgin ranks as the UK's second-largest pay TV service, and the service is provided in conjunction with Virgin Media broadband and phone.<ref name="auto"/> As of Q3 2007, it had 3.6 million subscribers, compared to 8.2 million on its traditional rival [[Sky UK\|Sky]].<ref name="Ofcom Update">[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf The Communications Market: Digital Progress Report -Digital TV Q3 2007] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625013029/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf \|date=25 June 2008 }}, [[Ofcom]]. Retrieved on 23 February 2008</ref> As of 2009, Virgin's digital cable television currently uses the [[Nagravision]] 3 [[conditional access system]].<ref name="Your new TV Smart Card">{{cite web\|url=http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|title=Your new TV Smartcard\|publisher=Virgin Media\|access-date=16 October 2009\|archive-date=21 October 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021051541/http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yorkshire smart card swap">{{cite web \|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a183742/virgin-plans-yorkshire-smart-card-swap.html.html\|title=Virgin plans Yorkshire smart card swap\|website=Digital Spy\|date=26 October 2009}}</ref> The service was fully digitalised in 2013.		Virgin ranks as the UK's second-largest pay TV service, and the service is provided in conjunction with Virgin Media broadband and phone.<ref name="auto"/> As of Q3 2007, it had 3.6 million subscribers, compared to 8.2 million on its traditional rival [[Sky UK\|Sky]].<ref name="Ofcom Update">[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf The Communications Market: Digital Progress Report -Digital TV Q3 2007] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625013029/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2007_q3/dtvq307.pdf \|date=25 June 2008 }}, [[Ofcom]]. Retrieved on 23 February 2008</ref> As of 2009, Virgin's digital cable television currently uses the [[Nagravision]] 3 [[conditional access system]].<ref name="Your new TV Smart Card">{{cite web\|url=http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|title=Your new TV Smartcard\|publisher=Virgin Media\|access-date=16 October 2009\|archive-date=21 October 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021051541/http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/help/smartcard/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Yorkshire smart card swap">{{cite web \|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a183742/virgin-plans-yorkshire-smart-card-swap.html.html\|title=Virgin plans Yorkshire smart card swap\|website=Digital Spy\|date=26 October 2009}}</ref> The service was fully digitalised in 2013.

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	In 2012, Virgin Media added Eurosport 3D,<ref name="BBC Olympics Eurosport 3D" /> [[Alibi (TV channel)\|Alibi HD]], British Eurosport HD,<ref name="British Eurosport HD">{{cite web\|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/british-eurosport-launches-hd-channels-100710591.html\|title=British Eurosport launches HD channels\|publisher=Yahoo! Eurosport UK\|date=3 July 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726020214/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/british-eurosport-launches-hd-channels-100710591.html\|archive-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> the BBC's 24 Olympic HD channels<ref name="BBC Olympics Eurosport 3D" /> and Channel 4's 3 Paralympic channels.<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-15/channel-4-to-offer-three-dedicated-paralympic-games-channels\|title=Channel 4 to offer three dedicated Paralympic Games channels\|magazine=Radio Times\|date=15 August 2012}}</ref>		In 2012, Virgin Media added Eurosport 3D,<ref name="BBC Olympics Eurosport 3D" /> [[Alibi (TV channel)\|Alibi HD]], British Eurosport HD,<ref name="British Eurosport HD">{{cite web\|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/british-eurosport-launches-hd-channels-100710591.html\|title=British Eurosport launches HD channels\|publisher=Yahoo! Eurosport UK\|date=3 July 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726020214/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/british-eurosport-launches-hd-channels-100710591.html\|archive-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> the BBC's 24 Olympic HD channels<ref name="BBC Olympics Eurosport 3D" /> and Channel 4's 3 Paralympic channels.<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-15/channel-4-to-offer-three-dedicated-paralympic-games-channels\|title=Channel 4 to offer three dedicated Paralympic Games channels\|magazine=Radio Times\|date=15 August 2012}}</ref>

	In 2013, Virgin Media added [[Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland)\|Cartoon Network HD]], [[Turner Classic Movies (UK & Ireland)\|TCM HD]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a451653/tcm-and-cartoon-network-launch-in-hd-on-virgin-media.html\|title=TCM and Cartoon Network launch in HD on Virgin Media\|website=Digital Spy\|date=17 January 2013}}</ref> [[Eurosport 2\|British Eurosport 2 HD]], [[ITV2\|ITV2 HD]], [[ITV3\|ITV3 HD]], [[ITV4\|ITV4 HD]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-introduces-HDelightful-ITV-channels-245a.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514054747/http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-introduces-HDelightful-ITV-channels-245a.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=14 May 2013 \|title=Virgin Media introduces HDelightful ITV channels \|publisher=Virgin Media \|date=14 March 2013 \|access-date=30 April 2013 }}</ref> [[BBC Two\|BBC Two HD]], [[TLC (UK and Ireland)\|TLC HD]], [[NHK World\|NHK World HD]], [[Animal Planet (UK TV channel)\|Animal Planet HD]], [[BBC Red Button\|BBC Red Button HD]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/A-BBC-Red-Button-summer\|title=A BBC Red Button summer 2013\|publisher=BBC\|date=10 June 2013}}</ref> [[MTV (UK and Ireland)\|MTV HD]], [[Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland)\|Nickelodeon HD]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/New-channels-signal-summer-of-fun-for-Virgin-Media-247f.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720080029/http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/New-channels-signal-summer-of-fun-for-Virgin-Media-247f.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=20 July 2013 \|title=New channels signal summer of fun for Virgin Media \|publisher=Virgin Media \|date=27 June 2013 \|access-date=29 June 2013 }}</ref> [[BT Sport\|BT Sport 1 HD]], BT Sport 2 HD and [[More4\|More4 HD]].		In 2013, Virgin Media added [[Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland)\|Cartoon Network HD]], [[Turner Classic Movies (UK & Ireland)\|TCM HD]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a451653/tcm-and-cartoon-network-launch-in-hd-on-virgin-media.html\|title=TCM and Cartoon Network launch in HD on Virgin Media\|website=Digital Spy\|date=17 January 2013}}</ref> [[Eurosport 2\|British Eurosport 2 HD]], [[ITV2\|ITV2 HD]], [[ITV3\|ITV3 HD]], [[ITV4\|ITV4 HD]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-introduces-HDelightful-ITV-channels-245a.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514054747/http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Virgin-Media-introduces-HDelightful-ITV-channels-245a.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=14 May 2013 \|title=Virgin Media introduces HDelightful ITV channels \|publisher=Virgin Media \|date=14 March 2013 \|access-date=30 April 2013 }}</ref> [[BBC Two\|BBC Two HD]], [[TLC (UK and Ireland)\|TLC HD]], [[NHK World\|NHK World HD]], [[Animal Planet (UK TV channel)\|Animal Planet HD]], [[BBC Red Button\|BBC Red Button HD]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/A-BBC-Red-Button-summer\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618150404/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/A-BBC-Red-Button-summer\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=18 June 2013\|title=A BBC Red Button summer 2013\|publisher=BBC\|date=10 June 2013}}</ref> [[MTV (UK and Ireland)\|MTV HD]], [[Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland)\|Nickelodeon HD]],<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/New-channels-signal-summer-of-fun-for-Virgin-Media-247f.aspx \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720080029/http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/New-channels-signal-summer-of-fun-for-Virgin-Media-247f.aspx \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=20 July 2013 \|title=New channels signal summer of fun for Virgin Media \|publisher=Virgin Media \|date=27 June 2013 \|access-date=29 June 2013 }}</ref> [[BT Sport\|BT Sport 1 HD]], BT Sport 2 HD and [[More4\|More4 HD]].

	Later in the 2010s, Virgin Media began removing standard definition feeds of channels it offers in high definition. The first SD removal was on 25 September 2018 when [[Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]]'s SD channel is removed from the platform. This was followed on 4 December by the removal of the stand definition feeds of [[BT Sport]] and a week later, [[BBC Two]] in SD was replaced on channel 102 by the high definition version although BBC Two continues to be available in SD as ''BBC Two England'' on channel 862.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cableforum.uk/board/showthread.php?t=33607636&page=80\|title=Virgin Media Changelog page 80\|publisher=Cable Forum \|date=11 December 2018 \|accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref>		Later in the 2010s, Virgin Media began removing standard definition feeds of channels it offers in high definition. The first SD removal was on 25 September 2018 when [[Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]]'s SD channel is removed from the platform. This was followed on 4 December by the removal of the stand definition feeds of [[BT Sport]] and a week later, [[BBC Two]] in SD was replaced on channel 102 by the high definition version although BBC Two continues to be available in SD as ''BBC Two England'' on channel 862.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.cableforum.uk/board/showthread.php?t=33607636&page=80\|title=Virgin Media Changelog page 80\|publisher=Cable Forum \|date=11 December 2018 \|accessdate=22 May 2019}}</ref>
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	On 8 January 2009, it was announced that [[ITV Player]] would be added to Virgin Media's digital cable TV service.<ref name="ITV Player">{{Cite web\|url=http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1241606&highlight=\|title=Thousands of hours of ITV shows to be made available on demand by Virgin Media\|publisher=Virgin Media\|date=8 January 2009}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A selection of ITV's High Definition programming was supposed to be made available on demand as part of the deal. 12 March 2010, it was announced that some of ITV HD's content will be available on demand via ITV Net Player on Virgin Media's TV platform.<ref name="ITV1 HD2">{{Cite web\|url=http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1401852&highlight=\|title=Watch the World Cup in HD with Virgin Media and ITV\|publisher=Virgin Media\|date=12 March 2010}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		On 8 January 2009, it was announced that [[ITV Player]] would be added to Virgin Media's digital cable TV service.<ref name="ITV Player">{{Cite web\|url=http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1241606&highlight=\|title=Thousands of hours of ITV shows to be made available on demand by Virgin Media\|publisher=Virgin Media\|date=8 January 2009}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A selection of ITV's High Definition programming was supposed to be made available on demand as part of the deal. 12 March 2010, it was announced that some of ITV HD's content will be available on demand via ITV Net Player on Virgin Media's TV platform.<ref name="ITV1 HD2">{{Cite web\|url=http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1401852&highlight=\|title=Watch the World Cup in HD with Virgin Media and ITV\|publisher=Virgin Media\|date=12 March 2010}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

	On 16 April 2009, the BBC announced that they would offer HD content through [[BBC iPlayer]], with a Virgin Media spokesperson adding "We're working closely with the BBC to make this service available on our platform as soon as possible."<ref name="BBC iPlayer HD">{{Cite web\|url=~~http~~://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8000556.stm\|title=BBC iPlayer goes high definition\|publisher=BBC\|date=16 April 2009}}</ref><ref name="BBC iPlayer HD2">{{cite news\|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/official-bbc-iplayer-goes-hd-592713\|title=Official: BBC iPlayer goes HD\|work=Tech Radar\|date=16 April 2009}}</ref> HD content, including [[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)\|Robin Hood]], [[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]] and [[Later... with Jools Holland]], became available on 1 May 2009.<ref name="BBC iPlayer HD3">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/01/hd.shtml\|title=HD content comes to BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media\|publisher=BBC\|date=1 May 2009}}</ref>		On 16 April 2009, the BBC announced that they would offer HD content through [[BBC iPlayer]], with a Virgin Media spokesperson adding "We're working closely with the BBC to make this service available on our platform as soon as possible."<ref name="BBC iPlayer HD">{{Cite web\|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8000556.stm\|title=BBC iPlayer goes high definition\|publisher=BBC\|date=16 April 2009}}</ref><ref name="BBC iPlayer HD2">{{cite news\|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/official-bbc-iplayer-goes-hd-592713\|title=Official: BBC iPlayer goes HD\|work=Tech Radar\|date=16 April 2009}}</ref> HD content, including [[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)\|Robin Hood]], [[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]] and [[Later... with Jools Holland]], became available on 1 May 2009.<ref name="BBC iPlayer HD3">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/01/hd.shtml\|title=HD content comes to BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media\|publisher=BBC\|date=1 May 2009}}</ref>

	On 29 June 2009, Virgin Media announced that from July the [[PictureBox Movies\|PictureBox]] movie service would be made available to Virgin Media's 3.6 million TV subscribers providing a broad selection of 28 films at any given time, with seven new titles being added to the line-up each Friday. Most of the PictureBox films are available in HD and many will not yet have been seen on free-to-air television in the UK. It marks the PictureBox's first UK platform to present films in HD.<ref name="Picturebox">{{Cite web\|url=http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1302793&highlight=\|title=Virgin Media And Universal Pictures Launch "Picturebox" Movies-On-Demand Service\|publisher=Virgin Media\|date=29 June 2009}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		On 29 June 2009, Virgin Media announced that from July the [[PictureBox Movies\|PictureBox]] movie service would be made available to Virgin Media's 3.6 million TV subscribers providing a broad selection of 28 films at any given time, with seven new titles being added to the line-up each Friday. Most of the PictureBox films are available in HD and many will not yet have been seen on free-to-air television in the UK. It marks the PictureBox's first UK platform to present films in HD.<ref name="Picturebox">{{Cite web\|url=http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1302793&highlight=\|title=Virgin Media And Universal Pictures Launch "Picturebox" Movies-On-Demand Service\|publisher=Virgin Media\|date=29 June 2009}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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