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RD
rdd Founding member
Seemingly on Saorview it’s just “Virgin Media 1” etc, but no HD on that platform. Full names on Virgin Media cable.
JO
Joe
rdd posted:
Turned in for a little bit this morning but only really caught the DOGs, which are a bit bigger (but not much) than before. Ireland AM has a new look.

The Sky EPG has gone for “Virgin One HD”, “Virgin Two HD” and “Virgin Three” which I suspect will be what most people will start calling the channels.

The Sky Guide could have used the name 'VM One HD'.

Na. That’ll be because they logo doesn’t scale down well at all.
AE
AlexEdohHD13
Joe posted:
rdd posted:
Turned in for a little bit this morning but only really caught the DOGs, which are a bit bigger (but not much) than before. Ireland AM has a new look.

The Sky EPG has gone for “Virgin One HD”, “Virgin Two HD” and “Virgin Three” which I suspect will be what most people will start calling the channels.

The Sky Guide could have used the name 'VM One HD'.

Na. That’ll be because they logo doesn’t scale down well at all.

But viewers will know what VM means on the EPG without changing the logo and they could use the one without the Virgin Media writing.
RD
rdd Founding member
I wouldn’t assume that at all. Their brand is “Virgin Media”, not VM.

Then again, what was it that Sky Sports News used to be: SkySpNHQHD or something?
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BBI45
LL
London Lite Founding member
Full edition.

ST
steveboswell
Well it's all nice enough, I suppose, but "Virgin Media News" will never not sound like a spoof newscast in a cable advert (seeing that mic shield alone makes it difficult to take seriously), and the channel names will never be referred to in full by anyone other than continuity announcers.
ED
edmund
Coverage of Virgin Media One added to Presentation Archive. Only one ident so far.

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CO
Conor98
I just hope they have another ident in store before Emmerdale?
Or maybe before their Friday movie tomorrow night?
ED
edmund
Virgin Media Two has launched with two idents. Probably a bit too good for the channel it is representing! Shame the audio ducker problem persists and from the small amount of the soundtrack that can be heard, it sounds rather basic. With an upbeat soundtrack this would have been a very nice package. Coverage available here.
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Conor98
I hope they add new idents soon to liven up the channels' image.
VM One can't just have that umbrella ident, can't they?
ED
edmund
I'm sure they will add more in time. For the first month when the 2009 liveaction idents launched, the channel rotated between two, but a new ident launched each month in the year that followed. It seems Virgin Media Three has only two idents, one generic logo version and one liveaction.

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