Virgin Media Four
Irish television channel
Television channel
- Channel 7
Virgin Media Four, also called Virgin Four,[1] is an Irish television channel from Virgin Media Television.[2][3]
The channel focuses on general entertainment programming from both Ireland and the UK as well as weekly coverage of the NFL.
The channel launched on 24 August 2022.
History
Virgin Media Ireland confirmed it would launch a new channel in August 2022, at a Virgin Media Showcase event. The channel is currently available on Saorview, Virgin Media and Sky. It's currently unknown if the channel will be made available to watch on the Virgin Media Player.
The channels programming is largely a replay of previously aired content from across Virgin Media channels with little investment in Irish content. The channels schedule is dependent on content from UK broadcaster ITV and generally broadcasts double episodes of programmes to fill its schedule.
On 16 March 2023, the channel began testing on Sky, using the frequency 12363 V 27500 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK,[4][5] and was launched on Sky on 27 April 2023 on channel 160 and 159(Sky Glass)[6]
Programming
- Winning Combination
- The Chase
- The Hotel Inspector
- Ireland’s Paramedics
- Don’t Look Back In Anger[7][8][9]
- The Group Chat[10]
- Two Sides[11][12]
References
- ^ "WildSat Ireland". wildsat.site647.com.
- ^ "Showcase Commercial Opportunities 2022" (PDF). Bcboltvirgin.akamaized.net. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Virgin Media and TG4 both set to launch new TV channels" (article). independent.ie. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "5044 | Event log for BSkyB at 28E". satellite-calculations.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Virgin Media Four - LyngSat". 16 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Virgin Media launching new channel on Sky Ireland > RXTV Info". 22 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Don't Look Back in Anger". Virginmediatv.ie. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Tv Guide".
- ^ "Don't Look Back in Anger". Virginmediatv.ie. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Virgin Media Four goes live on Saorview". 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Virgin Media Television launches new TV channel, Virgin Media Four | the Irish Film & Television Network".
- ^ "Virgin Media Ireland launches new channel". 24 August 2022.
External links
- Official website
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Virgin Media Ireland
a subsidiary of Liberty Global
- Virgin Broadband
- Virgin Media Solutions
- Virgin Mobile
- Virgin Phone
- Virgin TV
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- Television in the Republic of Ireland
Category
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