You Are In:  Home > Forums > Media and Digital TV Forums > Cable > Wrong Region BBC NW
Register Blogs FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Cable Discuss TV, phone and broadband services from Virgin Media and other cable operators.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 04-11-2009, 18:45   #1
TrueWhite
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bolton
Posts: 24
Wrong Region BBC NW
Hi all, anybody else in the North West getting BBC Midlands regional programs in error ITV Granada is working correctly.
Been like this all day, rebooted several times with no joy
TrueWhite is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-11-2009, 18:51   #2
wanderingsoul
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 51
Quote:
Originally Posted by TrueWhite View Post
Hi all, anybody else in the North West getting BBC Midlands regional programs in error ITV Granada is working correctly.
Been like this all day, rebooted several times with no joy
My Dad in Southport has just phoned to say his regional BBC1 is Wales not North west tonight yet I am down road in Ormskirk and mine is Ok
wanderingsoul is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-11-2009, 18:51   #3
Henk70
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Manchester
Services: Virgin TV Phone 20Mb
Posts: 137
Yes I have noticed the same.. getting BBC midlands regional news not NW
Henk70 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-11-2009, 18:55   #4
TrueWhite
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bolton
Posts: 24
Weird, If I watch on ch 101 it's BBC Midlands but if I use ch 861 it's BBC London. The EPG states it's North West but the program says different !
TrueWhite is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-11-2009, 18:57   #5
Henk70
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Manchester
Services: Virgin TV Phone 20Mb
Posts: 137
LOL even the news reader at BBC Midlands noticed it and welcomed the viewers in Manchester
Henk70 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-11-2009, 19:32   #6
brush2805
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 210
Has digital switchover come as a surprise to Virgin media?
brush2805 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 12:48   #7
andrewbrown
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Coventry
Services: M BB, XL TV with V+ & M Phone
Posts: 77
Did they supply subtitles for translation?
andrewbrown is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-11-2009, 13:12   #8
BenMcr77
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Manchester
Services: Sky HD Virgin National LLU
Posts: 4,199
Quote:
Originally Posted by brush2805 View Post
Has digital switchover come as a surprise to Virgin media?
Apparently it was on purpose - to avoid losing any channels during the switchover they switched the source of the BBC channels to a different region
BenMcr77 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2009, 06:37   #9
brush2805
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 210
And then forgot to switch back?
LMFAO
brush2805 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Tools

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:13.

Contact Us - Digital Spy - Privacy Statement - Top

Entertainment: Showbiz | Music | Television | Movies | Soaps | Cult | US TV | Gaming | Gay Spy
Reality TV: Big Brother | Strictly | X Factor | American Idol
Media: Broadcasting | Digital TV | Tech Reviews

Elle | Red | Red Direct | Psychologies | SugarScape | All About Soap | Inside Soap

Copyright © 1999-2009 Digital Spy Limited. All Rights Reserved.
"Digital Spy" is the Registered Trade Mark of Digital Spy Limited.
Privacy Policy   Terms and Conditions   Advertise on Digital Spy

Forums Directory