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List of line-up changes on Virgin Media (UK) in 2016
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Old packages
| Date | EPG number | Channel logo | Channel name | Type of change | New EPG number | New channel name | New channel logo | Region (UK unless stated) | Notes |
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| 13/01/16 | 344 |  |
Vevo SD | Launch | On-demand | ||||
| 16/02/16 | 124 |  |
Watch SD | Rename | W SD |  |
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| 125 |  |
Watch +1 | W +1 |  |
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| 191 |  |
Watch HD | W HD |  |
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| 31/03/16 | 163 |  |
BBC Three HD | Removal | Moved to BBC iPlayer. Relaunched on 1 February 2022 on channel 107 (157 in Scotland/Wales). Placeholder for SD channel remained until 9 October 2017. | ||||
| 24/05/16 | 337 |  |
Smash Hits! | Rename | Box Hits |  |
Smash Hits! graphics were still shown until the next day | ||
| 338 |  |
Heat | Box Upfront |  |
Heat graphics were still shown until the next day | ||||
| 24/06/16 | 290 |  |
Ginx TV SD | Ginx eSports TV SD |  |
Rename occurred concurrently with launch on Sky | |||
| 29/06/16 | 311 |  |
MTV Live HD | Removal | UK feed | ||||
| Launch | International feed | ||||||||
| 08/07/16 | 401 |  |
Sky Movies Premiere SD | Rename | Sky Cinema Premiere SD |  |
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| 402 |  |
Sky Movies Premiere +1 | Sky Cinema Premiere +1 |  |
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| 403 |  |
Sky Movies Showcase SD | Sky Cinema Hits SD |  |
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| 404 |  |
Sky Movies Greats SD | Partly temporary rename | Sky Cinema Tom Cruise SD |  |
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| 405 |  |
Sky Movies Disney SD | Rename | Sky Cinema Disney SD |  |
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| 26/07/16 | 124 | |
W SD | Move | 125 | ||||
| 125 | |
W +1 | 131 | ||||||
| 126 |  |
Gold SD | 124 | ||||||
| 127 |  |
Gold +1 | 190 | ||||||
| 128 |  |
Dave SD | 127 | ||||||
| 129 |  |
Dave ja vu SD | 211 | ||||||
| 130 |  |
Alibi SD | 126 | ||||||
| 131 |  |
Alibi +1 | 130 | ||||||
| 164 |  |
BBC Four HD | 163 | ||||||
| 190 |  |
Drama SD | 128 | ||||||
| 283 |  |
Really SD | 129 | ||||||
| 501 |  |
Sky Sports News HQ SD | 516 | In preparation for launch of Sky Sports Mix | |||||
| 502 |  |
Sky Sports 1 SD | 511 | ||||||
| 503 |  |
Sky Sports 2 SD | 512 | ||||||
| 504 |  |
Sky Sports 3 SD | 513 | ||||||
| 505 |  |
Sky Sports 4 SD | 514 | ||||||
| 506 |  |
Sky Sports 5 SD | 515 | ||||||
| 507 |  |
Sky Sports F1 SD | 518 | ||||||
| 10/08/16 | 152 |  |
Channel 5 +24 | Rename | My5 |  |
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| 24/08/16 | 517 |  |
Sky Sports Mix SD | Launch | |||||
| 25/08/16 | 736 |  |
Pop SD | Re-Added | |||||
| 31/08/16 | 154 |  |
Spike SD | Added | Launched on Sky, Freeview and Freesat on 15 April 2015 |
New packages
On 1 September 2016, Virgin Media’s packages got overhauled majorly. M was renamed to Player TV, More was removed, Mix TV was launched, M+ was removed, L was renamed to Fun TV and XL was renamed to Full House TV.
| Date | EPG number | Channel logo | Channel name | Type of change | New EPG number | New channel name | New channel logo | Region (UK unless stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/10/16 | 330 |  |
4Music SD | Move | 337 | ||||
| 336 |  |
Kiss SD | 338 | ||||||
| 337 | |
Box Hits SD | 336 | ||||||
| 338 | |
Box Upfront SD | 330 | ||||||
| 29/11/16 | 142 |  |
Channel 4 HD | 141 | In preparation for launch of 4seven HD | ||||
| 143 |  |
Channel 4 +1 | 142 | ||||||
| 195 |  |
4seven SD | 143 | ||||||
| 203 |  |
More4 HD | 195 | ||||||
| 253 |  |
Investigation Discovery SD | 170 | ||||||
| 254 |  |
Investigation Discovery +1 | 171 | ||||||
| 30/11/16 | 203 |  |
4seven HD | Added | Launched on Freeview on 1 July 2014 |