List of line-up changes on Virgin Media (UK) in 2016

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01/01/16-01/09/16

Date	EPG number	Channel logo	Channel name	Type of change	New EPG number	New channel name	New channel logo	Region (UK unless stated)	Notes
13/01/16	344		Vevo SD	Launch					On-demand
16/02/16	124		Watch SD	Rename		W SD
	125		Watch +1			W +1
	191		Watch HD			W HD
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
	402		Sky Movies Premiere +1			Sky Cinema Premiere +1
	403		Sky Movies Showcase SD			Sky Cinema Hits SD
	404		Sky Movies Greats SD	Partly temporary rename		Sky Cinema Tom Cruise SD
	405		Sky Movies Disney SD	Rename		Sky Cinema Disney SD
	406		Sky Movies Family SD		Sky Cinema Family SD
	407		Sky Movies Action & Adventure SD		Sky Cinema Action & Adventure SD
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
24/08/16	517		Sky Sports Mix SD	Launch
25/08/16	425		Movie Mix SD	Added					Launched on Freeview on 15 July 2009 as The Big Deal
	426		Movies4Men SD						Launched on 1 February 2006
	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.

Old package	EPG number	Channel logo	Channel name	New package	Region (UK unless stated)
M	101		BBC One SD	Player TV
M	102		BBC Two SD	Player TV
M	103		ITV SD	Player TV	England and Wales
			STV SD		Scotland
			UTV SD		Northern Ireland
M	104		Channel 4 SD	Player TV
M	105		Channel 5 SD	Player TV
M	108		BBC One HD	Player TV
M	113		ITV HD	Player TV	England and Wales
			STV HD		Scotland
			UTV HD		Northern Ireland
M	114		ITV +1	Player TV	England and Wales
			STV +1		Scotland
			UTV +1		Northern Ireland
M	142		Channel 4 HD	Player TV
M	143		Channel 4 +1	Player TV
M	150		Channel 5 HD	Player TV
M	155		Channel 5 +1	Player TV
M	162		BBC Two HD	Player TV

02/09/16-31/12/16

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
	170		DMAX SD		213
	171		DMAX +1		214
	195		4seven SD		143				In preparation for launch of 4seven HD
	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