{"id":609391,"date":"2026-05-29T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/609391\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:16:08","slug":"virgin-media-rejigs-streaming-channel-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/609391\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media rejigs streaming channel line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two new streaming channels now available to Virgin Media\u2019s cable TV and IPTV customers, as two other services leave the guide with no notice.<\/p>\n<p>Channels dedicated to 8 Out Of 10 Cats and Pointless now live<\/p>\n<p>Deal or No Deal and Mythbusters channels removed<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Media O2 has announced the immediate launch of two new streaming channels, available at no extra cost to customers.<\/p>\n<p>For fans of Channel 4\u2019s 8 Out of 10 Cats, a new channel with nothing but episodes of the show is now live on channel 250.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BBC One\u2019s Pointless is now available continuously on channel 251.<\/p>\n<p>Both streaming channels are a result of a partnership between Banijay Rights, a division of the independent production company behind both shows, and Virgin Media O2. <\/p>\n<p>According to Virgin Media, the channels are automatically available via its Virgin Media TV360 and Stream boxes. <\/p>\n<p>The new channels join <a href=\"https:\/\/rxtvinfo.com\/virgin-media-channel-list-uk\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"5286\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over 30 streaming channels <\/a>already available to Virgin TV customers. Streaming channels include U&amp;Transport, British Screen Classics and Inside Crime. Known in the industry as Free, Ad-Supported Television (FAST) channels, many of the channels are also distributed for free on various smart TV platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the launch, David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media O2, commented: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are launching two brand new streaming channels to give our customers even more of the best entertainment from Virgin TV, at zero extra cost. With 8 out of 10 Cats and Pointless, comedy and quiz show lovers have their favourite content available on demand and 24\/7. The channels join our growing FAST programming on Virgin TV which ensures there really is something for every type of viewer to enjoy, any time of the day or night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the boast of a growing line up of FAST channels, Virgin Media was less keen to highlight that both channels come at the expense of two existing channels.<\/p>\n<p>8 Out of 10 Cats has replaced the former Deal or No Deal channel on 250. Pointless has replaced Mythbusters on channel 251.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming channels are provided to customers as \u201ca convenient and complimentary experience in addition to traditional linear TV\u201d, according to Virgin Media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">By: Marc Thornham | Image: BBC \/ Remarkable Entertainment, a Banijay Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two new streaming channels now available to Virgin Media\u2019s cable TV and IPTV customers, as two other services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,87,17372,50,391,56,54,55,7359],"class_list":["post-609391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-featured","tag-feed","tag-news","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-virgin-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}