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newapollo
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21 days ago

Tubi app launches on VM

 Fox Corporation’s ad-supported streaming service, the Tubi app has now been added to TV360, Stream and V6 boxes.  The Tubi app is also available on android and ios devices, and also directly through a web browser via https://tubitv.com/

Info below from news.virginmediao2.co.uk/tubi-launches-on-virgin-media-tv

Tubi is now available for Virgin Media TV customers to enjoy at no extra cost, as it further expands its reach in one of the world’s most dynamic streaming markets. 

LONDON, December 3, 2025 – Tubi (www.tubi.tv), Fox Corporation’s (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) ad-supported streaming service, today announced it is now available on Virgin Media TV in the UK, making its vast catalogue of over 60,000 movies and TV episodes accessible to millions more households, at no extra cost.

With the addition of Tubi, Virgin Media customers can now explore a wide range of content that includes everything from fan-favourites and deep-cut cult classics to major blockbusters – across all genres including action, thriller, comedy, and horror. A sample of titles available for viewers in December include Zombieland, Baby Driver, Bend it Like Beckham, Jack and Jill, Robin Hood (2018) and La La Land.

Additionally, audiences will be able to enjoy Tubi Originals such as the documentary NAOMI OSAKA: THE SECOND SET, Destry Allyn Spielberg’s directorial debut PLEASE DON’T FEED THE CHILDREN, starring Michelle Dockery and the hit sensations SIDELINED: THE QB AND ME, as well as its sequel SIDELINED 2: INTERCEPTED reuniting its stars Noah Beck, Siena Agudong, with Charlie Gillespie (Julie and the Phantoms), Sage Linder (Descendants 3) and Roan Curtis (Firefly Lane) joining the cast, as well as James Van Der Beek (Pose) and Drew Ray Tanner (Riverdale) reprising their roles from the original film.

22 Replies

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    21 days ago

    This is a significant development as Tubi is the biggest AVOD provider with huge content licensed from major studios and long-tail indie aggregators plus its own originals. Tubi also has a significant and growing FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) business.

    As VM also offers Pluto TV, the biggest provider of FAST channels, you can see why this matters when you consider that AVOD and FAST are growing fastest in the IPTV market as subscription fatigue sets in and causes SVOD growth struggles.

    • Adduxi's avatar
      Adduxi
      Very Insightful Person
      21 days ago

      FAST TV - 40 minutes of Ad’s and 10 minutes of content.  I’d this is the future, I’ll take up reading a “real” paper book. ;-)

  • nin10's avatar
    nin10
    On our wavelength
    21 days ago

    Hi how do I find this new channel Tubi

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person
      21 days ago

      It's not  a channel - it's an app. Have a look in Apps & Games

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person
      21 days ago

      It's not  a channel - it's an app. Have a look in Apps & Games on your V6 box

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person
      19 days ago

      redviking​ 

      Which set top box do you have?

      According to broadbandanalyst.co.uk/ "Virgin Media has rolled out the Tubi app across its TV 360, Stream and V6 boxes. If you’re using one of these, the app should now be visible within the main TV interface, alongside other built-in streaming services."

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    19 days ago

    I have the Tubi app on my 360. Remember to leave your box on standby and your hub running for overnight updates.

  • Graham_A's avatar
    Graham_A
    Very Insightful Person
    18 days ago

    newapollo As with other V6 users here this Tubi app isn't showing under Apps on my V6 box. I also see that Pluto TV has been withdrawn from the V6.

    • newapollo's avatar
      newapollo
      Very Insightful Person
      18 days ago

      Thanks for the clarification Graham_A​ 

      I was mistakingly going by the information from two third party sites (<here> and <Here> ) which both indicated that the tubi app was available on the V6 boxes.

      VM's press release <Here> doesn't indicate which actual boxes the tubi app is available on, it just states, "Tubi (www.tubi.tv), Fox Corporation’s (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) ad-supported streaming service, today announced it is now available on Virgin Media TV in the UK, making its vast catalogue of over 60,000 movies and TV episodes accessible to millions more households, at no extra cost."

      I did read that Pluto was being withdrawn from the V6 but I can't recall where I read it.

      The current list of apps on the 360 and Stream boxes (December 6th 2025) are:-  5, Al Jazeera, A-Maze-ing Mac,  Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, Channel 4, Dance TV, DAZN, Deutsche Welle, Disney+, Fiit, Fireplace, Fishing TV, Fit at Home, France24, ITVX, Mubi,  Netflix, VM On Demand Streaming, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Prime Video, QVC+, Radio Line, Rakuten, Solitaire Classic, Space Moodies, STV Player, Subscriptions, Tetris, Tubi, U, VM Store, Watch Free, World Poker Tour, You Tube
      (Al Jazeera,  Deutsche Welle, and France24 are temporarily unavailable)

      I'm afraid I don't have a list of current apps on the older tivo box, and the latest list I have for apps on the V6 box is outdated.  It was from May  20th 2025 and showed that 5, Al Jazeera, Amagi FAST, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, Body In Balance, Channel 4, France 24, Games, Get Fit Today, ITVX, Netflix, Pluto TV, Prime Video, QVC, Radioline, Rakuten, Sky Sports+, STV Player, U, Virgin Media Store,YouTube were available at that time.

       

      • Graham_A's avatar
        Graham_A
        Very Insightful Person
        18 days ago

        newapollo​  Amagi, Pluto and Sky Sports+ have gone (not convinced SS+ was ever there, SS+ is available via the red button) VM OnDemand streaming has been added.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    18 days ago

    VM wants V6 users to migrate to the 360 or Stream, so what's the point of getting new apps written for the V6 or existing apps updated.

    • Graham_A's avatar
      Graham_A
      Very Insightful Person
      18 days ago

      Roger_Gooner That may well be the case, however, this thread refers to third party links that incorrectly stated that VM have added the app to the V6 platform.

    • japitts's avatar
      japitts
      Very Insightful Person
      18 days ago

      In the case of UKTV & Sky Sports, there must have been contractual factors at play.

      • Roger_Gooner's avatar
        Roger_Gooner
        Alessandro Volta
        18 days ago

        TiVo is now a legacy platform where only essential maintenance need be done. Apps are not essential so all VM had to do is say to the app developers "Don't bother with the V6, just do it for the 360 and Stream as we're migrating everyone to these boxes." This is why apps are quietly disappearing from the V6. You'd never guess as the apps page hasn't been updated since 12 March 2025, leaving the unwary thinking that the V6 has more apps than it actually has.