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Loosecanons's avatar
Loosecanons
Superfast
7 months ago
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Paramount TV channels

Hi,

Looking on the various TV bundles I can see references to a Paramount HD channel.  Looking on my TV guide they aren't on the channel list. I already personally subscribe to Paramount+ so wondered what is available on Virgin TV and how to see them on the TV guide

Thanks

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    7 months ago

    Old channel guides (which misleadingly are still available) show Paramount HD on channel 187, but the August 2024 channel guide has no reference to Paramount. Most of the content on that channel was moved to Paramount+ and the rest, I believe, to Channel 5’s linear channels of 5USA, 5Star and 5Action.

  • CalKlein's avatar
    CalKlein
    Dialled in
    7 months ago

    You must be referring to an old channel listing. Paramount HD stopped broadcasting in the UK in January 2022

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    The 360 has the Paramount+ app, so you'd have to migrate from the V6 to get it on VM.

    • Loosecanons's avatar
      Loosecanons
      Superfast
      7 months ago

      Ahh, that pre-empts another question I was thinking of asking. I did not know that. 
      It seems VM have a two-tier system . I pay a lot for this service yet appear to be on old kit/ software.

      I was invited to transfer for free on my box  but it keeps saying it cannot process the order.
      Thanks for your help

      • nodrogd's avatar
        nodrogd
        Very Insightful Person
        7 months ago
        Loosecanons wrote:

        Ahh, that pre-empts another question I was thinking of asking. I did not know that. 
        It seems VM have a two-tier system . I pay a lot for this service yet appear to be on old kit/ software.

        I was invited to transfer for free on my box  but it keeps saying it cannot process the order.
        Thanks for your help

        Not so much you are running "old" kit. VM is now owned by a far bigger cable entity (Liberty Global) that runs their own TV platform firmware. So VM are continuing to support the TiVO driven V6 kit as well as Liberty's Horizon driven V360. Hardware can be migrated between TiVO & Horizon, but voluntary migrations are a one way trip. The two operate in a totally different way so it's not a like for like change, & if you don't like the way Horizon operates you are then stuck with it.

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    Very Insightful Person
    7 months ago
    Loosecanons wrote:

    Looking on the various TV bundles I can see references to a Paramount HD channel.

    Perhaps post a photo or screenshot of what you're looking at. That may help confirm what "it" is referring to.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    Old channel guides (which misleadingly are still available) show Paramount HD on channel 187, but the August 2024 channel guide has no reference to Paramount. Most of the content on that channel was moved to Paramount+ and the rest, I believe, to Channel 5’s linear channels of 5USA, 5Star and 5Action.

  • Loosecanons's avatar
    Loosecanons
    Superfast
    7 months ago

    Ahh thank you - the Channel list line up is confusing. Some of them even rendered as what looked like HTML code on my tablet.

  • SpacePhoenix's avatar
    SpacePhoenix
    Fibre optic
    7 months ago

    If you get Paramount+ via Amazon then you can use the Amazon app to access Paramount+ content