Monday, April 22, 2013

Virgin Media Adds Live Streams Of Nickelodeon UK And Nick Jr. UK To Virgin TV Anywhere Streaming Service

The television industry news website Broadcast is reporting the Nickelodeon UK News that the UK cable operator Virgin Media has today (Monday 22nd April 2013) added 21 new live channels including Nickelodeon UK and Nick Jr. UK to its Virgin TV Anywhere streaming service, allowing subscribers to the cable platform to watch 66 channels on the cloud-based entertainment service, which is available on devices including computers, tablets and smartphones, similar to BSkyB's Sky Go IPTV service:
Virgin beefs up streaming service

Virgin Media has added 21 new live channels including Channel 4, Syfy and Nickelodeon to its Virgin TV Anywhere streaming service.

The move means that subscribers to the cable platform can now watch 66 channels on the cloud-based entertainment service, which is available on devices including computers, tablets and smartphones.

As part of the move it has added Channel 4, which will see shows including One Born Every Minute available on the service, along with More 4, Syfy, kids networks Cartoonito, Nick Jr and Nickelodeon and Universal Channel.

A raft of Discovery-owned networks will also become available including Animal Planet, Discovery, Discovery History, Discovery Home and Health, Discovery Science, Discovery Shed, Discovery Turbo, Dmax, ID, Quest and forthcoming female skewing channel TLC.

Sky channels including Sky 2, Sky Arts 1 and Sky LivingIt have also been included.

Scott Kewley, Virgin Media’s multiscreen product director, said: “We know our customers love being able to watch whatever they want at a time that suits them, and by adding 21 live channels to Virgin TV Anywhere at no extra cost we’re also enabling them to watch their favourite shows wherever they want to.”
Virgin TV Anywhere channel additions

Animal Planet

Cartoonito

Channel 4

Discovery Channel

Discovery History

Discovery Home & Health

Discovery Science

Discovery Shed

Discovery Turbo

Dmax

I.D.

More 4

MTV

Nick Jnr

Nickleodeon

Quest

Sky 2

Sky Arts 1

Sky LivingIt

Syfy

TLC (from 30th April)

Universal Channel