Bliss and Flaunt tell Virgin to Scuzz off
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Chart Show Channels up sticks
The music channels Bliss, Flaunt and Scuzz have all left Virgin Media’s cable TV line-up, following the failure of an agreement to materialise between owners Chart Show Channels Media and the cable group.
Pop and chart channels Bliss and Flaunt along with rock and metal channel Scuzz, once owned by Sky, are wholly owned by the CSC Media Group and all underwent a revamp following the purchase, with Scuzz in particular focussing more on broadcasting live performances of bands.
Virgin Media are apparently eschewing the CSC channels in favour of focussing their own on-demand content: “We are continuing to harmonise our Digital TV offering and the removal of these channels forms part of that process. All these channels were in our XL TV package and any XL customers can get unlimited access to Music Video On Demand for no extra cost. This service allows the viewer to choose from over 1000 music videos, and play them when they want.”
May 13th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Virgin Media only like to deal with the usual “big boys” for any channels. Any new MTV and Discovery appear… and they will pounce!