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Virgin 1 - news archive

This is an archive of news about Virgin 1. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Two docs added to Virgin 1's Rude Season
From Digital Spy. Posted July 9 2008, 6.51pm
Virgin 1 commissions specials on sleeping with strangers and the British attitude to sex for its Rude Season. (more)

Virgin TV channels going widescreen
From Digital Spy. Posted June 2 2008, 4.54pm
Virgin Media-owned TV channels including Virgin 1 will broadcast in widescreen from tomorrow. (more)

Virgin 1 lining up shock docs series
From Digital Spy. Posted May 31 2008, 9.58am
Virgin 1 is planning a series of real-life shock documentaries for primetime this summer. (more)

Virgin 1 lines up Rude Season
From Digital Spy. Posted May 8 2008, 2.43pm
Virgin 1 commissions three original documentaries for a Rude Season. (more)

'Sarah Connor' on target for Virgin 1
From Digital Spy. Posted February 22 2008, 2.35pm
Virgin 1's audience rockets seven-fold for the first episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (more)

648,000 watch Sarah Connor debut
From Media Guardian. Posted February 22 2008, 12.15pm
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles drew 648,000 viewers to the Virgin 1 channel. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Video: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles viral
From Media Guardian. Posted February 8 2008, 3.46pm
Watch the viral clip to promote TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Virgin 1 (more)

Virgin 1 takes Bravo's Sky EPG slots
From Digital Spy. Posted January 31 2008, 11.05am
Virgin Media reshuffles its channel positions on Sky's EPG, with Virgin 1 pushing Bravo off page 2 of the guide. (more)

Virgin goes from Riches to rags
From Media Guardian. Posted December 18 2007, 11.48am
Virgin 1's US drama The Riches, starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, came to an end with just 50,000 viewers. By John Plunkett (more)

Virgin 1? Take a Picnic, says Sky
From Rapid TV News. Posted October 1 2007, 10.57pm
Virgin Media’s new channel launched on October 1 in Britain. BSkyB used the day to launch an impressive new service: Picnic. (more)

To boldly go where many others have gone before: Virgin 1 shoots for victory
From The Independent. Posted September 30 2007, 1.50am
It was a typical Sir Richard Branson publicity event. Held at his Oxfordshire mansion, the launch of Virgin Media's Virgin 1 entertainment channel had celebrities, top bands (The Enemy staged a gig), a fairground and lavish food and drink. (more)

Freeview "important" to Virgin 1
From Digital Spy. Posted September 28 2007, 2.28pm
Virgin 1's carriage on Freeview is viewed as being essential to its success. (more)

Virgin 1 unveils launch advertising campaign
From Media Guardian. Posted September 26 2007, 1.00am
8am: Virgin Media has unveiled the launch advertising campaign for its new entertainment channel. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Virgin 1 launch date announced
From Media Guardian. Posted September 18 2007, 1.00am
Virgin 1, the general entertainment channel aiming to take on Sky One, will launch on October 1. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Virgin 1 branding revealed
From Media Guardian. Posted August 29 2007, 1.00am
Virgin Media TV has unveiled the brand identity for its soon-to-launch entertainment channel Virgin 1. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Q&A: Sky One head Richard Woolfe
From Digital Spy. Posted August 24 2007, 3.46pm
DS chats to Sky One chief Richard Woolfe about future plans, Noel Edmonds and the launch of Virgin 1. (more)

Virgin 1 to air US drama The Riches
From Media Guardian. Posted August 2 2007, 1.00am
8am: Virgin Media has bagged the rights to US drama The Riches, starring British actors Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, to boost Virgin 1. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Virgin Media buys rights to The Sarah Connor Chronicles
From Media Guardian. Posted June 14 2007, 1.00am
Virgin Media is to beef up programming on its Virgin 1 channel with Terminator movie-inspired drama The Sarah Connor Chronicles. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Worries raised over Virgin TV channel
From Media Guardian. Posted June 12 2007, 1.00am
Virgin Media was last night denying its newly unveiled Virgin 1 channel was a knee-jerk reaction to losing access to Sky One. By Katie Allen. (more)

Virgin Media plans new channel launch
From Digital Spy. Posted June 11 2007, 9.57am
Virgin Media TV will launch a new entertainment channel called Virgin 1 this autumn. (more)