Close Menu
  • News
    • Broadcasting
    • Cable & IPTV
    • Digital Life
    • Terrestrial
    • Satellite
    • Streaming Sites and Apps
  • Cable & IPTV
    • Cable & IPTV News
    • Virgin Media channel list (Cable EPG UK)
    • Sky Stream and Sky Glass channel list (UK EPG)
    • Sky Stream and Sky Glass channel list (Republic of Ireland EPG)
  • Satellite
    • Satellite News
    • Sky satellite channel list (UK EPG for Sky Q/Sky+HD)
    • Freesat channel list UK
  • Terrestrial
    • Terrestrial News
    • Freeview channels – England and Wales
    • Freeview channels – Northern Ireland
    • Freeview channels – Scotland
    • Freeview channels – Channel Islands
    • Saorview Channels (Republic of Ireland)
  • Resources
    • Freeview Updates
    • Satellite Updates (Astra 28.2/5E)
    • Watching another BBC nation or region
What's Hot

WBD split: How will it affect Sky, Virgin and Freeview viewers?

11 June 2025

Roku TVs switch to Freely

11 June 2025

Rewind TV announces Freeview change

11 June 2025
RXTV
  • News
    • Broadcasting
    • Cable & IPTV
    • Digital Life
    • Terrestrial
    • Satellite
    • Streaming Sites and Apps
  • Cable & IPTV
    • Cable & IPTV News
    • Virgin Media channel list (Cable EPG UK)
    • Sky Stream and Sky Glass channel list (UK EPG)
    • Sky Stream and Sky Glass channel list (Republic of Ireland EPG)
  • Satellite
    • Satellite News
    • Sky satellite channel list (UK EPG for Sky Q/Sky+HD)
    • Freesat channel list UK
  • Terrestrial
    • Terrestrial News
    • Freeview channels – England and Wales
    • Freeview channels – Northern Ireland
    • Freeview channels – Scotland
    • Freeview channels – Channel Islands
    • Saorview Channels (Republic of Ireland)
  • Resources
    • Freeview Updates
    • Satellite Updates (Astra 28.2/5E)
    • Watching another BBC nation or region
RXTV
Home»Three new UHD channels added to Virgin Media

Three new UHD channels added to Virgin Media

1 February 2023

Virgin Media customers in the UK now have the option to subscribe to Sky Sports in UHD, with three UHD sports channels going live today.

Sky Sports Main Event UHD, plus Sky Sports Ultra HD 1 and Ultra HD 2 are now live on the Virgin Media TV platform in the UK. They went live during the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Sky Sports Main Event UHD is a direct simulcast of the existing Main Event channel. But Sky Sports Ultra HD 1 and Ultra HD 2 offer highlights from the rest of Sky Sports channels. While Sky satellite and Sky Glass/Stream viewers can currently only access these services through the red button, Virgin Media allows its subscribers to access Sky Sports Ultra HD 1 and 2 directly via the channel list.

The Sky Sports UHD channels also include Dolby Atmos sound.


▶ Sky Sports UHD on Virgin Media

532 Sky Sports Main Event UHD

533 Sky Sports Ultra HD 1

534 Sky Sports Ultra HD 2

Ad

Ad


Pricing

The UHD add-on costs £7 a month. Existing Virgin TV customers wanting to add Sky Sports Ultra HD to their subscription can do so by contacting 0800 052 0813.

Virgin Media already offers Sky Cinema content in UHD, alongside BT Sport Ultimate – BT’s Ultra HD service. Virgin also operates its own Ultra HD entertainment channel (channel 228/999).

Last week, Virgin Media automatically upgraded viewers when it made extra channels available in HD at no extra cost. Multiple services from ITV, Channel 4 and Sky are now HD by default on the platform after the cable operator turned off SD services.

Update 13/02/2023, with comment from Virgin Media O2:

David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media O2, said:

“For years, Virgin TV has offered access to all of the best live sport in one place and at great value, and now we’re offering it in the best picture quality available. With Sky Sports Ultra HD now available on our platform, fans of the Premier League, Formula 1 and a host of other top sports will be able to get even closer to the action.”


Marc Thornham

Share this!
Previous ArticleSky: Peacock loses programmes
Next Article New Netflix Premium Features unveiled
Latest

WBD split: How will it affect Sky, Virgin and Freeview viewers?

Roku TVs switch to Freely

Rewind TV announces Freeview change

TNT Sports keeps Roland-Garros Tennis until 2030

BBC trial to serve Wimbledon faster to iPlayer users

RESOURCES
  • See the latest Freeview channel updates…
  • Get manual tuning information for satellite…
  • Find channels and their channel numbers…
  • View satellite service/frequency changes…
Freeview changes

9th June 2025

    • 28: ITV Quiz replaces ITVBe [PSB2/D3&4]
    • 71: That’s TV3 switches to MPEG4. You won’t be able to watch this channel if you have an older Freeview device. [PSB2/D3&4]
    • 93: ITVBe+1 has closed. [COM4/SDN] N.B. This channel was a placeholder channel and did not carry the full ITVBe+1 schedule.

2nd June 2025

    • 76: That’s Dance replaces That’s Pride. However, the Freeview channel data has not been updated and the channel continues to be labelled as That’s Pride. [COM5/ArqA]

    • 79: That’s Dance MCR replaces That’s Pride MCR. However, the Freeview channel data has not been updated and the channel continues to be labelled as That’s Pride MCR [G_MAN]

See more Freeview changes…

© 2025 RXTVinfo.com
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • About RXTV/Contact

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.