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Home»Virgin Media TV channel changes on 4th July

Virgin Media TV channel changes on 4th July

29 June 2023

Virgin Media subscribers in the UK will need to get used to new channel numbers from Tuesday 4th July, with over 80 channels moving places on the channel list.

Services affected by the renumbering include Alibi, Animal Planet, Discovery, Drama, Quest, Sky History and GREAT! tv, with channel operators UKTV and Warner Bros Discovery among those benefiting from a boost in their channel ranking.

  • The changes apply across Virgin Media’s various TV receivers.
  • Virgin Media O2 is grouping entertainment, factual and lifestyle channels together in the first 100 channels. Space created in the 200-279 range prepares the ground for new streaming channels. Music channels move to the 280-300 channel range.
  • Timeshift entertainment, factual and lifestyle channels will find a new home in the 300s. The new listing will mimic Sky’s method of grouping the +1 channels. For example, Channel 5 is on 105, Channel 5+1 is on 305. However, timeshift channels are not listed on Virgin Media Stream.
  • Beyond channel 400, there’s no major changes to listings. TCM Movies on channel 415 and its +1 on channel 416 are closing after 6th July, as part of the channel’s complete withdrawal from the UK.

The good news is that these Virgin Media channel changes will not affect series links. Virgin Media TV boxes will automatically update shortly after midnight on 4th July.

▶ List of Virgin Media channel changes

The following list only shows channels that are moving. Variations in Scotland and Wales may apply.

New number from 4/7/2023 Old channel numberChannel
114 126 Alibi HD 
116 130 Drama HD 
120 153 5USA (not Scotland)
126 151 5STAR 
130 150 5ACTION HD 
131 198 Crime + Investigation HD 
133 270 Sky History HD 
136 269 Together TV 
137 169 Quest HD 
138 152 5SELECT
164 166 S4C HD (not Wales)
165 167 TLC HD 
166 168 ID 
168 170 Quest Red 
169 171 DMAX 
170 189 GREAT! tv 
171 192 Horror Xtra 
172 197 Reality Xtra 
174 199 BLAZE 
175 228 Virgin UHD 
176 245 Eden HD 
177 250 Discovery HD 
178 251 Animal Planet HD 
179 252 Discovery Science 
180 256 Discovery Turbo 
181 257 Discovery History 
182 265 Nat Geo Wild HD 
183 266 National Geographic HD 
186 272 Sky History 2 HD 
187 273 PBS America 
188 277 Sky Documentaries HD 
189 278 Sky Nature HD 
190 285 Food Network 
191 286 HGTV 
192 292 God TV 
280 310 MTV Music 
281 311 MTV Live HD 
282 312 MTV Hits 
283 313 MTV 90s 
284 316 MTV 80s 
285 335 The Box 
286 336 4Music 
287 337 E4 Extra 
288 338 KISS 
289 340 Magic TV 
290 342 Kerrang 
291 344 Vevo 
292 345 Clubland 
293 346 Now 70s 
294 347 Now 80s 
295 348 Now Rock 

Timeshift (+1)

Timeshift channels aren’t available on Virgin Media Stream

New number from 4/7/2023Old Channel NumberChannel
303114ITV1 +1 (Eng/Wal) / STV+1 (Sco) / UTV +1 (NI)
304142Channel 4 +1
305155Channel 5 +1
306146E4 +1
310163Sky Witness +1
314191Alibi +1
315116ITV2 +1
316226Drama +1
317174ITV3 +1
318175ITV4 +1
319120ITVBe +1
3201855 USA +1
321164Sky Crime +1
324194Gold +1
325190W +1
3261865 STAR +1
327131Dave Ja Vu
329217Yesterday +1
331222Crime + Investigation +1
332133Comedy Central +1
333271Sky History +1
337213Quest +1
347196More 4 +1
348218CBS Reality +1
365172TLC +1
366173ID +1
369214DMAX +1
371219Horror Xtra +1
376246Eden +1
377258Discovery +1
378259Animal Planet +1
379260Discovery Science +1
381261Discovery History +1
383267National Geographic +1
391290HGTV +1

While many online TV users don’t use channel numbers, for many viewers the three digit code remains an easy way of directly accessing live / linear TV channels, without having to first navigate, scroll and click through app menus.


Marc Thornham

Updated 29/06/2023

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