Sky exclusive channel to close, May 1st

ITV is set to close its Sky exclusive pay TV channel ITV Encore on May 1st and will turn the brand into a digital on demand service.
The channel has primarily shown repeats of major ITV series such as Victoria and Broadchurch along with a number of original series such as Harlots.
ITV has confirmed that Encore will continue “purely as a box set brand”, available on demand service on Virgin, Sky, BT and TalkTalk.

Commonwealth Games in HD on the BBC Red Button

BBC Red Button HD will broadcast from 9pm to 7am when the live Commonwealth Games coverage  in underway, adding to the coverage on BBC One, Two and Four. The games are in Australia so it's one for night owls this time around. The games run (geddit??) from April 4th to April 15th
The HD Red Button service can also be found on channel 990.

Virgin's broadband top speed up again

Virgin Media is once again upping the maximum broadband speed it offers, bringing the fastest speed available in the UK up to 350Mbps. And if you already pay for the company’s 300Mbps then Virgin will upgrade you to 350Mbps for no extra charge.

Time's up for TiVo?

Multichannel.com is reporting that Virgin Media’s TiVo platform. Here's what they say:

Speaking at this week’s Cable Congress event in Dublin, Tom Mockridge, Virgin Media’s CEO, reportedly dropped a hint that the operator has plans to transition over to the “Horizon” user interface used by parent company, Liberty Global, but stressed that TiVo’s technology will remain in the picture.
“It’s no secret that Liberty Global has its own Horizon UI at the moment and you can expect that we will transition to that on the V6 box and we’ll do that in co-operation with TiVo,” he said, according to Broadband TV News. “They are very understanding of our desire to do that and will help us do that.”
A Virgin Media official said the company had nothing to add beyond Mockridge’s comments about using the Horizon UI. “There’s no changes to announce at this time and all UK set-top boxes continue to use the TiVo platform today,” the official said in an email.

Nothing concrete, nothing imminent. More can be seen at Multichannel.com's website