[VMPhil]

The black EPG in that video would've been an NTL box after a firmware update from Virgin presumably

I had Telewest and as I recall they didn't update the firmware straight after the big rebrand on 8th February 2007. So not surprised that the NTL branding on the boxes was still around at that point.

The "Sky Snooze" placeholder names only lasted a very short time, as obviously Sky weren't happy with it, but  even Richard Branson was unhappy about it.

It's interesting thinking of the moves that happened as a direct result of this - such as the launch of Virgin 1 and Setanta Sports News. It was fun when they rebranded to Virgin Media and did these big bold moves after years of Telewest and NTL sort of being In the shadows a bit.