09-06-2023, 06:09 PM
(07-06-2023, 10:01 PM)VMPhil Wrote: 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.From what I've looked at online, the firmware for the Telewest/NTL boxes was updated after about 2 or 3 months (might be longer, but it was mainly around that period) as in this video for example, you can still see the Telewest branding after 2 months in to the rebrand to Virgin Media:
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.
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Notice that the person who taped this recording (not the uploader) selected a film from Film flex without realising that it was copy protected!