{"id":6975,"date":"2016-08-23T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/sonys-pop-channel-more-to-launch-on-virgin-media\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T18:26:18","slug":"sonys-pop-channel-more-heads-to-virgin-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/08\/23\/sonys-pop-channel-more-heads-to-virgin-media\/","title":{"rendered":"POP Channel &amp; More Head to Virgin Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: A trio of Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks channels, including the kids&#8217; network POP, will\u00a0become available on Virgin Media later this week as part of a new long-term carriage agreement.<\/p>\n<p>POP is SPT Networks&#8217;s flagship\u00a0children&#8217;s brand aimed at young viewers\u00a0between the ages of 4 and 9. The channel features a variety of animated adventure movies and television series, including such exclusive titles as <em>Power Rangers Dino Super Charge<\/em>, <em>Captain Flinn &amp; The Pirate Dinosaurs<\/em>, <em>LEGO Friends<\/em> and <em>Littlest Pet Shop<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also launching on Virgin Media this month are MovieMix and Movies4Men. The former offers hit\u00a0contemporary films, including <em>The Fly<\/em>, <em>I Spy<\/em> and <em>Die Hard<\/em>, while the latter is a male-targeted network featuring such war, action and Western-themed movies as <em>Invitation to a Gun Fighter<\/em>, <em>Support Your Local Sheriff<\/em> and <em>Valdez is Coming<\/em>. These two channels and\u00a0POP will become available to Virgin Media customers on August 25, along with\u00a0new catch-up on-demand content from POP and Tiny Pop through\u00a0Virgin Media on demand.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Marsh, the executive VP for Western Europe, International Networks, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be partnering with Virgin Media to bring these great additional Sony channels to Virgin network audiences, whilst also offering the new catch-up on-demand content for kids who love POP and Tiny Pop. This partnership shows our continued commitment to extending SPT\u2019s channel portfolio reach, bringing a diverse variety of quality entertainment to U.K. homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pete Chapman, the director of subscription services at Virgin TV, added: \u201cWe are building on our leadership in programming by giving our customers three great new Sony channels, offering movie blockbuster classics and fun cartoons for kids. Throughout this year we\u2019ve been expanding our range of on-demand programming, and the addition of Sony channels provides a new range of content we can offer customers. We are also excited to be releasing new catch-up on-demand content for kids from POP and Tiny Pop and are excited about working with Sony on some new concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: A trio of Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks channels, including the kids&#8217; network POP, will become available on Virgin Media later this week as part of a new long-term carriage agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":6976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[774,775,776,457],"class_list":["post-6975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-moviemix","tag-movies4men","tag-pop","tag-sony-pictures-television-networks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>POP Channel &amp; 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