Virgin Media To Launch Film4 HD And E4 HD

Virgin Media will launch Film4 HD and E4 HD on its digital TV platform this summer.

Virgin Media’s digital TV customers will be the first to watch Film4 in fantastic High Definition (HD) as the channel launches exclusively on Virgin Media this summer.

There will be a daily line-up of fantastic movies, including Slumdog Millionaire, Mike Leigh’s Happy Go Lucky and Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, as well as a raft of other films from Hollywood blockbusters, mainstream drama and comedy to foreign films and cult cinema.

E4 HD has some highly popular programmes including Glee, Skins and Hollyoaks in HD and well known US series including Desperate Housewives, 90210, and Ugly Betty in HD. E4 HD is expected to launch on Virgin Media in April.

Cindy Rose, executive director of digital entertainment at Virgin Media, said: “As more and more households become HD-ready, we’re lining up content that makes the most of High Definition and are making HD available to all our of customers for no extra fee.”

Sarah Rose, Head of VoD and Channel Development at, Channel 4, said, “We’re really excited to be launching Film4 HD and showcasing some fantastic British films to millions of viewers in High Definition. There’s a growing appetite for HD and our line up of C4HD, E4HD and, now, Film4HD provides a great choice of HD content for viewers.”

E4HD and Film4HD will add to Virgin Media’s growing HD line-up of C4HD, BBC HD, ESPN HD, FX HD, MTVN HD, National Geographic HD, LIVING HD  and soon the Discovery HD and Eurosport HD channels.

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