Virgin Media, Buena Vista ink deal to give UK more HD on demand

[HDTV News Poster]

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/abc/" rel="tag">ABC</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/cable/" rel="tag">Cable</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/internet/" rel="tag">Internet</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/satellite/" rel="tag">Satellite</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/primetime/" rel="tag">Primetime</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/daytime/" rel="tag">Daytime</a></p><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2007/0004523069&EDATE="><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2007/02/2-18-07-bvitv.jpg" alt="" /></a>While <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/uk/">UK</a> users were recently able to catch America's <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/12/31/sky-to-broadcast-super-bowl-xli-in-hd/">biggest game</a> in crisp HD glory, it now looks like HD lovers on the other side of the pond have even more reasons to celebrate. In a recent deal between Virgina Media and The Walt Disney Company's <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/08/buena-vistas-worldwide-2007-blu-ray-plans-pirates-and-cars-in/">Buena Vista</a> International Television (BVITV), hit network series such as Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Daybreak, Ghost Whisperer, Night Stalker, and Alias will soon be available in high-definition via Virgin's TV-on-demand service. Although further details were scant, it was also noted that this was probably not the last deal the UK would see in terms of adding additional <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/08/25/where-is-all-the-hd-vod/">HD on demand</a> offerings this year, and while a specific timetable wasn't set, Virgin Media stated that the content should be available "before month's end."<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-08-2007/0004523069&EDATE=>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/02/18/virgin-media-buena-vista-ink-deal-to-give-uk-more-hd-on-demand/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/forward/771449/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/02/18/virgin-media-buena-vista-ink-deal-to-give-uk-more-hd-on-demand/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/02/18/virgin-media-buena-vista-ink-deal-to-give-uk-more-hd-on-demand/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_65-771449"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/65-771449?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_65-771449" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-aol_weblogs_xml&channel=Engadget_Mobile_07_RSS&output=png&cuid=65-771449&url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/02/18/virgin-media-buena-vista-ink-deal-to-give-uk-more-hd-on-demand/" /></p>

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