Virgin Media gets two new FAST TV channels

Virgin Media has launched two new Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) channels to its line-up for all customers at no extra cost.

Customers will gain access to British Screen Classics and wedotv movies, two movie channels covering British and contemporary films.

The new channels join the existing 33 FAST channels on Virgin TV from providers including Pluto TV and Rakuten.

Two new channels

Virgin Media TV, including all pre-made bundles as well as Flex, will gain access to two extra TV channels at no extra cost, British Screen Classics and wedotv movies.

Originally added to Pluto TV in August 2024, British Screen Classics shows a range of vintage TV series and films from ITV Studios and StudioCanal, including titles such as Clockwise, Happiest Days of Your Life, Henry V, This Sporting Life, Heaven's Above!, and Doctor in the House.

Wedotv is a standalone FAST platform, offering free access to over 750 movie titles both on-demand and as the wedotv movies linear channel. Titles available include Champagne Charlie starring Hugh Grant, Fist of Fury with Bruce Lee, A Fool And His Money with Sandra Bullock, Brotherhood of Justice with Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland, The Little Shop of Horrors, I.T. with Pierce Brosnan, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and many others, with new titles added each month.

Virgin Media customers will find the new British Screen Classics channel on channel number 450, while wedotv movies can be found on channel number 451 on TV 360, V6, and Stream boxes.

wedotv CEO Philipp Rotermund said: "From the start, wedotv has been focused on providing our channels across all platforms, no matter if it is broadband, satellite or mobile. The objective continues to be as ubiquitous as possible and provide quality, free ad-supported content to consumers wherever they want to consume it. Our launch on Virgin Media is another step toward achieving that goal in the U.K."

FAST TV

British Screen Classics and wedotv movies join 33 existing FAST channels on Virgin Media TV added over the last few years through partnerships with Pluto TV and Rakuten.

While the Rakuten TV app was added to the Virgin TV platform in September 2024, in April 2025 Virgin added two linear TV channels for all customers, Rakuten TV Top Movies and Rakuten TV Action.

In March 2025, Virgin Media also added Wonder and Red Bull TV to its FAST channel line-up, adding content on both groundbreaking engineering and scientific exploration, as well as sporting action from motorsport, biking and snowboarding.

Virgin Media TV was also the first UK platform in 2024 to add access to DAZN Women's Football, offering coverage of the UEFA Women's Champions League, Liga F, and Saudi Women's Premier League.

David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at VMO2, said, "Virgin TV is home to the best in entertainment and more choice for our subscribers. We offer enhanced value with fantastic on demand and channel content at no extra cost, including two brand-new streaming movie channels. On top of the existing streaming channels available to Virgin TV customers, they now have even more choice."

FAST TV, or Free Ad-Supported TV, are new free-to-air streaming TV channels offered by a range of content producers and streaming platforms. Many of these channels can already be found on services like Netgem TV, as well as smart TVs including Samsung TV Plus, LG and Hisense.

While Virgin Media is using FAST to bolster its provision of TV content, Sky TV customers can also access a range of FAST channels through the Xumo Play app, where they can find additional linear channels including Pick Paranormal, Emergency 24/7, Sky Sports Stories, Sky Sports Classics, and Sky Sports Vault.