Virgin Media customers can unlock bonus hidden channels with popular TV shows & major Hollywood movies at no extra cost
VIRGIN Media customers may not realise they can unlock extra channels and on-demand content on their boxes for free.
There’s channels and shows from big names including MTV, Paramount, as well as FIFA football coverage and even major movies.
At the moment, the full Hunger Games saga starring Jennifer Lawrence is among the list, on top of 90s comedy favourite Big Daddy, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, and Channing Tatum‘s steamy Magic Mike movie.
Many of the channels are themed around hit shows too.
This includes a channel dedicated to nothing but adult cartoon South Park, which airs from 9pm every night.
For those who love UK quiz shows there’s a channel for Eggheads and Pointless.
And reality TV fans can find Geordie Shore, Catfish and Teen Mom.
There’s even channels for Homes Under the Hammer, Location, Location, Location and Escape to the Country.
In the sports category, there’s FIFA+, Realmadrid TV, DAZN Women’s Football, DAZN Ringside.
They are all accessible through a little-known app called Pluto TV.
The platform is available through Virgin TV 360 and Flex boxes at no extra cost.
Channels are streamed to your TV via the internet instead of traditional cable.
But anyone can access the service via a number of devices, including an Amazon Fire Stick, a smartphone or even just your laptop.
You don’t even need to sign up, access is instant.
Stream swapping – the easy way to cut your bills?
Here’s what Sean Keach, The Sun’s Head of Technology and Science, thinks…
It’s no secret that TV streaming apps are costing more and more.
Not only are prices shooting up, but we find ourselves asked to pay for an increasing number of apps and services.
And when you combine those TV bills with your music streaming, mobile and internet fees, and every other drain on your bank account, it all starts to get a bit much.
One of the best ways to cut your TV bills is to simply cancel all of your streaming subscriptions and only sign up to one per month.
Pick an app like Netflix, Disney+, or Apple TV+ and smash through all of the content you want to watch on that app.
Then the next month, swap to something else.
And once you’ve done them all, you can cycle back to the start again.
It’s an easy way to avoid forking out for a rolling library of streaming apps with more content than you could possibly watch.
Also don’t forget that paid-for streaming isn’t the only game in town.
There are loads of apps that don’t cost a penny to enjoy, and downloading a few will unlock thousands of live TV channels plus tens of thousands of movies and shows.
Try apps like Tubi, The Roku Channel, Plex, and Pluto TV to get some ad-supported television without having to pay any monthly fees.