Vintage TV will become available in an extra 3.75 million homes post Easter following a broadcast deal with Virgin Media.

The hugely-popular heritage music channel is presently only accessible to Sky and Freesat viewers, but this will change next Tuesday (April 2) after a two-and-half-year push to secure a platform on Virgin.

Vintage founder and CEO David Pick said the deal was a “game-changer” and “transformational” as it instantly increased the channel’s universe by one-third. Even without a presence on ...