Originally Posted by Herbert Schongle (Post 34783658)

Does it need to be an active line though?

Originally Posted by Phil-ntl (Post 34783970)

well i guess this thread is as good as any for a first post.
Having read through all the hype regarding hd channels i decided to email Mr Berkett myself just out of curiosity and this is the cut and paste of the reply received:



I guess its a waiting game again although I for one wont be holding my breath

Phil :confused:

Originally Posted by Phil-ntl (Post 34783970)

well i guess this thread is as good as any for a first post.
Having read through all the hype regarding hd channels i decided to email Mr Berkett myself just out of curiosity and this is the cut and paste of the reply received:

Phil

We are finalising negotiations as we speak and intend to launch at least 6 channels in July.

Neil Berkett | Chief Executive Officer
Virgin Media
D: +44 1256 754***
I guess its a waiting game again although I for one wont be holding my breath

Phil :confused:

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 34786177)

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Originally Posted by akki007 (Post 34766739)

I sent this to Neil Berkett today at 15:52:

"Mr Berkett,

In early December 2008 you announced “To date our HD content is limited, we only have a couple of HD channels today and we will be launching four channels over the next three months.�

Please could you clarify whether or not you were in fact referring to 4 non-HD channels being launched in the three month period following this announcement. I assume this is what you were referring to as the three month period has now passed and to date the only HD linear channel available on the Virgin Media platform is BBC HD.

I look forward to your response coming soon.

Kind regards

Aaron Atkinson
Loyal and long standing Virgin Media customer."

At 16:35 I received this:

"No I was referring to HD channels which was absolutely our intention. We are negotiating as we speak and will be launching 6 or seven channels at once shortly

Neil Berkett | Chief Executive Officer
Virgin Media"

I did post this in another thread but it is mangled in with other info and I thought it deserved a thread of it's own for discussion.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35980524)

Seems an extraordinary move to me.

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35980556)

SD is more popular than HD, yet HD costs a lot more to broadcast. So if you want to cut costs, drop the HD.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35980541)

Careful, you’ll be getting OB excited .... it’s starting to look like HD is becoming the preserve of on-demand streaming ... :D

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35980556)

SD is more popular than HD, yet HD costs a lot more to broadcast. So if you want to cut costs, drop the HD.

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35980654)

Is this because a lot of ppl cannot afford HD?

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35980655)

I don't think it is as, even in households where a free HD variant is available, people tend to choose channels 1-5 in SD.

I think it's more a question of convenience and that (as has been done recently with BBC2 HD on VM, when/if the various platforms put the HD versions on channels 1-5, they will pick up more viewers.