Originally Posted by Emel (Post 35410474)

Lex you make a very fair point. Until recently I was happy with Virgin's Olympic offering as it was the best I could get and I ordered a Tivo.

Now that I know that it is possible to receive these streams in a recordable form it is my main entertainment priority to receive them, especially as the sports I am most interested in are likely to get poor coverage on the main channels and life means I can't be at home all the time watching an unrecordable stream.

What I would like to see now is openness from Virgin on how they will broadcast this massive national event. Virgin generally keep the new channel discussions close to their chest for commercial reasons. This, however, is a different situation as the BBC is a public broadcaster whose output is paid for by the licence fee.

I am prepared to by patient for a while but I need to know where I stand a fair bit before the Olympics. I pay Virgin over £1,000 a year and am a long term customer because for me Virgin offered the best overall package and I can't justify the expense of splitting providers.

The Olympics for me are a priority and I am soon going to have to find a way of receiving the recordable streams. Clearly the happiest solution would be if Virgin provide the streams as per Freesat and Sky. If, for whatever reason, they decide not to I am going to have to cut back on something, compromise, research the most economic solution and source a supplier in what could be a busy time.

So more than anything I need to know where I stand as soon as possible. I hope you understand my position.

Originally Posted by multiskilled (Post 35410208)

Sounds like what you really want is Sky. So instead of whinging on about it here, vote with your feet and go to Sky, it's that simple.

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35410584)

It's a genuine question and I don't see a problem with it. The posts come accross to me as defensive of VM rather than just a point of view. All I want to know is if I'm right or wrong. I'll be happy whatever the answer and no offence was meant by the question.

Originally Posted by LexDiamond (Post 35410930)

No I don't work for VM. Since last month I was no longer a VM customer either.

I don't see my posts as being overly defensive. I just don't see the need for this level of criticism of VM before they have said one way or the other how they will cover the Olympics.

Originally Posted by multiskilled (Post 35410208)

Sounds like what you really want is Sky. So instead of whinging on about it here, vote with your feet and go to Sky, it's that simple.

Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35410938)

To be honest reading through the postings from VM actual customers, the main criticism seems to be that virgin media have said very little about how they will cover the olympics and its april now so not much time left...

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35411008)

Indeed. Only FIFTEEN WEEKS :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by LexDiamond (Post 35410930)

No I don't work for VM. .

Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35411027)

Very funny green person on the end of your post carl.;)

By the way this year is whizzing by for me fifteen weeks will soon be here i am sure.:)

Originally Posted by richard1960 (Post 35410938)

To be honest reading through the postings from VM actual customers, the main criticism seems to be that virgin media have said very little about how they will cover the olympics and its april now so not much time left,the main problem with VM is how they interact with customers which for a communications company is very poor to say the least,and is their main let down as far as i am concerned.

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35415488)

Wow! They really left that announcement to the last minute, didn't they? :rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35415488)

Wow! They really left that announcement to the last minute, didn't they? :rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35415470)

Happy now? ;)

http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/S...mers-239c.aspx