Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35768917)

Unless both Virgin Media and BT sign a new deal the last one runs until August 2016.

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35768921)

Isnt this when the new BT Sports Champions League coverage kicks off too?

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35768923)

BT Sports Champions League coverage starts in August 2015.



One of them is an DNP order we have - so can't reveal any more.

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35768864)

These new things will also go into the XL Pack, won't they?

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35768899)

Possible "huge things" I can think of:

• New Tivo
• Upgrading maximum speed to 200 Mb
• Better boxsets and on-demand.

Originally Posted by Parlyboy (Post 35768909)

Any increase in the separate broadband line for the TiVo would be great as it would help with the growth of streaming services. What's the current speed, still 10Mb?

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35768926)

Ah so we will get 1 yr of BT Sport's Champions League. That's good to know. Maybe VM will use that year to judge viewing figures/revenue to decide whether it's worth a new deal with BT....It has to be lol

Like I said before, VM will want to promote their service as being the only provider where you can see all Premier League and Champions League games in one subcription...works me for :D

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35768929)

The new HD channels will indeed be in the XL pack, vm are making XL their variant of Skys family pack but vm for now include bt sport too.
Some channels will be moving from xl to l package according to rumour sources most noticeably was Disney channels.
However HD variants will be remaining in the XL pack.

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BIB expect a announcement on that towards 4th quarter of this year or 1st quarter of next year.

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It's 10mb yes i agree it needs to be increased especially as netflix are rolling out 4k content now too.

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If all else fails just get a bt mobile sim for £10p/m if you know someone on bt get them to get it for you then it's £5p/m then you get the bt sport app for free.
Only the app though not the channel or webplayer however the app works on firetv and andys android emulator which you can install on your pc/laptop.

Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35768935)

Wouldn't people rather pay £12-15 p/m to get the channels and in HD rather that having to watch it on a smaller screen with fuzzy picture for £10 p/m?

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35768937)

The app is crystal clear in HD on firetv mate piece of cake to side load it.
I do agree though for most it would probably be a better option to just subscribe anyway but the app is perfect for me as i took bt mobile anyway mostly to build my credit score if that makes sense lol.

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35768929)

It's 10mb yes i agree it needs to be increased especially as netflix are rolling out 4k content now too

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35768939)

Considering TiVo can't display 4k not sure how that's relevant. Netflix says that 5Mbit is fine for their top standard HD content, so that's half of the connection provided to each TiVo box.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35768899)

Possible "huge things" I can think of:

• New Tivo
• Upgrading maximum speed to 200 Mb
• Better boxsets and on-demand.

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35768939)

Considering TiVo can't display 4k not sure how that's relevant. Netflix says that 5Mbit is fine for their top standard HD content, so that's half of the connection provided to each TiVo box.

Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35768953)

The Netflix top bitrate for 1080p is 5800 kbps. So 5meg won't give you that. it will still give 1080p video, but I think that bitrate is 4300kbps.

Originally Posted by dodgem22 (Post 35768956)

I really dont see the need for speeds of 200mb but I am just a layman user. 50mb more than sufficent for me. With regards to a new Tivo possibly coming soon that would be of interest I know Humax are about to launch a 3 tuner Freeview box so I would think Virgin would want to stay ahead of freeview on the tuners front.

I hope we do get quite a few more channels in HD soon and Spike, Encore

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35768957)

Fair enough, although there is no mention of the 5800kps speed on Netflix's website

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306