Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I am really not trying to be obtuse - but surely it isnt free with Sky, you still have to pay for the sports package, which even on Sky is a premium package - or perhaps I am wrong (it has been known on occasion ;) )


EDIT - Just realised you meant that ESPN is free with Sky, I thought you meant premireship football, my appologies.........

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I spoke to Sky about this, possible charge at the end of an experiment, and they advised me that they will keep an eye on the position, it will be free at the moment, and it largely depend on wether ESPN do offer another channel to take the football. But l cannt see that happening, as the amount of football will be shown, would be the same as Setanta, it would depend on ESPN, doing a Setanta and offering Sports News channel.

My only arguement is, why the hell something isn't being done by VM to getting ESPN America or Classic channels on free as a taster for customers, If you look at the channels, they do supply some great sport, and l am sure customers would love it, but there agian do VM care about customers - no, Media Boy has said they could start from August, strange that is when the season starts.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ESPN have already said they will be launching another channel which will show the football. So why can't you see it happening? How would it depend on them doing a news channel? I'm really not seeing the logic that brings you to that conclusion at all?

Your only argument is "why aren't VM giving away a channel they have to pay a per-subscriber rate to for free"? If they added ESPN America or Classic to the XL pack for example, even for a limited time, they'd have to pay ESPN a fortune, they'd need to renegotiate the contract to beable to do it at a commercial viable expense. And we all know how long it takes to negotiate carriage contracts.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I agree that the £5 monthly fee seems a good deal for those who want it although it has to be said the list of films is limited at the mo which isnt surprising since Sky has a virtual monopoly of films.

Having said that, I usualy buy 2/3 DVDs per week quite cheaply so I wont be taking up the option anyway so it wont be a good deal for me personally.

Still, it is a step in the right direction taking into account that some of the films will be in HD.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

This weeks list now online - see post one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I note that ESPN Classic is not on that pdf so one must assume that VM is still choosing not to carry ESPN Classic?

I did email ESPN about carriage on VM and they replied by saying that we should ask VM which one woulkd interpret as meaning that VM has decided not to carry this channel.

Down the line, on Sky I would imagine that ESPN, ESPN America and ESPN Classic will constitute the ESPN bundle, probably at something in the region of a tenner a month.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

What PDF?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

This PDF.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

You do realise that only updates every now and then adn they will have updated it to put people minds at easy that espn will be on virign for the football starting, if they have agreed for espn classic and hd they might not put it on until it launches

EDIT: Although this does not mean espn classic is coming jsut wha ti said above

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I never said anything, you just asked what PDF and I linked you to it. But either way, it means there's a pretty good chance of both channels being on VM, otherwise they wouldn't put it there, and give them channel numbers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Apogolise i jsut assumed you where the user above rillington

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sony TV on channel 805 is currently free to view and pops up with a message telling viewers its free until the 7th July.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's not about VM's choice or decisions, it's about price.

I don't know who would pay whom to get ESPN Classic on VM, but clearly they haven't agreed on how to make money from it (yet?).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

just been reading the lectric magazine and it says that true blood will start at 10pm on fx channel 157 on the 17th july , also that you will also be able to watch the first episode in hd on virgin central 118 . so i do hope that all of the series will be shown in hd.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Setanta Sports UK fall out: SPL update

SPL chiefs are to vote today on a joint £65m TV deal from BSkyB and ESPN.

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/...tv_package.php

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New Channel coming next Month.

ESPN will launch on the 4th of August 2009 on Virgin TV Channel 553.

Info from agbnielsen