Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Thanks mediaboy and nobody would get annoyed if ure wrong cuz uve already guvin so much

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

sniper007, get over yourself! That's possibly the stupidest post ever written on this thread, and I should know, I’ve posted a few myself.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

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"An HD" is correct depending on your pronunciation of the term. Many people will say "aytch dee", in which case the an prefix is correct. If you pronounce it "haytch dee" though it would require an a.
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Virgin Media to broadcast FX for free to all Viewers?

Reports are coming in that FX is on the M+ Package.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

... and on the M package.

Any idea how long this will last?

And will it appear on catch up?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Xl are certanly losing a lot of xl only channels, xl is looking more like it goning to be the HD tier,

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I think with True Blood starting Tonight Virgin Media are having a freeview for FX for the next few weeks before going back to XL only.

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Thanks for letting us know about the HD channel MB, there will certainly be no blame from me if it doesn't turn up.

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I would just like to add appreciation to Mediaboy for all his info that he shares :clap:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Well said :clap:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Me too :)

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It amazes me that anyone who rarely make a worthwhile contribution wants to knock the considerable efforts of mediaboy.
If mediaboy gave information prematurely it could easily cause embarrassment to his source/s and if those sources dried up no doubt someone would moan about the lack of information here.
Keep up your efforts mediaboy, without you this thread would be sparse indeed.

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I've followed these threads (subscribed) for over a year now and felt it's about time I also applauded MediBoy and others for their great contributions.

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Hey i have just seen this over on DS, so now no longer on bravo?

Extreme Sports Channel nabs TNA events

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...na-events.html

Last month, TNA renewed its deal with Bravo to continue transmission of TNA iMPACT! at 9pm every Saturday. In total, TNA now broadcasts 15 hours of wrestling programmes every month on all channels in the UK.

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dude we are on a forum no one is actually saying anything its all type lol lol

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You mean you don't get the voices in you head. :shocked::disturbd::disturbd:

I can hear them even when I've logged off. :disturbd:

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:walk:SD CHANNELS WILL ARRIVE

HD CHANNELS WILL ARRIVE

THIS YEAR

HAVE PATIENCE FOLKS

COULD BE AS BAD AS BT VISION

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Lol BT vision, now there's a joke. The sales rep in my local mall don't even bother trying to sell to passersby they just sit there and wait for you to come to them. They only target elderly people.

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Even though i think that its only a rumour...this guy on this other forum (linked below) has this to say about new channels...:erm:

CLICK HERE

Knowing Virgin Media, these could be the channels that we do that swap deal with so sky get to own Virgin Media channels.... I HOPE NOT.... i want Sky Sports HD etc.

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I am going to take that with a huge pinch of salt, and when I say pinch I do mean a huge crane. No way in the world there is a deal for Sky Arts (hell I didn't even know there was a Real Lives HD).

There others are at least credible.

Come on just do a deal with Sci Fi already, surely that has to be a easier one to nab. and has some nice first run content.

Edit:

Maybe Bravo and Living appearing on Sky Player has something to do with this?

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Any more HD is welcome to me, yes it would be nice to have the other Sky HD channels but i imagine these won't come without some kind of subscription. At least with this Virgin has managed to agree extra HD from Sky and it most likely won't come with a HD surcharge.

I think it's amazing that VM have managed to whittle anything out of Sky at all it's like getting blood from a stone! :)

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Sounds like rubbish to me. It doesn't even have a whiff of truth about it.

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Your right, but like I said we know Bravo and Living will be making its way to Sky Player, surely VM have got something in return?

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Why are people to quick to be negative? Just have some faith in what people say. It is so pointless in crushing anyone who shares information when they really do not have to. That will just make them keep reputable information to themselves infuture of anyone else with reputable information be too afraid to post. People are quick to attack Media boy when he posts informed information it makes you wonder why he still bothers, he may aswell keep it to himself. I really don't see why people would go out of their way to post inside information when they themselves know it's cr@p. The guy with the info on DS has over 2,000 posts and is a reputable member i am going to trust in what he has to say.

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HERE HERE :clap::clap:

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Hello and welcome to the internet! People post rumours as fact all the time. MB has a proven track record. Most of us probably have not read the other posters previous posts, it is hard to get excited by a rumour post when the source has bugger all to back it up.

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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

That's exactly what I thought, some people delight in starting rumours both on and off the internet.

As that particular poster doesn't seem to have a track record for doing that though, perhaps I was to quick to make a negative judgement.

OH and BTW, keep up the good work Media Boy.

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From DS -

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mtv rocks lol, what an awful name!

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MTV SHOWS ? MTV SHOWS what have they forgot to say what they are going to be showing ?

MTV ROCKS ? MTV ROCKS the kasbah ( THE CLASH dedication channel )

Cannot think of one for the other .

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

The ESPNA thread on DS has a post that says the HD channel is now testing on satellite.

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And there's me thinking this is a coming soon to VM thread.....:confused:

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Like me I am sure most people are interested in ESPN and would hope that VM pick it up seeing as we have one of their channels. And we have already been discussing this a few pages back. So until it is conformed it can be considered coming soon to VM.

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Well done tvtimes,i agree with the above.

:beer::beer:

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im not saying much but they might be right mostly ;) not saying what bit is right and what is wrong

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But does MTV Rock is the question ;)

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And the answer is.......no not really. It used to but no not anymore :p:

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Haha, I prefer Virgin Music On Demand :cool:

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MTVN HD is ok... no stupid reality programmes, just music and VJ's for the most.... like MTV Europe used to be like... :cool:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

kill the spammer!

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Now killed! :D

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When's the funeral? ;)

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:D

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Don't you just love it when a post gets deleted after someone comments on it and leaves them looking as though they have posted a totally random thought. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/03/58.gif

Sorry for going off thread topic. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2016/10/1.gif I shall consider myself warned.

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Anyway, will new channels mean new programmes? Doubt it. SSDC.

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I think the Sky HD channels will launch after the re-branding has been complete to make things easier.

Just a thought, and it's not a rumour or anything that i've heard :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

what rebranding ????????

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

The sky movies rebranding on the 26th of march

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

They were recently rebranded aswell. I think Sky are running out of ways to spend their money :) I know why not pass some discounts on to the customer?

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Check first post.
They are all in bold underneath Own by BSkyB

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they wont ocme after the rebrand sky dnt care, the onyl way they will come is if ofco fore them

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

i was thinknig a rebranding of something on VM LOL

the reason being this is a VM thread lol

thanks for clearing that up.

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whaaaaaaaaat?:confused: Dude check your posts before submitting!:shocked:

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Read his sig

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My apologies Andrew. Normally when i read his posts they are understandable, i figured he had typed too quick. I really am sorry for that.

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deleted. tvtime said sorry.
well done

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

any news on when we be getting some new hd channels such as sky 1 HD and sky sports HD and sky box office HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Any info is on page 1. If there is any news, Media Boy will let us know.

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Who knows but keep an eye out for the ofcom pay tv enquirey,who may tell sky to wholesale some premium sport/ movie HD content,when it delivers its final report due this month. Of course it may well be a damp squib but after three years almost there is a hope it may come up with something half decent.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I don't have too much faith in the OFCOM report. That has been going on for years and Sky will just appeal and appeal and appeal for as long as they can

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

To be honest i would not hold out too much hope myself,but in an article i found it said ofcom may use its powers to force a price cut allowing sky to appeal afterwards.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...edia-ofcom-sky

Ofcom know sky love trhe courts after the itv shares marathon of court cases which sky threw money at galore but still lost.

Not long to go to find out what ofcom propose if anything.:shocked:

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Virgin will have those by this summer, if not through ofcom then they will pay for it. CS told me that they need to do this to keep up with Sky so there is not a heap of customers converting to Sky.

Have faith it will be here in the summer along with ITV HD

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i think Virgins low churn rate, proves that there isnt too many people, just rushing to sky because of their red burron or HD channels, and with virgin being more proactive, you may see the reverse, as Virgin HD isnt at a premium

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

That is actually easily read and understood, which is great for a dyslexic.;)

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I never believe anything I hear from CS as they say anything to stop people moving to Sky.

As stated VM are doing ok on their own without the Sky channels in HD at the moment, they still have the Sky channels in SD, and as they showed before they could survive without Sky Basics too

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Media Boy talks about Sky HD rumour.

I have not seen any thing that back up that rumour on DS Forum from any of my Virgin Insiders so I am not going to add that Info. onto this week list update.

Update: An Virgin Insider has just told me that rumour on DS Forums is bogus.

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Anything on DS Forum's is nonsense

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Virgin Media has agreed a deal with Turner Broadcasting to make its pre-school children's channel Catoonito available in the UK on the cable television.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...nnel.html.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Yup, we already had that several pages back ;)

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Just seen this over on Media Week:

Virgin to launch Bravo and Living live streams on Sky Player

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/9871...ms-Sky-Player/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Yeah we knew that too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Also John Terry has been axed as England Captain ;)

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Maybe old news, but the info box on the virgin epg is bursting with, well info! Lists actors, directors and the year, as well as a detailed summary of the TV show.
Much improved from the limted info offered before!

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Is it? i never knew that.

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I only found that on Friday - so I think viewers will only see this after they area has gone NGTV.

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What :shocked::shocked::shocked: Never ! bogus rumours on forums,supported by no evidence i'm not having that.LOL :D:D

I would have been surprised it it was true, given skys reluctance to sell any channels with the word "HD" in it to any other platform.

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Quid Pro Quo?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I wonder if sky could have done a deal for some channels to appear on catch up tv on demand on vm in return as the Quid Pro Quo?

Of course its just as usual until more concrete evidence,just pure conjecture.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Nat Geo and Nat Geo HD free on Virgin TV this month.

Nat Geo is free to ALL Virgin TV customers from today for a whole month on Channels 230 and 232 for HD.

---------- Post added at 15:44 ---------- Previous post was at 15:43 ----------

Info from http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1224220

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...with_broadband

Some pretty good news, especially the bolded parts.

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Will be interesting to keep an eye on the big Tivo announcement tomorrow.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/t...arch-2-in-nyc/

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BBC to confrim if BBC 6 Music and BBC Asian Network are to axe on Tuesday.

Pay Media web site Broadcast are today reporting that The BBC are to confrim if they are to axe 6 Music and Asian Network tomorrow after Friday's leak in The Times newspaper.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

You don't set dates to debunk rumors, so that's a yes, they're going.

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:upyours: Sky. Sorry couldn't help myself.

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Yes Im in Teesside and have noticed the extra info after the NGTV update.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Thanks for that i have not checked the info bar as with no info there was no point, but have had the ngtv for while !

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Lol:D It will take some time before Virgin can truly compete with Sky for Video but eventually i think they will over take them. They are all the favourite in cabled areas and once tivo takes over and is marketed correctly, more infills of their network is done plus they lower Sports and other premiums like HD to make them cheaper than Sky i think VM will see a sharp rise in customers moving over. The future is looking very bright for cable and they seem to be moving more than one step in the right direction.

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I don't think it will take all that long, just a decent ruling from ofcom.

Other than HD and red button, what does Sky have on VM? A few extra channels no one watches is about it.

The box software is not only behind tivo, but also behind VM's current one, it might be marginally faster on some boxes, but it lacks the features of the VM one with only the HD epg being able to offer what the SD VM one does.

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I personally prefer the layout of sky's tv guide/menu system and the remote is much better but hey each to their own.

After all I am still struggling to see why people want hd so badly especially when it will be the same content as now (ugh) quantity over quality methinks

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That is of course entirely your opinion, which many people disagree with.

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I think VM's remote is better.

when is the TIVO box out then?

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The VM box in painfully slow and even worse than that at times. Since i went onto the new head end (LU) interactive is even slower.

When i press red on freeview it's instant... it takes about 30m-40 seconds on V+ box.

VM MUST sort this out soon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Sorry I meant remote, I've edited it now.

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lol

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I really want to jump into the HD revolution big time with Sky Sports and movies and more.

I've done it with Gaming on PS3 and with Films blu ray player. Watching films like Knowing, i Robot, I am Legend on blu ray is amazing.

Watching the Six Nations and Carling Cup final on BBC HD is awesome. Also watching Prem Football on ESPN HD is quality! And watching Saving private Ryan yesterday on C4 HD was great..

I just want to enjoy that quality a lot more with sports and movies!

I've got a 46" 1080p Toshiba LCD, Yamaha 1900 av reciever, 7.1 speakers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Exact same position here, i'm not sure how long I can wait for Virgin to get Sky Sports HD, I have decided I will wait until the end of summer and then switch to Sky, probably still keep my cable broadband though!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

They have, it's called the samsung v+ box;)

---------- Post added at 19:28 ---------- Previous post was at 19:26 ----------

We can only hope that they do rule in favour of BT VM etc.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

FX is free to everyone on Virgin Channel 157 until March 26th.