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Still get firetv anyway for kodi and if you use a smart dns multiple netflix regions.

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Tivo in the US have started updating the Premier boxes with the Prime app. That should make it technically possible to add Prime in the UK to Tivo at some stage in the future.

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any news on new channels coming to virgin mida soon?

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Not currently dodo.

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No ads on Netflix/Prime (yet), Sky has ads at the start and end of movies (skippable) but not during.

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In fact you could say that things happening on that front are as dead as a ...

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Superhub? ;)

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:D

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oh dear!

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Amazon are slowly rolling out a ad funded free version of instant video that will be cut down quite a bit i wonder if this is the version vm will get.

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i have a superhub 1 how does one get a superhub 2? any secret words to say on the phone? got nothing wrong with my superhub i just like new things

(i think you lot now know this)

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A virgin source told me that if you sing them a nice song then that unlocks the key to the superhub2. Before you ask i heard meatloaf is a shoe-in to success here

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I think it's not proving to be a ratings winner in the UK so no surprise that it's not on VM yet.

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Without sounding rude or wanting to get blocked or booted...how come we aren't allowed to discuss anything else?

It would be silly to keep on swapping threads if you have built up a good repport with the usual people that you engage with, just to talk about different things happening on VM....

Again, I'm not looking to be rude or sound out of place, but if people aren't swearing, or being abusive I don't see any harm is discussing other things....but that's just me...sorry if I have offended anyone, I didn't mean too.

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Nothing as been confirmed or can post so far.

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MB Views: Sky Atlantic now on EE TV boxes.

Now TV is broadcasting from today on EE TV boxes what do that mean for Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media?

Note: BT has make offer to takeover EE.

http://www.a516digital.com/2015/03/e...e-of.html#more

See link for more info.

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l am pretty sure it means nothing MB.

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Maybe you are right but it may now stop sky ads saying "Sky Atlantic only with Sky".

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Anything to stop those adverts! Used to hate the smugness of them! Maybe more movement the next time a sky contract comes up?

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You are the eternal optimist my dear chap.:)

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Is Sky Movies and Sky Sports prices set to up early this year?

Sky viewers on Digital Spy Forum is reporting that Sky prices are set to up on June 1st 2015 on Sky.

Virgin Media always put Sky Movies and Sky Sports prices up an month after Sky.

Media Boy HQ thinks Virgin Media prices for both Sky Movies and Sky Sports will go up in July.

Here is the Sky rumour price rises.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...59&postcount=3

Info thanks to DS Forum.

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Well that'll be bye bye from me, they can **** right off if that's the case!

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no surprise there as prises only will go up and up I am cancelling sports and movies for certain at end of current football season got a android box and can watch sports and movies on that no wonder people of getting over ways of viewing sports and movies as the prices now are beyond a joke can see lots of cancellations coming now with these prices

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Mid way into March and we aint seen a lot of Coming Soon this year.. poor considering the price increases really..

Need more HD channels IMO

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£5.50:shocked::nono:

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Think the guy posting the prices on DS is full of crap. Some of his other posts suggested that Dave+1 and BeIN had won the Premier League rights.

So whilst there is no doubt prices are going up, don't think they'll be as steep as that as I think it's getting to saturation point now where people are seriously considering dumping traditional pay TV for a combo of FTA and streaming services. A steep rise would just lead to many cancellations.

I also find it very interesting that Sky are throwing 50% off TV for a year offers around like confetti. I'm seriously considering going to Sky myself as you can get the full Sky TV pack for 12 months for £38.25 per month whereas I've just cancelled Sky Sports with VM which was costing me £36.25 alone! I'm in contract with VM until July so will be able to see the fallout of the price rise before deciding.

I think VM are going to need to have something big up there sleeve as they already have the most expensive price for Sky Sports in HD and come next season I'd be very surprised if BT give away their Champions League coverage for free to non-BT customers.

So coming soon to VM is another price rise. Hopefully we'll get something else too as whilst it was nice to get SSNHQ and SN in HD on New Years Day, there are pretty much zero rumours flying around so it's not looking overly promising.

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I've had the 50% off Sky for 2 years now, I got rid of Tivo to do it.

It doesn't pay to bundle your services anymore, once it did, keep moving around you get better prices that way.

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Nothing has been confirmed that why we posted "Here is the Sky rumour price rises." for on that post last night.

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Unfortunately it won't stop the ads.

You still have to have Sky (NowTV) to get Atlantic.

I've had NowTV for a couple of weeks and i've watched Fox, Sky One and a couple of progs on Discovery. Zero on Atlantic, it ain't much of a draw, except when GOT starts of course, then i'll watch it.

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To be fair the TV Listings look poor for Sky Atlantic.

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Yep, i think the boat has been missed in regards to VM wanting to get it. The majority of progs are 4-5 seasons in and without a marathon binge playing catchup it's pretty much a waste of time.

The Following looks good but it's on s2 and s1 isn't on catchup.

Very overhyped IMO.

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That's exactly my thoughts nicko!

The price rise is confirmed on the Sky website MB, just doesn't specify the amounts yet.

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the most over rated hyped channel ever still 99.9 % crap

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That's the point at which I will cancel my Sky Sports subscription.

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Apart from GOT which you can find elsewhere ;) I've never found anything in the shedules that I'd want to see.

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They do, in fact the Sky channels are really in need of a refresh.

I used to watch a reasonable amount that was on Sky 1 and 2 but their schedules now are very uninspiring. If it doesn't improve soon, I might just start thinking about how I spend my home entertainment money.

It is strange to find that there is far more good material to watch on the free terrestrial channels than there is on Sky's pay channels. They will have to do better than this to maintain my interest.

It would be good if VM could do a deal with another programme provider or two to give us some decent channels to watch. Whilst I appreciate they don't want to get into content, they could commission other channels to sign up with them.

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Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men were good (got the DVDs) but not much else on there that has interested me.

Thought I might like Treme until I saw the excerpts.

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Game of Thrones
Penny Deadful
True Detectives
The Following??
Fortitude

Just a few that I would watch on Atlantic, but I've waited for most to come on dvd, so I'll do the same for Fortitude. I have too much to watch from shows on Fox, Universal, Watch and Sky1, even Syfy... that will keep me going until Fortitude is out on dvd anyway lol

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Fortitude has not had particularly good reviews and sounds boring to me. Penny Dreadful I thought I'd like but was put off by the excerpts. The Following sounds like a foreign series I started to watch with subtitles which I tired of fairly quickly.

I would be prepared to give True Detectives a go, but if this is the only programme that I haven't yet seen available on Sky Atlantic, it really does make me wonder why Sky think this channel is worth the hype.

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only game of thrones and blue bloods I would watch going through blue bloods at moment on android box ;)

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Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about Blue Bloods, that might be good.

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You failed to say "In my opinion". I have recently bought a Roku3 box with a Sky entertainment pass solely to access Sky Atlantic. I have watched Blue Bloods, Game of Thrones and True Detective all of which I have enjoyed so far. I personally and I'm sure, many others would love to see Sky Atlantic coming to Virgin.

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Indeed l would love to see it but l don't expect to see it.

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I have always said I want it to come to VM for all those that want it simple fact is sky don't want anyone to have it so it not coming

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You can't be 100% sure that this is the case mate, I think it will come in time, and I do agree that there are some really good shows on Atlantic, and I for one would love to see it on Virgin.

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If Sky and VM are willing to have talks over it, it could be closer than we think.

Be great if VM pulled it out of the bag, but I guess a price increase or straight in the XL pack would be the fall-out

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Sky Atlantic does have a fair bit of filler on it but these days, which channels don't? I've got access to it via Now TV at present and there are some excellent shows on there as others have pointed out (so glad The Following is back with season 3!). It is another reason for me considering the switch to Sky although I have to admit price is the main factor.

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Sky doesn't have enough original content to justify the existence of both Sky One and Sky Atlantic. SA was a way of devaluing Sky One after their humiliating climbdown in their row with VM over the carriage charges for Flextech and Sky Basics.

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Don't hesitate OB, get straight onto True Detective - legally or otherwise. Genuinely one of the best shows I have ever seen. I have even paid full price for the bluray, even though there are next to no extras on the boxset. Worth every penny though.

It's a shame, in my eyes, the rest of the programming on SA is so over-rated.

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Yes, Sky screwed VM and it would appear that VM didn't see it coming. And, yes, we do know about the Sky channels HD trade off but VM still got out-played by Sky IMHO.

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Bang on Harry, I loved True Detective, was exceptional imo.

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Absolutely spot on.

Now that the Horror Channel is on Freeview, I wonder if VM will put it into the M TV pack with the rest of the channels that they have that are on Freeview??

IIRC, it was in XL and moved down to L??

I also wonder why we didn't get the pop up radio station that was on last Thur to Sun- Radio 2 Country. After all, VM pay no carriage fees for BBC TV & radio channels.

If they can do it for one football match, I don't see why they couldn't have done it for a four day event.

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I do have to laugh sometimes i'm no fan of Sky Atlantic but the ammount of people slating it makes me chuckle because if/when it launches on vm some of those slating the channel will be like "oh well done vm this channel is great" :P:

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Lol, I certainly won't be one of them. I can watch it quite easily through my brothers sky go account, it is rare to find a program on there that appeals to me.

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You are correct mate, especially the guy from the North East.....:D

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It'll be an excellent addition to VM if they ever get it. Like I said earlier, quite a bit of filler but some of the HBO shows on it are some of the finest shows on TV.

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I use HBOGO mate myself i agree HBO certainly does have some great content.
Also Atlantic has showtime shows too i really do hope you guys get Atlantic on vm sooner rather than later, i've asked around and all my sources have said no info yet about it.

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The thing about SKY Atlantic is that you'll either love it or hate it. If your not keen on American drama then the channel will not appeal to you at all. Is the channel on in my house all the time? Maybe 2, possibly 3 hours per week at most. Is it full of filler? Definitely! However for me it's a must have as the handful of shows I do watch, or have watched, are top quality. Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, The Knick, The Leftovers, The Following, and The Borgias are fantastic TV.

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Well hopefully it will come to VM as I'm sure many VM subscribers who don't get the content by alternative methods would enjoy it. I appreciate your updates theone so I'm sure you'll keep us posted if you hear anything.

Only have it via Now TV but you've listed some great shows there Chad. For me GoT, The Following and True Detective have been my 'must see' shows of the last few years. Let's hope HBO keep the quality coming. :)

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Naughty me i forgot about the leftovers it is indeed a fantastic show, of the shows i've seen that i think are on Atlantic the ones i watch are game of thrones, togetherness, penny dreadful, ray donovan and the leftovers.

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if you mean me more chance of snowing in hell forever than me saying the channel is great it is not it crap 99% of time even vast majority of sky customers don't watch it ;)

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Best thing I ever done was got a NowTV box over Christmas - well worth £6.99 a month (after my 3 month entertainment card runs out) for Sky Atlantic and the ton of on demand & box set stuff :)

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...7-signhell.jpg

:D

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BIB

Don't pay that much, you can buy a 3 month pass from Game for £15. They email you the code, so i'm told. Still using the free pass myself.

http://www.game.co.uk/webapp/wcs/sto...tv&searchBtn=z

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Id expect Atlantic to come once virgin media lose free bt sports so in a year or so. Losing free bt sports will free up money to get Atlantic to keep the punters happy...

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I've seen them even cheaper on Ebay, I also got a two month Movies pass for £8 on ebay, emailed the code worked a treat.

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Virgin Media testing 4 new channels.

Virgin Sources has confirmed that FOUR more channels are now testing on Virgin Media.

No real name has been confirmed yet but the channels are listed as followed:

-V016
-V008
-V005
-V012

Media Boy HQ thinks maybe more Viacom channels are set to launch but we will keep you updated on this story when we can.

©copyright 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. An "Keep it real and free" Production.

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Interesting.:)

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Just out of interest what viacom channels are we missing.

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•Comedy Central Extra +1
•5* +1
•MTV CLASSIC (Broadcasts in UPC Ireland areas right now).
•MTV LIVE
•MTV +1
•Spike TV (Channel to launch later this year on Freeview).

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Thanks MB probably won't watch any of those channels but at least now I know may be coming

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Hope we get spike tv and the wait is not too long for them to launch

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Why Viacom channels mb - is it contract renewal time with them, or just a feeling?

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Just an feeling due to the channels listed as:

-V016
-V008
-V005
-V012

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Who owns nick jr + 1?

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Oops I forgot to add that one.

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I just reread that info I was given by Virgin Sources I am now thinking maybe it the missing HD Channels that UPC Ireland broadcast.

-History HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-CI HD
-Disney Channel HD

Hope to get more info by end of March 2015.

We think it maybe some Viacom Channels or the UPC Ireland HD Channels.

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Now that's a bit more like it.

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If they're testing now, then hopefully they will go live by the end of March. Unless they do a TruTV - test and don't launch!

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I was given an Picture tonight of them testing and I can confirm they are testing beside other HD Channels.

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+1

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They are indeed these 4 according to info i have, but as i always say now nothing is 100% certain until they are on the epg.

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I'll take anything at the moment! Though I wish they'd rename history hd to pawn stars hd or something...

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I was thinking it'd be great to see that series ww11 in colour upscaled to glorious HD, then i realised they don't show any History any more.

TBH you see more History programs on Yesterday! Never really watched that channel before but now i only have Freeview i'm discovering new stuff :)

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How sad.....:rolleyes:

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:bigcry::bigcry:

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Aye I noticed that too! Yesterday used to be called UK TV history if I remember and it was excellent back in the day but then went and got the rights to ridiculous tv shows like murder she wrote and put them on it so I switched to the history channel. Which is now broadcasting pawn shop marathons and motorbike shows. And now yesteryear seems to have took up some of the flack.

It's not asking for a history channel which broadcasts history. There is enough documentaries out there to show!

I keep tweeting them asking why they keep calling themselves a history channel and never get any response...

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About time History HD arrived if correct took them long enough

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Sky's website states prices may rise by up-to 10% sky sports is currently £24.50 with Sky, £24.50 + 10% is £2.45

http://www.sky.com/products/sky-tv/s...affiliate=true (down towards the bottom under join sky and upgrade)

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Media Boy HQ has today seen an update on the channels that Virgin Media are testing - we cant reveal what we have seen yet.

But "Watch this space".

We also have new idea what testing but am keeping it close to our heart for now.

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OK, but can you say whether they are very good, good, mundane or utter drivel?

Then we will know whether to get excited!

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Oh goody goody.:)

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Whilst I don't buy into Old Boys theory that linear will die clearly people aren't as bothered about channel launches these days.

A few years back this would have gone on for pages , we've already too many channels as it is.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that VM has all the major channels of interest with the odd exception most of what's added to both platforms these days is junk.

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Are you talking about Sky or Virgin Media?

Only the missing HD Channels, Viacom Channels and Sony channels are missing all the rest can stay "Only on Sky".

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I'm on about both , these broadcasters have far too many channels with content spread so thinly across them.

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There is only one channel I want now and that is Universal HD. Not bothered about the rest tbh.

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This is developing story, and may change tomorrow or next day. Waiting on Virgin Sources go ahead to post info. But we can reveal we seen no real names testing today only saw V0-- like yesterday.

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Which will continue for as long as it's financially viable to do so.

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Tell fans of BBC Three that. Maybe online only channel by end of 2015.

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Totally agree with you there MM, spot on mate.

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Interesting that VM aren't using the real channel names and are instead using codes whilst testing- this is how it's normally done on satellite.

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Spike launches soon doesn't it?