Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

None of these have any sport on that I watch so no good for me.

I wouldn't expect anything for free, but wouldn't want to pay a fortune for very little.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

That very much depends on what one wants to watch.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

There's a lot to choose from, Den, I'm pretty sure there is enough varied content to suit most tastes, from dramas to documentaries to wild life shows.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

Well, my expectation is that there will be a range of OTT services available covering all the genres, so you'd just pick those that you are interested in. Not everyone likes nature, science and engineering programmes, and if you are one of those people, then Discovery is not a service you would wish to watch. However, if you are a more serious kind of person who is drawn to factual programmes, this might be right up your street.

These will all replace the free and pay-tv scheduled channels in due course and so you won't be paying twice over. I envisage VM providing packages of on demand and OTT content that will look something like this:

Freeview on demand: Featuring BBC i-Player, ITV Hub, All4, Demand 5, (or perhaps a 'Kangaroo' style package Netflix style which the regulatory authority stopped from happening back in the day)

Virgin Showcase With Virgin exclusives and other acquired content such as ABC Studios, UKTV, etc

Sky With Sky original and acquired content - similar to Now TV with general entertainment, dramas, documentaries, films and sports.

Netflix With their mix of dramas, films and documentaries.

Amazon Similar to Amazon, but possibly with the addition of sport.

Hayu Featuring reality shows.

Discovery With factual programming including nature, science and engineering programmes.

Eurosport Player Featuring Eurosport programming, which may expand from today's offering.

YouTube for music, and the rest as now.

Curzon Films

Virgin Movies

Virgin Media Store

And so on. So you would pick the material you were most interested in and just pay for them. My choice out of that lot would be Freeview On Demand, Virgin Showcase, Sky, Netflix, Amazon and YouTube, which I suspect would cost me in the order of £45 at today's prices. Much better value than our current cable subscription, and at the moment of course, many of us are already paying for Netflix and Amazon on top.

Of course, VM may seek to give us a more extensive choice of these OTT services and may build on what they offer under their Virgin Showcase offer. The better the range of material on there and the better the range of OTT services, the more revenue they would generate.

There would be no separate charge for channels on the EPG because that would not exist anymore.

That's how I see it, folks!

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

Presumably, we will get access to YouTube Red when it is launched in the UK.

http://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018/...usic-metadata/

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

This might be a decent app for Virgin Media and may interest sport enthusiasts. Unfortunately, it doesn't look as though it is available in HD, so that would inevitably reduce its popularity.

I had never heard of the Sports Channel Network before now.

https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/...-promises.html

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

Personally despite your optimism l cannot see it happening OB.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

It's doesn't grab me as must have if I'm honest.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

Most of the content is what l call third rate.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

Starts getting expensive in families with a wide viewing habit from different package streams. You may be happy with one set of "channels" but your wife wants some of those and some others and the children of differing ages and interests also want other sources. Soon you need to subscribe to "everything" because content providers don't want to split off just bits of their material.

Then you also miss finding new stuff by channel hopping. Maybe content you didn't even realise existed.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

Yes, that's true enough. The app doesn't appeal to me simply because it's sport, but I thought some might be interested, particularly if it was part of a package without extra cost.

I would never advocate finding stuff to watch by channel hopping, by the way. That rarely ends well. When you do eventually find something you like, you normally find that you are three quarters of the way through it and it's on a +1 channel! Best to plan your viewing in advance and record what appeals, I believe.

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What about this, then? I think a NASA channel would go down very well with VM viewers.

https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/...satellite.html

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

And the cost is?.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

vm should have space for this channel

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

I don't believe that NASA charges for this channel.

EDIT

Yes, it's free to air.

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018...at-satellites/

NASA TV HD is transmitted free-to-air from the Hotbird video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East for viewers in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and via the 7 degrees East video neighbourhood for viewers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Re: New content for Virgin Media
 

If its free to air then that's great as its a subject l find very interesting.