Originally Posted by Mobes (Post 34832820)

Sky and VM are in 'active negotiations' over getting Living HD on Sky platform - makes sense to me... VM for once have some leverage. They may be able to negotiate a HD like for like "swap" ... maybe Sky HD on the XL package???

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 34832777)

1. Living Should launch by September
2. Launch due end of July.
3. HD Channels will only be on XL package.
4. Correct to the first part.

Originally Posted by Mobes (Post 34832835)

Thats one big swap Andrew LOL ;)

I think myself it will more likely be Sky 1 HD. Not sure Living is leverage for Sport ore Movies. Hell (or Ofcom) will freeze over B4 we get that.

Originally Posted by TheDon (Post 34832871)

With a deal for living HD we'll see Sky one HD and the other Sky basics HD channels coming the same way at most. There is zero chance that VM could get Sports or Movies from offering Living HD, Sky would just laugh at them if they went to the table asking for them (and rightly so).

Originally Posted by sherer (Post 34832893)

not sure how much leverage VM will have with Living HD. As we know from the past deals VM have to get their channels on Sky for the advertising revenue and reach. They can't really afford to play hard ball and lose out on viewers, even Sky found this out when their channels weren't available to VM and htey have a lower subscriber account than Sky

Originally Posted by Ben B (Post 34832899)

I was just checking if there were any channels testing (there wasn't btw) and there is a channel number 510 called Security Fraud Information, it's provisioned but you can't view it if you type the number in on the EPG. Does anyone know what this is?

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 34832902)

You will only see that if your box and cable is not from Virgin Media.

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23 (Post 34832823)

3. You mean like Luxe HD or CH4 HD ;) (no i am not sayign tha tthe ones in quesiton they are jsut examples)
4. Unless sky negetoite a price for living hd before it launches it will be a virign exculsive and that will be a good thing for virign to use.

Originally Posted by sniper007 (Post 34832914)

What a joke the four announced channels are :(
Why are people defending VM's HD offering by suggesting that atleast they have brought some channels and that they are popular to a lot of people!? Err no. They really aren't.
The priority channels are clearly things like:

Terrestrial 1 - 5 and associated channels
Eurosport 1
Eurosport 2
Discovery HD channels

Even some music/film/sky 1 - 3 channels/bravo etc would have been better than the tripe they are getting first. I agree it is embarrasing and should have waited until they had atleast ONE decent channel to headline them with.

I'm off to get excited about watching the food channel in HD. Yay.