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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35636968)

Just checked the picture quality on Premier Sports for myself.

It seems ok to me, I wonder if it just seems poor to some people because, when flicking through, one goes from BT Sport 2 HD to Premier Sports??

picture ok on my TiVo too for PS

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it on ok on my tivo but goes a bit pixilated every so often

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Originally Posted by jimbo2 (Post 35636935)

BBC3 HD AND CBBC HD

Does anyone have a date yet for BBC3 HD/CBBC HD? It has been reported elsewhere that they are supposed to be on Virgin by or from 10 December.

I cannot get confirmation of this so if anyone knows, please can you let us know?

Also, any dates for BBC4 HD/CBeebies HD and BBC News HD?

Can anyone confirm if and when Red Button HD (channel 994) is going off? It has been suggested that this will stop after Doctor Who 3D on 23 November - but again - no confirmation yet.

Can anyone please shed some light on any of these changes? Thanks.

There is a claim here (post 16) that says that there is a VM leaflet available clarifying the date:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1902985

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35636873)

We all have different values. I'm perfectly happy to pay £20 for a decent bottle of wine, but I certainly wouldn't pay it for a TV channel.

And if you are happy with that Sir then that's the main thing.:)

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35636989)

And if you are happy with that Sir then that's the main thing.:)

He'll still be sleeping off that luxurious bottle of wine at the moment :D

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Originally Posted by ncfc1902 (Post 35636962)

Do they charge non Germans more then? :D

Normally no, for this game yeah as I'm in the away end and it'd been sold out for a while but still paid less than I would to watch Everton.

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New channel - name escapes me.Coming Nov 2nd - source, Sky living last night.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35636401)

Exactly. I know some deaf people who can only watch live or recorded TV, because VOD doesn't have subtitles.

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As you were told the last time you came into this thread making such derogatory remarks:

'If that is your view, this thread clearly does not meet your needs and it may be a good idea to neither read nor contribute to it'.

You graciously did for some time, what's changed? (or are you simply gratuitously trying to stir up trouble?) :confused:

Sorry Richard but to believe that "the great one " has been given secret information , but can not share with us sounds like a play ground story. If you choose to believe in such childish rubbish. Please feel free but respect others who treat it with a JCB shovel of salt :D Guys who E mailed your support to my comments - Please put your heads over the parapets :erm:

In answer to your request I thought such fairy tales had stopped. As they have not, I will post as & when I wish too. For trouble read "real world" not (put what you will here. )

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35637017)

New channel - name escapes me.Coming Nov 2nd - source, Sky living last night.

I think it's Lifetime

http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/

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Is anyone expecting big news next week ?

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35637017)

New channel - name escapes me.Coming Nov 2nd - source, Sky living last night.

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Sorry Richard but to believe that "the great one " has been given secret information , but can not share with us sounds like a play ground story. If you choose to believe in such childish rubbish. Please feel free but respect others who treat it with a JCB shovel of salt :D Guys who E mailed your support to my comments - Please put your heads over the parapets :erm:

In answer to your request I thought such fairy tales had stopped. As they have not, I will post as & when I wish too. For trouble read "real world" not (put what you will here. )

It's Lifetime it launches on the 4th November :)

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Originally Posted by blue666666 (Post 35637025)

Is anyone expecting big news next week ?

Nothing yet , more areas should get the TiVo update but that's only info i have atm.

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Originally Posted by ncfc1902 (Post 35636962)

Do they charge non Germans more then? :D

haha no but then i could see hertha berlin play 17 home games a season at a cost of about 200 euros which is probably the cost of 3 arsenal games.

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Originally Posted by MaverickJesus (Post 35636723)

The network backhaul deal has a absolutely nothing to do with Sky channels appearing on VM, I have no idea why you keep pedalling this wildly optimistic rubbish.

From what you ascertain, the deal is already done, and apparently has been done since about June. But whatever, they chose not to actually launch the channels they have supposedly paid for and signed off, because of, err...***** and giggles I guess? :confused:

You seem to have this incredibly misguided opinion that Sky are desperate to get their channels on VM, which flies in the face of pretty much all the actual evidence.

We also won't 'see within weeks'. Just like we didn't the last 30 odd times you have said this over the last 6 months.

It is not 'wildly optimistic', MJ. The negotiations and the better relationship between VM and Sky have been reported and it doesn't take much in reading the media reports to conclude what I have concluded. I note that Media Boy is now convinced that some of the missing Sky channels will launch this year.

The delay in launching - there could be a number of reasons for this, but I believe it may have something to do with the negotiations over the Sky Bravo channel or it may have something to do with the launch of the Sky channels elsewhere. We all know by now that channel launches can be delayed for technical and other reasons - just look at Fox + (or do you also deny that this is ready to launch on VM?).

You can choose not to believe what I have been saying, MJ. However, I will be proved to be right in the end.

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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian (Post 35636727)

OB - could you please direct me to the information where this is confirmed please?

There is no official confirmation of course, spanky. You won't get this until the day of the launch! Look at the BT channels - I correctly stated for weeks that we would get them before the first Premiership match, even after the channel was launched elsewhere and people were having major doubts about this.

Stay steady - they will come soon enough!

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Originally Posted by blue666666 (Post 35637025)

Is anyone expecting big news next week ?

No info in Media Boy HQ yet.

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 35637017)

This......:tu:

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Premier Sports

VMs announcment says its free for a month at the beginning of their blurb and then says free until end of year at the end.

Does anyone at Virgin proof read these things before posting?

Live rugby league, hockey, football and more!
We've got some fantastic news for all you sports fans. We've signed the brilliant new sports channel Premier Sports. And to mark the occasion, we're giving it to all our customers for one month, at no extra cost.

Premier Sports is the only place to view all 28 games of this autumn's Rugby League World Cup. So alongside England's games, you can watch Wales and Scotland taking on the likes of Australia and New Zealand too.

That's not all. Premier Sports is the home of North America's NHL ice hockey, NASCAR Trucks and South American football from Argentina and Brazil, so you can spot the Neymar and Lionel Messi of tomorrow!

Tune in to Premier Sports (CH 551) from Friday 25th October to catch all the action. And, remember, it's free for all our customers until the end of the year.

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