Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Presumably the contract requires them to pay Sky more than £2, making it not financially viable. The £2 is officially a special offer for now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

If your paying that fee you must be on a terrible deal either the Full house sports and VIP packages just eat that amount and they wont go down in price in 18 months when sky sports get rid of the HD fee and SD channels close.

In fact I changed my grandparents sky package the other month on "my sky account" it was offering sky sports HD at £5 pounds discounted from £7. I then saw the advert on TV for entertainment HD + sky sports HD for £40 pounds for 18 months giving them HD sports plus a 20+ pounds saving

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Because I got extremely bored I decided to check out just how much capacity there is on the Virgin network, based on the information on Digitalbitrate.com (I use a recent average over the last week to reflect the post movement position:-

TSID QAM Max Recent Average
34 256 51 47
35 256 51 47
33 256 51 47
6 256 51 47 Added ABN TV
7 256 51 49 Added Nick jr too
8 256 51 45
9 256 51 45
10 256 51 45 Added food netword, ndtv india
11 256 51 42
12 256 51 40
13 256 51 45
36 256 51 3 One channel - static image ps2
37 256 51 5 one channel - ps2 duplicate
43 256 51 45 All duplicates
44 256 51 44 All duplicates plus Virgin 4K test
45 256 51 20 Sky red button
31 256 51 47
22313 256 51 - vod
22313 256 51 - vod
22313 256 51 - vod
22313 256 51 - vod
14 256 51 48
15 256 51 45 porn
16 256 51 46 bt red button
17 256 51 46
101 256 51 25 bbc 1/2
102 256 51 35 itv/c4
32 256 51 46
104 256 51 32 bbc/itv hd
2 256 51 42
3 256 51 48
4 256 51 47
5 256 51 46
18 256 51 34
19 256 51 43
20 256 51 35
21 256 51 34 all duplicates tv. Some radio
104 64 51 32 bbc/itv
2 256 51 41
1 64 38 34
42 64 38 32
30 256 51 46
22 256 51 44 bt 4k plus slates
23 256 51 49
24 256 51 48
25 256 51 48
26 256 51 47
27 256 51 49
28 256 51 48
27 256 51 47

Now frequencies above 45Mb on average are realistically 'full' because you lose a small percentage in overheads which is why they max out about 48Mb.

They key finding is however that TSIDs 36, 37, 43, 44 and 21 are fundamentally empty, except for Virgin's own 4K test (every other channel is duplicated somewhere else). TSIDs 18, 20 and 21 all have over 12Mb of free space so could realistically consolidate into two frequencies. TSIDs 11 and 12 probably have enough bandwidth for 2 or 3 SD channels.

I don't know what kind of efficiencies Virgin could make with the frequencies broadcasting the regional four main terrestrial channels due to regional overlaps and HD variants (Channel 5 HD is national I believe).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Whoooooooosh :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Hi no what I meant was the VIP Pack includes that for the price that we pay. So once removed it’s no longer charged but vip pack remains the same

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Any one noticed this?

https://www-express-co-uk.cdn.amppro...date-how-watch

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

That is a excellent spot Devil.:tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

As good as this is it can’t compete with

Sky Cinema

Final Score (UHD Premiere) – 3rd September • The Disaster Artist (UHD Premiere) – 3rd September • Murder On The Orient Express (UHD Premiere) – 10th September • Daddy’s Home 2 (UHD Premiere) – 19th September • All The Money In The World (UHD Premiere) – 24th September

Battle of the Sexes (UHD Premiere) – 24th September • 2001: Space Odyssey – 10th September

Sky Store

Deadpool 2 (UHD Premiere) – 17th September

Sky Entertainment

Discovery of Witches – 14th September • Karl Pilkington - Sick Of It – 27th September

Available now on Sky Cinema

Justice League (UHD Premiere)• Kingsman: The Golden Circle (UHD Premiere) • Goodbye Christopher Robin (UHD Premiere) • Patti Cake$ (UHD Premiere) • Jumanji (UHD Premiere)

Cloud Encounters Of The Third Kind: Collector’s Edition • Bourne Identity • Bourne Legacy • Bourne Supremacy • Bourne Ultimatum • Zombieland

Sky Sports

Anthony Joshua Fight (Pay-per-view, 22nd September) • F1 GP Singapore (16th September) • F1 GP Russia (30th September) • Eng V India (5th Test Oval) X 5 days from 7th September • Nations League: England v Spain – 8th September • International Friendly: England v Spain – 11th September

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

But that content you have listed above has a pretty hefty extra price tag on it...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Well I did check against my package and excluding by sport I don’t watch is £8 a month more, I know somebody with that price £112

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

Press release:

Virgin Media is launching the UK’s first dedicated 4K ultra high definition (UHD) entertainment channel, which will start broadcasting from next week.

The Virgin TV Ultra HD channel will air a line-up of must-see shows in incredible picture quality from Monday 17 September.

The channel will be exclusively available for Virgin TV Full House and VIP customers with a V6 set-top box. These customers can tune into a collection of critically acclaimed dramas, beautifully shot documentaries and get up close to some of the biggest names in music with a selection of hot-ticket concerts; all in dazzling UHD detail and at no extra cost.

The schedule is packed with blockbuster entertainment series such as ‘Start Up’ with Martin Freeman, ‘Masters of Sex’ starring Michael Sheen and political powerhouse ‘House of Cards’ as well as wildlife and nature documentaries set in Zambia and Vietnam, plus gigs from the Rolling Stones, Sting and Imagine Dragons.

A number of these programmes will be broadcast for the first time on UK television, such as ‘Start Up’ as well as ‘Shut Eye’ with Isabella Rosselini and ‘The Art of More’ with Dennis Quaid.

To celebrate the launch of Virgin TV Ultra HD, comedian, author and ‘Love Island’ narrator, Iain Stirling will become the ‘voice’ of the channel for its opening night next Monday.

David Bouchier, Virgin Media’s Chief Digital Entertainment Officer, said:

“With the launch of Virgin TV Ultra HD we’re giving our customers the ultimate entertainment viewing experience with must-see shows in incredible, crystal-clear picture quality.

“From epic dramas and stunning documentaries to the front row feeling of a rock concert, our customers will get closer to the action than ever before – with four times the picture quality of HD. It really is the next best thing to being there.

“We’ve shown some of this year’s biggest sporting events in Ultra HD, such as the Champions League and Wimbledon finals and we’re now giving entertainment the Ultra HD treatment. It’s all part of our ongoing investment to give our customers the best way to watch the best TV.”

Iain Stirling said:

“I can’t wait to get behind the mic for the launch of the Virgin TV Ultra HD channel and introduce some brilliant shows in awesome picture quality.

“I like the idea of an ultra-high definition channel being championed by a man more known for what he sounds like than looks like!”

Dazzling detail in glorious ultra HD

Virgin TV Ultra HD will air on channel 999 and broadcast at prime-time until the early hours. The channel will begin broadcasting from 8.20pm on the launch night.

Virgin Media customers with 4K televisions and a V6 set-top box can take their TV viewing to the next level when watching UHD programming as they will experience life-like picture quality, unbelievably crisp colours and stunning detail.

The V6 is Virgin Media’s fastest, smartest and smallest set-top box and offers lightning fast access to YouTube and Netflix in 4K. The V6 is free to new customers taking one of Virgin Media’s bundles (TV, broadband and telephone). Nearly two million Virgin TV customers have a V6 box in the UK.

Full House and VIP customers without a 4K set can still watch Virgin TV Ultra HD as the picture will automatically adjust to HD quality.

The new channel continues Virgin Media’s continued investment in 4K UHD programming, following the launch of BT Sport 4K UHD on Virgin TV in August.

Virgin Media has also broadcast an array of sporting events in 4K UHD including the Champions League Final, the 2018 French Open, Wimbledon Championships, as well as a selection of matches from this year’s World Cup.

Virgin TV Ultra HD programme highlights:

- ‘Start Up’ airs on Mondays at 10pm and stars Martin Freeman. The show explores what happens when a brilliant yet controversial tech idea gets funded with dirty money, from three entrepreneurs you would never find in Silicon Valley. Distributed by Sony pictures television.

- ‘Shut Eye’ airs on Tuesdays at 10pm and is a UK network premiere. It’s a darkly-comic look at the activities of storefront psychics and the underground criminal syndicate that controls them. The series stars Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice), KaDee Strickland (The Sixth Sense), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet). Distributed by Sony pictures television.

- From the producers of ‘Blue Planet’ and ‘Planet Earth II’, Love Nature’s ‘The Big Dry’ will air Monday to Wednesday at 8pm during launch week. Set in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley, this visually stunning documentary series follows the challenges the valley’s wildlife must overcome during the long dry season as they await the life-giving rains.

- ‘The Art of More’ airs on Thursdays at 10pm and is a UK network premiere. Graham Conner (Christian Cooke), a blue-collar former soldier turned auction house executive, leads a dangerous double life as he uses his secret past to beat the auction world elite at their own game. Distributed by Sony pictures television.

- ‘Masters of Sex’ airs on Fridays at 10pm featuring Michael Sheen as renowned obstetrician Dr. William Masters who hires sexually liberated, single working mother Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) as his assistant in carrying out pioneering, intimate research into human sexuality. Distributed by Sony pictures television.

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...t-channel.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

That's really great news.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

it great news we getting more UHD just got a 4k tv few weeks ago just wish sky would let us have there 4k too but think gonna be very long wait for that if we do ever get it

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

'At no extra cost' (but we'll keep on putting our prices up above inflation more than once a year).

It's the same trick they use for the 'free' broadband speed upgrades and the 'free' BT Sport.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
 

The last Virgin Media controlled price change was this time last year.