Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35615315)

Won't sky just launch sky atlantic on virgin and then launch sky bravo as an exclusive channel. Sky atlantic is an old channel now. Sky adverts bragging about sky atlantic and all the shows on there probably don't have as much impact as they used to. Again my point before if people didnt want to leave their current provider for sky due to sky atlantic when it launched they won't do it 2 years later.

But the sky thinking will be....LAUNCHING SKY BRAVO AND ALL THESE EXCLUSIVE SHOWS ONLY ON SKY...

they can then do a new advert trying to tempt people over.

i'd guess we'll get sky atlantic within a year and i'd guess sky bravo will launch exclusively on sky within a year.

Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35615321)

Don't forget thou matey sky bravo as been delayed due to the fact they can't agree on a carriage agreement with vm.this suggests to me that new carriage agreements are being made between vm and sky and this is why we will see some of the missing if not all channels ;)

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35615406)

And hopefully that deliverance will be with us within the next month.;)

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35615260)

Personally l think the market is changing and thus Sky and Virgin are entering into a period of entente cordiale which will suit both parties as BT are seen very much by Sky as the enemy now and thus doing deals with Virgin is very much to their benefit from a financial point of view but also they benefit from a strong Virgin curtailing some of the threat of BT by having their content on Virgin but with-holding from BT as much as l can thus in the process weakening BT's hand.

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35615272)

i'd agree den they must surely now know that people who are on virgin now arent going to switch now. we lost sky basics we stayed. we dont have sky atlantic we stayed. we had hardly any HD channels we stayed. etc

sky's biggest attraction i think is sport coverage if they lost the main rights to that then they'd lose customers. BT are the threat. They must ensure BT doesnt succeed between now and the next football deals.

the best way to do it would be make virgin seem more attractive so people who won't go to sky and have never contemplated it wont go to BT instead

Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35615429)

What have i missed today then people? I am too tierd to read a few pages

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35615430)

No confirmed channel launches - just this http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post2058.html

Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35615431)

Wow im on the list, first time on this list. Woohoo im so happy

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35615432)

But you will get remove if you do not post in Vol. 5 - launching in October.

Right now the list only have 81 posters on it - as they posted on every thread so far.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35615415)

Sky Bravo HD may also launch - But can only see it being an Sky Exclusive.

Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35615287)

So does that mean they will give us sports 3&4 in HD and 3d now we are best buddies?
Don't think so.

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35615526)

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying ;)

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35615452)

They do like their HD exclusives but I would think, in this case, it would largely depend on what content they have lined up for the channel. If it is just general entertainment skewed to a male audience, it might not be attractive enough to use as a USP. From what has been said so far, it looks as if they need the VM audience to make launching the channel worthwhile. The same could apply to the HD version.

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35615526)

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying ;)

A couple know what i've heard is happening tonight but they're only tumours but as they're out of the blue they could be right.

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35615526)

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying ;)

A couple know what i've heard is happening tonight but they're only tumours but as they're out of the blue they could be right.

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35615556)

A BomberAF prediction eh!