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bomber! Bomber! Bomber!

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Oh goody goody more nice presents to come.:hyper::omg::group::waving::spin:

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Will also add that over the next few years the shape of broadcasting will change in a huge way.

It will be for the best, but their are HUGE changes afoot!!!!

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If that happens, I will drink a shot of hot Tabasco sauce. In one go. And post a video of it on YouTube.

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Is everyone getting drunk tonight to celebrate?

Join me for "uncle vince's generic celebration with alcohol" lets celebrate this fine triumph with wine, spirits and jager"bombers"

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Don't really care about the +1 channels as they aren't in HD and with 3 recordable tuners on Tivo, +1s are only occasionally required. Not saying they shouldn't be added though, just not a priority for me.

News in HD would be nice but not essential in my viewl; most news reports are worse than SD quality.

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Seriously? or is that a prediction?

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Totally understand! Hope you get a chance to enjoy the sports!

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Any more bread or fish for you guys?

no we are fine thank you BomberAF, said the previously starving 5,000

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No!! That would just be too much for some of us to handle!!! Please stop, VM!!!! I'm getting a nose bleed with all this excitement!!! ;)

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Make it a teaspoon of cinnamon powder and you are on! :Yikes:

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Before the new crew arrived, VM had already said that the aim was to go towards shows stored in the cloud. I seem to recall reading that rights issues were one of the major hold ups in implementing that in places that have tried it. Given VM's track record with the rights issues with MRS, I think it could be a while.

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It has nothing to do with how you view your programs i.e. cloud or streaming etc. but there are big big changes heading this way. Not just for VM customers but ALL subscription tv packages. Remember both Sky and BT have both said either game changer or our biggest season yet. It is not only about Sports subscriptions either but the whole subscription TV market.

Can't say nothing more though.

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I love cinnamon, so yes I would probably do that. OK, a teaspoon of cinnamon powder if the latest Bomber news turns out to be accurate.

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What I said here isn't actually true. But if you look at what I said in another post about big changes afoot a part of this will see all HD channels that are on Sky available to VM. So where you have the Sky channels if there is a HD channel you will also get the HD channel to go with it. This will start to be implemented and should be complete within the next 2 years. Ambiguous I know but watch this space.

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Was told last Friday what was expected to happen but could only put cryptic message a couple of peeps(you know who you are) did get private message early in week letting them know what's gonna occur and I was given info about sky Atlantic at same time,if goes to plan it will be here for autumn

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If you know any more thing that you can not post - PM me.

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That picture of the hat is soooooooo funny!!

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TBF i have heard whispers of this :)

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Didn't know exactly what month,did post a while back sky Atlantic will be here in autumn and not just sky sports news hd bud the others channels that are missing that are on in Ireland will follow as well :)

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Sorry bud I know I ment to but I assumed you already knew and just wasn't able to post

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They will be here by September 14th.

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tGo on. Bomber, just let it all out! Clearly you are the new cable messiah!

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:angel::angel::angel::angel::angel:this is the christmas gift that keeps on giving !!!!!!:

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Strange as it may sound but if I let the cat out of the bag then it wouldn't happen. These changes are not until over 3 years +, so you wont notice anything straight away but in say 10 years time the way we subscribe to TV will be very different.

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are you alluding that sky will be split in to production and distribution, with a set price for all distributors wanting to pick up the shows? thus virgin and sky will pay the same for the rights?

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[grumpy old man]
If it includes a big price hike i ain't interested
[/grumpy old man]

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Virgin Media played so well in the game to get BT Sports I was not even given an kick of the ball.:bigcry::D

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Yay! :handshake

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I have pm you everything I know bud,and if people think I just talking crap henkesghost and mad max can confirm whati predicted so far they were the 2 I pm and of course dave42;)

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Got it - Thanks for info.

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Thinking about all the various channel additions over the past 8 months, surely this has to be Virgins finest year ever in terms of new channel launches?

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Brilliant news! Well done Virgin Media, all we want now is Sky Atlantic HD and Sky news HD. But if we do get these channels, what will everyone talk about then? Anyway, I notice that Arthur has been rather quiet since the news was announced.

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What bomber af is actually saying is what I was told was planned,but by no means guaranteed.hence the reason I had a swift about turn regarding moving to sky.he is confirming it so believe is info guys he and MB are certainly in the know I just got lucky in a couple of calls

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More to follow bud;)

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That's the reason I questioned/queried you in one of my posts. It was obvious you had been told something, but equally obvious you couldn't say what it was.

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Great news Howard :D

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I'm just in and got a text from a mate to tell me BT was on, brilliant news indeed, where's Stokesy?? get your boxers eaten you non believer you, and we want photographic evidence too.......:D:woot:


and Btw Howard is a gem, thanks for the info bud........ :tu:

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Yep. Howard passed on the confirmation on BT and where the info came from. Thanks again m8.

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Now you don't have to break the law Henk, to watch Aberdeen winning on Saturday....:D;)

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I can only assume that if this is correct, a deal for Atlantic must already be done. Because if I were Sky, knowing the deal VM have just done with BT, I would want to keep Atlantic exclusive even more so. Because VM with free BT sports and Atlantic surely makes VM the undisputed best provider of choice.

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To repeat an earlier question is TV Anywhere available on Android yet or has anyone got any idea when it might? :confused:

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Soz guys didn't want stringing up if it didnt happen,remember everything I was told was never guaranteed but was planned.i had to trust what I was told and ofcourse got a very good discount ;) before I hand back to the great mb trust me there is more in the pipeline I will be watching game of thrones in hd legally soon ;)

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Well done to Virgin media for getting BT Sports and for free.

Just one thing now that is BT will have to redo there ADS on tv to add that its on Virgin as well so how easy will that be to do?

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Need to change my avatar when I get home,was gonna do it last night but that might have let the cat out of the bag lol

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No & no.

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As easy as opening Sony Vegas / Final Cut Pro and getting the VO guy to say his line.

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Gents (and ladies though i've never met you)

my friend is going to upgrade to BT sports as he's only 30 meg broadband, M+ TV, M phone. His latest bill was £43 odd quid.

How much more will it be for XL tv? You may say "check the website" but i honestly can't make sense of it and i'm sure its not because of all the wine i've drank today. if anyone can tell me based on my friends package how much more he'd need to pay a month for XL i would appreciate it!

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This link gives the different TV package prices:

http://store.virginmedia.com/digital...-tv/index.html

It's £16.50 difference between M+ and XL (without any offers).

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:cleader::cleader::hyper::hyper:

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monthly cost if he was to do that would be 60.99

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The website has his package priced at £40.99, adding XL makes it £60.99. Or for £62.99 he could get the Premier Collection and have 60mb BB and an extra V HD box too.

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That's seems expensive I suggest ringing retentions I did this for the ex wife(not joking) she had a TiVo box and a basic box upstairs xl phone and xl TV and 30meg.paying £75 per month she is now on the premier collection with xl phone and came and installed super hub 2 upgraded her to 60 megand swapped old box or a VHd box and she pays £59 per month

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Looking at the website, L Broadband, M phone and XL TV is £56.99 a month (with a VHD box rather than Tivo). Always best to phone up and get a deal though

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Absolutely Chad and it does not seem to be stopping there.

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Come on Virgin get your finger out, where's Atlantic.....:D;)

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Sorry sky guys,so just to confirm all bt sports collection is free to xl customers and in hd and with multiroom you are also available to stream on iPad and PC thru TV anywhere.
Whilst sky pay £12 for sd and £15 for hd no multiroom and not available on sky go
And of course a activation charge
Oh dear

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:D:D

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Brilliant post Howard, after all the crap we got from the Sky boys!!:D:D:D Happy days indeed, and a great big THANK YOU to Virgin Media, well done indeed.....:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

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Yer but there a decent bunch of sky boys on here bud ;)

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Afternoon all, I've heard the good news. I wasn't far off. I though it would be around the 17th. Have all the cynics gone into hiding? :D

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We stuck in there and it paid off.. For us. :D

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The picture quality is ace on BT Sport HD

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Yeah. More games for us blue noses. :)

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Seems Virgin have known for a while, Brand Republic has released their new advert for BT Sport featuring Peter Crouch!

If Virgin get Atlantic, Sky and Virgin are pretty much equal and it will literally rely on whether Virgin is available/being able to have a Sat dish

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So, free in xl, only platform to offer multi room options, and it's on TV Anywhere but not Sky Go. I don't think anyone can argue that Virgin have done well here. When you consider that Bt can't offer Sky Sports on their youview box, and it lags behind talk talk in terms of channels, I think this deal has effectively killed off Bt as a triple play provider.

I think Virgin have essentially said, having now made deals with each of the the junior Premier League broadcasters, that there will always be this type of offering on Virgin Media. I think this weakens their negotiating hand for three years time, and I almost wondered if now was the right time to stop doing it. It'll be expected now in three years time.

But that's for then. For now this is a good deal for Virgin customers.

When's the price rise due?

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cheers all for the information! :)

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As a rat sitting on the funnel of a sinking ship I never start swimming for my life until my backside gets wet. Well done virgin I had no intention of moving. Now all I want is SA and my BBC1 HD Dolby signal back.

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Didn't realise it wasn't available on SkyGo, are VM in the ascendancy now?
Is this BT payback for not having Sky Sports on YouView?

I need to phone up and try and blag a Tivo box for nothing, although it isn't a pressing need until they sort an Android app out, anyone know if that's coming any quicker than 'soon'?

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It's not on Sky Go cause Sky don't retail the channels, those who have it on Sky have a log in for the Official BT Sport App

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Virgin Media will pay around £75m a year for three years to carry BT Sport, it is understood.

How does that compare to the old ESPN deal?
Anyone care to calculate how much that works out per customer?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...gin-Media.html

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It's not on Sky Go because technically it's not on Sky, but provided directly by Bt who also have their own streaming app. In my opinion, Virgin is the best platform for Bt Sport.

And yes, they need to pull their finger out and get the android app released.

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Yes, it is called..the BT sport app.

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Pleased that people are pleased at getting BT Sport, but the gloating is going a bit overboard, IMHO.

People may feel they are repaying 'in kind', but, again IMHO, mirroring inappropriate behaviours reflect in a sub-optimal manner on those posting....;)

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What gloating before?

it was more self-flagellation by Virgins

Ohh i get it...morons mimicking themselves..yes..true :D

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So for all those complaining that Virgin no longer has any of its own content, for £75m they are able to provide their customers with exactly what Bt can, except they paid 10 times that amount to do so. Who's the fool?

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I agree , just up at my parents house watching on TIVO and the picture quality is excellent.

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you, dear boy, are as guilty as the rest....

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really? please show me?

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l cannot remember what they paid for the ESPN deal but l like many other Virgin customers are just happy that both sides came to a deal and one that makes the XL pack great value for money in the process and yes l know a price rise will be coming for this pack but its still excellent value in my humble opinion..

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Or around £3 per XL subscriber per month working on 2 million XL subscribers.

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Certainly is a good time to be a Virgin Media customer.

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I get it as £1.04

75,000,000 / 36 / 2,000,000 = £1.04.

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So we can expect it facilitated as a price rise then.

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What were they paying ESPN? Similar wasn't it? In other words the cost of the rights have sky rocketed, and Virgin have managed to keep them for the same cost?

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Its 75 million per year

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It appears so, must be good at negotiations.

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It's £75m per year so it's £6.25m per month Virgin are paying. I've read that there are 3m TV XL customers so that would be £2 each per customer (or £3 each if it's actually 2m customers).

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Think the price is about £3.10. 75,000.000 / 12 / 2,000,000 = £3.125.

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If it wasn't on XL and only available as a stand alone sub, BT would have needed to get 500,000 HD subscribers every year, taking the channels for the full 12 months, in order to match what they are getting in this deal.

I would expect BT to be happy with this deal.

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"Virgin could be in trouble here.....and that's a fantastic goal-line clearance! And Virgin Media are on the break! Its 4 vs 3! BT Sport 2 is onside! :shocked: and has been found with a killer pass! Virgin could win this here, there's players queuing up to convert a cross, will it come? It does.....BT SPORT 1HHHDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!"

Git in here! Virgin Media Crowd goes wild! BT Sport runs into the crowd to celebrate!

"Virgin have snatched victory, from the jaws of Pay-TV defeat! .....they think its all over......it is now!!! What a result!"

Chris Kamara: "Its unbelievable Jeff!"

:shocked::D

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It says 2 million subscribers for XL/VIP in the article, give or take 100,000 i suppose.

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Ah yeah, I did it as £75m over 3 years.

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So. Now what are we going to moan about? :-)

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Sky Sports 3 HD, Universal HD and Sky Atlantic (HD).

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Whilst I cannot quote a source or a posting i do remember something on the line of £3 wholesale before to espn so it would be in line with current calculation people are suggesting here and we gained two additional HD (espn sd+hd, America and classic for bt 1 & 2 hd+sd and espn hd +sd)

I feel like a denphone song coming :)

And skysports 4hd and f1hd and the fact we still paying £7 for neither one

But today I will be happy

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Bit harsh bud wouldn't say it's gloating just friendly banter,it makes a change for vm to get one up on sky it's certainly been a long time coming

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My understanding is Virgin have around 1.8 million XL customers.

Whilst Virgin are paying £75 million per year, some of that will be covered by M, M+ and L customers who take BT Sports for £15.00 per month.

It's impossible to work out exactly how much this will cost, per head, to people on the XL package.

It's another 6 month until the next price increase anyway. Enjoy BT Sports at no extra cost for now. Those with XL who don't enjoy sport, don't get too upset. You've had plenty of new HD and SD channels added in recent months too.

The XL TV package is probably the best value package in the UK at the moment.

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Get a room!

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Stop being so logical & level-headed Chad. We need riots and complaining.

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Agreed

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Have your cake and eat it I say :D

Think yourselves lucky. All I've got too look forward too is a price increase in September :(

Even those who have XL and don't enjoy sport should take time to bask in the glory of Virgin getting one over on SKY and BT. Sure BT have Virgins money, but Virgin is the only place in the UK to get all SKY and BT Sports channels from the same provider under 1 subscription.

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Wasn't that on the 1st August, that lot were quick to run their mouths off then, we shall do it now.

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I have a sneaky feeling that VM are probably paying more for this than ESPN and at the moment, are taking a hit on it.

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Great news today! :beer: :beer:
Now we want: Sky Atlantic SD/HD, Sky sports 3/4/F1 HD, Sky News HD, Sky Sports News HD, Universal HD and the missing Viacom channels...

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BET +1
Comedy Central Extra +1
MTV +1
MTV Classic

Really?