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Just in? http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/sony...ls-1201251021/

June 26th, not exactly breaking news!
Edit: I'm aware that it may now be completed, but there's no real difference between the announcement to acquire and completion 99% of the time in cases like these.

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Broadcast: Sony Pictures Television completed acquisition of CSC Media Group.

Broadcastnow is reporting that Sony Pictures Television has completed its acquisition of CSC Media Group and its 16 UK channels.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadc...076300.article

WHAT DID CSC MEDIA OWN?

=== Own by CSC Media Group (Sony Pictures Television) ===
•Bliss
•Chart Show TV
•Chart Show TV Dance
•Flava
•Kix
•Kix +1
•POP
•Pop Girl
•Scuzz
•Starz TV
•The Vault
•Tiny Pop (On Virgin right now)
•Tiny Pop +1

=== Own by Moving Movies Ltd. (CSC Media Group/Sony Pictures Television) ===
•True Drama
•True Entertainment (On Virgin right now)
•True Entertainment +1
•True Movies 1 (On Virgin right now)
•True Movies 2

©copyright 2014 Media Boy 2006 - 2014. An "Keep it real and free" Production.

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When the new illogical numbers were announced I did wonder if they were planning to give them names instead of numbers. Remember Sky Movies used to have numbers.

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It would be even more illogical to call a channel that predominantly shows golf Sky Sports Fights.

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If rumour is true why did Sky Sports not rebrand Sky Sports 4 on August 12th when Sky Sports News was being rebrand.

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isn't sky sports 4 getting renamed sky sports ryder cup next month

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Yes on September 18th.

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Hi MB,

sorry quick question about tomorrows free view of SKY Sports, what time does the channels get encrypted again on Sunday, as there is a great boxing card from America at 2am Sunday.
Thanks in advance,
mark

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Virgin say 6am on Sunday.

But I have seen Virgin on their box overnight from 12.30am to 4am so it may start early and end early.

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Knowing VM and my luck it will be encrypted again halfway through the main Fight :(

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Is Tivo box hdmi 1.4 or 2.0 thanks

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Bit odd to call it at a sky sports free weekend when it ends on the sunday morning...but not one to complain... i already have sky sports but refuse to pay for HD channels so its nice theyre becoming free though.

Dont know whether to watch the hd though as it might make me then hate the SD ... hmmm

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Trust me don't watch it in HD, they will have you hooked as really HD is the only way to watch live sports;)

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i think you're right you know!

I'll keep holding out until HD becomes free for all...;)

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As everyone's currently talking about Sky Sports I'll point this out in here. Has anyone else noticed the little symbol in the bottom right hand corner on all the Sky Sports channels apart from News HQ. It seems to be part of the broadcast picture as it stays when I bring up menus or go into delay viewing. Is this some sort of new security feature like Sky have on the streams in their apps?

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HD is the only way to watch ALL tele lol

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That what looks like a security feature. Same for everyone the symbol

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Especially golf. You can really see the contours of the green in HD.

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If it looks like this

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2014/08/18.jpg

Then its vm's replacement for the numbers which appeared in the top right

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Yes that's it!

Is it going to stay on screen permanently? If so it would be better if it was nearer the edge of the screen.

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I haven't seen it myself yet, but I guess its the security feature so Sky/VM know you are watching a legit version of Sky Sports

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Looks like the location icon on a blackberry or a plectrum

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Virgin Media no longer deal in non domestic television services (Sky charged them so much to retail sport that it became unsustainable and VM withdrew from the market).

So, VM have no incentive to care if someone is using a domestic subscription in, for example, a pub.

I imagine that this symbol is more likely to be a security measure in connection with card sharing.

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It's 1.3. Why do you ask?

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How do VM know if you have this symbol on your screen or not?

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They don't and probably don't care as Richard stated above. However if Sky mystery shoppers see it in a commercial premises such as a pub then they know it's from a residential VM feed. They can then pursue the owner of the premises to obtain the commercial licence to show Sky Sports which is when you see the pint glass.

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Because I am thinking of getting a 4k tv and Netflix can stream in 4k, was wondering whether the Tivo could stream this through the box but it can't :( thanks for the info spiderplant

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no chance for that sadly Vince it makes sky far to much money they not gonna give that up

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Yeah, I wondered what that symbol was. Then again, when I watch Sky Sports online now, I get a square in the bottom right hand side of my screen.

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Just because it has been a few days and to annoy people: Any news on Atlantic? :)

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Other than that it is still the most over-rated channel of all time, no.;):)

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Virgin tivo will have HDMI 1.4 as the standard was created to display 3D signals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_comparison

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thanks for info bud

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Yes i bring you fantastic news Sky Atlantic will be launching 31st of next month. You heard it here first.

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for real or is just bullpoo

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Sony is to launch Amimax and ANX it looks like these will be replacing some of the csc channels, credit for info goes to JVD over on DS. http://www.digitaltveurope.net/225701/225701/

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Sounds interesting

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Your Welcome, blue666666!

---------- Post added at 23:22 ---------- Previous post was at 23:20 ----------

Animax is available as a on demand service on PS3

---------- Post added at 23:27 ---------- Previous post was at 23:22 ----------

Never going to happen, Sky should be shot for witholding this channel as this channel is been twice in the news with the program for most illegally downloaded program Game Of Thrones...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...d-TV-show.html

Why doesn't Ofcom sort Sky out for withholding a channel that has the most illegal downloaded show?

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Like the idea of an anime channel, hope it does come to virgin

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I think the joke is that next month is September and has just 30 days!

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no 31st of September which is next month

---------- Post added at 23:34 ---------- Previous post was at 23:34 ----------

correct

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:D:D:D

on a serious note i've not heard anything about Atlantic yet.

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Yes, the currently on-going running shows; Banshee, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Newsroom, The Following, Blue Bloods, True Detective, House of Lies are all rubbish? I think not. They are all highly rated shows

That is eight shows on one channel. I can't think of another channel that has that many shows that interest me. And there will be other shows that interest other people. And you can add to those, other highly rated shows that are no longer current but were/are only available on Atlantic, such as The Borgias, Friday Night Lights and Fleming.

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Had been a bit quiet so thought I would be a pain and bring it up again.

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I was one of the biggest critics of Atlantic on here once but i'm being made to eat my words, i'm currently making my way through Ray Donovan, fantastic show. Even convinced me to buy a 4 month entertainment pass for nowtv of ebay lol. Only cost £12 though so great value imo.

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Sky marketing have told us that there are "no plans" to introduce Sky Atlantic to other platforms, currently.
We did suggest they might offer Now TV with Sky Atlantic included as a 3rd party subscription (like Netflix) on TIVO boxes but they denied they were looking at this.

The latest internal rumours are that they might offer this on non-BT Youview boxes but this is just gossip for the time being.

Just to put some reality on this though, we were told that BT wouldn't be getting Sky Sports 5 but recent developments have totally contradicted this.

So Sky Atlantic changes really depend on how much extra they "Sky Corporate" might make from such a deal.

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HBO Nordic does it for me as they also have shows from other US cable networks and various other networks; Black Sails, Bitten (Canadian), an alternative Borgia series, Magic City, Power and The Firm are some examples. Some of these may have been shown on a UK channel though?

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Bitten is on netflix canada too, i think black sails is too. I'm making my way through a similar show to black sails called crossbones on hulu+.
I don't have hbo nordic as they stopped accepting cards outside nordic region.
Dunno if any are on any uk channels i got rid of tivo and freeview, only use on demand now.

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Because it not coming to VM :LOL:

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Each to their own PB. I have admitted I fully enjoyed True Detective and thought Banshee (S1) was acceptable enough, it certainly did not warrant a score of over 8 stars on IMDB. I was thinking of renting Blue Bloods but have changed my mind since. As stated previously GOT is incredibly boring and loses a great deal of the excellence from the books in its move from book to screen. A number of my work colleagues and a couple of mates all complained about how poor The Following got as the series progressed. I admit I have not heard of the newsroom, and I am thinking of renting Boardwalk Empire, purely because of Steve Buscemi, not because of its ratings.

I generally try not to look at reviews for shows on IMDB or anywhere else, I like to make my own mind up on these things. I think the original versions of the The Bridge and The Killing are better than anything SA could ever show. These also rate highly on IMDB, but many people will say they are rubbish, slow or boring.

If I cared about the Borgias, I could easily read any number of history books about them. I don't need to watch a show that will most likely make a great deal of stuff up just to pad out the number of seasons they can show. I have seen the film of Friday Night Lights, and I know how it all ends, I even ruined the ending of the story for a friend who has not seen the movie or heard about the real life story. The same goes with Fleming as with the Borgias, I could happily find any more info I wanted from books about him. Although, I am pretty happy with my knowledge of Ian Flemming as it stands currently.

I know many people on here love Atlantic and the programmes they show, I just do not see the fascination of it and will continue to class it as overrated, especially for the money Sky paid for it.

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Got to love SKY switch off the boxing picture at 3:40 am :(

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It wasn't Sky that switched off the freeview and re-encrypted Sky Sports, it was VM

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Sorry why did VM do that then, I thought it was 6am to 6am?

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It was supposed to be but then that's VM for you lol

I was watching the tennis when mine was re-encrypted.

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As l say there is more then one way to skin a cat.;)

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Although, judging by the overnight posts it would appear that the channels were, indeed, re-encrypted well before 6am. It seems that MB's prediction was correct.

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I am not an avid watcher of TV (except sport) but I recently had to take 6 months off.
I had heard so much of this Game of Thrones so to relieve the boredom I obtained the first 3 series. (legally of course - cough).

I have to say I was completely hooked and have now watched all 4 series and thoroughly enjoyed every minute.

Another positive note is my wife has just started to watch it and is so engrossed she is forgetting to give me my orders. LOL :dmonk:

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You missed off Ray Donovan , Season 1 now available on Netflix Netherlands ;)

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That was on purpose, as I was listing shows that I watch and Ray Donovan just didn't work for me, sorry.

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It would be boring if we all liked the same.:D

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Ray Donovan scores over 8 on IMDB (like many other shows on SA, as you correctly pointed out). Surely by you telling me that shows must be good due to their being highly rated, how can you say Ray Donovan is not for you? Would care to explain the difference between you not liking something shown on SA and me not liking something shown (and me also not caring for the shows I have seen trailers for) on SA?

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Does watching stuff on Netherlands Netflix play audio in English or is it in Dutch?

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I'm thinking he meant over the course of a year it offers a decent enough selection of content to appeal to different tastes.

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TiVo is HDMI 1.3. To watch a 3D programme you have to manually select 3D mode on the TV.

Compare with V+, which is HDMI 1.4, and will automatically switch compatible TVs to 3D mode. I can't see it ever being implemented on TiVo given that 3D is more or less dead.

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Which part of me saying; did you not understand? ---------- Post added at 11:55 ---------- Previous post was at 11:46 ---------- English language shows will have English dialogue with subtitles in the Netflix region's native languages. Services such as Unblock-us allow you to turn these off.

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That is a great show.

---------- Post added at 11:59 ---------- Previous post was at 11:58 ----------

English if using unotelly or unblock-us you can turn of the hardcoded dutch subtitles too.

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Cheers, will look at different regions later.

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HBO themselves have been accused of plagiarism

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/07/tr...or-plagiarism/

Sky Atlantic programming is on BFBS, anyone who really wants to watch SA could consider joining up :D

I thought I had read that the credit card thing was a blip and had been sorted out, but I may be getting confused with something else :confused:

What time did the channels unencrypt? I'm wondering if they were unencrypted and scrambled again early due to VM technical limitations.

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The HDMI Standard is software firmware as the transfer rate is the same for 1.3 & 1.4 versions Tivo haven't made this firmware upgrade yet maybe they reckon they don't the need for the upgrade or its a limitation of their software, either way either way its out of our control...

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Nope issue is still there regarding cards from outside nordic region tried once with my visa debit and again with my virtual usa mastercard.

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I've posted something about this in the Netflix/streaming services thread, so as not to take this thread too much off topic.

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I'm assuming at around 6am. I had checked at around 5.45am and they were still encrypted but had to go out before 6am.

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It should have been:

https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-...-day-2014.html

"Reserve the best spot on the sofa for Sky Sports Open Day and get ready for a day of sporting action to remember. It’s a chance for all Virgin Media TV customers to enjoy a day of world-class sport at no extra cost.

From 6am on Saturday 16th August until 6am on Sunday 17th August even if you don't have a Sky Sports subscription, you could watch all the sporting action across Sky Sports 1 – 5 & F1. Also available to all in HD."

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I understood fully what you said, thanks for asking though. It is okay for you and others to like some content on SA and dislike other contnet. Yup, I get that. I have no problem with that answer.

When I said the channel was over-rated, that was due to me only being impressed with one show I have seen on it. I have also seen many trailers for many shows and they have not interested me either. The premise for Penny Dreadful is ludicrous if you ask me.

You do not like all of the content, even though others will like the content you do not. Others will not like the content you do. All perfectly acceptable.

So why is it wrong for me to say the channel is over-rated, when I do not like or care for most of its content?

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I got now tv just to watch Game of Thrones, for me the channel offers little else of interest, i am not as bothered about getting it as I was, it ain't all that!, just my opinion.

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Because you're looking at it from a narrow viewpoint; your view only and ignoring the wider critical analysis.

There are several shows that are widely acknowledged to be excellent, but they don't appeal to me. I don't say they are over-rated, just because I don't like them. Because they have overwhelming positive reviews, I trust that they are good but they just aren't my cup of tea. So a TV channel that shows such shows is a good one; it just isn't one that appeals to me. I don't go calling it over-rated, because it clearly isn't if it's showing a bunch of highly regarded shows. I don't like sports, but it would be clearly ridiculous to call the sky sports channels over-rated, just because I don't have any interest in sports!

Personally I look at the wider picture, not just my own personal preferences, when assessing whether a channel is 'over-rated'.

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Fair enough PB, I see your point. For the money spent, the hype around it and the amount of repeats on the channel I still see SA as over-rated though.
I will still use my own opinion to make a decision and not really rely on the general consensus of critical analysis though. I will give you a couple of examples why:
The 50 Shades of Grey trilogy of books has a 4 star rating on Amazon, the five Twilight books receive 4.5 stars, The Hunger Games trilogy scores 4.5 stars. If someone was to try and sell me these as great pieces of literature, I would (a) fall about laughing and (b) call that package over-rated too. Equally, the box sets of the film adaptations of Hunger Games and Twilight both have over 4 stars reviews on amazon. If all these films launched as the blockbuster highlights on a new all singing, all dancing, exclusive film channel, I would call that film channel over-rated as well.

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You're confusing 'Over-rated' with 'Doesn't appeal to me'.

Now that I know your definition of over-rated, I am able judge your posts on such matters accordingly.

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Thanks for that, annoyed not to see the end of the big fight, thinking about how can I watch the end of this fight dodgy live feeds (that I don't normally do) or radio commentary even for a split second thought of subscribing to Sky Sports for the month.

Looks like well done VM in c....g up this SKY Sports day pass for some of us :(

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Maybe a (full) 24-hour Now TV sports pass for future fights?

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Could do but I am happy with the boxing on Boxnation, it was just the fact that I was looking forward to this fight and it was advertised as being free to all VM customers on this day pass and for no reason why it seems VM cut the Free to view access at 3:45am in the morning:confused:

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Happy monday all. Absolutely miserable this isnt it. Hopefully we can get some good news to cheer us all up.... anyone....

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If there was any doubt of it ending a couple of hours early, then VM should have said so. Media Boy had his suspicions that it would end prematurely and he was proved right.

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Maybe the person in charge of the button wanted to go to sleep...we laugh but i bet its not automated...

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Come on Vince old boy stop being greedy as plenty has happened in these last few months and l am sure plenty more will happen in the future.:)

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den you should know me by now i'm greedy and child like always wanting something. whilst we don't have trutv (and stone cold steve austin presenting some red neck island- which sounds awful) and dont have american news channels i'll always be wanting more.

Oh and i want sky sports news hd now which i'll watch for one day and then keep forgetting i have it and watching the sd version...

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I think that's very likely to be the explanation. It's not worth automating something that happens so rarely.

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You are a case, Vince!

I used to enjoy new channels starting - I still remember Disney launching - it was pretty well a family event!

However, there are so many channels on now that unless it is a really big thing (like Sky Atlantic would be!) I scarcely notice them starting up any more.

It's all about content for me. Don't care about all the reality stuff, there's enough of that to keep my wife content for years. But I really do want a full choice of the good quality dramas and films and I don't like finding out I can't get them on Virgin Media!

I've given up waiting for Sky Atlantic now, I've bought the Game of Thrones box sets and I'm getting Boardwalk Empire next (Christmas/birthday pressies!).

A more expensive way of viewing them, but frankly it's better than being asked what you want for a present and coming up with something you don't really want because you can't think of anything at the time. I'm going to be more organised in future!

Hopefully, we will be getting Amazon Prime and other video streaming choices on TIVO before much longer - all the time wearing away at the content we cannot yet receive over the TIVO.

Sky will have to come around in favour of customers sooner or later, but it is taking faaaaaaar too long and I don't want to die first!

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On my last post, I tried to be polite by acknowledging the points you, I did it to try and stop this from carrying on. I will take that back now, seeings as you chosen to be so rude. I also thank you for given me the opportunity to bite. Cheers.

Let me explain what "over-rated" means, just to repay your kindness.

I did not like (it did not appeal to me, if you prefer) Game Of Thrones. If I were to review it (or give critical analysis) I would give it 5 out of 10 stars. I would only give it 5 stars because when I watched it again after reading the first book, it made yearn to go back to the original source, even a half decent adaptation should be able to do this. Critical analysis on IMDB gives it 9.5 stars. This therefore makes the show over-rated in my eyes.

Banshee was acceptable enough. I would give it 6.5 out of 10. It was hardly an original plot, there were no really challenging acting scenes in it, but it was well paced and well directed, pretty well scripted and even pulled out a few surprises during the first series. The ending was weal. It was also predictable from the moment we found out who Rabbit was. A weak ending designed purely to prolong a story line is very poor indeed. Critical analysis on IMDB gives the show 8.3 stars, even though I found the show acceptable, the show is still over-rated in my eyes.

Seinfeld is acceptable enough but I would only give it 7.5 out of 10. Critical analysis gives it 9/10. Over-rated in my eyes.

The Tunnel, awful remake in my eyes. Only lasted 3/4 shows via on demand. 4 out 10 for me, IMDB 7.7 out of 10.

I also disliked the woeful "will work for money" attempt at new Alan Partridge and the boring Mr Sloane. I don't need to watch Penny Dreadful to know that I will dislike it immensely, due to its ridiculous plot. The less said about star trek the better, too. I could list more shows, but I am writing more than enough currently.

Am I making my point clear yet?

Given the money spent on the channel, all its hype, and the numerous shows I have tried and thought were over-rated, I am still happy to call SA over-rated.

BTW, should everyone who dislikes a show and offers poor critical analysis, just say that they disliked it, but still give it high marks just because others rate it higher?

Hopefully this link to other people who are also confused between the meaning of over-rated and does not appeal to them will work for you to see. Perhaps you would care to point out their confusion to them too, and also tell them they must acknowledge GOT is good because others rate it higher than them?!?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/...r=hate;start=0

I welcome your response, but I am done with this.

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Clear as mud you don't like it and the shows are not for you lol :D

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Well as MM says its all about having differing opinions and tastes.:)

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Well, they are both right, really. Harry is talking about his personal opinion and passingbat is talking about an objective critical assessment.

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Exactly. Through the discussion I have now learned how Harry rates a channel's content i.e., purely through a personal perspective. That is different to the way that I do it. So, my previously posted comment is surely quite correct:

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I'm glad i wasn't the only one who did that lol.

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I'd give them a call and ask to be compensated for this unsatisfactory service in some way for the inconvenience and disappointment- after all, it's not as if it was a film that will be shown and could be fully enjoyed in the future. This should also prompt them to investigate why this happened and take appropriate action against any VM employees found to be failing in their duties.

I also doubt that Sky would be happy that their efforts to increase Sky Sports subscriptions via VM are being undermined in this way.

This is also a matter for the Advertising Standards Authority and possibly Trading Standards.

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:LOL: correct.

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Although I agree that this must have been annoying, and it shouldn't have happened, I think that asking for compensation for missing something that was a free sample is a little bit cheeky :rolleyes:

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I don't see it as cheeky, as I look at it in the same way as my online supetmarket offering a promotion that it was unable to deliver.

They had packs of salmon on offer if two were bought together, but were unable to supply them due to higher than anticipated demand. As a result they offered me two packs of another brand and charged me the same price of the offer, which I happily accepted. Instead of letting me down and risking annoyance because of their failures, they turned it round and I was delighted instead.

I also remember in the days of NTL when I called to complain that launching interactive services always crashed the box. I was told that I "couldn't complain because the service was free"!!! After explaining that the service was an integral part of the service that I was paying for, albeit not seperately charged for, she altered her attitude and dealt with the issue :D

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Completely agree with this except for the extra amazon prime stuff etc. We pay enough unless you suggested free in certain packages ?

There are still many normal channels on sky I'd like to have before I say we have everything. (SA including!) but I think VM have given up on most of these!