Originally Posted by Media Boy UK (Post 36210769)

Media Boy UK on X sources say that Sky Atlantic is launching on Virgin TV on 1 April but not on V6 boxes.
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster (Post 36210794)

Prices from 1st April (new customers)

Sky bundle
£44 per month

- 300Mb/s fibre broadband
- Ultimate TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads
- Discovery+ Entertainment
- Disney+ Standard with Ads
- HBO Max Basic with Ads
- Hayu*

Includes Stream puck

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Virgin Media bundle
£32 per month

- 362Mb/s fibre broadband
- Mega TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads

Includes Stream box

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Sky is £12 more per month, but for that you also get:

- Discovery+ Entertainment (worth £3.99)
- Disney+ Standard with Ads (worth £5.99)
- HBO Max Basic with Ads (worth £4.99)

* Plus, from July:
- Hayu (worth £5.99)

So which service is the best value very much depends on how many of these apps you really want, as the majority of people won't need all of these.

Originally Posted by AdamDigital (Post 36210795)

Grrrrr. I'm getting sick of VM penalising V6 customers. Not quite p***ed off enough yet to jump to $ky and certainly not willing to accept the downgrade that is 360. I love TiVo on my V6 boxes.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36210807)

It’s not a downgrade, but yes, there can’t be an excuse for keeping any channel off a device they want to phase out on the basis that the older technology can’t cope with it. Blatantly now, they are trying to create a situation whereby people change over their kit voluntarily as they have less to watch on it.

Originally Posted by AdamDigital (Post 36210820)

From my point of view as a VM customer of 25 years, 360 is a downgrade. Many of the TiVo/V6 features I value are not available on 360. Just because something is new and shiny it is not automatically better than what came before. AI for example.... :D. If I hadn't recently entered into a very long contract with VM I'd be eyeing the $ky offerings with interest.

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36210821)

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'? ;)

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36210821)

The story about Sky Atlantic sounds very suspect, so I wouldnt worry. Even if it was true its not enough for me to downgrade to 360. Nothing on Atlantic I'm interested in.

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'? ;)

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36210821)

The story about Sky Atlantic sounds very suspect, so I wouldnt worry. Even if it was true its not enough for me to downgrade to 360. Nothing on Atlantic I'm interested in.

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'? ;)

Originally Posted by AdamDigital (Post 36210827)

Let's speculate on what VM might do to the Unbelievers...

Reduce broadband speeds
Increase On Demand prices
Make BBC ONE show Bargain Hunt continuously (oh, hang on...)

Originally Posted by Taz2k (Post 36210831)

TV360 users get Sky Atlantic. On the V6 this channel is replaced by a 24/7 Bargain Hunt FAST channel. Hmmm! that could work.

Originally Posted by Taz2k (Post 36210829)

It would be a strange and unusual move, even for Virgin, to withhold channels from a device fully capable of handling them. Moving from the carrot to the stick as a motive to migrate customers away from their preferred device could backfire. Customers may prefer to move away from Virgin as they prefer not to be coerced into decisions they don't really want to make.

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018 (Post 36210837)

I think Sky Atlantic still has non exclusive rights True Detective Night Country until 13th January 2028.

It's all based on when it originally premiered, the old HBO output deal gives them a 4 year licence for anything before the end of 2025, same with anything on Sky Documentaries & Sky Comedy

The Gilded Age is the one exception to this which will still be available in Full, it's a HBO Original series and is on HBO Max in Germany & Italy aswell.

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018 (Post 36210851)

It's a mistake then

The Sympathizer, is also HBO series and that shows as 31st March on Virgin (Sky still has non exclusive rights until 25th May 2028)