Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

i had one too

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

One what??

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...rtune-campaign

The failing 'London Live' channel is facing more problems as it's head quits, BBC funding for local TV is frozen amid accusations of irregularities and the Lebedev family turn out to have less money than was originally thought:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...o-hatfieldturn

I don't know how they have the cheek to encrypt this rubbish! :D

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

Not big news and probably allready known but anyway Babytv could become part of the XL package.

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

Jesus H..............:banghead:

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

This was mooted on here about a year ago, I put some feelers out to try and find out if it was true and absolutely nobody had heard anything about this.

Maybe it's now coming to fruition and the business model of BT Sport is being used to bring another premium channel to the masses!

I imagine it will be popular for hard pressed families with young children and the growing ABDL community.

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

any more news on any new channels coming in may or june this year?

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

Has to be good for virgin customers, sky might cash in their channels they withhold?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ion-bt-netflix

BSkyB faces fall in subscribers as competition from BT and Netflix grows
Broadcaster predicted to suffer drop in sign-ups as analysts say growth in traditional TV business has stalled
Mark Sweney
theguardian.com, Wednesday 30 April 2014 07.39 BST
Game of Thrones
BSkyB is seeking to increase subscribers to its Now TV service by offering access to series such as Game of Thrones.
BSkyB is facing its first fall in TV subscribers in 15 years as pressure mounts from rivals including BT and Netflix.

BSkyB has added satellite pay-TV subscribers with such reliability – every quarter since the late 1990s – that former chief executive James Murdoch successfully predicted in 2004 that it would hit 10 million customers by the end of the decade.

Since then growth has sunk from about 100,000 a quarter to anaemic levels, as Sky has tapped out most of the households willing to pay for relatively expensive TV packages.

Analysts at Berenberg and Credit Suisse predict a fall of 5,000 and 15,000 traditional TV customers respectively when Sky reports its results for the three months to the end of March on Thursday.

"Over the last three years, growth in the traditional TV business has effectively ground to a halt," said Omar Sheikh, analyst at Credit Suisse. "If BSkyB can find growth selling more of its other products to customers and that generates profitable growth, that should be good enough for shareholders. It is now a triple-play business."

BSkyB has been shielding the dwindling TV subscriber numbers by using a wider reporting method that takes in sign-ups to its cheaper online service Now TV, launched partly in response to the rise of film and TV services such as Netflix and Amazon's LoveFilm.

Analysts put BSkyB's total TV customer growth in positive territory for the three months to the end of March, with total net additions between 40,000 and 60,000.

BSkyB added 77,000 total TV customers in the previous quarter.

Arguably of greater concern is the expected tailing off of the growth rate of its broadband business, the focus of its battle with BT Sport, which is likely to show a drop of up to 50% on the 110,000 the company signed up in the previous quarter.

Sky executives have told the City that this is not evidence of the impact of BT spending billions building its TV service – snatching prime rights such as Premier League and Champions League football – or winning the battle to keep broadband customers.

"Management are saying that it is due to the weather, that they are reliant on BT's infrastructure and that with the flooding the sign-up process has temporarily slowed," said one City source.

Intense competition has mounted from rivals such as BT, TalkTalk's budget TV service and low-priced online firms like Netflix, BSkyB has started to build a "pay light" strategy.

Over the past 18 months, Sky has been experimenting with low-cost brand Now TV – separately launching a £9.99 set-top box and an internet service that does not require a pay-TV subscription – and is targeting the 13 million Freeview households previously thought to be resistant to pay-TV.

Now TV users can choose to test pay-TV by paying as little as £4.99 a month for access to shows such as Game of Thrones on its entertainment channels; £8.99 a month for movies; or £9.99 for a "day pass" to sports, including Premier League football.

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

Good news if true.

---------- Post added at 11:50 ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 ----------

Only more Sky Channels may launch before June.

But STV says viewers in the Glasgow area (STV West) will get STV Glasgow on Virgin Channel 159 from June 2nd.

---------- Post added at 13:06 ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 ----------

BBC3 closure 'not a foregone conclusion', warns trustee.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ounger-viewers

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

=== Owned by Viacom International Media Networks (Europe) ===
- Channel 5

"Richard Desmond is poised to announce the sale of Channel 5 to the US broadcaster that owns MTV for as much as £450m. The US broadcaster, which owns channels including Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, is expected to announce the deal to the New York stock market on Thursday or Friday at the latest."
"Viacom declined to comment. Northern & Shell, Channel 5's parent company, said no deal had yet been concluded."
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...annel-5-viacom

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

Yay Geordie Shore , Jersey Shore , Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant can't wait :rolleyes:

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

Yes there is quite a bit of rubbish there.:td:

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

But let hope Viacom do something better with Channel 5 + 24 slot.

Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
 

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