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Most likely been mentioned but vm are starting to rol out 300mb on a wider scale.
Meanwhile others such as Bt are currently trialing 1gbs service, no doubt vm will launch 1gb in due course (when everyone else has moved up to 5gbs).

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They can stick it where the sun don't shine it won't be welcomed in the city i live in.

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I think VM should be a FREE service, as all we get are crap channels that VM can get for FREE

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Should your shopping, petrol, energy bei free too?
I might slate vm a lot as they're a bunch of clowns but end of the day they are a business and do offer the second most ammount of premium channels in the uk.

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Possibly, but that is pretty much what I was saying. If they sit around waiting for contracts to expire and totally ignore new channels that is not being proactive.

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This isn't Sky Atlantic, it's a FTA channel, negotiations shouldn't be extremely complicated procedures. If they are trying to build their Asian audience, as recent acquisitions suggest, then neglecting to add the replacement for one of the most viewed Asian channels certainly isn't being proactive. I tend to agree with MB on this, VM are continuing the old Telewest method of sitting on their hands and watching the world pass by...

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Nah, that's when they will start promising their upgrades, gradually rolling over the upgrade date by additional months as they fail to start by the previously announced date. (Sounds familiar?) - This also seems to be the method used when providing updates for service faults. Subscribe to text updates for a few faults, it's quite amazing how they send a daily update with the fix date slipping by a further day with each text.

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And pigs should fly?

VM's TV offering is becoming less competitive with constant price increases and unreliable due to ageing hardware but I don't think a free service will "coming soon" or at all.

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Sorry Arthur but that is not the reality of any business as if everything was free any company would go bust within a day old boy.

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Not Sony Movies, though. :afire:

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l am sure it will arrive in due time OB.;)

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Did someone say vm had H2hd as a exclusive?
If so it didn't last very long as from 3rd october 2016 H2hd is now on BT tv too also added were davehd, edenhd and one more i can't remember lol.
BT are new playersin a sense, vm really need to up their game one thinks if they are to remain competetive in the tv market.
In other news vms on demand content is set to double within the next 12 months no names have been mentioned yet apart from Starz but lg are in talks with several USA networks to get backlogs of programming available via on demand on vm, one feels NBC is one of the networks so you could see classics such as airwolf, knightrider etc appear on vms on demand service in due course.

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It is good that they are increasing on demand content but at the moment my box cant cope with it takes an age to load so I use Tvs own smart hub instead hopefully the V6 will solve the problem and be reasonably priced.

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I also believe BT will overtake Virgin Media as the main rival to Sky unless they (Virgin Media) up their game.

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Sounds like you have answered the first part of your post "VM need to up their game" with your details of VM's on-demand ambitions.
Looking at the rest of VM's weaknesses:
4G- launching this month
New box - launching around year end
Network - expansion underway
Channel gaps - many significant gaps filled
Wifi network - bought Arqiva's network but no plans announced yet to offer wifi from Superhubs or VM's own cabinets.
Conclusion: Highly positive but how VM tackles the new box will be crucial so understandably they're not announcing anything until nearer the time. To those finding on-demand slow on Tivo boxes slow, they're not the only slow devices around. Try Demand 5 on an original YouView or Now TV white box and you will be overjoyed when you return to Tivo! :D

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BT still have a considerable way to go IMO to become the main rivals to Sky rather then Virgin Media.

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Let's not forget that these companies are operating in four areas:
- Broadband offering
- TV platform
- Mobile offering
- Original content

Sky has no mobile presence but two TV platforms. VM has only a miniscule original content presence. Each company has its strengths but these will probably narrow over time.

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In terms of Joe public those are the 4 areas but VM and BT (Openreach) also operate in the infrastructure market which may not be something a consumer would take interest of when making a decision but still a big factor in how VM, BT and Sky operate.

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Good point and obviously that's an area where Sky is weak but like VM with content has chosen to be so.