Cable Forum - Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.

It was Glenn, and he said he was told November....

Quoting unsubstantiated comments in another forum or blog isn't very helpful - repetition of unsubstantiated claims only devalues any valid information you may provide, if I can offer you some advice.

HD Boy

28-09-2011 11:37

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Who told him a insider ?

Stephen

28-09-2011 11:38

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Originally Posted by Dhansak (Post 35306224)

Also - isnt Sky Movies Classic - just going to upscale classic movies that were not filmed in HD - which the TiVo or some TVs do anyway.....so whats the fascination in having a Classic HD channel????

Don't you know how HD actually works? Those old movies were shot on film which have a much higher resolution that HD requires so any old Movie shot on film is essentially HD. Some Blu Rays of classic films actually look way better than some new digitally shot HD films!

HD Boy

28-09-2011 13:03

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 35306349)

Completely agree with you.

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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35306344)

"Gleen" over at the Nialli's HD blog has been told ITV2,3,4 HD are coming to Virgin Media in november. Go to near the bottom of this page http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blo...54304946013383

I have sent a email asking peter chapman asking about ITV2,3,4HD

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Someone was told ITV 2,3,4 HD was coming to Virgin Media in November ? Is this true ? It would be great news if it was true.

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Dear Martin
We haven't made any announcements re ITV HD channels.

Peter Chapman

Associate Director, Content Acquisition

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Will i have to wait and see :)

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I'm afraid so, I cant give you any information we haven't made public

Peter Chapman

Associate Director, Content Acquisition

It looks ITV 2,3,4 HD is coming and have not made it public yet

Hugh	28-09-2011 13:15

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How many times does he have to tell you?

It might not be being made public because there is nothing to be made public....

borrissey

28-09-2011 13:17

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ITV 2, 3, 4 HD will come eventually IMO.

IMO the big one to get still is Sky sports HD 3&4.

HD Boy

28-09-2011 13:20

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Will we just have to wait and see

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Originally Posted by borrissey (Post 35306398)

ITV 2, 3, 4 HD will come eventually IMO.

IMO the big one to get still is Sky sports HD 3&4.

Espn America HD as well . It has 90% HD content

borrissey

28-09-2011 13:28

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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35306399)

Will we just have to wait and see

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Espn America HD as well . It has 90% HD content

Yeah in terms of HD content but not in viewing figures.

Yesterday I had to watch the Man United game in SD which sucked especially when the icon came up saying upgrade to HD now.

HD Boy

28-09-2011 13:35

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Originally Posted by borrissey (Post 35306402)

Yeah in terms of HD content but not in viewing figures.

Yesterday I had to watch the Man United game in SD which sucked especially when the icon came up saying upgrade to HD now.

I agree The Man U game in SD did not look good.

borrissey

28-09-2011 13:41

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Originally Posted by HD Boy (Post 35306405)

I agree The Man U game in SD did not look good

The PQ was poor might be cause I'm used to watching HD channels mostly these days.

I mostly watch Sky Sports HD 1&2 cause most of the top sport is on there but sometimes like yesterday it's on Sky sports 3&4. So having 3&4 in HD will come in handy.

Sky Sports News HD will be nice to have but not a big deal. Sky News HD I don't care about cause it's a horrible channel.

Chad	28-09-2011 13:51

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35306073)

All reference to Box Nation being on Virgin has now been removed:

http://www.boxnation.tv/

WTF? Does anyone know if Box Nation really are in talks with Virgin? I e-mailed Box Nation 2 days ago asking for more info regarding their launch on virgin but nothing back so far.

As crazy as this might sound I will have to leave Virgin if this isn't coming to cable. Forget movies, forget football, forget on demand, forget HD, boxing is my main passion and not being able to access a dedicated boxing channel is too much for me to take.

If anyone knows something is in the pipeline, but can't post here, please PM me. I just called Virgin customer services who know nothing about the channel. I don't want to leave Virgin because I have a sweet deal on my package however there comes a time when a difficult decision has to be made, and I'm about a day away from making it.

An now the Virgin logo's are back on the Box Nation website once more:

http://www.boxnation.tv/

I wish someone would confirm what is happening. The channel launches in 2 days time.

HD Boy

28-09-2011 13:53

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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35306407)

An now the Virgin logo's are back on the Box Nation website once more:

http://www.boxnation.tv/

I wish someone would confirm what is happening. The channel launches in 2 days time.

There logo is away again

gcampbell

28-09-2011 13:58

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Originally Posted by borrissey (Post 35306398)

ITV 2, 3, 4 HD will come eventually IMO.

IMO the big one to get still is Sky sports HD 3&4.

The big one to get must be Sky Atlantic - ITV 2, 3, 4 and SKy Sports we at least get in SD, Sky Atlantic we don't get at all.

I am not interested in Box Nation but sympathise with those who are and are desparately waiting to hear if VM will have it, it reminds me of the Sky Atlantic launch - sadly I wouldn't be surprised if a similar outcome comes along.

zekeisaszekedoes

28-09-2011 15:07

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What I'm most curious about, is which HD channels will become available to which tiers, i.e. do these new ones only apply to those with L and XL packages or are M+ getting a few of them in addition to the regular BBC HD, BBC ONE HD, ITV 1 HD, 4 HD, 5 HD.

BenMcr

28-09-2011 15:09

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Personally, I can't see M+ getting more than the six HD channels it has anytime soon.

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