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LOL I knew you'd pick up on that. I didn't mean to imply you did fella! Just making the point.

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l know that but l do enjoy playing Coco the clown at times especially with some of the younger ones in our wider family.:D:D:D

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I take it no-one else has had this letter yet?! I certainly haven't.

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Me either, beginning to look a bit suss.:rolleyes:

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Another false dawn? :(

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Yes you could be right.

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I know quite a few of them? But that is for a different thread:erm:

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I had the letter come through the post yesterday and I don't subscribe to Sky Sports. I can confirm it does say what the OP stated about the red button with an asterisk which states "coming to Tivo boxes soon". I'll try to upload a picture if I can find it.

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Found it! (It was in the bin, so sorry about the stains).
http://i56.tinypic.com/14d0gpj.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2ajurs4.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2d82ro7.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/4t6ots.jpg

There was an accompanying letter too. So as you can see from the pictures, the leaflet is targetted towards those not currently subscribing to Sky Sports and you shouldn't be surprised that you haven't received one yet.

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Well l have not received a letter but hopefully next Saturday the football first should work then according to this information.

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great someone on here got the letter only 7 days to go can't wait

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Nice one nn012 thanks for the trouble you went to...appreciated.

So this letter is going out to VM customers comfirming Football First but VM Customer care on Twitter et al can't confirm if we're getting Football First.. this is EXACTLY why some of us get SO frustrated with VM!!!!

They are a great company, in time i believe will be way ahead of the field when it comes to TV but their PR is a joke!

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Communication is their biggest weakness by far but they do have many great strengths as well.

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I also got the leaflet after i gave up taking sky sports its obviously targetted at those that do not take the sky sports package,i got well cheesed off after Red Button cricket appeared on sky a couple of months ago,but was not made available to VMs sky sports subscribers,i now stream all my cricket for free off the web,and even get the sky sports commentary.LOL:D:D

However if Red Button ever does get sorted out i may be willing to shell out £22.50 a month again,if not its their loss not mine.;)

VMs communication is worse then dire in my view.:(

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Do you guys think it will work for La Liga games too at the end of the season when they sometimes put Real Madrid or Barcelona on red button?

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l wish l could answer that question but l do not know whether that will be on.

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I just ordered a standard Virgin Media box so I can get red button for the football season (I have Tivo right now) and they said on the phone it would be free as I'm on the XL package. I'm having it installed on the same TV as I don't have 2 TV's.

I wondered if this will normally enter me into a new contract or is adding a box not part of the contract service?

Please help as I might have to cancel as I move out in July.

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It will normally tie you in to a new 12 month contract? But you should be able to move the services to the new property (if cabled)

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Thanks.

Well even if I don't I will only have to pay a few months cancellation fee right?

But I'm having the V HD box installed on the same TV as my Tivo box, would there be a problem with that? or will the engineer be ok with it?

It will be good because when I move into a bigger house (I live in a bed-sit right now) I can put it in my bedroom or kitchen the other box (provided I move into a cable area which I've had problems with in the past)

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So long as your TV has two HDMI sockets you'll be fine , assuming you want HD on both boxes, if not you could connect one via start.

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Only 1 HD socket but it's possible to disconnect 1 when I'm not using it.

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Or plug an adaptor in what gives you more than one HDMI.

Something like this http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tv...-hdmi-2x1.html

There's probably cheaper that's just first I found.

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The guy on the phone was helpful and gave me free installation. BTW he said they defiantly got the red button for the football season, they got told it.

I went through to retention's which probably helped (not the foreign-based call centers)

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Glad to hear it mate , hope you enjoy it.

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Yes it is I have swapped the Tivo and the V+ boxes over and they are in different rooms. So it is possible to do and easy as well.

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Just be aware that you'll have to cover the IR receiver on the box you're not watching as they both respond to most of the same remote codes.

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does the red button start next week?

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That my friend is the $24,000 question, that so far no one as got a definative answer to. I am sure that if anyone finds out it will be posted. :D

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Well l hope so or certain forum members will have steam coming out of their earsand heads.:banghead::banghead:

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I bet the red button will not start, and if it does, there will be problems with it.

FOOTBALL FIRST is a must for football fans.

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Well Arthur this saturday we shall see.

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i been told you will not have the red button till october . this news come from the red button team ?

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Who did you speak to or did you phone them up .

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No such team exists.

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l thought not but surely you must know if the 2nd phase is starting on saturday with football first DF.

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VM said it would be available in the spring email for 2011/12 premiership footie season... not heard anything about it not being ready.

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You know you have got your politician's hat on again DF.;)

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It's my honest answer though :)

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well cc told me there was but i think we will get it before then

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I think they were quoting the October update for TiVo, rather than Sky Sports red button on V and V+ boxes.

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l know that.:)

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from Media Boy Sky Sports red button should be fully available (As Far As I Know) for Saturday. from media boy insiders it on the comeing soon froum pag 68

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Here is an link: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post1007.html

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yes just seen that great news hopefully red button for tivo not be to long away

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Does match choice have longer highlights than when they just show them in order through the night?

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I like the word "fully" hopefully that means it's full red button fuction.. or am I reading too much into that? :p:

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Here you go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_First

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Hopefully Charlotte Jackson is presenting it.. a bomb.. ;)

Or that other girl, Hayley?

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Football First match Choice has 1 hour of highlights from all the games except ESPN game.

Game of the day as you know shows that match in its entirety.

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Match choice is good but the real golden egg of red button is Champion's League for me.

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Yes l agree.

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Yes, I agree aswell, this is definitely one of the things I like most about the SS red button.

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Yup...champion's league for me...

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Having the red button is what VM customers have wanted for ages and touch wood it happens this Saturday and stays.

What red button functions are there this weekend on Sky Sports? anyone know? apart from match choice

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Just a matter of interest, the red button is currently available on Sky Sports 4; The Montreal Masters Tennis.

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Yes I just put it on to check.(sky user) usual options

Video menu
Live coverage
Match choice
Draw
Results
Stats

3 screens on main
1 masters,
2 Replay
3 Court bin.

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Is it working the same as Sky's?

or did i misread your post and it's not working for Virgin customers?

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I have it working :D after I rebooted my box as it crashed the first time I pressed red tonight.

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Was it the same that the new to cable guy mentioned on Sky?

Good news! hopefully it will be on all the time now when there's red button content

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I checked the Red Button Tennis last night and it had following functions.

Thanks Virgin :luv:

Video menu
Live coverage
Match choice
Draw
Results
Stats

3 screens on main
1 masters,
2 Replay
3 Court bin.

Re: sky sports red button
 

We shall see, unfortunately until VM confirm what is going on, the only way we will know is when we try to watch football first on Saturday.

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Is there any red button content now I can check if my red button is working and will work for Skysports?

thanks.

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Try at 5pm Sky Sports 4 (514) the tennis is on then. Even if it works there is no guarantee that it will work at the weekend

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Thanks mate

I wish there was something to try now :p:

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Try the BBC radio channels. They use the same red button mechanism as Sky.

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Found this on the VM help and support forums, TiVo subscribers look away now,

Only time will tell if this is correct or not.

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Well we shall see at the weekend what it all entails.

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red button is working for the tennis right now on sky sports 4 on virgin

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Yes it has match choice so thats great.

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It's working for me too... GET IN!!!! :D

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And me result :D:D:D

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All seems well here as well all options are available and working:D

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Did any of you guys have to reboot your box first? I did.. strange

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No l did not have to reboot.

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Glad to hear it :D

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I did yesterday ,but after I rebooted everything was fine today. So hopefully the reboot will have sorted the issue for you as well.:D

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Pleased to here yours is working too .:p:

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here too after 3 reboots i go it too but i got to go too my bedroom to get it as my tivo in the liveing room it pan

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Had to reset the box the first time as the screen got stuck on the "Just a moment" box. Worked fine the second time after a reset.

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Hope vm get there finger out and tell us what is happening with ssrb

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Well with all these troubles in London etc who knows if the footie will go ahead to see if it works!!

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got a friend who has it working on SS4 atm on his virgin box, but not on mine *Rage*

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scratch that, works on SS4, but not 2 for the football

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There is no interactive stream on SS2 that's why.

Re: sky sports red button
 

any news on if we're going to be getting access to football first yet?

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yes it starting on saturday

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Hey im a tivo user and was wondering when the red button will launch? I was told when I signed up it was just weeks away.

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Well l think it will be several months before the red button comes to the tivo.

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no one knows that yet sadly hope it not too far away

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Hopefully October but who knows.

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ok lads & lasses, if you access guide on your remote, then press 9, help & info then press 2, virgin tv, then press 2 again, red button & interactive services, then press 4, it will explain that the red button service is now available.

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it is not on tivo till october

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When are the 1st Champion's League group stage games played?

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september 18th

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Its Charlie/New to cable under yet another guise, hooray... :rolleyes:

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For the first time in awhile I'm excited about something about Virgin!

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Well there seems that there is no red button functionality for the test cricket today.

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Has anyone noticed that the red button comparison no longer appears on Sky's 'Sky vs Virgin' page, but it does still appear on their 'Sky vs BT' page. I would like to think that this means that we will get the full service (at least until Sky find another way of delivering exclusive stuff to their own customers). Perhaps it's time to get Sky Sports back if we are finally getting what we are paying for!
On a separate note, does anyone know if it is possible to set V+ to record red button stuff?

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No l don't think you can do that.

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Interesting... here's the link if people want to see :0)

http://www.sky.com/shop/sports/home/...y-virginmedia/

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Thanks!

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it does not say that sky sports news hd is only on sky on 'Sky vs Virgin' page"