Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

... but they wouldn't have rolled out the V6 though ... or would they?

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

After watching the latest twitter update from UKTV I have gleaned the following

So basically VM want to carry the free to air channels, but charge UKTV to be on the EPG, and charge us to view them. VM are not interested in the Pay channels clearly.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

I've just spoken to a Sky agent who told me they'll pay up to £100 to buy you out of a contract with VM!

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

The outcry this time is massive but virgin now closed disscussions until such time as uktv wanting to compromise

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

Virgin Media haven’t spoken to us for a couple of days now, we’d advised getting in touch with them. From UKTV press office on Twitter. https://twitter.com/UKTVPress/with_replies. Its further down the page. Someone is therefore telling lies about still being in discussions.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

They spoke to each other yesterday on BBC breakfast through their mouthpieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwldQ6QHpyI&t=84s

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

Thanks for that. It really does not look like there will be a quick resolution.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

If as it always seems to come down to money. I myself would happily pay £1 extra for the channels back no question. After all we are being robbed blind as it is. for a service that gets shoddier by the day since Liberty Global took over. If half of VM customers would also pay £1 that's 2 million quid. surely enough to sort out this cr@p

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

Could be the whole point of this, to sell a price rise. Much like the reintroduced Toblerone - good news it's back , but you'll have to pay more !

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

You can watch it through one of the apps on a connected TV, or through Roku or Amazon Fire. You don't have to watch it on a computer.

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I think they are looking at 'higher end' audiences, whatever that means.

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Well, as they say, you don't get owt for nowt!

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How has it got shoddier, exactly, and why blame Liberty Global? This is the first serious carriage dispute for quite a while, and if you recall, Sky very nearly went dark on the Discovery channels just recently.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

Update from UKTV

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses...87655387525120

Interesting bit on the free channels VM want to sell the channels to the customer but make UKTV pay them for the privilege

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Very true. There's an old saying in business that it can takes years to build up good customer and seconds to lose it.

I don't think they'll want to pull out of providing TV tho as they need to compete in the triple play market.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

Is the 2 year old running UKTV now.

All UKTV Channels could be on freeview anyway after all we pay £150.50 per year to make 70% of UKTV's output.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

The first two weeks of TV Player are free and there is no contract.

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Interesting that he says that only some people have been offered a discount like myself and that only some are being allowed to leave penalty free. The majority are getting neither.

He also agrees with me (well my solicitor) that this change is so significant that VM cannot use their generic get out clause for this that they put into their t&c's.

In addition, I would argue that to be able to use this get out clause, VM would have had to give us 30 days notice, which they didn't.

Re: VM loses UKTV channels
 

Freeview and Freesat both pay to carry UKTV channels, UKTV buy from the BBC commercial arm.