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As of Monday Night we have been given two "Do Not Post" orders. (New one added on Monday)

As time of posting we have no information on when any of the DNP orders will be removed.

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Sounds like something bubbling away at VM. Hopefully something promising...no idea what though :D

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Perhaps their kettle's auto cut-out switch has failed...

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Will this do?

Virgin Media UK: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/...firm-what.html

Virgin Media Ireland: https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/...nd-reveal.html

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Add an other one...

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3 DNPs, MB
VM must be going into overdrive lol

Any news on the new Virgin Store yet? Still the old format.

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Nope.

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I'm guessing one is the arrival of the Virgin Media Kids tv app

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Good grief Mr K will be having a big turn with all this news.;):D

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so MB got 3 DNP order hope wont be long ones

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That is the vexed question Dave.

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We have seen an "By" date on one of them on when our sources hope to give us the head up to post.

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Will never come. :p:

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What if they are price rises? ;)

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Forever the pessimist l see.;)

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I don't know why I bother even looking at this, how many times has MB posted DNP orders and they've turned out to be the sum total of ZERO!

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Those are one of the three things guaranteed in life the other two being death and taxes.

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Nice to see that MM has not changed his spots.;)

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well he right on that though Den

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DNP 1 - Wait and see.
DNP 2 - Wait and see (Talks ongoing).
DNP 3 - JJ20X may reveal before we can.

That all we will post on the DNP until we can.

Take we will not see an Christmas card from MM any time soon.;)

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What else can you expect from the miserable bugger.;):D

Sorry MM l could not resist that.:waving:

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Let's be honest given the last year or so the 3 channels will probably be

Latvia Today
Northumberland Pidgeon Fanciers channel
The Crotchet and Needlework channel

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No worries Den, I'm not being miserable, just realistic mate!

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No pressure then. :p:

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Aye, it's all been foreign stuff alately.

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Sounds wonderful, I can't wait. :D

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Shhh! the last 2 have DNP orders. :shocked:

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Bike TV has restarted on Virgin Media UK.

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You might not be far wrong my dear man.;)

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Well to be fair he goes on the info provided which is more than what virgin ever tell us

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Well most providers ain't going to be telling the customer until they are ready IMO.

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So so true

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It's for the thrill and excitement of waiting for Atlantic to appear...and then the huge anti-climax that it's only a local channel launch haha :angel:

To be fair to MB he does provide a lot of good info, he can only go on what he is told.

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Had Sky in for 2 weeks now and not watched anything on Sky Atlantic yet!

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I think it's the novelty of just having it rather than actually watching anything on it lol

I'd prefer to have Sky's UHD content over Atlantic, but that's just me.

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Sky Atlantic does terrible numbers. It costs Sky more money than they get. Quite remarkable how spiteful and ridiculous they are. They're willing to LOSE money as they still demand the original amount of money they asked for back in 2014.

Very, very odd!

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Same here but we still have no uhd no just from sky but from anywhere let’s hope the DNP brings UHD

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Any remaining local tv launches should be from the That's TV stable, and they tend to not launch on cable so, maybe the next big news will be Sky Atlantic. Or maybe not. :D

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That would be good. Any UHD content including that from Sky would be great news.

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http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a8...x-set-release/
http://news.sky.com/story/crime-thri...ewers-10925073
Clearly Sky feel it's going just fine.

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same as vast majority of sky customers then ;)

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On the flip side vm were offered it at a price so they are as much to blame as SKY for vm not having sky atlantic, vm could of easily bid for HBO content too when SKY were re-nogotiating with HBO but as usual vm decided not to bid and instead whinge "poor us, big bad SKY won't give us sky atlantic, poor us big bad bt won't give us AMC"
BT, SKY and VM need their heads banging together.

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Can you back that statement up?

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I can't believe that.

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Dave is anti sky atlantic i think mate.

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nope I'm not anti SA just think it so over hyped not the only thing that is mind TBF look at viewing figures vast majority of sky customers don't watch it

PS for the record I do wish sky would change there stance on SA and let other people have it too

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I totally agree with you on it being overhyped all i'm saying is SKY seem open to the idea of it being more widely available now ;)

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SA is Sky's best non premium channel. If you look at the Now TV Entertainment Pack and observe all those programmes we've missed over the years, you would realise that.

Like all Sky's regular channels, the fillers between those programmes tend to be absolute dross.

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Tend to agree. Westworld up for 22 Emmys

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40600522

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It is over hyped yes it has some great shows but you know my method anyway lol.

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Westworld was brilliant not too sure but i heard sky cut some parts out of episodes.
I watched it via hbogo so wouldn't know if what i was told is true or not, i know they have adbreaks when they simlucast hbo shows the same time hbo show them which cuts parts out, hbo does not advertise.
But on the otherhand you pay a lot more for hbo than sky atlantic anyway.

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I think these figures are a little cooked up... Classic Murdoch

My problem with sky atlantic is sky one doesnt have enough quality tv as it is. Theyve now stretched content over several more channels and i dont really understand why. All this content could quite happily be on Sky One.

If people wanted Atlantic that much theyd have left VM and gone to sky by now. They havent. Sky continuing to withhold the channel is very, very spiteful. Theyd make a lot more if it was on VM with advertisement fees.

How Ofcom havent got involved in this tells you everything about the current political situation

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As i've said number of times then vm should bid for content no one is being spiteful it's called business.
Are bt being spiteful with AMC, are vm being spiteful with their on demand exclusives?
Ofcom won't get involved as all three are as bad as each other and ultimately it is us the consumer that ends up suffering.
Many will disagree with me but i stand ny what i have always said vm should never have sold their channels, imo and it is only my opinion i feel vm had a good bargaining chip with their channels.

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But, theone, Ofcom are there to protect the consumer. If they are all as bad as one another as you say, that is more reason to get involved on behalf of consumers.

If VM had their own exclusive channels, this would not solve the problem of not being able to see the programmes you want that are on exclusive channels on other platforms.

I want AMC, Sky Atlantic and ITV Encore on Virgin Media, as I think it is a rip off to expect me to pay Sky an additional sum of money to see these programmes on Now TV, and to fork out pay per view money to Amazon to see AMC dramas.

I am against exclusivity involving programmes, period. I think this practice should be halted by law.

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But recently you said VM should do the same on here or have you forgot ?

It's also worth noting you have no issues with Netflix and Amazon signing exclusive content.

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Its what you call convenient memory loss when it suits him.;)

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And vm.sky,bt etc wonder why people go down the grey area route for content.
Instead of blocking sites they should attempt to put all that energy into sitting down together and thrashing out deals so content can legally be more widely available.
This is just my two cents worth lol but like many i'm growing sick and tired of the cost of tv/broadband rising, poor customer service and getting restricted to what i can do online.
I'm now with a small company (they don't offer tv but i still have sky until my sky contract ends) for £24pm i get 38mbs bb with 10mbs upload truly unlimited it is never slowed down plus payg calls and no sites are blocked either.
I don't hold the big 5 to blame btw for sites getting blocked i blame studios and judges who need to get with the time, again this is only my opinion.
Edit - by get with the times i mean make companies admit that by blocking sites their service is not unlimited as you are restricted, also my gripe with sites getting block is perfectly legal content is getting caught up in the blocks such as legal torrent sites that host drm free content and content from small producers who just want their music to be heard by as many people as possible (yes there is youtube for that but youtube can be a git too for copyright i myself have had several notices for certain music that was in my live gaming streams).

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I have always said that I am against exclusivity of content. The only reason I have advocated exclusive on demand shows for Virgin was to keep up with the competition under the legal framework that currently exists.

I would indeed put Netflix and Amazon in a different category, at least in terms of their original content, because at a relatively low cost, you can choose to add to your other subscriptions without having to pay again for channels you already have. Does anyone really think it's reasonable, for example, for BT to require me to subscribe to their broadband service and pay all over again for TV programmes I already get on Virgin just to receive their AMC channel?

I cannot believe that some on these forums actually think that is fair play!

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Well from the link above 1.2m watched Riviera, Sky has 12m subscribers, can't be more specific as Sky don't break down their figures, that to me says the vast majority of Sky customers (90%) don't watch it.

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Nobody makes you pay any extra for anything it's your decision and a way in which services differentiate themselves from their competitors. If every service carried the same channels , same content the only thing differentiating them would be cost seeing many go under.

It's not like exclusive only happens in the TV world it happens in just about every industry out there. Whether you like it or not it's here to stay.

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You cant just judge that on one tv program, there are other shows on Atlantic, and i'd be surprised if the likes of G.O.T, Billionaire, Ray Donovan, Blue Bloods etc etc, didn't attract higher viewing figures.

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Well, of course it's my decision whether or not to pay a small fortune just to receive one channel, but that doesn't make it right, does it?

You are not the first to espouse this fatalistic approach that it is as it is and nothing will ever change. Depressing to hear things like that being stated by young people. Where's the fire in your belly, young man?

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I think it is you, Den, who is misremembering my comments! I have only promoted the idea of exclusivity of content as a means of keeping up with the competition.

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If they didn't attract the audience then SKY wouldn't of ploughed so much into the new agreement.
I agree with you mm.

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Yes OFCOM is there to protect the customer. But the body that ulitmately controls them, the powers that be in whitehall, have laid down the policy they must operate under. They for one must not restrict any competition that makes the platforms different from one another or they would be seen as restricting the choice of the consumer. As with other utlilities, switching supplier is to be encouraged & we are all not doing enough of it apparently!.

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True to an extent, but maybe in their annual report they can highlight the fact that the current arrangement is not in the consumer's interests.

The AMC example I've given in my earlier post is a good demonstration of this. Competition is not working as well as it should in this sector; it needs Government intervention.

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What I find odd is that the V6 obviously doesn't suggest or record Wishlists from encrypted channels that you don't subscribe to.

However, I keep getting entries in my planner for RTE Radio even though the V6 says I'm not authorised to receive it!

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I would expect that as it isn't an encryption issue. The V6 suggestions routine won't be able to predict that there is an error causing the "authorisation" issue. I'm a little surprised that this issue still hasn't been resolved.

On another note, I've been told that video & audio streams for the "Internal" channel tests for the new Sky Sports channels were added to customer facing networks between the 13th & 14th of July.

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Did we find out what will be on sky sports main event, arena and the other daftly named one? I'm assuming sports which don't fit in the other channels will be lashed there?

Surprised sky gave all the HD channels too. And sky sports news loses the daft HQ name

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Daft because vm don't own them?
Seems to be a lot of negativity towards SKY from you lately sir have you bee blinded by VMs lies of "it's not us it's big bad SKY and big bad BT they won't let us have channels for peanuts"
WWe will be on Arena i think along probably with boxing etc.
Anyway sources tell me BT are looking into launching a rival channel for Sky sports news hq and will want it on all platforms as they will use it to promote other BT channels and services, this if true indicates to me that the rumours from awhile back might be true that BT are also looking to launch a channel to rival sky1.
Maybe AMC is going 24hrs and going to get more content from other networks, exciting times ahead maybe.

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Well, let's hope you are right about these channels broadcasting on all platforms, theone. That is definitely the right way to go.

The danger is that more exclusive channels could start launching, which would mean
that more and more programmes could only be accessed from one platform. So to see all the shows you wanted, increasingly, viewers would have to pay a lot more to subscribe to each platform.

I am therefore living in hope that if there is a BT One to rival Sky One, and it is made available on all platforms, as VM did with Virgin One. It would be good to see AMC as well losing its exclusive tag. I'm personally not at all bothered about a possible BT Sports News, but pleased to hear that you think this would be on all platforms.

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I'd never seen the "Not Authorised" message before until the RTE problem- until today. After having to reboot the box because of a different long standing problem, it said it for ITV HD until the box had settled down!

I agree, it's surprising that VM have allowed this to go on for so long. I have been given a token amount off my bill for the inconvenience, but it's getting beyond a joke now after about eight months.

I've written to RTE to see what they have to say about it, as they will be paying VM to be on they platform. Hopefully this might prompt VM into doing something about this.

I can't imagine that this would have been allowed to go on for so long if it was a more mainstream channel.

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I don't think it'll be too long until AMC arrives on vm tbh apart from the Eiresport spat vm and BT seem to be on pretty good terms.

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Looks interesting, this. Let's hope it's in addition to, and not instead of, the US drama shows on this channel. My concern is that the drama may all disappear onto Sky Atlantic.

http://advanced-television.com/2017/...-sky-1-revamp/


Sky unveils entertainment-led Sky 1 revamp



In a week where the pay-TV operator has instigated a revamp of its premium sports channels, executives at Sky have revealed a commissioning strategy that will see Sky 1 feature what they describe as “new, ambitious and action-packed entertainment shows”.

At a Broadcasting Press Guild briefing in Sky’s west London HQ, Phil Edgar Jones, Head of Entertainment at Sky revealed three new Sky Original Productions set to debut on the channel this autumn and winter. Sing It (working title) the UK’s first authentic a capella singing contest, Revolution (working title), an extreme sport action-entertainment show that will pitch skateboarders, BMXers and skaters against one another, and Carmageddon (working title), an epic clash where pimped-up, battle-ready cars will face their judgement day.


According to Edgar Jones, Sky is making Sky 1 “even bigger, bolder and better,” with the three new productions. “They signify a new direction for the channel,” he added.

Adam Macdonald, Director of Sky 1 HD, confirmed that the productions were intended to be long-running, returning shows. “We can’t just do an occasional special,” he admitted. Zai Bennett, Director of Programmes for Sky UK, stressed that if Sky introduces a new show, “it has to be the best of its kind”.

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would not be surprised if sky did move some things to SA but we have to wait and see I guess

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Well, it certainly appears that possession of your own channels only gets you so far when negotiating with Sky...


http://www.seenit.co.uk/bt-tv-custom...ports-pricing/

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Did I miss anything?

Sky Sports 4 has been rebrand as Sky Sports The Open.

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I thought the re-branding was from tomorrow, and channel 515 was going to be called Sky Sports Golf. Must be another one of their silly pop-ups.

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Sky Sports The Open will move to Channel 515 tomorrow. And will be rebrand as Sky Sports Golf from next Monday.

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Unconfirmed reports are coming in that Sky Cinema Greats will be rebrand as Sky Cinema Superheroes from July 24th to until August 23rd.

https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_...re_EPG_changes

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One of those shows is Strike back (reboot) trust me.

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The sad thing is though as the big 3 start their pettiness it is us the consumer who ends up suffering i've said it before i'll say it again SKY,VM and BT need their heads banging together.
All three cry about people using illegal routes to obtain content they should take a good long hard look at themselves, actually i'm going to exclude VM from this as on this occasion they aren't to blame as they don't provide content.
BT and SKY keep pushing their luck it is going to backfire on them spectacularly.

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Hi there, my first post here but had to make an account for this and hoping to find more info.. :)

I spoke to Virgin last week about renewing my package, i asked about the WWE Network and was put through to the right department for my question, when i asked the lady if the WWE Network was ever going to come to Virgin she said it was going to be there in the next update.. which she said was at least a month away (obviously an update for the new Sky channels are coming this week but i hope they throw in the app at the same time). I asked her numerous times about the network app and she just kept saying yes it is coming.

I really hope she is right and not just fobbing me off about it, i might call back this week for some verification, really hope we get it though. :)

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I'm assuming you mean Billions if so I agree it's a great series in my opinion.

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Oh, God, this drives me INSANE! :banghead:

Please, let's start a new thread for these annoying temporary channel re-brands, so we can ignore them!!

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you know sky love there channel rebrands OB

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No plans to start an "Rebrand" thread.

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BT customers would be as well signing up for the NOW TV monthly sports price. They'll get all channels in 720p instead of 1 channel in HD for the same price. It's a no brainer.

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The time scale we have is by the end of this year, info we have so far indicates you will still need to subscribe to WWE Network via WWE and you would just log in via the v6 app, i must stress these are only estimated timelines. VM customer service are well known though for lying but on this occasion they may be correct as it does tie in with the timeframe we have.

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Or even contacting SKY they may get them a lot cheaper by taking a SKY tv pack i know someone who has the box set pack plus SKY Sports for £25pm for 12 months.

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Yes, my mistake MM, I did indeed mean Billions.

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All Sky Sports channels has been rebrand.

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I don’t think the sky sports rebrand is a good deal

For just one channel on its own is £18, £25 for he

For just two channels it’s £22, £29 for he

For three channels is £26, £33 for HD

But once you select 3 channels they advise all sky sports for £27.5, £34 for he

It is still £4 cheaper than VM

Also sky sports action and arena counts as one channel and both football as one channel. But £18 for football good deal because the hd pack is still £7 even for just two football channels, and main event is only with sports pack, why is there still a hd charge

There is a new customer deal all sky sports for £20 for a year, how do they plan to sell one for £18 to existing customers

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sky wont drop HD sports charge that's why

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Action and Arena seem to be charged as one channel but the two football channels seem to definitely be charged as two channels.

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But say you just wanted the premier football you would pay £7 to watch the one channel in HD

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If you have SKY Movies on SKY then it's only £10 to add 1 sports channel

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You'd be surprised what people will pay to watch football that's half the problem.

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Sadly virgin still won’t change there Stance on this and won’t back down

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sky are in total control of the HD charge nothing VM can do about it sadly

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This revamp of Sky 1 makes me wonder if it's a pre emptive strike before BT start their rumoured channel aimed at upsurping Sky 1.

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The BT channel or channels rumour certainly seems to have some heat behind it.

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You have evidence of this?
Just kidding mate i think the HD charge is here to stay for quite awhile.
VR tv seems to be the next big thing that's going to launch prob late next year now that will ber interesting.

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Well Vince is going to be doing cartwheels Skysports newsHQ is now called Skysports news

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Re: ITV Encore.

A trusted source says that it was a four year deal with Sky..

Sky approached ITV and offered to pay for carriage and half of playout costs in return for making it an encrypted Sky exclusive with a revenue sharing agreement.

It's not doing too well at all with regards to viewing figures. It's been speculated that it will become FTA, close or become available to other platforms when the deal expires next June.

Did the promised new programming ever materialise? If not, maybe ITV were pulling a fast one at Skys expense :D

Home and Dave are the latest channels to become FTA on satellite, I wonder if VM will move these down to the M/Player packs, or if they will do as they seem to be doing and putting channels available on Freeview into the M+/Mix packages??

Those with access to Freesat who are unable to get these channels via their VM package will be able to receive Dave on channel 157 and Home on channel 166 from 1/8/17.

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Sky sport channel rebrand is a bit daft. Sky cricket is good in principle but they don't show county cricket games anymore do they? So whats the point? Plus what will happen in the winter?? A channel for west indies test matches this summer? Since the ashes is on BT i believe.

Sky golf yes that makes sense since golf is on all year round. Sky F1 is still mainly empty half of the year.

Sky sports main event is just a channel to re-broadcast what ever main sport is on being shown live on the other channels...again what is the point? The premier league channel will just broadcast documentaries constantly when the 3 matches a week arent on. Do you need a channel for that?

Sky sports football more documentaries and a few MLS games, EFl and spanish games on at the weekend.

Sky sports action seems to be ...lash anything on here we can't fit anywhere and sky sports arena seems to just be constant loops of the same boxing match.

Instead of making up content or throwing repeats on 9 channels why not just have the 5 channels and just spread your live content about?

"lol david im from sky sports and this helps people find what they want better"

im sorry if you cant find things via an electronic program guide by now you probably dont even have the sport channels...

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This is SKY we're on about common sense and SKY tend not to go hand in hand.
Also comical is skysports mix is now in the entertainment section on SKY.

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Update: ITV Encore has been broadcasting FTA for brief periods, hopefully this is an indication that it isn't closing and that Sky want to kick it out of the Sub Club early.

This would pave the way for it to join VM (and other platforms).

Now if only Sky Atlantic viewing figures would plummet :D

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I'd have thought that this would be against their own EPG rules too. Also, if this move is deemed to be 'Fair, reasonable and non discriminatory', what's to stop a channel like Eurosport moving down its EPG slot to a more desirable place in the entertainment section of the EPG!?

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There is very little to watch on ITV Encore that isn't available on VM On Demand under the ITV Collections section or ITV 3. Basically, it's mainly repeats of programmes already shown on ITV, so it's not surprising that so few people watch it. The channel can't possibly be paying its way, so expect this to be put out on all platforms before much longer (with the possible exception of BT, if Sky's spat with them continues).

The only programme of note that we watch is 'The Americans'.

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Talking about Eurosport:

Reports on a516digital say that Discovery are in talks to takeover Scripps Networks Interactive the owners of Travel Channel, Food Network and 50% of UKTV (Gold, Drama and Home plus others)

Viacom are waiting to see what happen and may launch bid for Scripps Networks Interactive.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/07/d...ecome-one.html