Cable Forum - General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)

We will still get the channel in HD. Don't be fooled. It's just a change of name. Nothing else changes except that the channel will be devoted to US sports for the designated period.

No I was talking about Sky Sports Racing not the Action rebrand

OLD BOY

21-12-2018 22:49

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Originally Posted by Richc1977 (Post 35976486)

No I was talking about Sky Sports Racing not the Action rebrand

Ah, right! Well, it's being described as a 'new channel', so I guess we will need to wait for the details, although I would have thought that HD was a given.

OLD BOY

22-12-2018 01:17

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35976353)

It seems apps are decreasing in quantity on Virgins platform rather then increasing..

World Box is a poor example, Den! Very poor quality indeed!

epsilon

22-12-2018 16:52

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35976350)

Anyone else notice that Worldbox is stopping on the 1st Feb

https://photos.app.goo.gl/uh48UeTwwpXxXUyz9

Some of the Russian channels will disappear at the end of December.

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35976353)

It seems apps are decreasing in quantity on Virgins platform rather then increasing..

True, the Clubland / NOW app also seems to have gone the way of the dodo.

denphone

22-12-2018 17:00

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Originally Posted by epsilon (Post 35976566)

True, the Clubland / NOW app also seems to have gone the way of the dodo.

All these oodles of forthcoming streaming apps predicted by some have not transpired at all...

OLD BOY

22-12-2018 18:14

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35976572)

All these oodles of forthcoming streaming apps predicted by some have not transpired at all...

But both are examples of streamed linear TV, Den. That just wasn't going to fly - it was the worst of all worlds. Scheduled TV which you couldn't record, and poor quality at that.

If you think this is anywhere near a justification for the view expressed by some who think that nowt will ever change and that that streamed services won't be taking over, you have picked two very bad examples!

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35976572)

All these oodles of forthcoming streaming apps predicted by some have not transpired at all...

Starzplay is coming soon and that will not be the only new SVOD service to appear on Virgin Media in the foreseeable future.

1andrew1

22-12-2018 18:33

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35975708)

Well you explain to me why its not showing up on Virgins platform? unless they have delayed it for reasons other then technical?

Non-appearance is either technical, regulatory or commercial. I would guess commercial in this case taking the hint that it is not technical.

spiderplant

22-12-2018 21:33

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35976622)

Non-appearance is either technical, regulatory or commercial. I would guess commercial in this case taking the hint that it is not technical.

There was no hint. I know nothing about this alleged app. I was just interested in why Den assumes a non-launch is for technical reasons.

Incidentally, I see the webpage has now gone.

denphone

23-12-2018 06:13

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Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35976667)

There was no hint. I know nothing about this alleged app. I was just interested in why Den assumes a non-launch is for technical reasons.

Incidentally, I see the webpage has now gone.

That was the first thing that came into my head l have to agree but obviously what has transpired since suggest a wholly different reason for the non launch.

jfman

23-12-2018 09:14

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Virgin getting to test out 8 HD channels per frequency at the minute with Sky and BT pay per view events at the same time. I wonder if anyone noticed a dip in picture quality on the other six channels or felt that for £20 the picture quality was poor on the PPV.

Tricky Trevor

23-12-2018 14:43

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It seems the promises of lots of apps on the V6 has gone the same way as the promises of new apps when the Tivo launched

OLD BOY

23-12-2018 15:03

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Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor (Post 35976727)

It seems the promises of lots of apps on the V6 has gone the same way as the promises of new apps when the Tivo launched

Not true. Virgin Media see themselves as being aggregators of content. The rubbish linear apps have gone, but we are set to get Starzplay and others look likely to arrive in 2019 as well. Hopefully, Prime may be one of them, given that this has now arrived on BT.

denphone

23-12-2018 15:21

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35976728)

Not true. Virgin Media see themselves as being aggregators of content. The rubbish linear apps have gone, but we are set to get Starzplay and others look likely to arrive in 2019 as well. Hopefully, Prime may be one of them, given that this has now arrived on BT.

Your optimism knows no bounds it seems.;)

Pster72

23-12-2018 16:20

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35976728)

Maybe NOW tv App ;)

muppetman11

23-12-2018 18:39

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35976728)