Re: sky sports red button
 

It's marketing speak... they are always on another planet :D he he

Re: sky sports red button
 

They could do with a course from The Plain English society in VM marketing dept then. As they are struggling to get the right message across.;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Is there anything i'm missing re Sky Arts HD, as you advise I am pretty sure I have read their statements on this in full over the last 6 months.

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Sky's website is a bit of a maze, and as for BT!!

Corporate gobbledegook from all three, i'm sure I am guilty of it too.

Re: sky sports red button
 

No further info at the moment, Mersey. Sorry.

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Cheers DF, hopefully April then when the prices rise. As you quite rightly say if we want more content we should expect to pay more, and I will.

Re: sky sports red button
 

You dont mind paying more if we get the content.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Your wish is VM's command.... more stuff is coming. They are keen to keep improving the tv service.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Indeed and as we will be paying more i'll expect something new channel wise in April. Not in another 9 months!

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I am not moaning but just saying lets see it appear before we shout from the rooftops because we should have had it like last year like several other things as well DF, l am not anti Virgin but l am not pro Virgin either like some forum members, in my mind their communication leaves a lot to be desired at the moment.

Re: sky sports red button
 

And with TiVo the platform is in place

Virgin intend to reach 50 HD Channels by the end of the year

There will be more SD Channels arriving (some will be +1)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Did Neil Berkett drop you as a baby LOL :D

Certain things Virgin do annoy me from time to time and the lack of channel updates can be frustrating however if I felt the way you did I'd have moved to sky ages ago.

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They have to HD is a growth Market

http://www.cable.co.uk/blogs/2011/01...urther-growth/

Re: sky sports red button
 

are you sure? :D

If VM gave dates for everything they were going to do, it would be commercial suicide.

Competitors would plan things to spoil launches & get to content before them. Remember the merger with ITV? ;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

That article states VM had a penetration rate of 38 percent (1.4 million customers) so I would imagine HD is highly important to the bigwigs at VM.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yeah it is. very much so.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Thats a lot of channels to increase to, are there that many more available.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Sky have about 52 or something like that.

VM are commited to making sure it all goes on to XL too :)

Re: sky sports red button
 

In an investors presentation Neil Berkett stated there would be 80 HD channels within 2-3 years , so if you say 3 years thats 17 a year.

Re: sky sports red button
 

We seem to be saying that we will have the same amount of HD channels as sky by the end of the year, I cant see that but great if it does.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Sky will also have more.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Virgin say the red button on sky sports will be available from the 2011-2012 season. Don`t know why the wait unless its a technical matter?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Sky's red button app is totally incompatible with the cable software/hardware. it has been written from scratch with VM and Sky, so yes - it's technical ;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

See post 97 for clarification.:D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Thanks for the clarification Digital Fanatic thats good enough for me honestly.:D:D;);):cleader:

Re: sky sports red button
 

I have read it in full so basically we should have it in some form in a few weeks time from what l can work out is that right DF.

Re: sky sports red button
 

By April, I was told, on Thursday.

regards

John

Re: sky sports red button
 

That's correct, yes :)

Re: sky sports red button
 

we haveing the sky sports red button in few weeks ?

Re: sky sports red button
 

yes

Re: sky sports red button
 

Good news at last.

Re: sky sports red button
 

thanks do you think we have the CRICKET World Cup i know some games will be by the red button with football first ?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Just checked dates for CWC and might not be ready for that!

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it would be really really really great if the Red Button it was avaliable for the Cricket World Cup !

will it be on the V+ or all STBs ?

Re: sky sports red button
 

All stbs. Might not be ready for CWC though as that starts 19th Feb?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Surely if the red button was coming they would have mentioned it in their latest advert? Virgin don't exactly advertise very often. Given that sky have just heralded Atlantic I would have thought virgin would want to strike back tv wise asap? Obviously not!

Re: sky sports red button
 

You had an email about it :rolleyes:

http://www.virginmediapeople.com/pricingguide/#top

Re: sky sports red button
 

Just seen that ta. So April or August?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Closer to April. :)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Thanks:)

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Could anyone (and I mean you DF ;) xxx ) confirm if the red button on Sky Sports will include Football First/Match Choice. My brother in law wants to know :)

The reason I ask is that Sky seemed to suggest (on their compare and contrast web advert) that VM would only get a warered down version of Red button but from the list i saw on VM website it looks pretty much like everything.

Football first/match choice would seem the obvious one they would leave us out of.

Cheers :)

Re: sky sports red button
 

As I said in a prior post, before Jesus gets attached to his sunbeam..

Re: sky sports red button
 

We will have to wait and see, but it's pretty comprehensive as far as I know. :)

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;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

I noticed VM didn't specifically mention Cricket Red Button on their website, it does say 'and more' or something like that but given they mentioned less popular sports I found it a bit surprising. We will see.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I'm happy with Virgin TV but my moan is about the remote control.Don't know if it's a age thing but prefer the 'Sky' remote.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Cheers big boy ;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

ha ha :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Lots of people i suspect do subscribe like myself for the cricket not to have any Red Button coverage on the cricket would be a major omission,and i suspect cricket being a major sport for subscription reasons will be on the red button particularly as we are told it is the "full" red button that is coming,sky itself does not overly promote red button on the cricket unless you are watching or visit the cricket live on sky sports fixtures list on its website.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Cheers for that, I never knew it had been confirmed a full red button service was being provided, good news. I was going by Sky's website that said only 'some' would be available and that there was no mention of Cricket on the VM site.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Hi mersey 70 thats ok ,i read cannot rmember where that vm are due to get the full red button,i have seen the sky website and indeed it says "some" unless it means full red button on sky sports 1/2 and no red button on 3/4 like the HD,but i am sure after the sale of vmtv channels part of the deal was the full red button services,just a question of waiting and seeing now i think.;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

I read somewhere that VM have a new advertising program incl TV ads

are/will they say on that any info re the Sky Sports red button ?

there's some cricket matches in the World Cup starting at the end of this week that you can only see on the red button

Re: sky sports red button
 

Staff have said it's probably unlikely to be rolled out in time for the CWC, sorry.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I DONT CARE ABOUT THE CRICKET WE KNOW WE GETTING Sky Sports red button THAT ALL I WHAT TOO HERE AND KNOW ABOUT :) .

Re: sky sports red button
 

I care about the cricket even if you do not some of us sub for just that..;) No need to shout by using capitals we can hear you.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yes - I only subscribe to Sky Sports at all because of their magnificent Cricket coverage

Football is something of a yawn - the scoreline hardly never moves - often the score is 0-0

The cricket stats and replays are a very important part of the fun of watching cricket - which is why the red button is so very very needed for the Cricket World Cup - here's hoping !

Re: sky sports red button
 

You can hope but you will not get it for the World Cup, we probably will not get it before August with Virgins track record.

Re: sky sports red button
 

we will have the red button by late spring with tennis, US Open and more

http://www.virginmediapeople.com/pri...fault.aspx#top

Re: sky sports red button
 

There is nothing wrong with VM's track record imo and you are almost certainly wrong about August.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Your surname isn't Meldrew is it LOL :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

My christian name is Victor.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I knew it! https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/03/72.gif

Re: sky sports red button
 

Is your name George W Bush.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Nope https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/02/19.gif

Re: sky sports red button
 

I dont believe it ha ha ha :rant:

Re: sky sports red button
 

ha ha ha :D

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Re: sky sports red button
 

Good one:D:D:D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Asked Virgin by e mail how much I would be a month if I dropped my tv package and had phone and bb only. As an aside I asked when red button was coming? Reply was £32.99 and that they weren't aware that the red button was coming to virgin!! What the freak is that about?

Re: sky sports red button
 

looks like your CS agent not up to speed. from VM's website ( sorry if quoted before)

"We’re giving you more control with Sky Sports red button.

Soon it will be even easier to catch your team on telly, thanks to the Sky Sports red button.
If they’re not showing on the main channel, all you need to do is press the red button on your remote control, and Bob’s your uncle, you can scroll through all the games and select your side. It’ll work for all 2011-2012 Barclays Premier League matches, plus any UEFA Champions League match, ATP tennis, US Open, Heineken Cup and more. Plus, your clever red button unlocks loads of news and stats, too. And an extra bonus, from late spring you can use it to track down smaller sports events, games or highlights, too. Just keep an eye out for the red button appearing on your Sky Sports premium channels. Nice one!"

Re: sky sports red button
 

It sounds like the person you spoke to isn't clued up on their products. Maybe their first week on the job?:D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Was via their feedback form that they issue, the reply was in writing. So unless they use newbies to reply to feedback? Nah wouldn't have thought so either. Kind worrying don't u think?

Re: sky sports red button
 

I filled in a feedback form about ESPNA HD last July 2010 and got a reply that turned out to be from India,telling me that it would be starting on the 7th August, However, this was totally false as we all know and when I complained all I was told was that the person who wrote the reply was using the info from 2009 when ESPN HD launched and ESPNA was relaunched. I would just put it down to human error.

Re: sky sports red button
 

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

Interesting sky state some interactive service available from 2011 , which suggests not a full service.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yes, I mentioned this the other day to DF...

I think (sadly for you footie fans) that the "extended highlights of the Barclays Premier League" WON'T be on VM.....

Re: sky sports red button
 

Something will be withheld you can bet.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Re: sky sports red button
 

Only time will tell.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Oh ffs!

Re: sky sports red button
 

this is old news lot on this forum read about this news like me on sky web site last year when sky got vmtv channels .http://www.virginmediapeople.com/pri...fault.aspx#top

Re: sky sports red button
 

Well i guess when it appears we will find out it could be only live matches being shown on the Red Button plus stats,and sky will keeep the football first match choice to themselves,anyway not long to go now.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

I hope not but this would not surprise me with Virgin,s track record.

Re: sky sports red button
 

If that is the case i would take it Virgin got the best deal from sky they could which would not be ideal for customers but better then no Red Button at all,it seems for the living channels which is all sky were really after,vm were able to get a 9 year carriage deal,sky 1 Hd,Red Button interactive and the option although not taken up yet to have sky arts 1/2 HD which all in all seems not too bad a deal.But for the football fans out there i hope football first match choice is included after all £22.50 a month for all sky sports channels is pretty hefty.

Re: sky sports red button
 

you are such a little ray of sunshine on this cloudy day

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/06/24.gif

Re: sky sports red button
 

I am sorry but l believe it was a poor deal in the long one as virgin should have insisted on having everything included in the deal, we are still waiting for quite a bit in this deal and this was done 9 months ago.

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Morecambe and Wise springs to mind.

Re: sky sports red button
 

ha ha :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

We must have balance in these threads you know.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Typical denphone https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/10.gif

Re: sky sports red button
 

Can you explain yourself in more detail G.W.B.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Red button will launch in a couple of weeks time someone said.
Those weeks have come and gone and the Cricket World cup has started and still NO RED BUTTON!! What the hell is going on?
I disconnected my phone line today next step tv and then broadband.
The p**** footing around by all concerned has left me in despair and I have had enough, with a heavy heart i will be joining the other lot.

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Another point Digital Fanatic has given us so much dud information it's untrue.

Re: sky sports red button
 

The info DF gives out is always upfront and i believe truthful.

As far as listening to some others on here.....Don`t.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Bit unfair that mate he said by April , would you rather no nothing , I guess there's n pleasing some people.

Re: sky sports red button
 

What info have I given YOU that's untrue? I've even said it won't be here for the CWC

Re: sky sports red button
 

What a bally load of old stuff and nonsense you talk, old chap.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Re: sky sports red button
 

Actually no Digital Fanatic provides lots of info and does his best to help people why be so rude.? Its thanks to vm employees on here that we customers get some worthwhile interaction with VM .:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

We can only tell you information that is not going to get us sacked and all the help and information we provide is as accurate as possible and given in our own free time.

So if you dislike the information provided on this forum then go elsewhere as the are other forums out there probably with hardly any genuine staff members giving the help and advice that we offer.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Well said. :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Well said l might have a go at virgin but l try to be polite , humourous and constructive.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Very true. You have always been polite and I've never found you to be rude.

Re: sky sports red button
 

For people fearing they will miss out on some matches due to the red button can subscribe to sky sports on sky for the duration of the World Cup. It's no big deal, all you need is a sky dish and box and they will switch it on. If you have no card they will send you one for free.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Sky cannot offer me a service so i will watch on one of their highlight shows on sky sports on vm.

Which is why Red Button on VM will be so useful.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I for one would like to thank digital fantastic and other vm staffers for trying to keep us informed

obviously the red button issue is a very important one which is why people are getting a bit over-reactive

whilst I would like it now so I can red button the Cricket World Cup I can wait til April - always hoping for earlier news