Re: Is Sky Atlantic overhyped ?
 

I thinking you are not a big fan of HBO programmes

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Sky Atlantic is not all HBO programmes.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-i...021990.article

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It will in due time.

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"in negotiation" - do they have any yet?

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HBO don't necessarily make good programmes. For example Band of Brothers = awesome. Pacific = mediocre. At least in my book.

The real issue here is that for those of us on VM, freeview, freesat, we don't know what we are missing, if anything, as these shows haven't made it to more accessible channels and unless you subscrfibe to more unauthorised aquisition methods you have no idea if it is or is not of quality.

Thus of the voters who so far say it is overhyped or not, I assume you are mostly satellite TV subscribers rather than other digital TV users.

Re: Is Sky Atlantic overhyped ?
 

If only , reading the comments I'm pretty sure the majority are VM subscribers but I'm sure you know that :D

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I have had Sky Atlantic HD since it launched on Sky and would like to add a couple of points.

1. Yes there are some very good programs on it (which is inevitable as it is Sky's flagship channel),but as with every channel the content is not to everyones taste.

2. Is it over hyped?,in my opinion it is not,but,you only have to read on here the reaction not having the channel on Virgin Media has on people.

I personally hope Virgin Media do get the channel,fix the red button issues etc,etc and then I can wave goodbye to Sky for good and have all my services with VM.

Re: Is Sky Atlantic overhyped ?
 

In the unlikely event you don't have the box set, Band of Brothers is currently being re shown on TCM.

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Sky Atlantic also show Mad Men, one of the best tv shows in the world in my opinion!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men...onal_broadcast

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And excellent it is too.

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I agree. It is about as good (or as bad depending on how you look at it) as a basic pay tv channel should be.

Along with channels such as Sky1, FX, Sky Living and a few others this channel probably forms the upper end of the basic pay tv channels. The majority of the good shows on first run only exist on a hand full of channels and Atlantic is one of them.

I can see why Sky put out this channel but it is no better than any of the most popular channels in its class of channels so I can't see why Sky don't just take VM's money.

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To be fair we don't know what VM are offering , maybe Sky feel there's more benefit as an exclusive over what's being offered.

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Fair point

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I`m sure I watch some HBO programs on FX just none on sky Atlantic

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Not all of HBO's current programming is on SKY Atlantic.

True Blood - FX & Channel 4
The Ricky Gervais Show - Channel 4
Hung - More4
24/7 - 5* & BoxNation
Eastbound & Down - FX

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So, in summary to the OP's question - some think it is, some don't, and some don't care......:D

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Hung on More4 is Series 2 , Sky Atlantic are showing the new Series
http://skyatlantic.sky.com/hung/well...ic-search-sslc

Can't say I've watched it though.

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Shows with existing deals, such as True Blood, were excluded from the Sky/HBO deal. I believe that FX actually has the lifetime pay-TV rights to True Blood...

... which is a shame, really, given how far behind the US the FX broadcasts are. At least if it was on Atlantic, people (well, those with Sky ;) ) wouldn't have to wait ages to see it.

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I agree - with the economic times we are living through - surely Sky and VM have a vested interest in keeping the overall number of Subscriptions ( for Sky+VM) up as high as they can ( overall advertsing )

they need to co-operate very closely

I read somewhere that the number of subscriptions in the USA for linear TV ( ie Sky / VM channels ) is falling rapidly

a United Front is needed from SKY/VM ( ie put Sky Atlantic on VM etc etc ) or it could go the same way here

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Yes because they have Hulu (Plus) and Netflix which is essentially premium catchup and older shows. You can access pretty much any episode of any show and a boatload of films for something like $20 a month.

But the UK have a different TV model than the US and quite a lot of Sky and VM customers are watching the football so they can't be compared IMO.

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Trust me I won't be ditching linear TV completely in favour of streaming , not until they can offer me a seamless operation with at least 1080i picture.

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l won't be ditching linear TV fullstop but might dabble in streaming at some time in the future if it is of good enough quality.

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wellI for one would be very happy with the HuLu/Netfix TV model - I only watch episodes of a handfull of shows and would really appreciate getting episodes whenever I want ( & I hardly ever watch yawn yawn football)

Sky Anytime on VM and esp the Cricket On_Demand episodes seem to be going in that direction - How long will it take to move to the US model ?

I can't wait - no more of those yuk yuk Shopping channels etc