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Or too much bevvy lol..............:beer: |
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Not sure if Sky have the hayu app, if so perhaps they believe that viewers can use the app instead of the +1 channel?? They can then reuse the slot or sell it off as SD slots are pretty valuable. I wonder if VM will follow suit and put all the +1's together in their own section? |
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Sky Q only has 3 non Sky apps so far and they are Red Bull TV , VEVO and YouTube.
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5Prime has been put on hold as Viacom have a rethink.
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Additionally, I would expect relationships between BT and VM to improve over time, just as the Sky/VM spats are a thing of the past. |
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I agree. They haven't given an official reason as to why, but there's unverified speculation that someone has objected to the name. Amazon Prime??
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Can't see what all the fuss is about, it's just another rubbish +1 channel!
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5* wrestling claim freesports is coming. Is this old news?
"FreeSports is a brand new channel here in the UK that can be found for FREE on FreeView, Sky, FreeSat, BT, TalkTalk TV and very soon on Virgin Media, making 5 Star Wrestling programming available in over 22 million homes across the country." I thought it was connected to 5* the channel rather than just a random name. Quite odd! |
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For anyone interested, this was the first 4 days of the TV schedule for 5Prime:
Tue 16 7pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 8pm The Yorkshire Vet 9pm The Yorkshire Vet Casebook NEW 10pm The Secret Life of Owls NEW 11pm Alaska: A Year in the Wild Wed 17 7pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 8pm The Yorkshire Vet 9pm World War I in Colour NEW 10pm Secrets of the Tube: Going Underground 11pm Secrets of Great British Castles Thu 18 7pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 8pm The Yorkshire Vet 9pm Striking Out NEW 10pm Film: Dallas Buyers Club Fri 19 7pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 8pm The Yorkshire Vet 9pm All New Traffic Cops 10pm The Tube: Going Underground 11pm Restless Legs Syndrome Desperate for Help As you can see, it's very much My5 with a new brand and new shows added so I wouldn't be suprised if they go ahead with this schedule under the existing My5 brand irrespective of them not launching it as 5Prime. I think the last minute change is quite likely to be down to an objection from Amazon about the use of Prime for it. |
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---------- Post added at 20:20 ---------- Previous post was at 19:21 ---------- The 'Made In' local TV channels are now only broadcasting one version on satellite, with every local channel name pointing to the one feed. Every local news bulletin is being shown one after the other for the six areas. DTT is continuing as normal. Does anyone know where VM get their feed from? Just wondering what the score is on cable. |
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A very, very, long time coming but all of the CBS channels are now available on all packages on a permanent basis, according to the new 2018 Channel Guide:
http://www.virginmedia.com/content/d..._JAN2018v2.pdf http://www.virginmedia.com/content/d..._JAN2018v2.pdf |
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Maybe CBS Action +1 will launch soon. ---------- Post added at 22:14 ---------- Previous post was at 21:48 ---------- Also Times Now and NDTV 24x7 has both been removed from Sky as of time of posting. |
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Odd that NDTV24x7 was still on my SkyQ this morning - seems to take a while for some channels to actually vanish.
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Radio Cymru 2 is now testing on satellite, so we should be seeing something on VM soon. |
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No it is an occasional a fault on some SkyQ boxes when channel updates do not happen until after the next rebnoot.
It was still there when it should not have been. It went after a reboot and came back correctly in the afternoon. Quote:
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I guess VM will add it to their system in due course to test things out, so if a new unamed Welsh radio station appears off the EPG or in any scans I think it will almost certainly be this. |
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No disrespect Richard, but do you seriously think anyone gives a toss about a Welsh radio station? |
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Hallmark looking to launch Hallmark movies in uk on the 3 major pay tv platforms. I imagine by that they mean Sky, vm and BT.
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Media Boy HQ has seen on a516digital that BBC Radio Cymru 2 will NOT launch on Virgin Media UK from January 29th.
BBC Radio Cymru 2 will only appear on Sky, Freesat, Freeview and DAB Radio in Wales. |
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Saw this and thought it might be of interest to you all. Although just for Ireland interesting to speculate what this might mean going forward.
https://www.sportbusiness.com/sport-...dia-television |
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I doubt it would be in Wales only either as the BBC (when they stopped encrypting all their channels) once said that one of the reasons for doing his is that they see no reason why eg a Scottish person living in London shouldn't be able to listen to content from home. http://www.a516digital.com/2018/01/b...o-receive.html |
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That article also says that Cymru 2 will NOT be in the Sky EPG outside Wales.
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I wonder if this is a BBC cost-cutting measure, seeing as the only difference will be for three hours in a morning?? ---------- Post added at 22:33 ---------- Previous post was at 22:23 ---------- Quote:
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I wish it wasn't in mine..........:rolleyes: |
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Hold onto your hats the weather channel are rumoured to be launching a app for the v6 this year.
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I don't know how long that's been there, I've not noticed it before. Perhaps it's because I mainly use the HD section of the EPG. ---------- Post added at 07:54 ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 ---------- Quote:
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How much is Sky Cinema in HD on VM these days ?
Do You think it represents value for money ? |
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BBC Alba moved to 161 a year or so back but was on VM for a long time before then.
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France 24 (FRENCH) SD has closed but France 24 has lauch an HD channel on Virgin UK Channel 832.
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I was actually meaning the total price for Sky Cinema on Virgin in HD.
I was asking as I generally find the Sky Cinema offering poor these days and the amount of good movies coming out of Hollywood is few and far between. |
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Also makes NHKWorldHD not being available on lower level packages look increasingly daft. It's FTA on satellite. |
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I cannot remember the cost per month as its part of my package , I did ask about dropping it ,but the amount saved was negligible |
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After the free period ended, I was offered it for half price at £10.50, so the full price must be £21. I declined because I didn't think it was worth it even at half price! ---------- Post added at 21:47 ---------- Previous post was at 20:40 ---------- Quote:
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However, what they neglected to tell me was by removing movie channels I also lost the sports channels in HD - to restore them cost me almost as much as movies. I went ballistic and was offered the HD sports channels FOC for a year. It all seems vague - not really sure I am getting a good deal even now. I have to say if the prices do increase in April, as suggested, I am likely to abandon ship and revert to sky. |
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What, in gaelic? |
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Dr Finlay's Casebook was broadcast with the original English soundtrack - no dubbing.
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Are we getting any more new channels coming to virgin media this year?
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As I said in previous post, it is difficult to see what the standard price is. |
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http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...virgin-as.html Then Virgin Media added S4C and BBC Alba to all areas in November 2012. http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...on-virgin.html ---------- Post added at 16:25 ---------- Previous post was at 16:19 ---------- Quote:
Some new channels may launch by end of 2018. Calling JJ20X where are you? |
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Amazon with HDR would be good - although would be a premium option.
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Clearly, Amazon has thrown up some issues because it now includes some Amazon channels that duplicate what is on VM, but if the app is only made available to 'Full House' subscribers who pay VM for the duplicate channels in their packages, I fail to see what the problem is. Streaming is the future (though some may opt out) and Virgin need to embrace it fully so that all these services are available on their box. That would be their USP, together with their fast broadband service. Hopefully, 2018 will start to bring all this to fruition, with UHD coming to us through these services and also by way of on demand. |
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i assume laziness has set in again rather than exploiting the quality of the v6 and their broadband speeds by offering a wide range of apps. How can amazon reject it? "hey amazon will you let us offer your app on our tivo so people can buy and watch your shows?" "no...we dont want to make money" Has to be laziness or cheap virgin since liberty rammed in and decided "lets increase prices massively above inflation each year but never try to challenge other services" |
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As for broadband another thing vm are starting to fall behind on with companies like hyperoptic, gigaclear having 1gbs service and BT, Talktalk and SKY rolling out 330mbs too. Although i was chatting to a vm engineer today just a passing chat he was cabling up a neighbour and i asked him about vms bb and he said they're trialing faster speeds but he not allowed to say what. I think it's the 1gbs i mentioned at the final quarter of last year. |
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Also it's perfectly fine for live sports aka nbcsport, espn i get the full 1080p quality stream with loads of bandwidth left to play with. However i think big households who use a lot of devices would certainly benefit from high speeds, but my 38mbs is fine for me on my own and i'm a pro gamer. When SKYQ online comes this year 38mbs will be perfectly fine for it in small households, most people will be fine with the 80mbs too. Although info we have is all fibre isps that use Openreaches network are going to move 38mbs to 52mbs anyway over the next 2 years. |
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The main difference that I can see is that whereas you get a V6 for every room so you have your own recordings on each box, which are all linked together, with the Sky Q you have these mini-boxes which take their recordings from just one box. What are the other significant differences? |
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I couldn't do this with the Tivo because of the lack of tuners, as you say, but this is not a problem with the V6. |
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SKYQ 2tb only i think has live UHD content v6 does not yet. However drifting off a bit from skyq here one thing i applaud VM for is their tvplayer it is superb, skys skygo is pathetic. |
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As for Sky Atlantic and UHD content, these are not V6 issues. From what I have seen (and both my daughters have Sky Q), the capability of both the V6 and the Sky Q are very similar indeed. |
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Frequency changes took place in Carlisle, then Birmingham TDN and, most recently, in Poole. SID 3904 France 24 (French) HD was detected but had already replaced SID 1505 FRANCE24 (FRANCAIS) by the time the scan data had been processed. It was quite a rapid change by VM standards. SID 1813 The Community Channel has been rebranded as Together, as expected. No major developments so far this year. Placeholder services SID 654 BBC Three SD, SID 952 Bike, SID 3984 Sky Ocean Rescue HD & SID 4051 BBC Three HD have all been removed from the SDT & the NIT. ---------- Post added at 02:00 ---------- Previous post was at 01:10 ---------- Quote:
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