Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35375957)

SKY and BT Vision keep on adding new TV customers yet Virgin, with their TiVo box, just seem to have plateaued. It would appear TV customers are looking for the widest selection of content or really good value when choosing their TV provider at the moment.

Looks like Virgin need to up their game as their TV uptake has been stagnant for almost 12 months now. With YouView launching in the next few months with their own free 7 catch-up service for terrestrial TV, apps for the likes of Lovefilm and TV on demand content the market is only going to get tougher. By all intents and purposes, YouViews box will be able to do about 80% of what TiVo does without any monthly fee.

Virgin need to deliver all missing non-SKY HD channels, more linear channels and more exclusive on demand content if they want to continue their growth in 2012 - 2013.

Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35376004)

what do you expect VM to do when sky are with holding the channels as proven by lack of sky sports 3+4HD and F1 HD and atlantic not VM fault sky are with holding channels

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35376013)

I'd have liked to see VM keep hold of the VMTV channels they'd already done a good job with Living and introduced Living HD and their other channels had some decent shows meaning they could also have gone HD , it seems now they are too reliant on Sky.

Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35376015)

yes but VM would never have got the sky premium HD channels without the sale MM that what most VM customers complained about when we didnt have them

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35376020)

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35376020)

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35376020)

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35376053)

TBF, I don't think they would have.. Sky wouldn't see SmallWorld as a major competitor like they do with VM.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35376059)

I respect your opinion DF , I suppose it's one thing none of us can be 100% sure on however I'd have liked VM to further develop the VMTV channels possibly taking them all to HD it would have also then allowed VM to have numerous channels content available on the go without lengthy expensive discussions and reliance on a big competitor.

Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35376004)

what do you expect VM to do when sky are with holding the channels as proven by lack of sky sports 3+4HD and F1 HD and atlantic not VM fault sky are with holding channels

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35376092)

One question for you DF and that is is the planned TV price rises planned for April paying for channels we have received in the past 6 to 12 months or are these price rises paying for planned TV channels launches in the next couple of months?.:)

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic (Post 35376149)

Not sure Den, but at a guess I'd say it was for future services.