Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

To be fair there a different shade of blue , it also mentions silver :D

Sky Arts isn't blue.......Yet :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Yes l saw that and l think its a good idea to appeal to a much wider audience.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

SKY should launch a dedicated gay channel. Would you all be screaming and shouting if that remained an exclusive on the SKY platform? ;)

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Omg first wentworth miller (prison break) coming out and now chad ;)
What is happening here :D:D:D

Coming soon forum becoming coming out ??????

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Came out ages ago

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I've got my own willy, no need for a second one in my life :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Pardon, this gives a whole new meaning to Free Willy:D

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:D

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now now calm down guys it a family forum remember

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Well one of my brothers would not be too happy with that outcome as he is gay and is a Virgin customer.:D

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Sky Living has had wide appeal for ages, all they're doing is admitting that this is the case and re branding in line with what they actually are, as opposed to what the perception of them is. The pink logo set against, say, Hannibal or Dracula, is about as jarring as the Joop Homme adverts you get before really gritty drama on Fox.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I'll get him signed up to SKY for 50% off to make sure he doesn't miss out. SKY fan boys are of all persuasions :tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

But you are forgetting one thing Chad and that is he works for one of the Umbrella of Virgin companies thus l cannot see him deserting them anytime soon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I'm not liking the tone on here!.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

channels not on virgin only on sky (not including the sky channels)
Disney channel hd
universal channel hd
e hd
fox +1
comdey central extra + 1
horror channel + 1
reality tv + 1
mor 4 hd
disney junior + 1
disney jr hd
mtv classic
mtv + 1
mtv live
pop
pop girl
scuzz
food network + 1
travel channel + 1
disney xd hd
fashion tv
horse and country
tiny pop + 1
true drama
true movies 2
c i + 1
ci hd
history hd
nat geeo wild hd
sony tv + 1
sony movies
sony movies + 1
nick jr + 1
kix
kix power
chart show tv
chart show tv dance
zee news
mgm hd
qvc beauty
qvc extra
qvc style
ideal extra
movies 4 men
movies 4 men + 1
the vault
bliss
flava
the active channel
the deal channel
capital fm tv
heart fm tv
ewtn
some from other networks like ucb,star & rte

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Yes lets move on and what are the odds of us getting the Netflix app on our TiVo?.

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forgot to mettion fox news not on virgin

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Agreed. I think Antonia Hurford-Jones has lost the plot if she really needed to be told this:

Is she living in the early 50s?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

happy bank holiday weekend all...

aye i'll quite happily take sky atlantic and fox news and be quite happy with the above list. Sky atlantic as it seems to be the only big thing missing and fox news for the sheer "lolz" of that channel.

Den- do you mean pay Netflix for free or purely the app? I have a playstation set up on my tv so I could get it through there so it wouldn't be a huge must for me unless it was properly built into TiVo like on demand etc is?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

is there talk of this then ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

The US Tivo, that the VM Tivo is based on already has a Netflix app so it should be easy to add one to the VM Tivo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Apparently from what l have heard they are in talks but alas so far nothing has been agreed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

interesting cheers, have it on the ps3 but would be handy on the tivo too

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I think we should get the plus 1 throw in if we have the main station

ex. Horror channel we get but not plus 1 version

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Why would virgin add Netflix unless they was thinking of reducing their own on demand content? Plus US Netflix has all the latest releases, sometimes before they hit the cinemas here, a uk company would never be allowed to host the US version.

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If they do add it (and it has been mentioned several times as a possibility by VM management) they would add the UK Netflix.

Which is why it is not a big deal to me as you wouldn't be able to use Unblockus on the Tivo Netflix app.

But any added value OTT service added to Tivo is a plus in my view, so I hope they add it.

There have been rumours that it could be included in the price; but they are just rumours (one source being a market survey). That would be a first for Netflix to do such a deal, so seems unlikely; but so did free BT sport, so you never know. It would add to Tivo, free or not.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I'd rather have LoveFilm instant, it has far more content

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But only stereo sound; not 5.1 audio.

I think the Netflix catalogue has grown quite a bit since they first launched. I had Lovefilm a few months back and found more I was interested in on Netflix UK than I did on Lovefilm. But why not add them both?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

My Smart TV has Lovefilm, Netflix and Blinkbox. It would be great for Virgin to add such services to TiVo however you've got to ask, what is in it for Virgin and would it be worth their while? Virgin already have their own movie on demand service. Adding something like Lovefilm or Netflix to TiVo would just be extra competition for their own service.

It was reported last week that in Netflix have 1.5 million customers in the UK and Ireland:

http://www.worldtvpc.com/blog/netfli...e-of-lovefilm/

So of a reach of 67.5 million people, 1.5 million have signed up for Netflix which is roughly 2.2% of the population. 1.8 million people have TiVo. If the take up rate of 2.2% carried over to TiVo customers, that equates to 39,600 customers taking the service.

I accept there is flaws looking at the figures in this way however it helps build a picture why Netflix and Lovefilm might not be worth Virgins time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

To be fair the service has only been launched just over 18 months so I'd say those figures are pretty good.

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I agree however are the figures big enough to justify Virgin adding the service?

Not sure how it would work but seeing Virgins platform is closed, would Virgin have to pay Netflix to add them to the TiVo platform?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Got both and personally lovefilm is pretty poor compared to Netflix and of course with unblock us gives you access to us and Canada

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Not really VM's movie service is mainly for newer films. Most of the ones on Netflix are older ones, though they do have some recent ones. Also most of the Netflix viewing is TV shows and VM don't sell those via On demand.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

A good idea for Virgin would be to offer something like Virgin movies for a small fee each month say £5p/m ok we wont get latest blockbusters but it'd be nice to have that option and would probably be much better than Picturebox.
As for Netflix it is leaps and bounds ahead of Lovefilm if you use a VPN ;) but if using uk only services then agreed Lovefilm is better.

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Thats great, thankyou.

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Netflix wouldn't challenge Virgin Movies as VM Movies is a PPV service.

As theone2K10 pointed out, a rival service of Virgin Movies at a subscription would be hard, the rights are snapped up as exclusives in this market between Netflix/LoveFilm/Sky Movies, the easiest and cheapest way to do this would be to team up with one of these guys!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Give or take two or three cannot personally say would be keen on any of that list of channels currently not on VM...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Virgin Movies would get the movies 12 months before Netflix/Lovefilm, so I'm not sure that the latter 2 would be a threat.

And as a heavy user of Netflix/Lovefilm, I would add both, but given VM's habit of taking forever to do stuff (Almost 3 years for Android TVA App; more channels for MRS; upgrading to TiVo software released stateside in October), I'm not holding my breath.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

People forget that Sky uses an open satalite astra that other companies use in europe.
Apart from its own channels, the rest are only there because other television companies use the same satalite so little negotiating requried only payment for the channel number is required for most of those channels. so it requires alot more neogiating onto a closed system that an open system.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Almost 3 years? TV Anywhere only launched last Autumn, its not even a year old!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Digital Spy: Shopping Channel to close at end of month.

Digital Spy Forum is reporting that Bid Plus will close on Virgin Channel 746 on August 31st.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...0&postcount=14

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I wonder if this would have been worthy of the sad music in the old days? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfekkRaIOLQ

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I have seen on the Virgin Media web site that RTE Radio is now broadcasting on Virgin Channel 917 in all areas!

But as far as I know RTE Radio is only broadcasting in old Telewest areas.

So can anyone who was in an NTL area confirm if RTE Radio has launch in your area on Virgin Channel 917*.

*If you have both RTE Radio (Channel 917) and WRN Radio (Channel 920) that mean you are in an old Telewest area.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

HAHHAHA brilliant post I loved this music hahaha

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

RTE Radio has not launched on Channel 917 ex NTL area.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I miss the following channels - not:

TV Guide Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaIqFZ3Dq6c

Telewest Channel 890: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MbvQL9ZR7I

---------- Post added at 12:59 ---------- Previous post was at 12:58 ----------

Thanks for info.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

The TiVo app was first announced back in December 2010:
http://paidcontent.org/2010/12/02/41...-tv-explosion/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

August List update - August 26th update.

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV network.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this list is subject to change.

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Been added in the last month.
Media Boy = Virgin Media News and links.
Media Boy = Other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Rumour to be Launching very soon ===
The following channels may launch soon on Virgin Media:
-5Later (Rumour started 15/08/13).
-The Active Channel (Confirmed by Virgin on Facebook).
-E! HD (Rumour started 21/02/13).
-Sky Atlantic (Rumour started 06/07/13).
-Universal Channel HD (Rumour started 21/02/13).

=== August ===
31st. Bid Plus to close on Virgin Channel 746 today.

=== Autumn ===
Lifetime to replace Bio on Virgin Channel 242.

=== September ===
1st. Sky Movies Superhero will be rebranded as Sky Movies Greats on Virgin Channel 410.
1st. Sky Movies Superhero HD will be rebranded as Sky Movies Greats HD on Virgin Channel 440.
1st. Sky Sports are to rebrand Sky Sports Ashes as Sky Sports 2 on Virgin Channel 512.
1st. Sky Sports are to rebrand Sky Sports Ashes HD as Sky Sports 2 HD on Virgin Channel 518.

=== October ===
1st. Virgin Media to put the cost of Sky Sports up.

=== November ===
26th. 'Seven' will be rebranded as Lincolnshire Living on Virgin Channel 879 (Grimsby & Scunthorpe only).

=== December ===
No News...

=== By Early 2014 ===
The BBC to launch BBC News HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD on Virgin Media.

=== January 2014 ===
No News...

=== February 2014 ===
No News...

=== March 2014 ===
6th. Local TV broadcaster London Live hope to launch on Virgin Channel 159 today.

=== April 2014 ===
No News...

=== May 2014 ===
No News...

=== June 2014 ===
No News...

=== July 2014 ===
No News...

=== August 2014 ===
No News...

=== September 2014 ===
No News...

=== October 2014 ===
No News...

=== November 2014 ===
No News...

=== December 2014 ===
No News...

=== By 2015 ===
-RTE Radio and WRN Radio will be axe in old Telewest areas or added to all areas of Virgin Media.

=== Not Confirmed as coming ===
-Rumours say that Virgin Media may launch up to 10 new channels in September 2013.
-(UPDATED July 9th) Broadcastnow is reporting that Virgin Media are in new talks with Sky to carry 'Sky Atlantic SD', 'Sky News HD' and 'Sky Sports News HD'.
-MTV CLASSIC, HISTORY HD, CI +1 and CI HD all may launch soon on Virgin Media.
-Fashion One 'In talks with Virgin Media' - no updates in months.
-Sony Movies may launch soon on Virgin Media - no updates since August 2012.
-Made in Leeds will launch on Virgin Media.

=== Unknown dates ===
-Local TV may launch on Virgin TV in some areas on Virgin Channel 159 (Starting in Late 2013).
-The BBC to axe BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 ''in the long term''.
-The BBC hope to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD - but still need to be approved by the BBC Trust.
-Smooth fm (Smooth Radio) may get close or rebranded on Virgin Channel 916.

=== Channels THAT still to appear in all areas ===
List was last updated on July 12th 2013.

NO. Channel Name
917. Radio: RTE Radio
920. Radio: WRN Europe (Also in UPC Ireland areas)

NOTE: Channels are only broadcasting in Ex-Telewest areas right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
See Virgin Media on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
This part has now move to link called 'Own by'.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on August 26th 2013.

Next update: September 2nd - unless:

A) If Virgin are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) on Virgin TV.
B) If Virgin are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about on Virgin TV.
C) If Virgin are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio ) on Virgin TV.

Did I miss anything??? If I did tell me and it will appear on the next update.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

ALL OF MY LINKS ARE UNDER THE LINE.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Just in case people haven't seen this in 3d thread,Is this coming soon ???????

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Virgin already do this, by carrying Sky Movies.

The question is what would Netflix and Lovefilm offer that is different to this. Or is this another case (like sports) where competition works against the consumer by making you subscribe to several different services to get a full choice?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Haha this makes me feel old

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Price would be a key factor. Sky Movies collection would cost me £19.50/month or £26.50/month with HD. Netflix/Lovefilm are around £5.99/month so guess would be the VM price as well. Sky may have the most film content but not necessarily all exclusive content and with that price different there is certainly a market for VM to offer a lower cost movies option, while VMs current movie option still provides the Pay As You Go approach which is what I actually prefer myself as don't watch many films since always have loads of series to watch and I have a life to live outside watching TV! Its all about flexibility and conveneince from one box/service.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

You are still a spring chicken my friend.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

The Netflix offering is very different to what is offered on Sky movies. Price for a starters; only six quid a month as against £26 per month for Sky movies in HD and 5.1 audio. (much of Netflix is HD with a lot with 5.1 audio).

Sky movies does not have TV series; Netflix have loads. Most of the films on Netflix are older (hence the cheaper price) but they do have some recent films, e.g. The Hobbit and The Hunger Games.

Netflix would be a completely different additional offering to what is currently available on VM, and would be a convenient way for people who don't want an extra box to access it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Maybe Netflix would be a suitable replacement for the woeful PictureBox, which must have very low subscription numbers these days

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

would providing Netflix/Lovefilms hamper our relationship (call it what you will) with Sky whom we rely on to supply other chanenels.

PictureBox was never a threat but supplying Netflix/Lovefilm option VM would be suggesting an alternative to Sky for which we have a wholsesale agreement.

Is there an OFCOM ruling saying they HAVE to supply Sky movies, I think there is one to cover reasonable costs but I refer to the original point is that by pursuing this are we danger of not obtaining the final installment of the holy grail of HD/SD channels remaining not in the VM portfolio

Just think we could follow the AVP motto is that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and with SKY Vs BT we could try and use it to our advantageto procure the other channels

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

The following is the top 20 posters of the Coming Soon to Virgin Media 2013 treads so far:

This total is only up to August 6th - full list will be reveal in December.

No. - Poster - posts
1) denphone 1,013
2) Media Boy 792
3) johnasimmons 536
4) Dave42 415
5) howardmicks 328
6) nstokes 315
7) Chad 299
8) Jameseh 273
9) andy_m 240
10) jj20x 205
11) passingbat 197
12) ocav 191
13) Doug P 190
14) Henkesghost 176
15) Mad Max 168
16) RichardCoulter 157
17) muppetman11 153
18) harry_hitch 136
19) OLD BOY 130
20) devilincarnate 129

---------- Post added at 15:22 ---------- Previous post was at 15:18 ----------

Voting will start in September for the 'best channel launch on Virgin Media' on my blog.

Due to size of the channel launches this year I will be doing an month vote then the top one will go to the best channel launch poll.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Poster of the year has to go to Squire Howard :nworthy: methinks and for the naughty man poster of the year l think that has to go to that purveyor of naughtiness Mr Stokes.:waving::naughty::nono:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I am not doing an 'naughty poster of the year' that will take too long for me to make my mind up.:D

I have three posters in mind for 'poster of the year'.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I'm sure poster of the year would be BomberAF?

Also I post on here more than MM and OLD BOY, wow.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

are we jumping the gun starting in September when we still have 3 months to go and if rumours are to believe we are expecting more soon in September

mind you even just looking at the first 9 months any of the candidates would still beats Channel 5+1 as best new channel of 2012 award

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I will have an extra round of voting in December if Virgin do launch more channels with the winner of Round 2 being on it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Cheers bud,but the great mb and yourself are vastly superior to me :nworthy:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I think we know what will be channel launch of the year/poster of the year/informant of the year/biggest load of bull of the year

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Do we???

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

l am here to serve the masses of the great and the good.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Den and MB have my votes.... must post more or less to get off 13th spot!!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

A random off topic question I just need a quick answer. Can you get virgin media without a phone line? We have XL tv, sky sports and medium broadband and large phone. If we remove the phone is this possible and how much would I save?

I love you all

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I asked this six months ago and was advised that you can drop the landline but that the saving is er not much....

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Cheers!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Channel - BT Sport (for pulling it out the bag at the last minute)
Poster - BomberAF (for knowing)
Biggest Load of Bull - Anything Sky Atlantic related unless proven wrong within the next few months

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Well its all in the eye of the beholder.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Genuine question. If the rumours on here are to be believed and for the records I'm not saying they're not and Sky are giving up all their current exclusive channels what becomes Sky's USP and what's in it for them ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I think Virgin will buy them out..........;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

stupid question perhaps but whats USP stand for...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Personally l think the market is changing and thus Sky and Virgin are entering into a period of entente cordiale which will suit both parties as BT are seen very much by Sky as the enemy now and thus doing deals with Virgin is very much to their benefit from a financial point of view but also they benefit from a strong Virgin curtailing some of the threat of BT by having their content on Virgin but with-holding from BT as much as l can thus in the process weakening BT's hand.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

unique selling point

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Think sky are thinking that if anyone is gonna leave for there exclusive channels they will have done already and it's time to take a stack of money off vm and don't forget advertising revenue will go up also

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

i'd agree den they must surely now know that people who are on virgin now arent going to switch now. we lost sky basics we stayed. we dont have sky atlantic we stayed. we had hardly any HD channels we stayed. etc

sky's biggest attraction i think is sport coverage if they lost the main rights to that then they'd lose customers. BT are the threat. They must ensure BT doesnt succeed between now and the next football deals.

the best way to do it would be make virgin seem more attractive so people who won't go to sky and have never contemplated it wont go to BT instead

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Spot on bud post of the day ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Vince spot on.....

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

So does that mean they will give us sports 3&4 in HD and 3d now we are best buddies?
Don't think so.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

More money from Virgin and a more attractive proposition to advertisers. The strength of the Sky brand will, I'm sure, negate the specific requirement for a USP, but pricing is probably where Sky can win out. Sky Sports, for example, is already significantly cheaper on the Sky platform than the Virgin platform.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Being best buddies doesn't mean you let them access to your prize assets...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Exclusive channels aren't just about attracting new customers there about retaining existing ones , I'm not suggesting new channels won't arrive I am however interested to see which ones because many Sky users seem to suggest they stay for Sky Atlantic and HD Sky Sports channels.
Sky subscriptions dwarf the amount it makes through wholesale and advertising so whilst I think some of the missing channels will arrive I'm dubious about some that have been suggested specifically the HD sports ones however like the rest on here its all guesswork.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

But alas great one were you not dubious about BT Sports arriving on the XL pack.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Won't sky just launch sky atlantic on virgin and then launch sky bravo as an exclusive channel. Sky atlantic is an old channel now. Sky adverts bragging about sky atlantic and all the shows on there probably don't have as much impact as they used to. Again my point before if people didnt want to leave their current provider for sky due to sky atlantic when it launched they won't do it 2 years later.

But the sky thinking will be....LAUNCHING SKY BRAVO AND ALL THESE EXCLUSIVE SHOWS ONLY ON SKY...

they can then do a new advert trying to tempt people over.

i'd guess we'll get sky atlantic within a year and i'd guess sky bravo will launch exclusively on sky within a year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Don't forget thou matey sky bravo as been delayed due to the fact they can't agree on a carriage agreement with vm.this suggests to me that new carriage agreements are being made between vm and sky and this is why we will see some of the missing if not all channels ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

SA in my opinion will be here sooner then you think Victor and as for Sky Bravo well if it does launch l suspect it will be on Virgin at birth.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I have mates who will never go to vm as well as mates who will never go to sky,the deal I am on with vm I'm certainly not going to move and to be honest with the deal I have off vm in 12 month I could still keep sky on and still pay less .you have a great deal with sky so you ain't gonna move either bud,I really don't think know it would make much difference to both companies to have same channels but i think it would harm bt;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Yep, that's what the Guardian reported.


TBH, I can't see the sort of stuff they seem to be planning for Bravo having an 'exclusive' pull. Atlantic OTOH has, because of it's US cable network content which is premium content in the US.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Well I'm gonna stick me neck out and say I will be watching sky Atlantic Sunday night;)


Think about it peeps !!!!! :confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

aye you got a free sky dish howard but I know what your hinting at cant see it myself but would love it if your right

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!
Where the brass bands play: "Tiddely-om-pom-pom!"

So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
For there's lots of Sky channels that will arrive
Beside the seaside! Beside the sea!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Sussed me out dave42 ;) sorry guys yer there given them away bud ;)
Sadly I will be watching sky atlantic on Sunday but it want be on me TiVo :(
Soz Denphone but I promise when they arrive I will take a hammer to that other box:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

well least you can enjoy the missing HD channels Howard do you notice any different in the HD quality with TiVo and sky box

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

I do think we will see it soon bud,still sticking me neck out at a autumn release.already got a designed avatar to mark the occasion;)

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Only get it installed on Sunday,between 12-5 better come before 1 and after 3 thou Liverpool man utd on.to be honest bud will only flick it on to watch universal hd and sky Atlantic other than that its TiVo for me ;)
And of course the last season of sopranos on demand ain't seen it yet bud

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

Rumour: Sky Basic Channels on Virgin Media update.

I have been told tonight that Virgin Media are still in talks with Sky plus Virgin are pushing for Sky Atlantic*.

*All info on this post has not been confirmed by Insiders.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.
 

And hopefully that deliverance will be with us within the next month.;)