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I think all will be revealed in the next 3 days :) and if we don't get them then watch some posters fling themselves off the cliff like lemmings! ;)

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Until Sky launch another channel, and the whole process repeats itself !

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WAs very entertaining but i may be too busy at work to come on quite a bit today. Still trying to find my homoerotic side thou, i have been doing some research :D

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Oi that's my maw :mad:

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Me too.

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Perhaps the next channel they have lined up will be called Sky Pacific or Sky British.:)

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A lot of love on the forum for a Monday morning I like it. Together we can overtake any obstacles that face us this working week and the challenges virgin media bring us...

Today would be a perfect day to announce the channels
Tuesday: would be the same as ESPN announcement last time? I remember reading about it on my lunch break
Wednesday: if we haven't heard anything by now all the rumours were untrue and virgin media in its panic decided to gamble on cutting a last minute deal

Or it could be all part of the agreement not to launch until the football starts up to give BT more time to steal customers...

Whatever happens Wednesday night if no news has been launched promises to be one heck of forum viewing!

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Sky English channel does not quite have a nice ring to it

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wouldn't be allowed, probably to patriotic.

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Joking.

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I'm off to work soon, will check in later too see if there are any developments!.

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I'm meant to be working but instead ill be sat my desk hitting refresh on here. I don't care how bad that sounds...

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;)Watch out, I used to work in IT Security, they can monitor your web page views you know!.

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:)Big brother is watching you.

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seriously hoping for some good news today! are you listening VM! You need to pull this back from the brink!.

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...but no one is watching Big Brother anymore :)

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this is true!,

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cant see a announcement coming till Thursday

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Positive thinking Dave!

Does anyone know what time virgin media usually announce things? It'd be nice to set an alarm for like 11am and keep reloading the virgin media website for non existent news.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

Looking at previous press release's there is no set time when they release them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

Still looking forward to the announcement that BT Sport is coming at £15 pcm and to enjoy mentally telling them what they can do with their sport channels!

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Two really good additions should BT Sports not materialise in my opinion would be Atlantic and Netflix included in XL as both offer content not currently available on VM , Netflix also now have some excellent original shows.

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If BT doesn't agree a deal with VM, then it's playing right into Sky's hands as the only real way to get BT Sports is on their platform!

I know you can get it on BT Vision as well but that's not really a TV service is it?

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It would be even better if they all materialised but maybe that's asking for too much.

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Neither does 'Sky Atlantic'

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Sky Atlantic sounds a bit wet... :-)

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Its all down to peoples opinions and tastes really. I would rather not have sky atlantic and netflix if it meant getting BT Sport as i dont want to miss the bundesliga football.

But for some people sky atlantic is the holy grail. everyones different

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Just called Sky for price comparison.... They're more expensive, charge over ten pounds for a second room, and where I live, can offer a MAX of 4.9M broadband ( it's always way over 20 here)... So, doesn't really matter what happens, I won't be moving for a more expensive,
worse product!!!!

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I can't see it fair if they drop ESPN out of XL and get BT as an add on/not at all without adding something worthy into XL.

OT but I hope Sky reissue their smart cards for the 17th, that will screw BT over a little when they have so many people trying to swap their accounts to a new card.

Oh wait so many, I meant very little, 23,000 to be precise. I believe VM get more calls than that a day.

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What i still find comedy is BT took sky to court over them not allowing access to sky sports. Sky complained and said it was due to an "unfair offer". But yet BT still took them to court to challenge it and to stop "sky monopolising sport"

Now the hypocrities could be about to stop other services getting access to sport. Bitterly ironic.

I hope sky now team up with virgin media and accept that there are simply some people who they can never get to come to satelite television and will always stay on cable. Team up with virgin media, offer them all your channels and together lets destroy BT.

Thats my dream. A childish petulant dream perhaps but a dream nevertheless...

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How about Sky La Manche then?

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Does this pave way for Sky Scottish to Return
"It's Good To Come Home To!";)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Scottish

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Or Sky Thai - some of there dramas are pretty good - put Enders to shame in acting and totally off the wall plots!!

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On Digital Spy forum:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=562

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That seems quite a strong argument to the "not coming" to virgin media...oh dear.

Be hilarious though if it still came into the XL package. If it does i'm joining the digitalspy forum to mock him furiously.

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That was last week but we are now in this week and deals can be agreed pretty quickly these days.

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Aye you're right den but it would just mean that media boys insider, the hinting virgin media advisors and the famous bomber were all incorrect.

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Unfortunately I not seen any evidence of any announcement coming from Virgin with regards to either SA or BT, in fact any announcement regarding anything. I fear many are waiting for something purely based on what one poster said and built upon that.

This isnt fact is only hearsay peeps. only confirmation we got is we lose ESPN in two days time and there is no price reduction

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If the doomsday scenario was to happen then Virgin would have been very misguided in assuming that people are going to accept less content for the same price especially when their are more price rises coming and really are they that stupid is the question you have to ask yourself.

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I agree but if their hands are tied with content what else can they do, they already indicated no cost reduction for XL?

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Definitely a call to retentions if we don't get anything extra. I'm on XL package and i don't think there is much difference in cost between XL and VIP so i may try and get up to that and get the movie channels for free.

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Is that possible?

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Vince, I don't think they BT are stopping VM from receiving BT Sports. If VM do not get it, it will be through not agreeing a deal, not through BT withholding the channels.
IF these current rumours are not true, VM will have to take the channels on the same terms as Sky. However, I think the rumours are gonna be proved right at some point soon. No insider info btw.

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No. You get the £7 disloyalty discount and that's it.

If you kept complaining about the price after that, they'd either call your bluff and let you go to Sky or just reduce your package.

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Who knows! Be worth a call to retentions on thursday if nothing shows up anyway. They must be expecting a ton of calls on thursday anyway if they havent got a deal for BT sports yet. Maybe retentions have got some sort of line to take if people call up complaining.

I feel very bleak and down now... this thread is like a rollercoaster of emotions... haha

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What virgin need is something that bt and sky don't have, that's why they need a deal with one of the streaming services imo- lovefilm, netflix, spotify etc

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You really are a cheerful and positive individual... cheer up sailor. lets do a little dance together and turn that frown upside down :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :) :) :)

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my mum got told the other day by virgin after she called up over espn that they are trying to get a deal done don't know which deptment it was tho

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When I had Sky I found it a poor service, particually the TV service when the weather was bad. I doubt I will join them again just for one extra HD channel I would like. I would also miss TIVO far too much. However with regards to your BB you should be able to keep your VM BB and ditch the TV side of things. You could then try Sky TV on it's own - that may be cheaper, I doubt it, but it is a possibility. Personally though, I doubt I will ever go back over to Sky. It would have to be a considerable saving (more than half price) a month for me to risk losing my TV service in bad weather.

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I'd say James was being realistic, myself....

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That may well be so, but what do retentions actually do for VM and for the customer if that is all they do? :confused:

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Tissues Vince.:bigcry::bigcry:

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Not take bad/unprofitable business, and try to retain those that are profitable...;)

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Thanks Hugh, so these constant posts mentioning ringing retentions are not actually good advice?

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It never hurts to try, but like any negotiation, there has to be something in it for both sides.....

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I think it's obvious something is going to happen Aug 1st because that's when virgin's special offer runs out, now if they were just losing the channels and gaining nothing you'd think they'd keep that special offer running

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Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia we've no plans to add Sky Atlantic at the moment but we're in talks with BT about the sports channels. EW


as I expected no SA I removed the name who the reply was to so no SA just bt sports if they can do deal

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Oh l do love this guessing game as the countdown continue's to judgement day.:)

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Again, it's like SCS sales, the super duper sale ends, the summer special sale begins.

The only thing that's obvious is that its the first of a month which is a sensible time for various things.

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i think tomorrow Tuesday if we get a holding page for bt sports then we got it

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They would not say anything different Dave.

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Hold me den... i can't handle this....

I was feeling optimistic and cheerful. Now i feel saddened and emotional. What will the afternoon bring to the cable forum? I feel more alive on here with all these emotions than i do in real life.

I think that tells its own sad story haha

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Look Vince we all have sadness and happiness sometimes in our life but the key is to come out the other side that much stronger and wiser for those experiences.:)

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Nae rush you've still got 3 days, why not have a long lunch today and a half day tomorrow, oh and remember to have a tea break :(

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Still got 3 days what? To meet a deadline imposed by someone making a rumour up on a forum that isn't operated by them?

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still no details on these channels, looks like my dirty sandwich eating wont be taking palce after all :D:D

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that's a definite no for me Den surely they say same as bt in talks with sky if a launch was gonna happen soon for SA it not gonna happen mate anytime soon if it ever happens at all

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Erm until it launches :rolleyes: You're quite aggressive today, you sleeping ok? Need a hug?

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Nothing's over till the fat lady sings dear chap.;)

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:ghugs:

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Try asking virgin media if there are any new channels coming this week, see they're response to that

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you would been very very safe you you said SA but it only bt sports you said and VM don't usally announce to after channels live so your not safe yet mr stokes ;););) keep practising

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No Media Boy around today?

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Well said den. we're being battered this morning with disappointment and aggression. lets all hug and keep hope. without hope we'll all turn into animals...

i think a glass of wine at lunch is in order!

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This has appeared on VM Forum:
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...s/td-p/1927072

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believe now the 4 channels testing are only the bt sports channels both sd and hd

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I do believe one of the test channels is 'Drama'...

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You responded to someone asking Virgin about Sky Atlantic, not BT Sport.

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well if that the case John it not looking good at all

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Perhaps he is talking to BomberAF.;)

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Don't forget that as from 1st August the streams for ESPN America & ESPN Classic will be free...

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Pulling things together (guessing!) the four could be Drama, Sky Atlantic, BT Sport 1 and 2 all in SD.... :-)

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ESPN Channel Closures (from VM forum)


From midnight on 31st July 2013, viewers will no longer be able to watch ESPN America and ESPN Classic with any of the UK’s TV providers, including Virgin Media.

BT now owns the ESPN and ESPN HD channels and we’re currently in discussions with them about showing these channels after this date. As soon as we have any developments we will let you know, so keep an eye on the forums for any announcements, or check out this page: virginmedia.com/btsports

None of this means the final whistle for sport on Virgin Media, though – we’ve still got plenty of ways for you to get your fix.

In August, you can look forward to World Championship Athletics from Moscow, and Vuelta a España. You also have the ability to watch Sky Sports, £15.50 for a single Sky Sports channel or £21 for Sky Sports 1 & 2. Plus, you can always get the latest scores and highlights with Sky Sports News (channel 515).

Don’t forget, you can catch all of this action online, wherever you are, with Virgin TV Anywhere. To find out more, head over to virginmedia.com/discovertvanywhere


How does this affect my current services?

If you have Sky Sports subscription, you’ll still have loads of action at your fingertips:
• 116 Barclays Premier League matches next season
• Cricket from home and abroad, including all England’s Test matches
• All of this autumn’s rugby internationals, and much more

And don’t forget, you can catch all of this online with Virgin TV Anywhere.

If you subscribe to ESPN on its own, you’ll have seen a letter telling you about the channel closure. Your subscription finishes on the 31st July and after that you’ll stop paying for the service. If you’ve already paid for your service beyond this date, we’ll refund it on your following month’s bill (you’ll find it under ‘Credits for services removed’).

If you’re a TV XL customer and have ESPN as part of your package once the channels are no longer available there is no change to your TV package price. This is the same as when we add or remove a channel to a TV Package.


What happens to recordings I've made from the ESPN channels?
Anything you’ve recorded from the ESPN HD/America/Classic channels will be there to enjoy until 1st November 2013. After that, they’ll disappear.

More information can be found on virginmedia.com/espn

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Indeed so there are four slots testing and another two possible spots from August 1st.

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no chance as vm all ready tweeted no plans for that

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I was posting in humour Dave and if no plans then why are Sky dropping the exclusivity puff? :D

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They always tweet messages like that, it was the same with the ITVHD fiasco!

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more likely be now tv which is powered by sky

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Dave tweets won't reveal anything as people will say anything if needs must.

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I think it will be: Drama, BT Sport 1 SD, BT Sport 1 HD, BT Sport 2 SD, BT Sport 2 HD, Sky Atlantic SD

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I know what I was responding to thanks:hugs:

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then why don't they say in talk like with bt sport as we know they do plan getting them why say no plans on SA why not in talk witth sky like with bt on bt sports

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And if that was to be the case then l for one will be a happy little laddie.:)

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Of course, the stream for Blighty might still be active and Drama uses that so we also get... tah da... Sky Atlantic HD :)

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this is thrilling stuff!

http://cdn04.cdnwp.thefrisky.com/wp-...heater-gif.gif

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I find it odd that Media Boy is no where to be found today.

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hahah the legendary bomberAF he brought me such joy at the time that i can't ever be angry at him even if we don't get the channels. he will always be remembered as the "legendary bomberAF". He came. He brought joyful news. He then left never to be heard of again.

Token VM update on their website. Same as before.

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He is offline while he get's his BT Broadband installed !!

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TV Live News ‏@TVLiveNews 29s
BT Sport set to strike Virgin Media carriage deal http://bit.ly/1bB1f0I via @BroadcastNow #tvl




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yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

Then it would still be exclusive as both Sky and Now TV are provided by BSkyB

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Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye,
My oh my what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine and BT Sports coming our way,
Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye.

Mister blue bird's on my shoulder,,
it's the truth,
it's actual,
everything's satisfactual!
Zippity doo dah,
zippity aye,
zippity doo dah,
zippity aye!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

hope mr stokes is practising eating that hat of his ;);););)

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OHHHHHHHH YOU BEAUTAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. IN THE LAST MINUTE OF EXTRA TIME.

(if this is true that is!)

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awrite

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BT Sports was already pretty much confirmed officially, except the detail of the deal / package / pricing.

Dave - hope it's you eating your hat when SA comes!!! ;)