Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35592978)

I'm a bit like that with full stops.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35593007)

Trust me when I say if his information is correct and Sky Atlantic plus BT Sport are to be added to XL without a massive increase you may see me back as a cable customer sooner than you thought that said generally when something sounds to good to be true it...........:)

Originally Posted by colin25 (Post 35593008)

but itk is not a well known acronym.

so my issue is not with the grammar, but with actually understanding what the meaning is

unless of course itk is so well known, we can discount any other meaning

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and here are some
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ITK

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35593015)

Ok, I was joking about the full stops, but if we really must get in to this then it's second in your link to the world famous (i feel the need to point out that this is also a joke) Canadian Inuit association and my post was in response to somebody who had spent the previous few pages telling us he was in the know. More to the point, you actually knew what I meant!

I also feeI the need to state that I have nothing against Canadian Inuits.

Originally Posted by cityfan247 (Post 35593006)

VM bashers may need to find a new pastime

Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35593020)

BT Vision sucks.

Originally Posted by cityfan247 (Post 35593006)

Thanks BomberAF for the news.

i am not going to get into 'believe' or 'not believe' argument or have a go at you. I appreciate you taking the time to share the info and have no reason to dispute what you say.

Like most VM customers i hope this happens but shall wait until we get the official announcement before i pop the champagne however.

This would be really exciting news though. After the recent new channel launches and more HD content to get SA (even if just SD at first) and BT Sports for the same price as we have been paying, or even a minimal increase of £1 or £2 per month, would be a big boost for VM and would surely shut up even the most vocal critics of VM out there. (Well ok probably not 'cos there always be something for people to moan about i suppose)

For me packages come down to value for money and what is proposed offers that imo and credit to VM if this happens.

There would not really that much left that Sky have that VM dont. Not that much to make people want to jump ship anyway.

If Universal HD comes (which has been rumoured for some time) that would be great. from a personal view.

We may even get Sky Sport News HD at some point. Only leaves Sky Sports 3 & 4 HD left and that is ultimately down to Sky if they wish to keep them for themselves- oh and MGM maybe.

VM bashers may need to find a new pastime

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35593025)

I think it's worth pointing out (I'm sure we've all looked!) that BomberAF has been a member of Cableforum since 2009, mainly confining his posts to the internet related threads. Unless his account has been hacked, and without knowing him or his personality, I can't think why he'd want to come on here and make it all up. I genuinely think he is credible.

Originally Posted by harry_hitch (Post 35593026)

Upon reflection, I fear the VM bashing will continue. Esp. if Chad's statement about a new Sky exclusive channel launching is true. (I believe BomberAF also alluded to it in one of his posts - about VM not paying premium prices for SA because Sky would not guarantee against new exclusive channels launching.) We probably will get SA in Aug, but it will be pretty pointless if Sky put all the new content on another channel we wont get. The bashing will just begin again for said channel, and continue for Universal HD and the missing sports in HD:)

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I tend to agree andy_m, unless he intends to delete his account and/or wants a load of abuse come Aug 1st.;)

Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35593055)

Atlantic will only be any good if it is HD, I have an extremely expensive award winning tv, the up scaling on it is as good as it gets, but I watched boardwalk empire and game of thrones in HD and it is stunning, probably just as stunning to watch for the filming than for the content, no amount of line doubling and trickery will reproduce that detail and clarity.

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Oh and pro logic II isn't a patch on Dolby 5.1 either.

Originally Posted by BomberAF (Post 35593067)

Atlantic will be launched in full HD, as will BT sport. The other channels that aren't HD will more than likely stay that way.

Originally Posted by nialli (Post 35593078)

You sure? I would expect BT Sport to be HD but would be very surprised (but delighted) to see us get Sky Atlantic in HD too.
I've got some contacts at VM and Sky, and they've not said anything about an Atlantic deal but expect BT Sport for August 1st, although there's no word as to any additional cost for us punters yet.