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If you wasn't a bloke I'd kiss you! Sod it - MHAH!

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I never said I eat my hat if SA comes lol im not like mr stokes I cant see SA coming but hope im proved wrong for those that want SA

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Text from that Broadcast Now article:

"Virgin Media is poised to close a deal to carry BT Sport’s three sports channels on its cable TV platform, making them available to a further 4m potential customers.

The two companies have been in negotiations for a number of months but both have been keen to strike a deal ahead of BT Sport’s launch on Thursday 1 August.

BT Sport has the rights to the Scottish Premier League, which begins its season on Friday 2 August,and wanted to have carriage on Virgin in time for its first TV game - Partick Thistle versus Dundee United - so as not to alienate football fans who are VM customers. The English Premier League season starts on August 17th.

One of the sticking points of negotiations has been whether Virgin will bundle the new channels in with its TV XL premium package - as was previously the case with ESPN - or whether it will charge for them as a standalone product.

It is not clear which route has been taken, but a Virgin Media spokesman said: We’re always looking bring the best possible value and choice of great quality content to our customers and we’re talking to BT about how we could potentially make the forthcoming BT Sport package available.”

Earlier this year, Virgin Media sent an online survey out to customers asking whether they would be willing to pay slightly more for their top package if it were to include Premier League football and Sky Atlantic, which could pave the way for this move.

BT Sport is being sold as a standalone channel on the Sky platform for £12 a month in SD and £15 a month in HD."

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Ah I see - sorry I missed his post where he said he would do that! Hope his hat is one of those 10 gallon Texan ones!! :)

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What are the three BT Sport channels? I thought there was four (1 & 2 plus HD versions of them).

Hi, by the way, been lurking on this forum past few days since switching to Virgin from Sky...

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Hi newbie; they are BT Sports 1, BT Sports 2 & ESPN

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welcome to the forum and welcome to the good side ;)

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^ thanks. Just wanted to get all my services with one provider - as Sky can't offer Fibre in my area it was a no-brainer. I actually end up saving £30p/m and increasing BB from 30mb to 60mb at the same time (previously had Sky TV but Virgin BB/Line Rental).

Ah, I keep forgetting about ESPN now being part of BT - thanks.

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No problemo matey :beer:

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Been online since 12.30pm trying to read all the 20+ pages that been added in the past 49 hours.

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we all need tissues for the dark siders on Thursday as they be :bigcry::bigcry:

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well it good news on bt sports MB mate ;)

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I have seen no new info from any of my insiders since Friday.

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It's been a busy weekend... :)

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Away now to work on getting some new storys on my blog.

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and a great day with bt sports all but confirmed :)

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A day long remembered.;)

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I guess now we just wait and see if it's included in XL or not.

Either way I am one happy chappy!

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I'm guessing everyone will have their eyes glued on espn now, on midnight on Aug 1st to see if anything happens

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Is broadcastnow a reliable website????

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Well a VM press release will reveal everything to us in the coming day's.

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:Yes:

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Good news, quite a few Liverpool games on btSport

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Just thought I'd mention that the tweet from Virgin mentioned earlier saying they are not getting Atlantic cannot be found, unless the poster wants to give us a link

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There was a rumor it would be confirmed today, should be confirmed before the day if there is a deal

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Yes my second beloved after after my partner that is.:)

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Bad news BT Sport will cost £15 a month...

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Any proof of that?.

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Everything has a price...

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It is there, from 3h ago if you scroll down. I wouldn't read too much into it anyway to be honest.

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Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia 3h
@DarrenSpraggs Hi Darren, we've no plans to add Sky Atlantic at the moment but we're in talks with BT about the sports channels. EW


https://twitter.com/DarrenSpraggs


mods please remove if you don't want name on post

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No Den just every logic suggests there is no way BT will give it to VM for XL and the price being the same as Sky makes sense...

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like price was same on ESPN you mean lol

espn on sky £10

espn on vm free on XL

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It does and the price for BT Sports for me is £0.

Last year a subscribed to skysports and espn(as part of TV xl) for this a got to see all the televised premier league matches. Why is/should that same number of premier league matches cost me an extra £15 this season? Thats many multiples of inflation on top.

Regards

John

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If that was the case deal would have been done ages ago

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sorry don't see that at all...

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This does assume BT have a) some sense and b) are genuine that their move into sport is to sell their broadband. :-)

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Excellent point, I just moved back from sky this June so I was paying £10.00 for espn last season. If vm bundle bt sport in with XL I'd be positively ecstatic.

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Confirmed by the very reliable Technix on DS as well.


http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=565

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hope can be a official announced today but I think it be Thursday when it goes live

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VM were able to offer ESPN has part of the XL TV package due to the way they did things. They won't be able to do that again. ESPN was a tenner on Sky, so from their customers viewpoint, they're only paying a few pound more.

As always, no need to complain - just don't buy if it doesn't suit in terms of product or price.

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Radio News: Bauer Media buys Absolute Radio for £22m.

Bauer Media UK has agreed with Times of India to acquire the Absolute Radio business, subject to regulatory clearance for around £22m.


http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/07/baue...oday+-+News%29

Absolute Radio broadcasts on Virgin Channel 915,
Absolute Radio 80s broadcasts on Virgin Channel 951,
Absolute Radio Classic Rock broadcasts on Virgin Channel 952.

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but remember bt bill sky customers directly for bt sport VM wont allow that if deal done it most like it be wholesale price agreed which mean vm can put it in a pack

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Yasssssss!

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And if that's the case, maybe it can be even partly subsidised as ESPN was?

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Hope it happens but if BT goes into XL it surely undermines their objective of taking customers for broadband by using sport...

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Of course, but then BT must have had a figure in mind for the number of new BB customers taking their sports offer. Maybe they've surpassed that number and are looking to increase income through regular wholesale subs. If that's the right term...

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They have to put something in the XL package to compensate ESPN so if not BT sport then at least a discount.

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That makes sense but the new customer figure was reported as 23k!

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See previous posts on this ever since BT got the sports rights! :D

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and also remember the bt shareholders will want some return on the money they spent on the sports channel so it make sence doing a deal with VM to get more money

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Maybe not many virgin customers were moving over for several reasons 1) they would have to change their tv subscriber as well, which sky customers don't

2) A lot of virgin customers may not bother to have a phoneline, seeing as they don't need one to have broadband, so going to bt they'd have to have one and how much would that cost them

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Possibly free access to Netflix

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More likely lovefilm

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I see freakgirl but if this is so as it could well be then their original aim has failed at least to some extent....

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The don'y have to, as ESPN was a bonus. What they do need to do is provide a sweetener for customers to stay and something to draw new ones. I still reckon that's where Sky Atlantic and other HD variants might play the part, leaving BT Sports as a stand alone premium add-on.

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But we have been hearing about Netflix for two years at least but alas nothing has ever happened TB.

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They don't have to compensate as channels are added and removed all the time and they have pretty much said that the price won't change as a result of channels being added/removed.

However due to ESPN also being treated as a standalone premium offering there is a perceived value of £10. The most fair offering would be a £5pm charge for XL customers for BT & ESPN in HD.

I expect it to be excluded from XL but charged at a discounted £8 to £10 pm for XL customers and maybe free for first month.

We will know soon enough.

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I Wouldn't mind paying for it, no more than 10 per month though.

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If it was just for the football I wouldn't pay it but its the only place I can watch UFC. So I will pay whatever unfortunately.

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media boy are you trying to give me a heart attack??? i got proper excited then that there was bt sport news and its blooming radio stations!

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you not seen the news it coming mate ;)


Virgin Media is poised to close a deal to carry BT Sport’s three sports channels on its cable TV platform, making them available to a further 4m potential customers.


The two companies have been in negotiations for a number of months but both have been keen to strike a deal ahead of BT Sport’s launch on Thursday 1 August.

BT Sport has the rights to the Scottish Premier League, which begins its season on Friday 2 August,and wanted to have carriage on Virgin in time for its first TV game - Partick Thistle versus Dundee United - so as not to alienate football fans who are VM customers. The English Premier League season starts on August 17th.

One of the sticking points of negotiations has been whether Virgin will bundle the new channels in with its TV XL premium package - as was previously the case with ESPN - or whether it will charge for them as a standalone product.

It is not clear which route has been taken, but a Virgin Media spokesman said: We’re always looking bring the best possible value and choice of great quality content to our customers and we’re talking to BT about how we could potentially make the forthcoming BT Sport package available.”

Earlier this year, Virgin Media sent an online survey out to customers asking whether they would be willing to pay slightly more for their top package if it were to include Premier League football and Sky Atlantic, which could pave the way for this move.

BT Sport is being sold as a standalone channel on the Sky platform for £12 a month in SD and £15 a month in HD

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What channel have you seen the news on - BBC News or Sky News?:D

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http://www.teddibiase.com/Galleries/...Untitled-9.jpg

everyone has a price and everyone is going to pay!

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good one MB :LOL::LOL::LOL:

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latest tweet about bt sport from official VM

Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia 4m
@StuXross I'm sure we'll have some news for you soon. EW


hopefully could be today

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Technix is reporting that the broadcast now website is very reliable

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=567

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Certainly more reliable than technic lets not forget the universal hd saga :(

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yes as I said before when someone said he got everything 100% right I said about that lol but we got good news on bt sports lets hope for more soon Howard mate keep the faith ;)

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another no plans tweet about SA

Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia 2m
@BeLuckyTipsters No plans for Sky Atlantic at the moment either I'm afraid. Check http://virg.in/custnews for any channel updates. EW




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

I thought the thread would explode once this was announced.

Media boy is this what your insider said? Stand alone or within XL. This would be the next question. Do you have any info on this matter?

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I know channels are added and channels are taken away without any change in price. In my opinion movies and sport are premium channels. Virgin have lost ESPN as of the end of this month, to me that is losing a large chunk of premium content. Virgin have reiterated they will not reduce the price for this loss. Atlantic also confirmed as not coming it seems, so what is replacing this loss? BT has been announced, good news but its a new provider of sport carrying pretty much the same content we have lost from XL with no reduction in price. Virgin cannot expect XL customers to pay top dollar for BT Sports, I'd guess you could equate it to a £20-£25 swing If that is the intention. Really interested to see how Virgin play this.

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Technix has always been very reliable in my humble opinion.

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Still waiting on insiders to confirmed on what Broadcast has reported today is true or not.

If it true in my own view we may see both ESPN and ESPN HD moving to higher channel numbers 537+ or 547+.

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thanks media boy :)

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Nothing has been announced :)

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VM do like Tuesdays to announce things :)

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Yeah don't seem to be awfully fond of Mondays.

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Probably Boomtown Rats fans (one for us oldies)

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Sorry you were startled but to me MB's radio news is very important. Tivo on radio is of great use to me...

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I know that song I'm only 25

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haha yeah it did give me a heart attack i thought that was the big news i was waiting for :)

each to their own tho i'm glad its good news for you :angel:

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So far i am still safe. Even it BT Sport does come to VM remember it has to be in XL pack and at no extra cost

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In my opinion I don't think BT Sport will be in XL - it will be a standalone package - still might get Sky Atlantic in XL :)

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think it be in XL myself and don't hold your breath on that one

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Just an idea!!!

If the XL line up is not satisfactory after the announcements or by a specific date then we should initially do a mass emails to some one senior in Virgin (Perhaps Mr Blot or Richard:) )! to make them aware of how strong our frustration? At the very least it may fill their inbox before the IT wizards put email filters in place!

If someone could nominate a date and time, who to email and perhaps someone could draft an email for everyone to use? It needs to be witty and concise, my Gnglish is pretty poor or I would offer.
If this idea is taken up please make it after the 18th August or I will not be able participate!

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An insider I know says the BT and VM management think that you eating your hat will be great publicity. As a result BT say they have decided to allow VM include BT Sports on XL at no extra cost (at least until you've finished eating your hat).

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You should eat it anyway or :sniper:

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If its not in the XL pack the other alternative is for them to bundle it into the Sky Sports pack. XL customers wouldn't be happy but it would certainly make the sports bundle more attractive you would think VM will want to get one over sky if they can

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They could do that.. But I still think it will offered as a standalone package

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I have the XL package
I have the luck of Stan Collymore when he was transferred to Liverpool. Big money purchase, young and with the world at his feet.

What happened?

He messed it up, got into booze and shenanigans and ended up getting arrested for dogging.

So yes i would probably say my luck will lead to BT Sport being a stand alone channel. If this happens i will accept blame.

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here's an idea

lets suspend this thread until something is ACTUALLY officially announced.

this thread started at the beginning of the month and we have 150 pages + of posts of absolutely NOTHING. constant will BT come or not ?will Atlantic come or not? - i am losing the will to live.

suspend the BT, Sky Sports thread as well as that has another 100 pages of nothing as well

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They may put it on the VIP package hoping to attract more business

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Well, I guess that's it then folks. No more speculation and banter... It was nice while it lasted I suppose.

So anyway, how's the weather where you live?

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should be in there at least

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:tu:

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Or you just go to the change log thread and check when something changes?

if you want confirmed rumours go to search posters- search media boy and see his updates.

i enjoy speaking to these people about potential changes on virgin media. the above actions will mean you dont need to be bombarded with our conversation

best wishes,

gary neville.

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good post.... :-)

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I wonder if virgin media will announce something official tomorrow 2 days before the launch of BT sport which is exactly what they did for ESPN

I think someone in power up there is doing this on purpose and being a bad WUM (wind up merchant)

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I'm interested to see what will happen with BT Sport. I suspect a lot of people are like me and subscribed to the other stuff on the strength of having ESPN and especially ESPN America.

Without those, if BT isn't included in the XL package there is no reason for me to even have Virginmedia TV, and without the TV then there is no reason for the phone/broadband. I'll probably switch to some other deal. I would imagine I'm not the only one considering that.

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dont think so bud,Think the sky atlantic was way off at least at min.Personally think bt sports 1+2 will go in vip pack or maybe just the hd versions and thats all we are gonna see this week along wth uk drama.

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yes exactly mate that why they tweeted no plays for SA at moment it not coming anytime soon