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Yes I know, But did you hear at the beginning of the Andrew Marr show this morning? He said that the Libyan government had shown the cuts protest in London yesterday and said that it was the British people standing up against the air-strikes :erm: Soi it could happen if they find out about the channels:p::p::p:

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:DLook really hope things get better on virgin, but they take sooooo long. Really hope I'm wrong about them.

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MGM HD is having a free weekend from this Friday, maybe it would be a good time to launch on VM?

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aren't they tied in with Sky though? I thought Sky helped set up the HD channel for them.

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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, MGM HD launched on 14 December 2009 on the Sky satellite service.The channel is run in joint partnership with British Sky Broadcasting.

Doubt it will arrive any time soon looks like it's a Sky exclusive in the UK.

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Most channels launch first on Sky , but I suppose that's inevitable when they've got 10 million + subscribers , the only channel I can think that's not is Film4 HD and that will arrive sooner or later. VM have plenty of choice in HD channels to add.

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Isn't Comedy Central a partnership between Viacom and Sky though?

Or I think it used to be anyway.

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To be fair , Sky have helped many a HD channel setup so a period of exclusivity is understandable , but after that every platform should be entitled to agree deals to carry it.

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I think a Sky HD channel, or one they are involved in will launch soon because of that Sky 1 HD test.

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Tivo and more HD...................slobber :hyper:

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Don't know if this has already been posted but digiguide is showing listings for ESPN America HD on channel 532 - jumping the gun for Wednesday?

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already got tivo so more tv channels will be worth it. good idea by virgin sneek them in just before price rise.

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;)

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I think thats been like that for ages , but hope for you guys it does arrive the PQ is pretty good.

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BSkyB only own about 40% of Comedy Central but own 50% of MGM HD (The one that broadcasts on Sky).

Comedy Central info here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...sting#Ventures

MGM HD info here - http://www.prioritypr.net/index.php?...ntent&Itemid=5

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BREAKING NEWS: Virgin customers become increasingly frustrated with lack of new HD channels for 2011:

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OMG there me look, how did you get that picture :D:D:D:D

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Wheres my face then as l am the good looking one.

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Breaking News: WWE Tough Enough Brand New Series Will Be Showing on a Sky Channel Yet To Be Comfirmed Sky Have Annouced That Hosted By WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin Also Stars 5 Time WCW Champion Booker T and WWE Former Diva 7 Time WWE Womens Champion Trish Stratus as Trainers. For More Info go To www.wrestlingnewssource.com

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Hope its not Atlantic LOL :D

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i think they might show it on sky 1 or sky sports i think lol.

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I'm happy to stick my neck on the block and say there's about as much chance of US Wrestling appearing on Sky Atlantic as there is on Sky Arts!

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I know mate it was just a little joke :D

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Magic. ;)

I think its from the big protest march in London on Saturday.

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Jeez, that was hard to read! Is it too much to ask for a bit of punctuation to be used? :grind:

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We both joke but imagine if they actually did do it? ;)

It wouldn't affect their own customers as they all receive Atlantic at the moment.

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Put it one way I wouldn't want to be on here LOL :D

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Nah I cannot see it, it wouldn't fit in with their overblown perceived demographic of the channel.

Mind you if it is on in the middle of the night anyway.......

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I personally wouldn't expect any firm to offer a recordable service for free to a non subscriber.

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Don't want to start any false rumours running, but if you look at the Sky website, there is now no mention of Sky Atlantic (or anything else) being 'exclusive to Sky'.

Maybe just a change of marketing tack?

Also see http://www.sky.com/shop/high-definit...e/hd-channels/ . That's the page which previously showed some HD channels being exclusive to Sky. Not any more.

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I'd like to think so but probably a change of marketing tack as you said. If you look at http://www.sky.com/shop/sports/home/...y-virginmedia/ they still show Sky Sports 3/4 and Sky Sports News as not available to Virgin......though we can hope they haven't updated that page yet :)

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There are two chances of those appearing on vm namely 1) Slim chance, 2) No chance, and number two wins by a country mile if i was a betting man.;)

But you can but hope.:D

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Yeah option 2 for me as well unfortunately :(

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Can't see Sky opting to give Sky Atlantic and sky sports 3 and 4 with TIVO soon to launch after all Linear TV has always been there trump card.

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Very interesting. In fact, hunting around Sky.com I can't see any references now to Sky Atlantic being "exclusive to Sky customers".

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If Sky offered all these channels what would there unique selling point be ?

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The sports are still advertising exclusive

http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sports/

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At the weekend (Saturday I think) I saw an ad in the newspaper that says ''Sky Atlantic exclusive to Sky customers until April 2012.''

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I cannot see it coming to VM anytime soon , hope I'm wrong but unfortunately don't think I am.

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Surely that depends on whether it was adding value? I can see the point of keeping Sky Sports 3/4 HD etc exclusive, as there is a big market for that, and there will be a number of customers who specifically get a Sky dish in order to get the extra HD Sports.

With Sky Atlantic, if the viewing numbers aren't big, then they may choose to end the period of "Exclusivity", as by gaining more viewers it would increase advertising revenues more than the number of new sales. Not saying that this is going to happen, but it would appear more plausable than it would have done before launch. Depends on how flexible they are with the business plan.

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The sports would be.! skys huge selling point is sky sports HD sky let virgin have sky sports 1/2 HD because of ofcoms ruling,sky will walk over hot coals before letting sports 3/4 HD go on any other platform.

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I can see your point of view , however if VM offered all Sky's basic channel range and inclusive on XL in HD the effect on Sky's subscriber base would be massive as people then would not be able to justify the £10.25 HD charge with Sky ,after all not everyone subscribes to sports and movies.

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That is a different point of view, virgin will always be playing catch up regarding HD in my view, and i do not think skys own basic channel range has got the impact people think it has,people on sky possibly pay for many more channels then the sky ones in HD thereby they will be able to justify the £10.25 HD charge to themselves. So even if vm had all skys basic HD channels there are still plenty more virgin will not carry in the XL pack at no extra cost.

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I would agree completely with that, it will be interesting to see what if any HD channels arrive in the near future.

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There is the hope sky arts HD may arrive,History channel HD has long since been mooted,its hard to know ESPN america HD maybe,if virgin are going to launch any soon they are being really tight lipped at present.

Maybe they are going to completely surprise people.:)

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VM get a lot of criticism on here ,some of it from me ,however I do feel they've closed the gap a bit more lately ,just makes you wonder on Sky's next move once VM add more HD and fully launch TIVO.

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Sky seem to be putting a lot of effort into 3D, whether not this will pay off for them, time will tell.

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I don't see it with 3D or at least until the TV's with no glasses come out.

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More HD and getting their VOD service into homes via bts infinity product possibly,not to mention more progammes in 3D like the David attenborough one recently.

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SKY are now pushing 3DTV could not care less about that, the only place to really see 3D is in the cinema!

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I agree, I would not be interested either until Tv's without glasses are of a good quality. I was looking at it from Sky's perspective, they have put money and effort into 3d, they obviously think it is the future for them.

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And you are 100% correct , it may take off when TV's without glasses are out , but until then it's never going to be mass market.

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I watched a programme on BBC news 24 a while back called click their gadget technology magazine style programme, a japanese manufacturer whose name escapes me at the moment is busy working on 3D without the glasses,so they are obviously aware of its current restrictions.:)

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Yes I think there were some shown at the CES show.

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If they can get the technology to work without the glasses then who knows 3D may well fly,sky possibly are banking on this to pay off for them.

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They have managed to get I think up to a 22" working, its transferring it to bigger screens that is the problem. As you probably know the Nintendo 3DS has a 4 " screen in 3d with no glasses.

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You would be ok sitting around that watching your favourite show LOL :D

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Yes they gave the example on the show of it working on the smaller screens and said the biggest problems was transferring to a bigger screen.

Yes they did mention the Nintendo 3DS on the show as well.

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The problem with glasses-less 3D is it has extremely limited viewing positions. Great for the small screen where you can near guarantee people will be looking at it straight on, but when you're looking at a main tv set you're not going to have an optimal room setup where you're sat in the viewing positions.

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Actually Samsung have a 55" prototype, the real problem is the viewing angle.

Also the BBC have said there not pursuing 3D instead they are concentrating on HD.

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Much better idea in my opinion.

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That isn't strictly true about the BBC but they are certainly being cautious regarding 3D.

The final stages of Wimbledon will be covered in 3D in partnership with Sony (which is similar to Sky, it seems the TV manufacturers are pouring the real money into 3D, the broadcasters including the likes of Canal+ are not really seriously being exposed financially), obviously the BBC don't have a TV platform to provide this in the UK but it will be made available worldwide and will be available here at other outlets like cinemas and private closed circuits.

They are not satisfied that the current technologies will become the de facto standard so seem to be keeping all their options open which seems wise. And let's face it even Sky (with their solitary 3D channel and endless repeats) are not exactly going bust with 3D as there simply isn't the content to support it. It's HD which appears to be driving subs for them and VM and I think that will be the case for quite some time yet.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/...-3d-standards/

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WWE Tough Enough coming to Sky1 on Saturdays?

Look like BSkyB only got the rights to WWE Tough Enough due to WWE Superstars being given an axe by WGN America with the final airing of 'WWE Superstars' on WGN on Thursday, April 7 and will air on Sky1 on Saturday April 9th.

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Yes it's a standards issue, there will be no investment until mid 2012 when they will be reviewing their position. As they point out the 3D "revolution" is being pushed by the big movie studios and TV manufactures and not generally by the audience. I think the BBC have got it spot on here.

http://www.3dfocus.co.uk/3dtv/bbc-no...making-for-now

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Yeah, totally agree.

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Good idea to hold back, I've just ordered a new Sony LED TV and I didn't go for the 3D model, not worth the extra £500 imo.

I Won't get a 3D TV till you don't have to wear the glasses...

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Same here mate , I've watched it at a friends house and can honestly say im not that bothered.

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Watched a few movies in 3D at the cinema I wasn't that impressed, seems a gimmick to me.

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Two channels to launch on Friday.

India's popular Hindi entertainment channel, Colors is launching on Virgin Media this Friday (1st April), BizAsia.co.uk can exclusively reveal.

Virgin Media are also relaunching Sunrise Radio on Friday as well*.

*Sunrise Radio has been in Ex-Telewest areas before.

No news on channel numbers was given out by BizAsia.

http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsar...rs_sunrise.php

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Im now doubting whether I did the right thing leaving :D

Just kidding mate thanks for the info.

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WOW what a coup ...... good going VM for the first additions of 2011 .... (being extremely sarcastic if your in doubt)

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I'm sure our Asian customers will welcome the channels

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What a scoop! I can hardly wait for friday! Seriously I hope this is an April fools joke.

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:d:d:d:d:d

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I find it odd that people complain about VM not having all the channels that Sky have but when one gets released they ridicule it for not being a channel they watch. Well guess what, people watch Colors TV, A LOT of people watch it (Unlike Sky Atlantic ;)).

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Hope everybody enjoys colors TV instead of Sky Atlantic LOL :D

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Oh look who it is.... Rupert's little bum chum! :D

To be fair I don't think it's "instead of" Sky Atlantic!

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Not too bothered about sky atlantic on cableforum we "believe in better" :D:D:D:D;)

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I am merely a customer of Sky , I'm no fanboy of either platform although Uncle Rupe is a top man :D

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What like sunrise radio and Colors , you know uncle Rupes slogan anyway LOL :D

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Oh yes we know the slogan. ha ha :)

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Were stopping just a bit of banter while there's not much coming LOL :D

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Are people still expecting more HD announcements in the morning.

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A bit of VM TV news

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ng-patent.html

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Sorry to offend media boy just a bit of harmless fun and i only made a quick couple of posts sorry.:(:(:(:(

I only made a quick couple of posts at the end why pick on them. apologies though.

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I'm hoping for more HD channels announced this week but not holding my breath. Could just be Sky Arts HD.

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Yeah you could be right only time will tell.

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Wow - just as VM are about to ditch it anyway for TIVO!

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Your post was the last one I saw before I posted - that all.

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Rumour I hear last weekend was that some SD and HD Channels are set to launch tomorrow.

But I cant get this rumour confrim by any of my insiders.

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VM are having a press event tomorrow aren't they ? So it would seem a good time to say O and as well as TIVO we are launching some more HD content at no extra cost to XL customers ;)

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If Gemstar had won, then VM would have had to pay them for Patent infringement.

Original story HERE

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I hope it's Sky Arts HD.

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nat geo wild!!! i hope... il be a happy bunny then

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I'd like that channel too :)

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It's one of my favourites to , decent content and PQ as well.

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BizAsia: ITV wins IPL cricket rights for four-years.

ITV has pipped its rivals by securing the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket rights for the next four years.

Under the new agreement, live coverage of IPL matches will be broadcast free-to-air on ITV4 and simulcast live on the ITV website. The fourth season of the Indian Premier League begins on 8th April running over 74 matches to 28th May.

http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsar...ins_ipl_cr.php

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yeah it is very good the only thing i miss about sky (well only been without for 3 weeks)

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Just imagine waking up tomorrow morning and having a freshly baked batch of 13 channels added.

No idea why I put baked, but I think it's due to the rumbling in my tummy right now!

Any channel rumours that are very likely/certain to be tomorrow?
Or is it the 'wait and see' game?

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Just wait and see? As they are only rumours ( but a few have said the same day ) so who knows?

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Bad News For Sky I Just Heard That News Series of Mad Men Will Be Delayed until 2012 American Channel AMC Have Confirmed. They Were Going To Show It on Sky Atlantic in August 2011.

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They may be having second thoughts due to the viewing figures:erm:

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any more news on these channels comming2 moz MB