Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I dont have a clue about all the politics of it all. I'm not with Virgin Media but I do know the staff on here do give a lot of their time and go out of their way to help people on here. When someone is in trouble they are always ready to jump in and help and give the best advice they can and if that cant be given the poster is given the info they need to get numbers to call so have no problem with any Virgin staff.

I was just responding to the poster and wondering why he wanted Sky customers to be annoyed and if he is that annoyed with Virgin then why doesn't he change

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Most of the staff on here are great and are as helpful and frank as they can be. However some other posters really need to look at the corporate set up of VM and maybe be a bit more open minded about them and indeed Sky.

I don't see that much difference between the two and many other big companies really, they are all after one thing ultimately. How they go about that is sometimes different though.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Fair enough if it's not your sort of thing, and not something you would watch.

But as I mentioned, the previous comment that it's "Mainly repeats so just a replacement for Channel One but with a premium price" is rather inaccurate, as it's not premium, not mainly repeats, and not just a replacement for Channel One.

Yes there are repeats (& I know The Wire is, I did say so earlier), but there are repeats of far higher quality shows (e.g. The Wire, BSG, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, etc.) than the stuff repeated on Channel 1. [Daytime stuff is as I already said still fairly similar to Channel 1's obviously (Trek repeats, X Files repeats) along with Sky 1/3 (24 repeats). Padding. The real content is primetime.]

And compared to Channel One, the new content is greater in both quantity and quality. Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Big Love, Game of Thones, Treme, etc.

For anyone like me who loves quality US drama, Sky Atlantic is going to be brilliant... Far more on it than Sky One has, and obviously far more than Channel One ever had. Lots of great shows, old & new, which it really is a shame that VM customers will miss :(

All it's missing IMO are a few things which FX has (e.g. Dexter, True Blood, The Walking Dead), along with Sons of Anarchy. FX does at least treat The Walking Dead very well, but I'd much prefer if Sky Atlantic instead of FX showed Dexter and True Blood, as then they'd actually get shown at a decent time, instead of months & months after the US broadcast. FX had Sons of Anarchy, but it's also been on Bravo & Five USA so I don't know what the situation is with that. Oh, Breaking Bad, too. That would definitely benefit from Atlantic, as it's another one which has been treated poorly. True Blood won't move though, as FX has a lifetime deal. No idea about the others.

I wouldn't pay *extra* for it either... but as I said, it isn't Premium on Sky... It's in the Variety Pack, same as Sky One, Bravo, FX, etc... Basic entertainment package...Hopefully the same will be true if/when if finally comes to VM :)

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Anyone who loves quality US drama, watches it 'US Timeline' ;)

Bravo snagged the rights to season 2 onwards from FX IIRC.
So I'd imagine it'll follow another Bravo acquisition, Hawaii Five 0 and go to SkyOne. I just wonder whether Leverage will too.
Sky did say their reason for the channel closure was it had a similar demographic to SkyOne, so there's hope for the VM audience

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I broadly agree. I'd be surprised if Atlantic will be showing Jerry Springer! it's a very, very different offering to the underwhelming Channel One. Of course as an exclusively pay channel it should be too.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I am seeing advertisements telling me that from 9pm on the 3rd of February that SKY subscribers can watch classic TV series from the beginning like the Sopranos and Six Feet Under and not a single person appears to have noticed.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I would concur

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Seen three episodes of Boardwalk Empire was not impresses, but then each to his own.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Can i just say that after seeing what is going to be on the channel. I must be the minority as i have never watched any of the shows that are going to to broadcast on the channel so i do not care if VM get the channel.

This is my opinion and with the shows that i never watch i hope that VM try to get another channel instead.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I used next week's TV guide from Tesco ;)

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Thanks so much Taffor that. Really appricate it.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

True ;)

But if more shows were broadcast closer to their original US airdate, there wouldn't be such a need to use "alternative means".


Ah. I'd be happy with SoA on Sky One. *Someone* bloody needs to show it properly.

Yup. Very different to Channel 1.

Noticed what, exactly? What are you pointing out, just that the ads say Sky subscribers can see it?

Fair enough :)

I've watched the lot, though, and loved it. It was a critical and commercial success in the US. Great ratings, great reviews, plus also recently won the 2011 Golden Globe award for Best Drama (in 2008, 2009, & 2010 it went to Mad Men, also coming to Atlantic).

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

My wife had Challenge on today and I saw my first ever advertisement for the channel which showed the classics you mentioned plus new Tom Selleck one called Blue Bloods which looked good.

So I thought it was a good idea to mention the adverts.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Maybe VM could go for ShowTime programming on VoD?

http://www.sho.com/site/series/home.do

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Ah, fair do's :)

It's being advertised a lot on Absolute Radio at the moment too.