Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I have try to found out what been added by playing about with my box (Like going info all of on demand.) And I still did not find any thing new.

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No new channels confrim but ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 HD channels and BoxNation are rumour to be set to launch on Virgin this month.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Thought so.. been away for a short while, wanted to come back to find out "what's coming soon to VM" and yet again I have to scroll through pages of mince, which to be blunt is a massive insult to Media Boy and his work. To all of you not discussing the topic, please go elsewhere!

I'm just about to work out now how to ignore some of the plonkers on this thread...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Yes it is the same as me, As I have tried to find out but it has left me baffled :confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Love turns to hate as BSkyB closes Sky Living Loves in January.

Broadcast now is reporting that BSkyB will close Sky Living Loves on January 24th 2012.

Sky Living Loves is broadcasting on Virgin Channel 159 right now.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...5&postcount=63

Info from DS Forum.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I do love the fact Sky bought the VM channels and then pretty much got rid of the majority of them. Idiots.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

An Sky viewer thinks Sky may axe their SD Channels next year (If they broadcast in HD).

They think the following channels may close.
-Sky1
-Sky Arts 1
-Sky Arts 2
-Sky Living

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...3&postcount=16

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

The SD versions of those channels are only downscaled from the HD channels anyway as far as I'm aware so there isn't anything to axe. Even if they removed the SD listing all HD boxes can output an HD channel via Scart anyway (again as far as I'm aware)

But can't see it happening anyway, HD hasn't progressed that far into their own customer base to warrant it

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

That makes sense, and C5+1 is not the most crucial channel out there.. but this does rather beg the question of what happens with any new channel launching from an existing provider, mid-contract?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

It's the usual Sky tactic of exterminating competition by any means.

First the closure of the SD launch queue (which many believe is no longer justified) and now this. If this is true, it may be a repeat of the changeover from analogue to digital process that Sky deployed ie small changes to steer customers in the "right" direction, followed by a more aggressive incentive to change.

I didn't know that Ben, I thought that many Sky customers would be on HD now as only HD boxes have been available for some time.

With the reduced costs in relation to ceasing SD transmissions, it may be cost effective for them to offer free/subsidised HD boxes to push people onto HD.

If this action were to proceed, I wonder if VM would follow suit as it may be that their fees to Sky decrease without the SD version. They may, however, decide to still offer SD, if there are no contractual restraints, by downscaling the HD version (or is this how they do it anyway?)

Yes, it does seem to be the case with VM that they don't like renegotiating contracts mid term. I wonder why this is so? This happens in wider business all the time. I think there must be a standard channel "swap over" clause, as many times new channels are only available at the expense of removing another one. To have extra channels/s from an existing provider would presumably mean a change in the amount of money paid/received by VM, apart from any no cost to either party arrangements.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

why did virgin agree to sell their tv channel in the way they did it

all we have got is about 10 hd channels (very good ones), on the other hand vm should have been more demanding

like getting, sky news hd, sky sports news hd, sky sports hd3 and 4, sky atlantic, sky atlantic hd, sky 3d etc

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Virgin also got Sky Anytime from Sky for that deal. The other channels weren't broadcasting at the time of the deal. Sky sports 1 & 2 HD channels are part of the Ofcom investigation.

Sky aren't going to give VM Sky3D any time soon!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

i bet sky has puchased boxnation (to stop virgin from getting it) and have renamed it sky boxnation

mabe they put sky boxnation on sky living loves epc slot and put sky boxnation hd of the boxnation epg slot

:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

As it currently stands Sky have nothing to do with Boxnation as this is a seperate entity set up by Frank Warren and associates.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

i was joking!

or was i?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

From their own results:

As of September 2011
Total TV customers 10,213,000
Total HD customers 3,925,000

Sky only install HD capable boxes now, but not all of them will be HD activated due to the extra monthly cost