Cable Forum - Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

Sadly I don't think any public company is going to tell you what they are planing to do, and certainly aren't going to talk about deals and contracts that are currently under negotiation.

I haven't a clue but do Sky divulge their upcoming contracts?

Stuart

17-12-2009 11:04

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Originally Posted by Mobes (Post 34928308)

It's not about playing games, Andrew. It's about infomation. It would make perfect "buisness sense" to let us know what they are hoping to acgieve and when they are hoping to achieve it.

I for one have had enough with spurious comments of "Hd in the 1st quarter" oh no "Hd by July" , hang on make that "Hd by November".

I'm sorry Digital Fantastic but a page on a website isn't good enough. How about having press releases with our bills every month or better advertising on telly.

My Dad had no idea we had more HD channels until i told him becuase they didn't bother to advertise it properly.

VM's HD department should allbe given a kick up the arse as well as their advertising people.

Can't fault customer service or their tech guys... they are always brilliant!

And what happens if some (or all) of the deals they are negotiating to get the HD content fall though? They could be done for false advertising.

They should advertise the existing HD channels more effectively, but they can't advertise what is coming up because it may not happen. Also, it lets the competition know exactly what they are planning (which is never a good idea). When did Sky advertise what channels they *might* be getting?

jonbxx

17-12-2009 11:25

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I would imagine that if there were ongoing negotiations with Sky for HD, the last thing Sky would want is publicity about it. Sky will want to convert as many Sky+ and VM users to HD as they can before selling the crown jewels.

If I was in Skys shoes, I would provisionally agree to sell HD channels to VM but ONLY when the Sky+HD box sales growth had at least plateaued. The fact that they are giving the Sky+HD box away for free now suggests that they have now sold to all the early adopters and now are going for the Sky+ box owners. I would wait until the World Cup was over and then open up the channels.

(I know that World Cup games will be in HD on VM, well at least the BBC ones but let's face it, Sky are the de facto HD provider in the UK)

Mobes

17-12-2009 11:49

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Originally Posted by Stuart C (Post 34928878)

But it's ok that they were happy to tell us when they were coming...but then twice it didn't happen...good!

Aspiration is not definitive! There whole HD department is poor!

BenMcr

17-12-2009 11:50

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Well hopefully next year they won't say anything until the channel launches. Then from what you've just said, there should be no complaints right?

Mobes

17-12-2009 11:56

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 34928923)

Well hopefully next year they won't say anything until the channel launches. Then from what you've just said, there should be no complaints right?

I'd rather that than being arsed about yes!

naeskydish

17-12-2009 14:25

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BenMcr: What were they supposed to do? Run full page press ads going 'we might be getting some HD at some point in the future but we aren't sure when'? What would be the point of that?

As with any contract negotiation it's not agreed until it's agreed, so VM can't announce anything until it is

I totally agree and happy to wait

Nook29

20-12-2009 13:12

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This weeks live sport on ESPN.

SB_07

20-12-2009 16:55

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Originally Posted by Nook29 (Post 34926723)

They seem to have an annoying system, whereby once the the first lot of episodes are removed from the service (it should say how many days they have left on there), the remaining ones are added. They did this with Chuck Season 1, much to my annoyance.

They've now added the 6th episode.....which is a duplicate of the 5th =/

frogstamper

21-12-2009 03:10

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

When did Sky advertise what channels they *might* be getting? snip snip

The difference is that Sky don't need to advertise what upcoming channels they hope to get, SD or HD, their actions speak louder than any words...we all know that Sky will be at the forefront of any new channels that come to the UK market.
Now if VM were to be more aggressive in introducing new channels we wouldn't rely so heavily on the pitiful snippets released to us, eg Daystar TV, Wedding TV and many more that are "still" coming soon.

Media Boy UK

22-12-2009 18:43

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Any News!!!

I know it Christmas week but has anyone got any news on if the Ex-ntl or Ex-CW [outside London] network have got BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 yet?

Has Virgin moved any BBC Local Radio Channel from Channel 930 to 937 yet on the Ex-Telewest network?

If no one has not got any news may I wish everyone an Merry Christmas and an Happy new year.

yorkshireborn

22-12-2009 18:56

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still got BBC Radio 4 LW on Virgin Channel 911 in rotherham

got bbc radio sheffield on 930 bbc leeds on 937

if this helps

Arthurgray50@blu

22-12-2009 19:28

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And just think, l haven't said my bit yet, and l think the aggro that l am reading is great,

Digital Fanatic

22-12-2009 19:33

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