Re: sky sports red button
 

I can't tell you how much I missed the Sky Sports red button service in the 10 weeks I had VMtv.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Good.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Bless https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/03/72.gif

Re: sky sports red button
 

yeah there's only four games a week at most so 2 on tuesday and 2 on wednesday. And one of them is on itv

Re: sky sports red button
 

any news yet when virgin will get the red button?

Re: sky sports red button
 

DF hinted around Easter I think.

Re: sky sports red button
 

cool. and nice pic of hogan.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Thanks LOL :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

I find this worrying

http://www.sky.com/shop/sports/home/...y-virginmedia/

On VM it says SOME INTERACTIVE Sky Sports coverage available from 2011

I know this comparison has been on here however the wording seems to suggest it won't be a full interactive service.

Re: sky sports red button
 

:D:D That link has done more rounds then Tiger Woods!;)

I suspect the Red Button will give VM viewers access to live video streams for the cricket,champions league,tennis,golf ect ect but may not give vm viewers access to match choice and or other interactive content however we shall only know once it arrives for sure.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Would be a great shame if it wasn't match choice , that is one good feature for football fans.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I agree with you on that one it could well be that is included however as you say the link does seem to suggest some interactive content will not be available, and i would suspect it may well be that sort and of course the stats pages that are available ,i would think that the deal mainly includes the live match streams that sky show on the Red Button,but of course we may well be pleasantly surprised.:erm::)

Re: sky sports red button
 

When it launches it will not be the full red button service but that will improve over time.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Hopefully mate we can only hope :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

From the info VM have released thus far i take it the main sports will be shown from the start but one of the links i read said that smaller sports would be covered from late spring,however how full the service will be from the start i suppose will only be apparant when it does actually start ie around easter.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

There is an awe full lot of hope on this forum:D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Fingers and oh toes crossed already LOL.:D

Re: sky sports red button
 

lol :d

Re: sky sports red button
 

Typical Virgin it seems.

Re: sky sports red button
 

So is it right to assume that match choice probably won't be part of the VM red button for the foreseeable future ?

I suppose some sort of service is better than none , but the football fanatics may not see it that way.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I expect a third rate service on the red button knowing Virgin, remember we are still waiting for other things from the Sky deal.

Re: sky sports red button
 

It will have a 3 stage launch.

Match choice will be part of the service in time for the 2011/12 football season.

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Come on denphone, cut VM some slack here. :) We are in the final stages of testing and PACE boxes had their download ready for launch last week.

As I say it will be a 3 stage launch. TiVo will be the last to get the service, but it will be in time for Premiership Football.

Re: sky sports red button
 

You know Den always has a positive Outlook LOL :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

I have always given them plenty of time but one hopes they can deliver everything they say they will by august if not it will be more then me that will be disgruntled by them.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Blimey...Im happy to be wrong about this :)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yes if thats the case i agree.:)

Although people only seem to care about the football there are other sports you know as important as football undoubtedly is LOL.:D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c

Re: sky sports red button
 

LOVE Mitchell and Webb... favourite sketch :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Z2LqO4pcI

P,s I was never worried...I'm a tennis fan :)

Re: sky sports red button
 

My favorite mitchell and webb sketch too says it all really nothing more i can add.;)

Neither was i that worried (but i did hope football fans got what they wanted from the Red Button service) as i only sub for the cricket mind you i am missing matches in the world cup that are on Red Button but thank goodness its coming, i am grateful to virgin who realised they needed this service when they sold their tv channels to sky.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Same here , there are other sports where Sky's Red Button can be useful.:D

Re: sky sports red button
 

Sky Sports Red Button update: (As posted on the 'Coming Soon' thread)

To all Virgin Media viewers not on TiVo:
TiVo users only:

Re: sky sports red button
 

tbh even tho i getting tivo next week sky red button isn't a priority for me from virgin it get more hd channels and getting the service right, which has been getting done since they have took over.

given the system was a combination of two and is now one system and the state of network has drastically improved. virgin is gonna catch sky up for sure, but virgin aren't as stupid as sky for just getting any old crap hd channel virgin will get the ones the customers want at a fair price.

we will get sky alantic and other eventually it just takes time. i prepared to wait i picked virgin over sky for because i could get better services than sky and that a fact. broadband isn't the best i had it, sky phone is terrible and the tv is ok but it has a lot of crap channels nobody watches.

while virgin has exactly the channels i want. fastest broadband availble in my area and i live right by bt exchange, and the phone is superb save a fortune on call only. if only they did one where u could pay so much a month for calls to mobiles. and customer service has been top notch since i joined in september

Re: sky sports red button
 

There is a phone tariff that you can call non VM mobiles inclusively, it's pricey though but could be good value depending on your call patterns. There are some other lower tiers too I think. I couldn't find a direct link on the VM site so I hope the info is upto date.

http://www.cable.co.uk/providers/vir...-anywhere-400/

Re: sky sports red button
 

thanks for info mersey but that to talk to people who live abroad. i just want mobiles in uk m8

Re: sky sports red button
 

It includes mobiles in the UK.

Re: sky sports red button
 

17 quid a bit steep tho for that isn't it included in xl phone package

Re: sky sports red button
 

XL is landline calls and Virgin Mobile

http://shop.virginmedia.com/phone/talk-unlimited.html

you could add Talk Mobile to reduce the cost of non VM mobiles?

http://shop.virginmedia.com/phone/talk-mobile.html

Re: sky sports red button
 

got talk mobile and talk 08 £5 aswell bill call charges still getting charged over £10 a month for just mobiles.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Get them to swap to Virgin mobile ;) your calls will be free then :D

Re: sky sports red button
 

lol wishfully thinking but i honestly don't think will happen

Re: sky sports red button
 

Sadly VM's landline phone service is probably the most expensive on the market but you may well be making good savings with other aspects of the service.

Most providers have one element of their package offer which is expensive and the landline is most definitely VM's in virtually every area.

Re: sky sports red button
 

thing is i don't get charged for landline 08 numbers, but the mobiles is the only problem

Re: sky sports red button
 

The only option is to subscribe to a 'anywhere' package as I mentioned earlier for inclusive toll free calls to non VM mobiles or you could opt for the 'talk mobile' pack which gives reduced toll calls to other networks.

Calls to most mobile networks from any landline provider are unlikely to ever be cheap though.

http://shop.virginmedia.com/phone/talk-mobile.html

Re: sky sports red button
 

Re: sky sports red button
 

no problem lew not talking about phone anymore

Re: sky sports red button
 

any news re : Red Button

it getting close to April

Re: sky sports red button
 

Its coming around easter time Df and Media Boy have both indicated that is the launch date,and if i read it correctly its being launched in stages.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Seeing is believing at that time and as for being in stages thats typical Virgin as well.

Re: sky sports red button
 

If you hate VM that much MOVE

Re: sky sports red button
 

It will launch and it's the correct way to add features over a staged period. The platform integrity is more important.

Re: sky sports red button
 

By golly you will defend Virgin until you are blue in the face DF, loyalty counts for a lot but you have to treat your existing customers a little bit better for their loyalty as well.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yes, but all you seem to do is bitch and whine (imho) - if I was that consistently unhappy with my service provider, I would change supplier.:erm:

Re: sky sports red button
 

Maybe consider getting Sky as they are supposedly adding new features to their red button services next season including HD Match Choice.

Re: sky sports red button
 

It seems some forum members cannot take constructive criticism of their beloved Virgin this morning.

Re: sky sports red button
 

It has got to the point where i am going to disconnect Virgin Media services in stages. First stage March 23 disconnecting phone and downgrading from XL to M+. Will wait for the price rise to take effect and wait in anticipation of (Red Button) Launch?? Then get rid of Broadband and tv which will be a phased disconnection.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Maybe that Denphone cannot get sky i would have trouble where i live in flats a long pole would be necessary for a signal, i am on the top floor of a small block 4 flats,the rest woud get no signal whatsoever due to there being other flats blocking any kind of a signal just a thought.

Re: sky sports red button
 

You could well be right, it was just a suggestion and pointing out upcoming features.

I guess you are snookered if you cannot have a dish but most people probably can.

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You can downgrade to just M TV if that's any use (only existing customers can do this) and still get catch up which is what I have done.

Re: sky sports red button
 

"Virgin Media a more exciting place to LEAVE"!!

Re: sky sports red button
 

It seems that some members cannot take constructive criticism of their beloved whinging this morning.

I do not love VM, as I do not love or hate any of my service providers - if they caused me the amount of anguish you seem to be undergoing, I would move; if you see this as defending VM, you have a very strange view on things, imho.;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Its called having a opinion.

Re: sky sports red button
 

It's called constant repetive whinging (imho).....:D

If you are so unhappy, why don't you leave VM?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Bye then :waving:

Re: sky sports red button
 

You can,t get rid of Victor that easily DF, l have no intention of leaving this forum.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Much as you moan denphone, I don't want you to leave.

I was replying to medianews's threats of leaving.

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Re: sky sports red button
 

[QUOTE=Digital Fanatic;35195562]Much as you moan denphone, I don't want you to leave.

I was replying to medianews's threats of leaving.

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[/QUOTE

Damn it l forgot to put my glasses on.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Such a happy little soul, I notice you still have not left and gone to SKY because they have SKY Atlantic.:rolleyes:

Re: sky sports red button
 

Constructive criticism is not what you are posting, Your just ranting

Re: sky sports red button
 

l am am stating facts and l am certainly not ranting about anything, we do have freedom of speech in this country and l have a opinion like you or anybody else does.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Absolutely - but you do appear to sometimes conflate facts and opinions.....

Re: sky sports red button
 

Haha lol VM PR Machine in spin mode

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Masque of Zorro getting all emotional and defensive are we? Sky Atlantic, more HD Channels and RED BUTTON will be the reason i switch.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Get a grip please? I do not work for VM and getting fed up with people who get on about the red button, I left SKY after 13 years and I have not missed the red button and also their mass amounts of HD channels as I want quality over quantity :erm: RANT OVER:mad:FOR NOW

Re: sky sports red button
 

Umm i wasn't refering to you. Red button thread mate so it is gonna be mentoned especially considering the p**** footing VM are doing bringing it in.

Re: sky sports red button
 

At the risk of raising your blood prssure further:erm: wether you miss the Red Button does to some degree depend on wether you are a sports fan myself i watch sport and the times a match has started on the main sky sports channels, only to find when the match is halfway in it goes on the Red Button:mad:,at £22.50 a month for sky sports it should not happen and will not for much longer.

Lots of cricket in this cricket world cup has been on the Red Button so in that sense it is new content when it arrives as before we could not see it.

But yes in some cases as you say posters should get a grip.;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Squeeze me? I know that it is a Red Button Thread and that it is going to be mentioned, But how can it be VMs fault as the coding for the red button has to be re-written from scratch for the VM platform. So as i have said get a grip and do the research about it?

Re: sky sports red button
 

::Yes::Yes::Yes And the announcement of the Red Button arriving was made way back in June 2010. We are close to a year but yet more hot air from VM staff.

Re: sky sports red button
 

No offence Devil but the red button is very important to some people like me that's one of the reasons I switched , I wouldn't come on here slating you for constantly raving on TIVO as I know its a big thing for you.

Re: sky sports red button
 

June 2010 and we are in March 2011 its not some cure for a ilness we are asking for are we? U GET A GRIP!!

Re: sky sports red button
 

Not making excuses but there was an awful lot of work i gather that went into developement virgins platform was incompatible with it,so the programme had to be written from scratch, so i would think to some degree thats why it has taken some time wait nearly over now though.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yes I agree with this and also I am a big sports fan, But my sports other than football are on Eurosport and also Extreme. The main reason for this is because is I am a cyclist/mountain biker and used to do a lot of athletics when i was younger.

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The last time that I got a grip I ended up doing 10 years:erm::D

Re: sky sports red button
 

You really don't have a clue do you.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/03/44.gif

Re: sky sports red button
 

Whatever you say the press release about the Red Button and other deals Sky purchasing VM channels was released in June 2010. You are the one who is clueless and full of false info:mad:
http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...556&highlight=

Re: sky sports red button
 

My match choice is set to record tonight but thats one tuner used and only one left anyone got a spare one LOL .

Re: sky sports red button
 

Absolutely correct Rich :tu:

Re: sky sports red button
 

ENOUGH

The thread topic is about the red button functionality on VM. If you can't handle another posters opinions then put them on ignore or just plain ignore them. Any more baiting and sniping will end up with action being taken.

Right I've removed a load of off-topic and flaming posts. This thread will remain closed for another 5 minutes or so in order that everyone can have a read of this warning, any further off-topic posts after this will probably incur formal warnings.

Re: sky sports red button
 

yes I agree

Re: sky sports red button
 

Will VM red button have match choice and the ability to select which game to record ?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Match choice is going to be part of the service AFAIK, not sure about "record" though?

Re: sky sports red button
 

It will be a great deal for VM if they get the record feature as well , as being able to tape your team every week is a nice feature.

Re: sky sports red button
 

Not to be a moaning mini but Sky are going to keep something back which I guess is fair enough. I presumed it would be match choice but as that looks to be coming maybe its te record function they will hold back...

Re: sky sports red button
 

Only problem with current match choice on Sky is when you pick your game to record it can only be recorded in SD , Mersey70 says there looking to change that from next season.

Re: sky sports red button
 

ok

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yet more BS from VM... They mentioned in recent email communications to customers (when mentioning the price rises and telling us how great the service is and what we get for our money) red button would be ready by Mid-March with full functionality in April and add-ons by start of 2011-12 football season in August. End of March nothing and no communication at all via another email/vm website/press release to tell customers as to why... then some people and VM staff wonder why people are so disillusioned with them :(

Re: sky sports red button
 

Yeah where in the blue hell is it?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Can you point to where this Mid March launch announcement is please?

Re: sky sports red button
 

Funny that because i have never seen Mid March given in any briefing or mail shot ???

Would like to see the evidence myself just to back up the claim

Re: sky sports red button
 

Must admit I've not seen mid March for the red button however you cant blame people for being sceptical.

Re: sky sports red button
 

We wait in hope.

Re: sky sports red button
 

No agreed i have never seen mid march mentioned,more like easter time i am not sceptical on this one from the info already given on the threads(various) i do now think it will arrive roughly on time.:)

Re: sky sports red button
 

On an email that was sent by Virgin with a link to microsite full of VM Marketing spiel about what customers get with VM and the future. Specific section on Sky Sports Red Button launch and lists some of the stuff I mentioned in my post including mention of some of the content. One of things that stood out was no mention of Spanish Football (i mention this on prior post I made on the subject) in that. I know Sly have been trialing Spanish games to their customers only live via their website so would be annoyed if this wasnt on the red button feature.

Cant find the email aa 40k + in my inbox and I either deleted or its archieved but when I do Ill click on the link and post it to prove my point.

Re: sky sports red button
 

I'll get it for you... give me a minute...

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http://www.virginmediapeople.com/pri...fault.aspx#top

No mention of Mid-March as far as I can see?

I've already given clues to the launch earlier in the thread ;)

Re: sky sports red button
 

To be fair though VM stated Sky Arts HD was arriving in the coming months some 9 months ago so you can't blame people being sceptical , I personally think it will arrive.