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Looks like Sky have nabbed home footy rights to NI home games:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6598357.stm

....meaning that from next year, NO UK national footy team will be appearing on BBC/BBC HD for home internationals.

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Providers (Setanta Sky BBC ITV et al) should have to supply their HD feeds if thats what they do. If we subscibe to sky no matter what Provider we pay the same money so should have the same choices IMO

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True, but also not everyone who watches BBC HD has a HD Ready TV either. I watch stuff on there partly because even with an SD CRT the picture still seems better, but mostly because some of the progs [Planet Earth & Superstorm] are in 5.1 on BBC HD.

That's good news. I may not have an HD TV yet, but as I said, HD can be of benefit even to those without 1.

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Well more time passes and still only two HD films on exNTL, and severe lack of full content on VOD. Will it ever be sorted?

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Another month, still nothing

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Yep.

I've had V+ since Feb and I must admit, I'm beginning to lose patience. It's now June and I refuse to believe it takes 4 months to finish off a project (harmonisation of the two networks) that was supposedly started in late 2006. It is simply a case of insufficient money being spent on the network itself (and the billing systems).

Bit of a shambles if you ask me. But I'm getting an awful lot for my money - at least £10pcm cheaper than Sky could offer me similar services, and that's without taking HD (what there is of it) into account!

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True you cant grumble at the price we have freesat aswell but for what im paying vm i wouldnt go back to subs on sky they just couldnt offer me what im getting on virgin £41 a month and thats with a v+ and v box upstairs with one box with sky on the top package what is it £45 £46 pounds.

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I don't want to pay less than those on the non-NTL network; I'm happy to pay the same - but please deliver the same amount of content!

There are 19 HD films listed at FilmFlex. I currently get just 3, and, what's worse, they've been the same for weeks. I'm paying for a service which is 85% unavailable.

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This all needs sorting out soon...

I'm agrivated by the problems people are having here, and although I don't watch most of these programs, I'd like to have the option.

I've just made a post about the Variance of The Episodes on VoD.

But Id like everyone to note the Days Left thing for Certain Series and that usually means that after that, they are removed.

Although, I have noticed that 8 Out of 10 Cats has RE-appeared after running out of time.

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Not on exNTL it doesn't, they get removed well before the days left expire!

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Really?

I'm ex-ntl: and havent noticed they are removed early...

I don't check back often enough to report TBH, so Ill take your word for it.

Another thing to be added to the long list of stuff to be fixed.

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Apparently it is because there is not enough space on the servers in the exNTL area, so they shuffle content around to try to get new stuff on.

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It's a simple answer - upgrade the damn things!

I *understand* that Telewest appear to have been out in front wrt VOD. I *understand* that Ntl have been playing catchup. But I do NOT *understand* why it isn't sorted yet - it's simply cheapskatedness (woo - new word!) on the groups part to cut corners on what is supposed to be their defining service.

But they win - there's no point in complaining. I wonder if anyone in the BY support newsgroup can get some kind of schedule as to what is happening?

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ex telewest here and have series 4 alias, 16 episodes and series 5, 17 episodes

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Its that Telewest advantage :)