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As others have said, the prices won't be confirmed until much nearer the release date. The market could change a bit over the next few months and besides, VM don't want to give away more pricing info that will only benefit their competitors.

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It would be interesting to know which department MB's sources do work in.

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So who do you think should be last to know?

Customer Services haven't been briefed on the new box yet. There is no reason why they should be - they don't need to sell or support it yet. So anything they tell you should be taken with a large bucket of salt.

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The Leaks Department. :) Seriously, some are people connecting up their DTC TVs and seeing "coming soon announcements" or "channel testing announcements" which VM equipment hides from its subscribers.

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Although you often say this, Andrew, the only stuff you should take seriously is what Virgin actually tell us. When they tell us, that is!

It is interesting to read the various theories and snippets of acquired information on here, but you really shouldn't take them as gospel.

A lot of it turns out to be inaccurate or just plain wrong, although the people who post the news may have the best of intentions.

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Its speculation remember....:Yes::no::spin:

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A bit like your prediction for linar tv then :p:

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or sky Atlantic was coming :)

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The trouble is that you cannot always trust what VM tell you either.

My most recent examples are that they first said that I could have a free 1TB TiVo, then the order turned out to be for a 500GB. Upon telling them it was to be a 1TB or nothing, they went to the trouble of waiting until the member of staff returned to work and said that they might listen to the phone call recording.

It was eventually sorted out, but I didn't care for the insinuation that I was a liar.

They said that I could keep my V+ box, then decided they wanted it back via a mildly offensive text message.

When I called them, they said that they wanted the second TiVo box back!?!?

I asked if I was being charged for a second box, to which I was told "no, as you haven't used it".

I then asked why on Earth I would order and VM supply me a 2nd box to use as an ornament ie it didn't exist.

She then said "it must be for the V+ then". I was repeatedly told that the only option was to take it to a Post Office, to which I stated that if they didn't pick it up, they would not be getting their equipment back.

An arrangement was then made to pick it up.

VM have really been pushing their luck with me this past year or so after nearly two decades of custom.

In short, don't believe anything that VM tell you either!

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It was not meant to be a prediction. It was always speculation, based on the way things seem to be going. You knew that, right?

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Yes, speculation based on events that were happening at the time.

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...and you're not wrong.

All those who touted how well ITV and ad based linear channels are doing obviously haven't seen the latest forecasts and figures. Anyway...wrong thread for this.;)

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Virgin Media scrapping Sky Sports 1 and 2 solo this summer

https://recombu.com/digital/article/...sports-1-and-2

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Fed up with this crap now, it's just bloody greed! :mad:

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Sadly they are all the same at doing it MM.

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I understand that Virgin don't make money from the Sky Sports channels - they pass on to the customer only what Sky charges Virgin.

So I don't know why this change has occurred - it can't benefit Virgin - at least I wouldn't have thought so.

Does anyone out there know the background behind this move?