Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

:LOL:

By far the best post that i have seen on here since i joined and i have to agree with you he should have t-shirts printed ( he would make a killing of us ) unless the catchphrase was i am coming soon :D

Or it could be like the old film and everybody stand up and say that i am media boy

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I can't believe I never thought of it before and I'm not sure how I thought of it now! ;)

Feel free to add to my rep. here, I could do with an ego boost! :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

All seems to have gone a bit quiet on the Living HD, History HD and Eurosport HD front. Come on VM lets keep the momentum going!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Who said anything about History or Eurosport HD? The only one that has been mentioned is Living HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

They were testing a while ago and Media Boy had them on his list but was told to remove them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Media Boy to launch new thread for 2010.

From January 7th 2010 I will closedown this thread and start up an new thread called ''Coming soon to Virgin TV (2010)''.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Is it Christmas already? I don't think I've seen many toy or game adverts yet. They usually start as soon as the kids go back to school if not before. :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Game adverts are on all year round, because, you know, it isn't just kids who buy them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I meant games for kids of Santa Claus delivery age not Peter Pans like you Nookie. :rudo:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Well, I wasn't just talking about people my age either, but people older and even your age still play games. And games for younger ones are advertised all year round too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The business part of Mercury was sold onto Npower, but the residential telephone part of Mercury is part of Virgin Media, that never went to Npower. Although as you point out, backbone telephone services (ie 999) are provided by Cable & Wireless.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I'm pretty sure that our Mercury 2300 service eventually became an NPower service with the little magic routing box (which I have in front of me as I type) but maybe not. Perhaps when the Mercury service ended we signed up with NPower for a while on our BT line.

I remember it was not a happy time with NPower but I can't remember why (my other half might but she's away). I think it was problems with billing and repeatedly getting the Direct Debit details wrong so that the payments never went through.

I know we had to have the magic box replaced once or twice too and I believe that this was a common occurrence. Also, I heard stories of people receiving boxes programmed with the incorrect routing prefix code or account number. All a bit vague now.

Those were frontier days pioneering the deregulation of telecomms with all manner of gadgets, gizmos, prefix codes and calling cards. Back to the future!

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I mean games like KerPlunk, Operation and Buckaroo* not some plug-in for a Nintendo DS Lite! Those oldies only rear their defective plastic heads in the run up to Christmas.

*Interestingly now all made by MB Games - that's Milton Bradley, not Media Boy! ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...y_logo.svg.png

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Ah, when people say 'games', I assume they mean video games. They're usually called 'board games' these days. Can't remember the last time I played one, it was probably Risk or Monopoly, two of the best. :cool:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Hey i have just seen this over on ds :
Virgin Media to rollout new IPTV platform

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...-platform.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Pick my new logo:

Vote now at: http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

:( Europsort HD was testing....why would they test it and then stop Ben??? :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

to test the network, but most fo the times when the test it because there close to agreement

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The 9-11 logo didn't last out the day.

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There was a heated discussion here a while back about the relationship between Sky and Pace. This article Pace aims to become world leader may be of interest. It also relates to the VM IPTV announcement.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The "Zone" channels are to be rebranded by CBS in a joint venture between CBS and Chello Media:

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/i...005560.article

So, goodbye Zone Horror and hello CBS Horror??

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Setanta Sports UK fall out: England qualifier could be shown pay-per-view on newspaper websites.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...r-websites-pay

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ZEE Network UK to rebrand ZEE Muzic as Zing on Friday 2nd October.

ZEE Network UK has confirmed to BizAsia.co.uk that Zing will fully replace the ZEE Muzic brand on Friday 2nd October.

Virgin viewers can view Zee Music on Virgin TV Channel 811 (Not in Ex-Telewest areas.)

http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsar...uzic_trans.php

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Wow Zingle has his own TV channel!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Eurosport to show Twenty20 CL games,

British Eurosport has agreed a broadcast deal with ESPN Star Sports to show action from the inaugural Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...-cl-games.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Teletext PLC to axe Teletext - new information.

On ITV1 Text page 139 it says that Teletext will now close in December 2009.

No date on when Teletext is going to close in December is given.

New logo news.

My new logo got 86% of vote from 105 who voted.

So thanks to everyone who took part.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ESPN pull out of talks with Blue Square Prem

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...remier-setanta

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Virgin to carry all SIX Channels of CBS and Liberty from launch???

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php...ls-for-uk.html

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Post one will now be updated after 7pm tonight.

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: My Virgin Media insider has told me to expect Virgin Media to announce something very soon regarding TV.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

To my reckoning there are 2 zone channels on vm so that will mean that we are getting another 4 channels ?

[/COLOR]Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: My Virgin Media insider has told me to expect Virgin Media to announce something very soon regarding TV.[/QUOTE]

is this why the list is going to be updated at 7 ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I lost my list for post one (working on readding it offline.)

My Virgin Media insider did not say when Virgin Media will announce this but they told me it will be ''very soon''.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

oooh excitment :) wonder what it is.... please start all your wild speculation.........NOW!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

probably just livinghd starting broadcasting or something:(

would have been nice if ITVHD was added.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

...and Europsort HD :p

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

...and all the sky hd channels. lol

Fat chance! Well not yet anyway. lol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

its gotta be about living hd lauching soon

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

When will we have digital text on the text button of our VM remotes? (ex-NTL/ex-C&W)

I'm delighted that the public voted for my design and that you have chosen to adopt it.
:cleader:
Should we worry about the trademark infringement court case? :( As far as I know it is a copyright free image. :angel:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

IPTV Launch date?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

....as far as we're concerned, I'd say 3 years before we see any changes.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I really really hope they will be showing Survivor!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I doubt that the fanfare is about Living HD as that's pretty much a given now, just a matter of days.

Virgin Media have already announced their IPTV ambitions for next year so it's probably not that either.

So another 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV' ...

The decision to retain the CRR as it stands but to relax certain restrictions on time-shift and high definition variants of ITV channels means that ITV now feel comfortable to begin launching +1 and HD channels.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...hares-down-crr

So yet another 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV' ...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Guess we wont now since teletext and such is closing down.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Well they are at the goldman sachs tommorrow so that is what they could be on about with the iptv , living hd , eurosport hd , history hd or it could be ? who knows . All we seem to know is that normally when media boy say that something is about to happen it normally does .

But for one i will be checking out globe news wire and also buisness wire every morning to see if vmed has any press releases as these seem to be to two that they seem to use .

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

sky 1 hd maybe or itv hd even history hd

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

forget sky 1hd

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

true you can dream though lol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

i say 2 years probally mid to end of 2011

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It could be the interactive features for Sky Sports.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

i very very much odubt it anything sky related they will want ofcom to do that well maybe sky will give and give it at a better price so they dnt need to do ofcom price.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

New Music channel to launch on Virgin TV?

An Ex-CW viewer has told me tonight that "Channel AKA" is now testing on Virgin TV*.

Its a hip hop channel that is broadcasting on Sky right now.

*Channel AKA is only testing in Ex-C&W.

More on this as I get it.

Post one list has been sent from my end - post one will be update within the next 24hours.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

info about Channel AKA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_AKA

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Hope thats not the big news regarding tv?.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ill chck my box later see if it testing or if there anything else testing, not sure when i can post though

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Ah I hope not as that's an awful waste of a channel :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

its awful channel trust me

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's a hip hop channel, it's more than a waste of bandwidth. It's a waste of words, effort, time AND half naked ladies.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

could this be the big news?
VOOM HD CHANNEL MAKES 'VIRGIN' LAUNCH INTO UK
http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/pressr...p?cID=3&pID=54
this is the press release from chellozone (think i have done the link right)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

That's nearly two years old.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

nope that was internet streaming trial wiht 50mb nothing to do witht eh tv things unfrtonally

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

From 2007 ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The link seems to be from 2007 and mentions the 50Mb trials. :shrug:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Non Virgin Media News: New lineup coming to Freeview.

http://mediaboydigitaltvnews.blogspo...ew-and-bt.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sorry. Really must read dates on press releases :banghead:oops:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It should be.

Expecting Virgin customers to pay the same price for less service is a ****ing joke.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Take it up with OFCOM then - they regulate Sky Sports and what Sky have to provide to other providers

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

i don't have to take it up with anyone - if Virgin can't, won't, or don't offer the EXACT same service that Sky customers receive then they should not be charging the same price.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

They have no choice but to charge them the same price as Sky retail the channels to them for the same price. Unless ofc you want VM to make a loss on offering the channels?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/cond...ytv_condoc.pdf

Page 262, paragraphs 8.90 and 8.91 are quite interesting. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Virgin Media signs first three-screen deal
Deal with Disney includes TV, online and mobile TV rights

This is the first deal of its kind for Virgin Media, and means customers will soon be able to watch Disney content wherever they are; in their home or on the move.

The deal includes the addition of the recently launched Disney XD channel, TV on demand content including HD programming, as well as rights for a wide range of Disney shows to be made available online and via the mobile screen.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....849&highlight=

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

<OT>
Hmm! Some oddities among those.

027. ITV2 +1 (Scotland only) Why 'Scotland only'?
072. CITV (Not in Wales.) Surely that should be 'not in Scotland' where ITV don't have a franchise.
087. Community Channel (Not in Digital only areas.) Why 'not in digital only areas'?

There are a few channels allocated to regional variations where no equivalent exists in other areas on that channel number. Maybe it's just a bandwidth / multiplex issue but I'd really only have expected distinct differences for ITV in Scotland and Channel 4 in Wales. I see room for some alignment there.
</OT>

Speaking of alignment. I don't suppose there's any more news on ex-C&W/ex-NTL/ex-TW alignment? (Yes, I've read post one.)

I love the new logo MB. It's really 'is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a rocket ship' looking.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I wonder if this means we are gettign more disney owned chanenls cinemagic +1 playhouse dinsey+ cinemagic hd

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV are to axe ITV2 +1 so ITV can broadcast ITV1 +1 on Freeview.
Freeview says CITV is to stay in Scotland after September 30th.
Freeview says Community Channel will be only be broadcast in areas that is not Digital only - See DigitalUK on when your area will go digital only.

I had no news in months on the alignment but when I do get any news I will update post one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

So ITV2+1 is being axed altogether or just on freeview?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Rats Media Boy! You have foiled me again! :mad:

I had hoped to get the news on here first as I had a Tweet on my mobile an hour and a half ago but I've been on the 'phone since. I have a different URL http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...849&highlight= but the same content.

Will kids seriously be watching Disney TV on their Pre-Pay Virgin Mobiles?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV are only going to axe ITV2 +1 on Freeview (in England and Wales) but ITV2 +1 will stay on Sky, Freesat from Sky & FreeSat.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Was the Disney thing the "Big announcment" MB???

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Was the disney deal the announcement you mentioned yesterday or is there something else brewing?.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

:shrug:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

What's to stop sky having all content through the red button ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

That would be Ofcom

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Ofcom, Compettion COmssion, EU loads of places if they did that they are monopolise the market so they can make sure they ahve all cuotmer on there platform which will be stopped straight away if htey did it, but red button up until now was seen as just niche thing for odd game but sky are using it now for CL and other things isntead of makign mroe channels

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The red button on sky sports has long since ceased to be a "niche" product,and i thought in the pay tv review ofcom were going to require sky to make it available? Also my argument would be virgin customers pay the same for sky sports as sky customers do, so for the same money we should get the same content simple really, and ofcom the eu or whoever else should require sky to supply that content to all. There really is no excuse other then sky running rings around the regulators.:(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

See this post ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Thanks for that ben very interesting,:)

Looks like ofcom do indeed recognise at least in preliminary findings that the red button content should be available,lets just hope ofcom do not fall asleep on the job.;)

And after the 3rd phase of the pay tv review ofcom are able to implement it immediately or within a few months, allowing sky to appeal afterwards,otherwise i suspect we are in for the long haul.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

They can appeal but i think the appeal process will be 3 months so if all goes well and we dnt havea general election before march 2010 we should then have all teh sky stuff

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sorry for being thick whats it got do with the general election?.:confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Hey with this deal today been announced has anybody else thought of the link that the last 2 deals and not the iptv system that they both have been something to do with disney ( espn backed by disney ) and also the disney deal . I wonder what else they are able to get out of disney due to their person coming to virgin media ?

DEAR MEDIA BOY what other companies are disney involved in that we may be possible to see on vm ?

It could be me or it could be a coincidence but the last 2 deals have had to do with disney there or there abouts ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

One possible reason - The Tories want to get rid of OFCOM

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

STV to opt out of 6.30pm ITV network news.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...005845.article

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

That's great, about time too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I really hope the announcement MB heard about wasn't the Disney thing. Won't be pleased if it is.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Well in all fairness it is big in the sense it a triple content delivery just liek quadruple play was a bi annoucement even though it wasnt anything big to most people but i would be annoyed to if that is it :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

My Virgin insider has told me tonight that today annoucement is just one part of it.

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Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: CBS/Chellomedia - No immediate change in the carriage of the Zone channels.

locutus1974 has given me new info about CBS/Chellomedia being on Virgin TV:

NOTE: The following is from an email he got from CBS/Chellomedia:

"There will be no immediate change in the carriage of the channels. However, under the new partnership we shall continue to look to expand carriage on virgin media to include all our channels."

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sounds about right. Some have said that the potential sale of VMtv (Flextech) demonstrates VM’s apathy towards TV as a whole, but I think that the Disney deal and recent Cisco announcement show a renewed interest in competing at a platform level. Indeed, a multi platform level—the Cisco equipment, as I understand it, will help VM deliver content to their subscribers across TV (DVB-C and IPTV), PC and mobile. This sort of “three screen” deal provides the content rights needed, and I expect that the Disney deal is only the beginning.

After all, it’s going to take a lot more than just children’s channels to build a successful three screen platform…

Sam

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

After all, it’s going to take a lot more than just children’s channels to build a successful three screen platform…

Sam[/QUOTE]

Just seen this on broadcast now !

Although details of the online element remain under wraps, a Virgin Media spokesman confirmed it would be Virgin Media-branded and the company would play host to more third-party content at a later date. There are also discussions taking place about adding content from Virgin Media’s content division Virgin Media TV, which houses channels such as Virgin 1, Bravo and Living.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/i...005795.article

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yep. Although it makes sense to host free content on the broadcaster’s web site, subscription channels need subscriber management—which pay platform providers are best placed to offer, integrated with their own pay TV services.

I do wonder what the future holds for platform branded VOD hubs—at the moment, BBC iPlayer is the only broadcaster branded hub on TV (that I’m aware of). All the broadcasters and content providers on VM’s VOD service have their own sections, of course—but they’re all very obviously Virgin Media branded. Channels tend to value their brands rather highly, and I’m surprised that, in the UK, only one broadcaster has strongly branded their presence on a VOD service.

For example, National Geographic have both VOD content and a branded interactive service on VM, but they’re completely separate from each other. I can’t imagine that NG would pass up the opportunity to strengthen their brand by integrating the two.

Sam

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

:rolleyes: <Cynical>
Socialist government - free TV for all.
Conservative government - pay TV for all those that can afford to pay the big corporations for it.
Liberal Democrat / Green Party coalition - no TV, it's bad for your health and environmentally unfriendly. Go for a walk and smell the forest.
</Cynical> :rolleyes:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

BSkyB's Darroch attacks Ofcom pay-TV pricing plans.

Chief executive Jeremy Darroch criticises proposals to make Sky sell premium sports and movie channels to rivals.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...fcom-proposals

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ITV postphone launch of ITV1 +1.

The launch of 'ITV1 +1' has been postponed until further notice.

http://tellychannelsnews.blogspot.co...ne-launch.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

OFCOM is a busted flush.

The Conservatives have already stated it will be disbanded if(in reality when) they gain power.

So forget OFCOM.

I say again if we are not receiving the same services we should not be paying the same.

End of story.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Can they really get rid of OFCOM, surely you need a regulator in this industry?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

They won't get rid of it. They will however blunt it's teeth and get rid of a lot of it's powers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I don't they've said they would get rid of OFCOM completely - just scale back it's remit

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

VM cannot charge any less than they do now, because of how much Sky charge them—as it is, VM’s profit margin for customers taking Sports/Movies is much lower than for those that don’t.

Honestly, “forget Ofcom�?! Who else can force Sky to play fair? Because they won’t, unless they’re forced to.

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t find the current situation unfair, but Sky simply won’t allow a level playing field. Somebody has to force them, and I’d very much like to know who you think will, if not Ofcom.

Sam