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That would not surprise me MM at all.

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Virgin media are ran very very very very differently than BT or Sky good sir. You must see the difference? VM are a cash cow currently. They provide nothing new to the industry. They are just here to collect money. BT and SKY are stupidly spending millions on getting rights to football or daft shows therefore they increase prices

VM just increase prices and shrug their shoulders. There is literally no long term plan whatsoever for VM other than

"Giles!!! make money quick before we dump this stock!"

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What difference is that Vince? as they are all in the same industry with many of the same bundled packages on offer.

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Not sure about that either as they are spending £3bn on Project Lightning.

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Are you sure Vince?.

https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...ects.html.html

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Good point i believe VM did at one point have a deal in place where SKY used vms network for something, but now with Gfast rolling out would SKY really need vms network anymore?
Maybe the kicker in the long term with the deal between SKY and BT is that it opens the gates for SKY to use BTs gfast network, yes the lines are owned by openreach but BT are rolling out Gfast now.
Or maybe VM and SKY are in talks as we speak trying to get a deal sorted.

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Tbf i find this a bit harsh, VM have been expanding their network so they are investing in their network, they are getting some exclusive content but only scraps what no-one else wants but it's a start.
I hope Den was sitting down reading this as me actually giving VM some credit might shock him lol.

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l am sitting comfortably with my feet up on my pouffe.:)

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You mustn't forget that this arrangement will not come into effect until 2019. There could be moves afoot already to provide Sky Atlantic to VM. After all, the plan is now to monetise assets - that's coming from Sky.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

To be fair this makes it sound more promising Sky Atlantic could arrive on Virgin at some stage.
https://www.skygroup.sky/corporate/m...of-tv-channels

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

And reading between the lines even though l am not the cleverest on this forum l would say its pretty inevitable and even Dave :waving: l am sure would come to the same conclusion despite his permanent Sky Atlantic will never arrive on Virgin stance.;)

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Why 2019?

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I know but we always seem to copy American ideas. Has there been any suggestion at all that this could happen in the UK? I hope not.

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The new PL rights start from 2019 so it could be actually August 2019 rather than January?

I don't want to seem pessimistic but Sky and BT have only probably reached this agreement due to the football rights. Virgin have nothing to exchange bar the broadband access which they want to keep. I can only see this as a major downside for Virgin with packages going up as I am sure that the wholesale cost of BT Sport to Sky has been negotiated downwards in exchange for NOWTV access etc while Virgins will stay the same or rise.

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I think this is both Sky and BT hedging their bets over the forthcoming Premier League rights, if either lose out they get to market the football as available on their service (BT being the loser as all the subscription money goes to Sky via Now TV).
If BT decide to sell their rather good online sports service direct to customers rather than renew their contract with VM or demand you be a BT customer to even be able to pay for it then VM could well be fubared when it comes to full sports content.

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Not that i know of no, there was a attempt to get our net habits monitored but i think nothing came of it.

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Cheers.

I wonder if this new arrangement between Sky & BT includes AMC?

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No Richard.

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Once Sky Atlantic is launched on BT, I think BT will be more relaxed about making that channel more freely available on other platforms. It has a pitifully small audience share at present.

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You would think so OB.

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I'm happy to be proved wrong on that Den hopefully start of better things to come

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Good point. :)

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Now Sky have withdrawn the Original and Sky Variety TV packs and replaced it with the entertainment pack it makes them cheaper than Virgin Media if your not interested in BT Sport

I've done a mock sign up with Sky and VM

Sky

Sky Q £25
Sky Entertainment
Sky HD

Sky Talk Pay As You Talk £0
Sky Line Rental £18.99
Sky Fibre Unlimited £11.01

Free Fibre Activation Fee

Without offers £20
Sky Q Multiscreen Pack £12
One off cost including Sky Q 2TB £114.95

Total monthly cost £67 Without offers £75.99

__________________________________________________

Virgin Media

VIVID 200 Optical Fibre
Full House TV
Talk Weekends
Virgin Phone line
Virgin TV V6 box
Virgin TV multiroom room
Activation Fee £20.00


Monthly cost £67.50 a month for 12 months then £82.50 a month

__________________________________________________

A lot of changes from Sky over the past week and for those not interested in BT Sport which is free for now with VM (some rumours it won't be once the current deal is up next summer) you can save yourself £78.12 a year at normal price

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But that is not a like-for-like comparision for broadband.

Sky Fibre Unlimited is an average of 34mb download - much less than the 200mb option you have used for VM.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

This weekend's scan indicated that the override flag has now been added to Dave HD.

Also that the Liverpool FC TV freeview has ended and that the new Playboy channel has been added to a further internal network used for testing (up from 4 test networks to 5).

There are codes for another two pack levels in the system. One seems to contain only encrypted PSB channels but is largely redundant as these channels also carry the override flag.

The other code sits between Fun and Full House but has pretty much disappeared from use, I think it only exists on the remnants of placeholders of former channels.

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Thanks for the info.

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I agree

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I think that there's a good chance that if BT Sport is to be removed from XL that VM will use Sky Atlantic to try and negate any cancellations/downgrades.

The 2019 thing might also tie in with when the VM contract with BT runs out.

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Not everyone that uses BT sport would be interested in Atlantic so I don't think it would stop that many people cancelling.

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I hope your wrong! I think it would make most decide between Sky Sports and BT Sport depending on the content. So lost revenue for both.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

The Wonderful World of Disney used to be on BBC 1 on a Monday evening.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

I remember it always seemed to be on at Bank Holidays and at Christmas (on BBC1 I think).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Took a bit of searching around lol but it was indeed on bbc1 http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/61a0b4bfb...893851692c858f

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I would be surprised if BT pulled out of the existing wholesale deal with VM. I haven't seen the figures, but gut instinct tells me that BT would get less from VM viewers if they had to subscribe and pay for that service. Currently, they have a guaranteed income stream from VM which must be worth something to BT through the payments made by VM and the extra advertising revenue.

If I was negotiating on behalf of Virgin, I would get UHD and AMC thrown in with the next negotiation!

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The info we have is BT are still pretty annoyed at VMs behaviour regarding something that happened with Eiresport, vm went crying to ofcom over something.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Maybe so, theone, but if BT can patch things up with Sky, I'm sure they can with VM. After all, BT are having to watch their pennies now on the TV front.

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Thing is though VM have a habit of constantly crying to ofcom i hope they can patch things up it'd be nice to see the big 5 (i'm including plusnet and talk talk in this) working together to provide better content and value for us the consumer.

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The 1st 3-year contract ran out last summer which initially saw them paying around £75million a year now they are paying around £120million a year I don't know how long the current contract is if it is 3 year again that would see it expiring summer 19

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We have got an DNP order on Sky Atlantic.

That all we can reveal.

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l repeat that will not be in any forthcoming negotiations OB.

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Well you are certainly good at the skill of invention OB.;)

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Our lips are sealed MB.:)

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I've got a DNP on the weather for Christmas.

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AMC may not even be around when next negotiations come around.

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Well well! Does 2017 have one more duck to throw at the fan. No doubt VM will launch Now TV on the TiVo. I can't see the actual channel launching directly.

I'm still surprised at the lack of app's for tivo. I would have thought it would have been easy to port the american apps over. Must be a ton of bizarre apps.

Anyway the ongoing 5 year discussion over Sky Atlantic. Will there be a twist or are we all quackers?

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Is that not a partial breach of the DNP?

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l suppose as they say its a case of the horse has already bolted.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

The Best of 2017.

01) The Biggest poster of the year on Cable Forum (NOT Media Boy HQ):
Winner is - theone2k10 with 441 posts

02) New Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Sky Sports Football

03) Best poster on Cable Forum with Information (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Media Boy HQ

04) Best poster on Cable Forum with information:
Winner is - JJ20X

05) Best new SD Channel launch of the year:
Winner is - Talking Pictures TV

06) Best +1 Channel of the year:
Winner is - Dave Ja Vu

07) Best new HD Channel launch of the year:
Winners is - Sky Sports Arena HD

08) Best UK Channel of the year:
Winner is - 5Spike

09) Best Internatiional Channel of the year:
Winner is - Brit Asia TV

10) Best LOCAL Channel of the year:
Winner is - STV2

11) Best Radio Channel of the year (Nominate by YOU):
Winner is - Heart 80s

12) Best new brand of the year:
Winner is - Sky Sports Main Event (Was Sky Sports 1 until July 18th)

Well done to all the winners.

So merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone who viewed this thread.

Virgin Media UK year in review:

Channels we said Hello to:
-Sep. 28th: Rishtey Cineplex
-Sep. 28th: MTV Beats
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football HD
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena HD
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Football
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Arena
-Jul. 10th: KMTV (In Kent areas only)
-Jun. 29th: Brit Asia TV
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button HD
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 2
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 3
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 4
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 5
-Jun. 20th: BBC Red Button 6
-Jun. 15th: Blaze
-Jun. 6th: Islam Channel English
-Jun. 6th: Islam Channel Urdu
-Jun. 1st: Talking Pictures TV
-Apr. 18th: Made in Teesside (In Middlesbrough areas only)
-Mar. 15th: Quest Red

Channels on the move:
-Oct. 9th: E4 - from Virgin UK Channel 144 to Virgin UK Channel 106.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket HD - from Virgin UK Channel 502 to Virgin UK Channel 504.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action HD - from Virgin UK Channel 503 to Virgin UK Channel 507.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf HD - from Virgin UK Channel 504 to Virgin UK Channel 505.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League HD - from Virgin UK Channel 505 to Virgin UK Channel 502.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News HD - from Virgin UK Channel 506 to Virgin UK Channel 509.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 HD - from Virgin UK Channel 508 to Virgin UK Channel 506.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Cricket - from Virgin UK Channel 512 to Virgin UK Channel 514.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Action - from Virgin UK Channel 513 to Virgin UK Channel 517.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Golf - from Virgin UK Channel 514 to Virgin UK Channel 515.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports Premier League - from Virgin UK Channel 515 to Virgin UK Channel 512.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports News - from Virgin UK Channel 516 to Virgin UK Channel 519.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports F1 - from Virgin UK Channel 518 to Virgin UK Channel 516.
-Jan. 10th: Box Upfront - from Virgin UK Channel 338 to Virgin UK Channel 330.
-Jan. 10th: Box Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 337 to Virgin UK Channel 336.
-Jan. 10th: 4Music - from Virgin UK Channel 330 to Virgin UK Channel 337.
-Jan. 10th: Kiss - from Virgin UK Channel 336 to Virgin UK Channel 338.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere HD - from Virgin UK Channel 431 to Virgin UK Channel 401.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits HD - from Virgin UK Channel 433 to Virgin UK Channel 403.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats HD - from Virgin UK Channel 434 to Virgin UK Channel 404.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney HD - from Virgin UK Channel 435 to Virgin UK Channel 405.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family HD - from Virgin UK Channel 436 to Virgin UK Channel 406.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure HD - from Virgin UK Channel 437 to Virgin UK Channel 407.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy HD - from Virgin UK Channel 438 to Virgin UK Channel 408.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller HD - from Virgin UK Channel 439 to Virgin UK Channel 409.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance HD - from Virgin UK Channel 440 to Virgin UK Channel 410.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror HD - from Virgin UK Channel 441 to Virgin UK Channel 411.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select HD - from Virgin UK Channel 442 to Virgin UK Channel 412.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Premiere - from Virgin UK Channel 401 to Virgin UK Channel 431.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Hits - from Virgin UK Channel 403 to Virgin UK Channel 433.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Greats - from Virgin UK Channel 404 to Virgin UK Channel 434.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Disney - from Virgin UK Channel 405 to Virgin UK Channel 435.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Family - from Virgin UK Channel 406 to Virgin UK Channel 436.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Action & Adventure - from Virgin UK Channel 407 to Virgin UK Channel 437.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Comedy - from Virgin UK Channel 408 to Virgin UK Channel 438.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller - from Virgin UK Channel 409 to Virgin UK Channel 439.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Drama & Romance - from Virgin UK Channel 410 to Virgin UK Channel 440.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror - from Virgin UK Channel 411 to Virgin UK Channel 441.
-Jan. 10th: Sky Cinema Select - from Virgin UK Channel 412 to Virgin UK Channel 442.

Channels rebrand (For Good):
-Oct. 31st: Viacom has rebrand Spike as 5Spike.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 HD as Sky One HD.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky1 as Sky One.
-Oct. 9th: Sky UK has rebrand Sky2 as Sky Two.
-Sep. 30th: That's TV has rebrand Mustard TV as That's Norfolk (Norwich areas only).
-Aug. 28th: Star India has rebrand Star Life OK as Star Bharat.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 HD as Sky Sports Main Event HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 HD as Sky Sports Cricket HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 HD as Sky Sports Action HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 HD as Sky Sports Golf HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 HD as Sky Sports Premier League HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ HD as Sky Sports News HD.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 1 as Sky Sports Main Event.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 2 as Sky Sports Cricket.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 3 as Sky Sports Action.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 4 as Sky Sports Golf.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports 5 as Sky Sports Premier League.
-Jul. 18th: Sky Sports has rebrand Sky Sports News HQ as Sky Sports News.
-Apr. 24th: STV has rebrand both STV Edinburgh and STV Glasgow as STV2.
-Apr. 8th: Virgin Media UK has rebrand Tiddlers TV as Virgin TV Kids.
-Apr. 8th: Global Radio has rebrand Heart Extra as Heart 80s.
-Mar. 18th: Fox has rebrand Fox+ as Fox + 1.
-Mar. 1st: Motorsport has rebrand Motors TV as Motorsport.TV UK.
-Jan. 10th: Sony has rebrand Movie Mix as Sony Movie Channel.

Channels we said Goodbye to:
-Dec. 1st: Playboy TV.
-Oct. 18th: Kix Power.
-Sep. 13th: Bike TV.
-Aug. 17th: BBC Three app - from Virgin UK Channel 106.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button HD.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 2.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 3.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 4.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 5.
-Jul. 18th: BBC Red Button 6.
-Feb. 1st: ARY Digital.
-Feb. 1st: ARY News UK.

Final total of posters on 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2017)' Thread this year:

As of December 18th at 4pm

TOP 20:
Name - number of posts
01) theone2k10 - 441
02) OLD BOY - 429
03) denphone - 422
04) RichardCoulter - 341
05) jj20x - 289
06) Media Boy - 278
07) muppetman11 - 132
08) Mad Max - 110
09) Ddonald2016 - 107
10) 1andrew1 - 97
11) Dave42 - 86
12) Ultimate.Conj - 81
13) vincerooney - 55
14) BenMcr - 47
14) nodrogd - 47
16) telegramsam - 46
16) Chad - 46
16) SonicMaster - 46
16) Gavin-D - 46
20) ozsat - 34

The others:
Name - number of posts
21) Inactive Digital - 33
22) Raider999 - 31
23) Mr K - 27
24) passingbat - 26
24) alwaysabear - 26
26) spiderplant - 23
27) Aguero9320 - 19
28) Horizon - 18
29) Arthurgray50@blu - 16
30) johnathome - 15
31) cheekyangus - 14
31) nialli - 14
33) jfman - 11
34) Bananaman_007 - 10
34) Tricky Trevor - 10
34) buckeye - 10
34) RobboEdin - 10
38) Richc1977 - 9
39) Red_dog77 - 8
40) Mobes - 7
40) The Yank - 7
40) mhatter67 - 7
40) heavyside - 7
40) Derekb108 - 7
45) DaMac - 6
45) heero_yuy - 6
45) spankysmagicpian - 6
45) mike_gain - 6
45) nicknewark - 6
50) japitts - 5
50) dodgem22 - 5
50) ottoni - 5
50) oliver1948uk - 5
54) gba93 - 4
54) johnasimmons - 4
54) Bofrok - 4
54) Mr Banana - 4
54) busboy125 - 4
54) MyBraiNz - 4
60) figgyburn - 3
60) DreamRJ - 3
60) trickytree - 3
60) Henkesghost - 3
60) Lozenge - 3
60) DJ-SWITCH - 3
60) toady - 3
60) Itshim - 3
60) blackthorn - 3
60) buba3d - 3
60) devilincarnate - 3
60) TMLeafs - 3
72) 1701-e - 2
72) jodash - 2
72) MichaelScofield - 2
72) Gunslinger - 2
72) Joedm45 - 2
72) Barriescott - 2
72) bluecandylover - 2
72) Rob King - 2
72) Phil-ntl - 2
72) pjj365 - 2
72) Frazz - 2
72) bennyhill - 2
72) love Virgin2013 - 2
85) tpick - 1
85) cupcakes aka dd - 1
85) iadom - 1
85) fedupreggin - 1
85) Martin_D - 1
85) Kev Greenhalgh - 1
85) Bob - 1
85) Jacquesb - 1
85) nfs6600 - 1
85) DVD Cinema - 1
85) i am not scouse - 1
85) TheTruthReigns - 1
85) Horsegirlbusmad - 1
85) huxleypiguk - 1
85) greeninferno - 1
85) Pster72 - 1
85) dilli-theclaw - 1
85) batchain - 1
85) Parkinjw - 1
85) LoneWolf - 1
85) Cable Forum - 1
85) AndyCambs - 1
85) neilo - 1
85) cje85 - 1
85) daz100 - 1
85) jcm193 - 1
85) ongman - 1
85) braysoj1 - 1
85) gunner45 - 1
85) paultrademark - 1
85) Wicked_and_Crazy - 1
85) andrewbrown - 1
85) dazed&confused - 1
85) richard s - 1

ALL POSTERS MUST HAVE POSTED IN 'COMING SOON TO VIRGIN TV (2017)'.

Top posters of 2017 (Total took at 18th December at 16.00):

©copyright 2017 Media Boy 2006 - 2017. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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Merry Christmas to all the posters. Hopefully we get more gifts next year from virgin media to allow me to improve on my 13th place.

Roll on 2018 of fine channel launches, new apps and no price increasss

“Lol”

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Let me guess - Sky Atlantic isn't coming anytime soon. :p:

Seriously, it was bound to happen before long. Spring 2018 would be my guess.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Watch this space - we have an idea on when it may appear.

Only the SD Channel coming.

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And a very Merry Christmas to you Vince and all the great and the good on this forum.:xmas:

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Well we shall see what transpires Sir.

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Not much for you to moan about now then OB.;):D

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Very much expected IMO.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Looks like I'll still be watching the channel via Now TV then. :rolleyes:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Not necessarily.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Sky Cinema Action will be temporarily rename as Sky Cinema Heroes.
Sky Cinema Greats will be temporarily rename as Sky Cinema Villains.

Both channels will be temporarily renamed from January 6th 2018 to February 5th 2018.

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The date has got "2018" at the end.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

31st :-D
Nice.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Well, I will be watching it on Now TV if Virgin are only going to provide the SD version. That I know for sure!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

I'll keep watching it on SKY :p:

But we have no info about Sky Atlantic being on vm and tbh MB has fell for it before when ppl have told him it's coming to VM.

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I never get the hate towards SD. In fact sometimes i forget to even switch to the HD version of a channel. I'm certainly not bothered about ultra HD. I really can't be bothered seeing the pores on peoples faces or the beads of sweat. That doesn't really intrigue me that much.

Maybe i'm stuck in the past...i remember the days before digital and my concern being trying to pick up channels with my indoor aerial and watching a ton of grey fuzzy cloud half the time. I'd have died for SD then... so i'm always grateful to not have to deal with that poxy indoor aerial anymore

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Yes it is of no great concern to me either if it arrives in SD then so be it but hold onto your horses Vince because it won't be long before Le God comes along and tells us we are old fossils stuck in a bygone age.;):D

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Any thing may happen - that the way life is.

We may win the lotto on Wednesday. Or we may die tomorrow.

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RUMOUR: An Virgin Media Viewer has told us that BT may buy ITV.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

I can see it coming in 2018, too.
Growth to all the main TV platforms has stopped so the only way Sky can get more money is by selling its channels to other platforms and via Now TV.

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BT to buy ITV... hmm. I've thought ITV may get sold sooner or later but it seems odd why BT would want it? They'd just be lumbered with a network of channels they already have total access to. Thought the yanks would buy ITV.

Aye Den! I've had my HD TV for ten years and it will continue in my bedroom until the day she dies... Only then would i even contemplate getting an ultra HD tv! Plus we all know the ultra HD charge will likely be an extra ten quid knowing sky!

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The BT rumour is something i've been told too so that could have something in it.

Like many others i appreciate your rumours and like you i get info but be careful mate you may get accused of trolling by a certain member.

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It would open up all the HD channels from 2, 3 & 4 plus give them the option to place European football back on Freeview if they so wished

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Live chat with whom? VM?

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So my sister was told when renegotiating her package online apparently.

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Our Sources say "By July 2018".

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BT may well have considered ITV at one stage but very recently BT seems to be stepping away from content investment. Yes, it will keep BT Sport, but general entertainment channels seem set to be outsourced to Sky via Now TV from 2019.
If BT wants Freeview or HD channels it can licence them, it does not need to own them.

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Who knows then. All I know is it's stupidly overdue for some overrated content.

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We have been told no plans for Atlantic on VM.

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Ok, so why has MB indicated that this may happen? I take it your sources are totally different from his?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

I don't know who his sources are mate.
His source could just have info before my sources though.

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More sources (sauces) than HP

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With Virgin using the tagline the only place to watch all football or whatever it was, I wouldn't be surprised if Sky pay a fair bit of wedge to BT to be the only place to watch all of the football rather than VM, they have the cash. VM will be left with BT as a bolt on rather than 'free' as is now and Sky will subsidise BT Sport if people include it in their package. It's another Sky Atlantic type scenario.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Apparently just a short vacation rather than a goodbye. It now appears to be back on the EPG.

In more technical terms, streams associated with the original Playboy service, SID 1709 have been removed and the service has been parked on SID 1759. The new Playboy service SID 1710, previously testing on 5 internal networks, has now been added across the national network and has replaced the original service on the EPG.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 

Be interesting to see what happens in the New Year. I hope you guys on Virgin get Sky Atlantic but in my opinion you're not missing much really.
Happy Christmas to one and all and wishing you all a great New Year

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I don't know how you could possibly call shows such as 'Game of Thrones' and 'Boardwalk Empire' over-rated.

If you enjoy dramas, you would be bowled over if you took a look at the long list of dramas that have been shown on that channel. When I first subscribed to Now TV, I couldn't believe how much I'd missed.

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I agree that, like other non premium Sky channels, there is a fair amount of rubbish screened outside peak times, but Sky Atlantic does have a pretty good pedigree for showing some good stuff at other times (Mad Men, The Affair, The Night Of, True Detective, etc).

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3rd series of 'The Tunnel' just started on Sky Atlantic.

Another good watch, although I would agree that I find anything worth watching on SA

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Its funny how you always single Sky out for this , I'm hard pressed to find anything worth watching across the entire EPG during non peak hours it usually results in me viewing Sport or On Demand oh and I'm including the terrestrial channels in that.

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Potential joke about Playboy TV and the Coming Soon thread ..... ;)

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New 2tb V6 in the works according to a source.
I thought the v6 was already 2tb though tbh but apparantly it's only 1tb, a new 2tb model is in the works apparantly.

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Should not take long, just a larger hard drive.

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They should have done that in the first place.

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l need to sit down as for once l agree with you OB.:Yikes::eeek:

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[QUOTE=OLD BOY;35929472]I don't know how you could possibly call shows such as 'Game of Thrones' and 'Boardwalk Empire' over-rated.

If you enjoy dramas, you would be bowled over if you took a look at the long list of dramas that have been shown on that channel. When I first subscribed to Now TV, I couldn't believe how much I'd missed.

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I agree that, like other non premium Sky channels, there is a fair amount of rubbish screened outside peak times, but Sky Atlantic does have a pretty good pedigree for showing some good stuff at other times (Mad Men, The Affair, The Night Of, True Detective, etc).[


They are completely overrated by Sky's standards anyway. They are good programmes but come on, they attract an audience I admit, but Sky has kept the channel withdrawn like its something absolutely fantastic. I think Virgin was right to hold off paying, for what was probably a ridiculous sum asked for by Sky.

Virgin have never been in the business of giving the viewer what they really want, they have always been slow on releasing tech, and channel releases are done randomnly and generally months after they've been on Sky.[COLOR="S

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My thoughts exactly!

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RTE News Now to close:

https://www.independent.ie/business/...-36393796.html

I'm assuming that this is on VM Ireland and/or VM in NI.

As usual they're blaming a lack of money, but RTE is appallingly mismanaged from my dealings with them.

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I hope they will have a method of copying recordings from a 1Tb box to a new 2 Tb box.

Also does this mean that the cloud storage idea has been blown out of the water for the forseeable future (bearing in mind the 2Tb box was originally dropped and people posted cloud was the reason)?

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It reminds me of a local news broadcast in the UK. Ireland is possibly too small to have a rolling news channel largely focussed on home news. I can understand why the viewer numbers are low.

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Both very good points.

I was told that VM were working on customers being able to transfer recordings across, but SP doesn't think that this will happen:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...php?t=33705659

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I'm the complete opposite :D
I always watch the HD variant if there is one, which most channels now have. The picture quality is much better, specially when it comes fast moving pictures such as sport or action movies.
I won't go as far as saying SD hurts my eyes...but it does lol

I watched some Blue Planet II in UHD on the iplayer...it's looks amazing. We should be embracing the new technology...specially with HDR now, everything looks so much more vibrant

VM probably won't push out the HDR update until some UHD content comes along, which hopefully isn't too far into the future

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A bit irritating that GOT series 7 is not on there this Christmas.:(

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I hate that show den! Its a weird hybrid of dungeons and dragons coupled with some racy scenes to get the punters in.

I can't wait until its over! Its also laughable that the author still can't finish his books as he's too busy being cosy with hollywood.

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Well as l say Vince one man's meat is another man's poison.

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Ha very true den. You're a wise gentleman.

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Belfast Telegraph is reporting that Liberty Global will rebrand be3, TV3 and 3e under the Virgin brand but the date is to be confirm.

But Belfast Telegraph is saying "most likely next year".

NOTE: be3, TV3 and 3e only broadcast in Ireland on Virgin Media Ireland, Sky and other Irish networks.

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Media Boy HQ info was right at time of posting.

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Media Boy HQ wish everyone an Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays.

Coming Soon to Virgin Media (2018) will launch sometime with in December 26th - December 31st.

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Merry christmas to you too bud have a great one.
Also like to wish all members and staff on cable forum a very merry Christmas.

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Merry Christmas good sir. May you have a delightful holiday

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Hope you all have a great time.

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Of course, the replacement service had only been added a short while before I posted.

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Any update on STV AD?

We think unless it launches tomorrow we think Virgin will wait until 2018 for this one.

Any other news?

Also when Playboy did appear on Tuesday we found that the number of Total Channel did go up by one.

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Is more RTE Radio Channels set to launch on Virgin Media UK?

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/b...dcasts-in.html

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Base on TV Channel Lists information Media Boy HQ see that Playboy has NOT relaunch on Sky.

https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_...eland)_in_2017

Virgin Media UK only channel?

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As far as I know from Astra 28 scan changelogs, on Sky it appears that the narrative audio stream has been added to some, or all, of the individual STV regions but that the actual audio hasn't yet been added. So possibly a case of just waiting for STV to activate the audio. I'm not sure why VM are creating an AD version rather than adding a narrative stream to individual STV sub regions. That said, I don't know why VM have AD versions for Channel 5 and S4C. The Channel 5 and S4C AD streams point to exactly the same video/audio streams as the national Channel 5 and S4C services, so it would seem simpler to just enable AD on the main service.

I've not seen any new scan data since Tuesday. The Astra 28 changelog shows that ARY channels are returning to Sky. They were removed from all UK platforms when their licence was revoked by Ofcom. Maybe the return to Sky will be followed by a return to VM?

Unfortunately a result of a placeholder being created for the old Playboy service. If only it was a simple as closing SID 1709 and replacing it with SID 1710. The 1759 placeholder is the "additional" service. There are quite a few placeholders in the NIT and they are all included in the "Total Channels" count.

As far as I know, the barriers preventing RTE Radio from being added to DAB don't apply to VM. It's a licensing technicality.

The big two adult tv broadcasters, Playboy and Portland, market their own channels on Sky direct to the end customer, offering their own bundles of channels. VM offers various individual subscription channels and a bundle of channels taken from both broadcasters. It's possible that Playboy has simply "rested" Playboy TV on Sky, they still offer a bundle of 4 channels. Maybe VM don't want to carry Playboy's substitute channels and have reached an agreement for Playboy to continue to supply the original channel.

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Just found out that Channel 4 +1 has been added to Virgin Media Ireland.

It on Virgin Ireland Channel 161 and did launch sometime in December.

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you too Dave and everyone else on Cable Forum.

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Odd question- have the american talk shows ie the tonight show stopped broadcasting in the UK? I had a tivo series link on my old box and tried to reset it now i have my V6 and its not showing up.

They had both the tonight show and the late night series but they appear to now be missing

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Do you mean your series links have gone missing or the just aren't recording anything?

Try Seach or a WishList to see if the programmes have moved channel

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Aye i mean it appears i cant add the series anymore to record as it doesnt appear to be on british tv anymore