Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I wonder if that is down to the contract they signed with the broadcaster. Maybe they didn't plan ahead and request a 16:9 feed

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Anyone have any information as to when the BBC News multiscreen service, which ahs bene on Freeview and satellite for a numbe rof years, might be appearing on VM?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It has been available on VM for a number of years.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Not ex-NTL it isn't

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Discovered a thread in Digital Spy re Eurosport, which helps.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=735216&page=2[/URL]

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Teletext also would be good.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Paramount Comedy 2 will become known as Comedy Central Extra from April 6 and not Comedy Central 2 as posted on my list on page one,

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Geez, that's really bad. That should definitely get sorted.

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very helpful read [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

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Has anyone got any ideas, when ITV on demand is coming to out boxes, or HD for that matters, VM are so slow, l think a snale could beat them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV player may launch on Virgin Media on the 24th Feb. however this date may change.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The quarterly results are due soon. Some kind of noise should be expected fairly soon.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Cynic!




Probably right though.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

They are out Next Wednesday February 25, at 1pm UK time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Could be some announcements then, however remember money is tight right now and big announcements may be hard to come by over the next few months.

Would be nice if they could drop their V+ to £50 however !

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

What's a snale?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

A Snale is a like a Snail but only slower because it is blind due to the fact it has no eye!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Eye, eye, got you;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Next tuesday sounds like a wished for date according to media boy in another thread i believe.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Indeed, hence me eqnuiring as whether VM customers in former ntl areas will ever be getting the BBC News multiscreen.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's very frustrating when they say "If you're a digital viewer ...", which I am, but I don't have the feature that those in other areas or on other platforms do have.

What is the reason for the absence of BBC News Multi-Screen in ex-NTL areas anyway? Surely the STB can't be the problem so it must be this Bromley/Langley platform business then, is it?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Discovery is to launch a new channel called 'Discovery Shed' next month, it has been announced.

The new service, which goes live on March 20, aims to be "the place for men who like good old practical activities to escape to".

The new addition takes the number of distinct channels in Discovery's UK portfolio to 12.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...d-channel.html

Story from Digitalspy.

Media Boy thinks: unless Discovery Shed is an new name for Discovery Realtime Extra it may not launch on Virgin TV.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I dont get it either as we can get sports multiscreen... so what's the diffference???

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The sad fact is Media Boy they never do....yet another new channel for Sky.:shrug:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Totally agree every time i hear of a new channel about to launch my heart sinks when 9 out of 10 times it will be sky only. Granted some of the channels that launch are not worth having but a lot of them are.

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it's just so annoying that we miss out on a lot, even if an individual thinks they're not worth it anyhow. But that's not the point - a certain channel might not appeal much to me so i think it's not worth having, but it might appeal to another... iyswim? There's no excuse, cable should get the channels. Really angry at Sky/VM! :mad:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

its nothng to do with sky or virgin it to do with teh broadcaster they only need to pay for a epg slot on sky and need to negeotie amunt they want virgin to pay them for the channel and sometime sthey are quite unrealistic

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I do think folks don't get how these channels are launched. An epg slot costs a tiny amount but Virgin have to pay for the channels. Of course they will go to Sky first, it's a lot more simple to just set it up and away you go.

If it was a level playing field then I would agree, but it's a bit like Man U playing Merthyr Town with Merthyr having their legs tied together !

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

That's all very well, however there's a long history of stuff not coming. Sci-fi and History channel wait was years on Telewest. As was the extra movie channels. Still waiting for TCM2 here, it's nearly 3 years! A couple of months is understandable, things measured in years is not, that's why people are so cheesed off on the HD issue too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

We always have this problem with new channels coming, All Sky viewers have this luck, that when a new channel comes out, it goes onto Sky.

This is why VM are so far behind in the media business, each time l switch on Sky, there is a new channel, but with VM you have to wait months or even a few years, all this talk of new channels coming on, so where are they.

I was told by an engineer, that we have the tech' to get as many channels as possible.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

the engineer lioed to you what a surpise both virign and sky engineer lie to there customers

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Have to agree 100% !
Eventually, i suppose it'll all fall back on their shoulders when more and more ppl leave to sign up to FreeSat or even Freeview with future HD? Like you say, a few months at most, but years... wow so bad :-(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The Box is available to L package customers on Virgin channel 335 until 10th March.

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If, for example, a channel is free-to-air or even free-to-view, does that speed up the process of getting it on VM, bandwidth permitting, or does as much paper have to be signed and money change hands?

Would, for example, Channel 4 +1 have been in that category?

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I doubt that engineers, Sky or VM, intentionally lie to customers. They are usually just overzealous, ill-informed or misinformed guys and gals wishing to impress.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It is true there is the technology to get a lot more channels. It is something people spend a fair bit of time on here speculating about. It's just VM are extremely poor at doing this with respect to tv.

On the subject of which, there's no sign of ITV on demand on my v+.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

The rumoured date is the 24th so Tomorrow ITV Player may appear on Virgin TV.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Yes I thought someone else had said 24th but quite a few people were saying Monday too.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

as others have said it isn't to do with the technology but carriage deals. Due to the the way VM work they have to pay the broadcaster to appear on VM.

I don't know why VM don't just control the network like they do now but make the broadcasters pay for an EPG slot like they do on Sky and then carry the channel that way. It would surely make things more simple and also generate more money but then again I don't work for VM and i'm sure there is a business reason for this.

I was thinking of creating a HD thread on here to move some of the discussion about viewing numbers and differences with Sky into a proper thread does anyone think that would be a good idea ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It is actually to do with the technology too. There really isn't the bandwidth until analogue is switched off. Once it is there are all kinds of technologies that could be deployed to get upto perhaps 100 HD channels one day.

I think another thread is a good idea.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Now all we need is Demand Five to complete the set.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Indeed. Already signed a contract with BT Vision (I don't have it so have no idea whether it's already on there or not) so I'm hopeful of that one in 2009. Just hope it isn't like with ITV where contractual negociations supposedly took an entire year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

If virign made there system completely open like sky then woukld have to pay for the bandwidth to caRRY The channels but sky doesnt the broadcast rents teh space on a satillette.

but i am not sur ewhy virign does not charge for epg slot and capicty slot

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

i've setup a new thread for talking about HD

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l#post34738857

Of course we still have this thread for talking about when new channels \ services are coming to HD.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Sky's system is not completely open. Sky's system more or less consists of an EPG and an optional encryption deal.

Broadcasters deal with Astra or whoever else is available to get their channel on air, then they pay Sky to include the channel in the Sky EPG. If the broadcaster wants to make money from subscriptions, then it also signs up to Sky's encryption service and gets a place within one of the entertainment packs. But encryption is not necessary; the only thing that's required in order to get a decent level of penetration in the UK is the EPG slot. Broadcasters are happy with this because their satellite broadcast is available to every home.

Virgin's network is not analagous to a satellite broadcast. It is available only to cabled homes. This alters the balance of power - Virgin is more like a magazine editor, paying freelancers for the copy he needs to fill his pages.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

This weeks list now online - see post one.

Look out for the relaunch of my list - coming next Monday - 2nd of March.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Looking forward to the new and improved list on Monday. ;)

In talks with ITV and Five for what?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I will fix it next week due Virgin was rumoured to be in talks with Five about Five on Demand.

And also with ITV for ITV Player.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I hope that the ITV Player launches tomorrow because I am a bit bored waiting for it now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Dave +1 is to be renamed Dave Deja vu from the 24th Feb!! :D

This is not a joke by the way, so seeing all the programmes you have already seen will now give you deja vu lmao.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Does anyone know if the ITV Player will be in the Virgin Media's on Demand EPG or will it be available via a separate system like BBC iPlayer?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

i would think in virgin epg at first then maybe stand alone like iplayer in the future. this is how the iplayer developed

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Both. By the way, VM's staff have been told today that the ITV Player does launch tomorrow.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Interesting. Do you think if I was to call Virgin at this later hour and ask the staff on the phone about ITV player on demand they would be able to give me a answer as to if we get it or not tomorrow ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I have just been told from an Virgin insider that ITV Player is to launch on Virgin Media tomorrow.

It will launch under the name ''ITV Net Player'' via Virgin Media's catch-up on Demand.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Media Boy you might have wrong information on this one. I just spoke to 2 different advisors at Virgin, one at tech support, and the other at general enquires. Both told me they have no updates on there computers regarding ITV on demand coming to Virgin Media tomorrow, and if it was to launch tomorrow the staff would be aware of this, and they have been told nothing.

Not saying my sources are correct either, but 2 staff members from 2 different departments related to Virgin tv did not have a clue to when the service would started rolling out.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV Net Player is now available wooo, am watchin jeremy kyle now lol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Confirmed. Here too, it's just appeared. Strangely there's loads of stuff from yesterday. Well who cares :tu:

Infact there's stuff going back to last Wednesday and more impressively it's not just ITV1 there's ITV2 and 3 (limited) stuff too.

Sadly the non-catch up variant is blank so far...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

It's live here in Liverpool (exTelewest) too... VM's VOD just gets better all the time :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

im very happy with it, i don't think ill get much sleep tonight lol :rolleyes:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

You going to apologise now? ;)

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Actually I think its 'Dave ja vu'

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Well, as it stands I am sticking to my guns lol.

I am in Cardiff and I dont see any ITV player in the demand section. Not calling you guys liars, but until I recive this service the staff are ( kind of ) correct on what they told me.

Guess it's going to roll out in different areas at different dates and times maybe. But if you do have it, hope your enjoying it. Though i'm a wee bit gutted it's not in Cardiff yet lol.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

its on in the halifax area catch up of the last 7 days no tv choice though yet

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Are you getting it through pressing the red button on ITV 1 ? Or are you going into the demand section and then going to catch up tv / tv channels ?

If not, how are you getting to view ITV player ? And when you say no tv choice, do you mean there are no programs yet to view under the ITV on demand section ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I can get it through Catch up tv on demand.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV stuff in catchup, here in Plymouth. There's also a channel for it in TV Choice, but no programmes as yet.

By the way, doesn't "ITV Net Player" feel so contrived? Why isn't it just ITV Player?

Sam

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV player working fine here in the north west of england.

:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Looks like they are rolling it out across the network bit by bit. Can't see them launching it in just ex Telewest areas and not the ex ntl: areas. VM seem to be an all or nothing for their new launches these days.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

no sign of it here in Stockton on Tees (north east) ex-NTL yet. oh well typical VM launch something and cant get it to all their customers !!!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

and no sign in Addlestone (Surrey, ex c&w) :(

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

No ITV Net Player here yet in Aylesbury/Watford on ex-NTL/ex-CW with Pace standard V Box. Perhaps it is a geographical rollout or perhaps it is a platform (i.e. ex-NTL, ex-Telewest) issue. If you are posting an "I do/don't have it yet" remark then please specifiy location, platform (i.e. ex-NTL, ex-Telewest), if you know it, and even STB type. Thanks.

Maybe they named it ITV Net Player because ITV Player was too similar to iPlayer or maybe they just wanted it to sound internetty. I hate it - i-this and e-that and they don't always mean the same thing. My father in law mistakenly refers to High Definition as HDi because his Peugeot is a Diesel Injected and now cars and other things have e prefixes/suffixes because they are economical or environmentally friendly.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

ITV Player not here yet, (Essex, ex.ntl, Samsung box).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Perhaps (THIS THREAD) would be a more appropriate place to discuss whether or not you're getting the ITV Player yet.....

hint hint..... :p:

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The rollout is being split up over a few days.

Knowsley Platform 24th February
Langley Platform 25th February
Bromley Platform 26th February

So don't panic if you don't have it today.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

FFS !!!
if its a town by town roll out my area wont get it till 2012 at that the current rate its rolling out.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

What are you talking about?

Its being done by the 3 areas and it will be fully rolled out by Thursday!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I suspect Joff simply didn't appreciate the significance of 'Knowsley', 'Langley' and 'Bromley'.

For the uninitiated:

Knowsley = The super-headend serving digital TV to ex-Telewest areas.
Langley = Ditto, for some of the ex-NTL areas
Bromley = Ditto, for ex-NTL areas that previously belonged to Cable & Wireless

All are named after the town or district in which the super-headend is physically located.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I have updated my list for this week - see post one.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Its rolling out over 3 days why you stressing?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Excellent, thanks. Patience is the key then.

What is Knowsley? I was only aware of Langley and Bromley and even then I'm not completely sure of their history end technical differences. If it's not too OT, perhaps someone could explain. I know that there are differences betweeen ex-Telewest, ex-NTL (ex-CW) and ex-NTL (non-ex-CW). Is that it?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Ahem ... post 376. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Good plan. ;)

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Hey, it took time to compose my posting. How was I to know the question had already been eloquently answered? :blush: Anyway, the summary in my question was pretty much the answer given. :dunce: Thanks. :tu:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

thanks for clearing that up lol
looks like i should get it tomorrow

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

As there are several places in the country with these names, would you care to elaborate on which ones they are and the geographical areas they cover?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Knowsley is in Merseyside, I don't know about the other two. In any case, where they are is irrelevant - Cable & Wireless, NTL and Telewest each had franchises all over the UK and to this very day these three legacy platforms still do serve homes all over the UK.

What you're really asking is, which regional franchises are attached to which super-headend ... perhaps a VM staffer with a few minutes to spare could list the franchises and where they're served from, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

Back in the NTL days we used to tell subscribers to check whether BBC1 was at channel 101 (Langley) or 1 (Bromley) to find out which platform they were on. Many ex-Telewest subscribers will still have Telewest branded equipment in their homes. We explained it this way because it was quick and easy to check and because a definitive list appeared to be hard to come by.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Its actually quite easy ;)

Knowsley = Bill Area Reference 01-18

Bromley = Bill Area Reference 20-22

Langley = Bill Area Reference 24-31

EDIT: Bill Area Reference 27 is for Milton Keynes & Westmister accounts i.e. Analogue/ex-BT only

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Ooooh result! Thanks Ben. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Thanks. I'm understanding it better all the time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I understand what you mean but for some time I thought that these were ( well they are really) just towns!! & I didnt understand what was being refered to.

Perhaps you would like to explain ( I am sure would dio a better job than me)

No offence meant by this post, so please dont take any:angel:

Sorry reply in as I wrote this

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

Wow look at you guys your getting excited about ITV on demand....ITV ffs haha.

Times like this makes me glad I don't get any on demand stuff at all.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

You may not like it but other posters may,if we all liked the same things the world wouldn't go around.;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

I must admit i NEVER watch ITV1 but if this is a start to ITV HD then my dad will be pleased as there is footy on that...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

yeah same here, my dad was asking me about ITV HD only the other night. Must have been some soccer game on...? Guess after watching it on BBC HD there's no going back! However, i personally could think of other channels I'd rather have in HD before ITV..

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

There is still no ITV player here in Cardiff which is a ex-NTL area. Does anyone have any news on when when it will be rolled out here ?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

tommorow or thursday

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

For me it would be :-

Sky1 for Lost (but thats about it)
British Eurosport (cos i love tennis)
Sky Premier 1
and i guess Channel 4 HD/sky sports 1 HD

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

when will itv net player get some hd content on

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

This may help

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

God your impatent, its just launched give it a month and if stoill nothing ask then

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

When will ITV Net Player improve it's program choice ? It's been on 24 hours now and from what I hear have the choice of programs on there is poor. If they dont hurry up and put more programs on there ITV may have to pull it's player due to lack of people watching it.

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Regarding my above post.

Just joking lol.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
 

FFS It hasn't even finished launching on VM and we already have people complaining about the lack of content and suggesting ITV may have to pull it :rolleyes: