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:dunce: Oops I wrote LoveFilm rather than LoveNature. :blush:

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Sewing Steet confirmed "working on" deal to launch on Virgin.

Gemporia's Sewing Street has revealed on Freeview that they are "working on" launching on Virgin Media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JFT42vPUGI (See 1:10 on video)

Source: Neil Garratt Sewing Street MD.

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That will certainly be a interesting new channel for some of our members.:)

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Christ almighty, can we get any further down into the dregs of complete brain-numbing dross!

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Sew what?

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Sounds like a stitch-up to me.:D

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Or a certain pattern is emerging..:D

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If it comes in HD it will boost the stats ��

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Think someone has got their threads-crossed here!

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Looks like this deal is all sewn up.

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I'm in stitches reading all these puns- just can't think of one myself.

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This thread is really starting to needle me...

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l am glad you found the thread after much searching.;)

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TiVo are showing listings for ITV Yorkshire +1 on Virgin Channel 174 (ITV3 +1)

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It took him a bit of time to cotton on. :D

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Seems like a stitch up to me.

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Are you trying to pull the wool over our eyes?

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Whatever its faults, this channel is not immaterial. ;)

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I hear there are some ripping yarns on it...

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MTV Classic has become MTV 80s on channel 316.

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Intrestingly syfyuk facebook page has changed it's name to Skytv, i believe some on here mentioned they thought SYFY will changed to a SKY branded channel? They might be correct.

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They changed the Sky1 Twitter account to SkyTV about a month or two ago. They seem to have abandoned the other Twitter accounts and are consolidating all the TV ones on one account. So I wouldn't read into it too much, they'll be doing the same on each Social Media platform.

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Sky Arts looks like it will be set to become a free to air service and join Freeview according to Broadcast.
They are seeking capacity but if this is unsuccessful it may replace Pick or Challenge.
It will likely drop down to the lowest pack on Virgin when this happens

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/sky/s...47813.article?

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Sky Cinema FB page renamed to just Sky TV also as I got a notification

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The can't do no wrong company suffers a data breach be aware vm customers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51760510

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Already being discussed in the Virgin Media news thread

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...6#post36026456

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LATEST: Media Boy HQ gets updates from Media Boy Sources.

Look like that SYFY has been saved from the axe going forward BUT we have seen uncofirmed reports by Media Boy Sources that Sky is set to change from SYFY to Sky Syfy.

However our sources think Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild may close in future.

Media Boy HQ now thinks that the following may happen:

-Pick TV and Blaze will become one called Pick TV
-Blaze slot on Freeview will be reuse for Sky Arts to launch on Freeview

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I’d be quite happy with that, MB. Nice to see Sky wanting to give Freeview another chance.

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Would these channels be closing due to poor viewing figures?

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Their viewing figures aren't amazing, last time I looked, NGWild in particular, so it's quite possible they may close. They are still actively advertising new series launches so it may not happen for a while.

National Geographic channels are now part of Disney and their content is apparently on the new Disney+ service, so they may decide to go exclusively via that and cut the costs of running linear channels.

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According to jfman, you can run linear channels at virtually no cost! :D

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Of course you have left out my caveat "if you hold the content already".

It's observably the case that the cost of broadcasting a liner channel is tiny given how many channels there are in the Virgin EPG, free to air on satellite, etc. many of which broadcast to virtually zero viewers.

https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/307002/

While the article is from 2016 - Europe doesn't have over 5000 television channels because it's cost prohibitive to broadcast.

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Hmm! If all these channels go on my historic VM account what will I be paying for? Can I get a reduction on my payment?

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Why would your 'sources' think that? There are no signs of Disney wishing to close either channel.

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Thanks for the reply

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Any update on the promised UHD sky sports and cinema that was promised by virgin last year

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I don't think that some of the promised things have even appeared on Sky's own satellite service yet, let alone a 3rd Party like VM.

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They do have it via on demand which we was promised

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I wouldn't be surprised if they want to launch it all at once. :)

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It'll come when everyone has moved to 8k or something.
Virgin media - yesterdays technology today.

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Yup, they're always playing catch up (usually with Sky). VM customers are treated like the poor relations.

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Cable had proper video-on-demand well before others in the UK so that's a little unfair.

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Have two 4K EPG channels too - and provide HDR output.

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That was years ago and only until technology developed that allowed other providers to have a return path.

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Well I wasn't saying that was the only thing, it was the first thing that came to mind in the short time I had when posting. :)

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Well, it's the only thing that I can think of where Virgin were actually ahead. Think HD, UHD etc

I only put up with it because I get a massive discount (even taking into account that I have to subscribe to Now TV to gain access to Sky Atlantic). If the massive discounting ever stopped i'd be off like a shot!

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It wasn't the return path that was the problem - the earliest Sky Digital boxes were modem enabled. It's the downstream (or relative lack thereof) that was the problem.

While cable could allocate bandwidth to you for an individual programme request satellite doesn't allow this.

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Well that's two more things already you've thought of. VM were first to broadcast both of those.

Let's think of some more...
3 tuners
6 tuners
Multi-room streaming
Suggestions
Wishlists
iPlayer
Netflix
Spotify
YouTube
and as ozsat has already mentioned, HDR

Reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tvauOJMHo

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Such a shame tha is no longer available. Sky customers have it.

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Of course VOD proper did not come to cable until Next Gen TV came in with the digital boxes. On the analogue service you had NVOD, where you had to phone a number & "buy" a showing of a film. The recorded message then told you which channel number to view it on & at what time.

Cant remember if Sky had anything similar.

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Your memory serves you well SP.:)

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Spotity is on the SkyQ box - but has quite a few audio drop-outs reported when using the SkyQ app.

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As Ive said on here a few times,expect it to launch in August in time for the 2020-21 football season.

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You are probably not that wrong, in my opinion.

Interestingly, we still don't seem to have the enhanced VOD offering from UKTV or Viacom yet either. I wonder when we can expect to get all that?

Maybe Virgin is planning to launch everything at once when the new Horizon 4 platform replaces the existing UI in the second half of this year. That would make for a great headline for VM.

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Sky will allow customers to 'pause' their Sky Sports subscription etc:

Quote:

Whilst we expect that many of the recently postponed sports events will go ahead, if you wish to pause your Sky Sports subscription in the meantime you will not be charged a fee to do so or be held to any notice period. Meanwhile we continue to provide high quality content across all of our 11 Sky Sports channels.

https://www.sky.com/shop/covid19-cus...P-banner-COVID

https://www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/artic...ay-in-the-home

Sky Ireland (ROI & NI) is to give pubs Sky Sports for free.

Not heard anything about what/if VM are planning to do :erm:

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Richard, it's not just Sky Ireland

https://bit.ly/2w5SjCI

Sky Sport, BT Sport scrap commercial subs
https://advanced-television.com/2020...cription-fees/

Sky Sports and BT Sport have stopped billing their commercial customers due to the coronavirus pandemic that has halted virtually all live sport around the globe.

Sky Sports suspended its fees this week and will not resume it “until a live sport schedule returns” and BT Sport similarly said that it will “suspend billing for pubs and clubs customers for a two week period,” and then presumably reassess.

“This is a goodwill gesture that we are putting in place while we monitor the situation,” read a statement from BT Sport. “We will keep customers updated as the situation develops.”

Simon Raggett, managing director of Sky Business, said: “We understand that these are challenging times for many of our Sky Business venues, who rely on showing live sport in a social environment to attract customers and revenue. Supporting these businesses and doing what we can to help them in uncertain times is very important to us. We would like to reassure our Sky Business venues […] we will not be charging them for their Sky Sports service until a live sport schedule returns.”

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Thanks, it's about time too! Not a word from VM as yet.

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Hey, Richard, thanks for the information - I've just read this! It seems I have duplicated your find on the sports thread! :erm:

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Knowing Virgin they'll be like "hey loads of repeats so we'll raiuse prices by a extra £5p/m instead"

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NP. A word of warning though, it's transpired that, even though Sky Sports can be paused, if it is, then people are losing discounts eg one person found that they were then paying full price for movies.

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:D:D:D

In reaction to the Coronavirus emergency, the BBC will be changing some things to deal with reduced staffing levels and prioritise some programming:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51931050

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According to JJ20X on Forum Box there are 4 new channels on the network.
https://www.forumbox.co.uk/forum/thr...9101#post89101

2 SD and 2 HD. They just have names like Channel A SD, Channel B SD, etc, so not much to go on.

Probably Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature in SD and HD variations, but you never know, that's just my guess.

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As they carry the Sky1 & Sky2 flags and genre flag 1 (Documentaries) I think that's fairly certain!

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:D

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The BBC Sounds TV app will be rolling out from today on Virgin Media devices and YouView devices, including some Sony TVs, and is coming to some Samsung TVs later this week, plus many more connected TVs and devices in the coming weeks and months.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/la.../sounds-tv-app

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Cool. Nothing here yet.

Thanks SonicMaster. :)

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Could this be the start of the 100's of apps promised many years ago?
No? I don't think so either

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Perhaps OB can answer that.:D

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On the negative side, we won't get Disney+

Sky has confirmed:

We’ve partnered with Disney to be the only pay-TV provider to offer Disney+ on their platform.

https://www.sky.com/help/home/sky-tv...ng-disney-plus

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The Virgin Media press release about BBC Sounds app released today.
https://www.virginmedia.com/corporat...to-tv-platform

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Great stuff, I paid for a year and hoped the app would be on V6 shortly after launch, thinking Disney would want to make it available as possible. Guess its Roku and Chromecast for me then.

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I wouldn't take too much notice of that. As at today, the statement is correct because VM is still negotiating with Disney. There is nothing in Sky's agreement with Disney that prevents this from happening.

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I'm sure it will launch soon, jobbie, be patient.

In the meantime yes, it's on Roku, Amazon Prime and Chromecast as well as some specified smart tvs and YouView.

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I think the term "exclusive to SKY" might be a clue.

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Where do they say it's exclusive?

Not in the press release that it is:
https://www.skygroup.sky/article/sky...l-for-disney-+

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tbf, in the original link, it said https://www.sky.com/help/home/sky-tv...ng-disney-plus

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Yup, but still doesn't stay exclusive which most providers will use if it is that.

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It has not appeared on the V6 as of this moment.

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Yeah. Ever so slightly tempted to reboot the box to see if that brings it. But I'm so busy I wouldn't be using the app today, so I won't bother.

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Done that and it was still not there.

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I needed to reboot one box for it to appear.

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If it appears on vm within the next 6 months i'll eat my hat.

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Hayu have emailed users to say they will be leaving Virgin Media on 6th April

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How is 'the only pay-TV provider' different to 'exclusive'?

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It’s also available on various App stores for Smart TVs, so it’s not exclusive to Sky.

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That worked for me too. Excellent app it is too.

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Maybe Sky will be the only one allowing you to add it to your existing TV bill?

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I wonder if anyone noticed. It's just hours and hours of hysterical women having beefs about very little. Hopefully, the days of reality TV in the UK are declining now.

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Did you miss the pay-TV bit?

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Ironically it was my wife who got the email, she likes that kinda thing but there is enough of it on TLC

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No - I was explaining why it wasn’t "exclusive to Sky", not that it wasthe only PayTV provider.

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Radio Times says its definately coming:
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-d...-virgin-media/

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I don't think anyone is claiming that Disney+ is exclusive to Sky, just that Sky have confirmed that they have agreed a deal to be the only pay-TV provider to provide Disney+ on their platform.

I would be delighted if Virgin Media were to provide Disney+ but what Sky are saying suggests that won't happen.

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Yeah tbf it did seem like i was saying exclusive to SKY i should of worded it better as in "SKY are the exclusive pay tv operator for Disney+ on their platform"

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What it suggests to me is that as now, it is true. It may not be true in a couple of weeks.

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My my your memory is quite poor OB as don't you remember your Sky Atlantic coming soon predictions.;)

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I don't see what this has to do with Sky Atlantic, Den. The arrival of Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media was never confirmed explicitly by Sky or VM. It always was speculation, sparked off by a Broadcast report which turned out to be far off the mark.

I am sure you don't deny the reports that Virgin are in talks with Disney + (they confirmed that they were, and that they have a long standing relationship with Disney) and of course Disney want their streamer on as many platforms as possible, as they themselves have said.

That Virgin haven't got it at launch is par for the course, but there is nothing to be gained by being negative about the prospect of it coming to VM.

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I agree. If the Sky deal was an exclusive then I'm sure they would have sung it from the rooftops.

The only pay TV provider for now, who knows in the future. Whether thats tomorrow, next month or whenever

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The article may have been amended, but that is certainly not what they say now.

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Netflix buckles under pressure it seems https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...virus-21755230 Netflix down: Brits in coronavirus lockdown unable to watch streaming service

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Storm in a teacup:
https://downdetector.co.uk/status/netflix/