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Sirius 08-09-2012 01:18

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
If VM were to give every customer a £5.00 note there would be those who would complain it was not hand delivered :rolleyes:

denphone 08-09-2012 04:25

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Risco (Post 35471941)
Vm screw up most new products that they launch. We end up beta testing it for months or years until it works right, prime examples being the superhub and tivo. I doubt this app will be any different at all.

l think you will find that most of Virgin's products work near enough fine from launch but there will always be a few teething problems to start off with because as with most big companies nothing is 100% perfect to start off with but alas the doomsayers will criticise no matter what it seems and thats even before its been released..

DaMac 08-09-2012 06:58

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
To go back to the original news article in what hi-fi magazine where this was announced their News Editor Joe Cox sumarises (and this is paraphrased) "Content is King, VM TV Anywhere service will need to be able to offer the premium SKY channels to have chance of rivalling SKY go and being considered a success" Now if Sky are prepared to withold a series about the British, they aint gonna let us watch Liverpool v Man Utd on the go are they?

carlwaring 08-09-2012 07:57

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Risco (Post 35471941)
Vm screw up most new products that they launch. We end up beta testing it for months or years until it works right, prime examples being the superhub and tivo.

Don't know about the SH (mine seems fine) but there's never been anything "beta" about the Tivo and it seems to me that it's only the people who either don't have it, or have had it but couldn't use it, that spout that nonsense :(

Maggy 08-09-2012 08:29

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Topic?Stick to it.

RamJet 08-09-2012 09:10

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Hi

just read this thread - very interesting !

do we have any hard info about

1. whether & which 'live' channels will be broadcast

2. Whether Skysports will be broadcast

RJ

BenMcr 08-09-2012 09:11

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by RamJet (Post 35471983)
Hi

just read this thread - very interesting !

do we have any hard info about

1. whether & which 'live' channels will be broadcast

2. Whether Skysports will be broadcast

RJ

No and No

denphone 08-09-2012 09:13

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35471984)
No and No

So when are we likely to know Ben?.

BenMcr 08-09-2012 09:15

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35471985)
So when are we likely to know Ben?.

I'd expect when the product is officially launched

denphone 08-09-2012 09:27

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35471986)
I'd expect when the product is officially launched

And one suspects that will be in late November/early December as when they say Autumn its usually towards the end of that period.

clinteastman 08-09-2012 09:31

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Risco (Post 35471941)
Vm screw up most new products that they launch. We end up beta testing it for months or years until it works right, prime examples being the superhub and tivo. I doubt this app will be any different at all.

Actually there are teams of people testing this stuff at VM, TiVo and special teams of customers that test in there free time so that these products can be the best they can at launch, you're not doing that. If Vm release any old rubbish why did they withhold the iOS app until it was in a better place so that the customers would have the best experience at launch?

carlwaring 08-09-2012 10:21

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Now then clint. No need to start bringing common sense and logic into it :D

clinteastman 08-09-2012 10:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by carlwaring (Post 35472013)
Now then clint. No need to start bringing common sense and logic into it :D

Whoops! I forgot I was posting on the Internet Carl! :dunce:

I will agree though that something went horribly wrong with the superhub!

DaMac 08-09-2012 10:48

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Yeah, the testers didn't live next door to someone with a cheap microwave.

Gavin-D 08-09-2012 12:53

Re: Virgin TV Anywhere arriving in Autumn 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by RamJet (Post 35471983)
Hi

just read this thread - very interesting !

do we have any hard info about

1. whether & which 'live' channels will be broadcast

2. Whether Skysports will be broadcast

RJ

Set to arrive in Autumn 2012, TV Anywhere will give customers Ipad app and web browser access to on-demand content and live TV.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...allenge-sky-go



Virgin told us that it expects to have around 30 live channels available from launch across genres such as sports, kids, news and entertainment.


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