Cable Forum - VOD Netflix/Streaming Services

Getting quite a bit of use out of the Amazon Prime Video app on the V6, not their Prime content but for renting the pay per view movies.

I've watched quite a few recent titles for £3.49 on there, rather than paying £4.99 on Virgin Movies.

The sound and picture quality for SD on Amazon Prime Video is as good as HD on Virgin Movies.

Legendkiller2k

02-11-2019 12:57

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MGM Stargate command becomes the second streaming service within a week to announce it's closure, it will close at the end of the year.

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36015858)

l come back to that one word reality as OB being a capitalist should understand it as its called business economics and profit and unless these companies see something in it for them they won't touch it with a barge pole.

Agreed, i think streaming is the future but that doesn't mean we'll see every streaming service on the likes of vm, skys devices.
Also streaming replacing linear tv is a very long way off yet, it will happen but not in our lifetime one thinks.

pip08456

02-11-2019 13:31

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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36015884)

MGM Stargate command becomes the second streaming service within a week to announce it's closure, it will close at the end of the year.

It was never intended to be a permanent streaming service.

OLD BOY

02-11-2019 14:09

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36015895)

It was never intended to be a permanent streaming service.

To be honest, I'd never even noticed this one!

Horizon

02-11-2019 14:42

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Some MGM content will be on HBO Max, so perhaps that will be the home of Stargate in the future.

Chris

02-11-2019 17:24

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36015851)

Apple + was launched yesterday. Why was it not on Virgin Media? This is so disappointing.

Roku have done it. Amazon Prime have done it. Why do VM customers have to wait?

They are meant to be content aggregators, after all !

When OB’s world of “what will happen” bumps into reality ...

muppetman11

02-11-2019 18:00

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36015912)

When OB’s world of “what will happen” bumps into reality ...

Probably never then.:D

1andrew1

03-11-2019 08:45

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Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 36015901)

Some MGM content will be on HBO Max, so perhaps that will be the home of Stargate in the future.

Is that more because Warner owns a big chunk of the back catalogue of MGM, and not because of any current licensing deal?

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36015851)

Since when did a subscription streaming service come to a traditional UK pay-TV platform first? Never.

If it's viable, then no doubt Apple will spend the programming and negotiating effort to get it onto more platforms. But it's a global player so global platforms like Roku and Amazon are a more cost-effective route at the start than relatively smaller UK and regional platforms like VM and Sky.

ozsat

03-11-2019 09:18

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Actually - it is only on Amazon if you have the very latest 4K/HDR firestick - it is not available on any of their other devices it would seem.

It is not available on Amazon Prime and you have to pay the normal Apple+ subscription if you want to use it on the Amazon device.

There is very little content on it - although some of the stuff is in HDR most of the films are only regular HD.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36015851)