Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

me to and using spotify :):):)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

Whew! Hope my hunch is proved right.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

Yes, I asked if I could just get Sports 3 and 4 and was told you cannot take part of the sports package it has to be the whole package or none.

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There is some interesting quotes on that page.

"Sky Sports will feature 116 live English Premier League matches this season – more than three times as many as BT Sport offers. More often than not, it’ll be Sky Sports and not BT Sport that features clashes between the top teams in the Premier League."

It's almost as if Virgin are trying to down sell BT Sports. Not the kind of information I'd expect to see from a company who may be trying to sell that particular product in 2 weeks time.

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You can get 1 & 2 alone, but not 3, 4 or F1.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

or they are pointing out bt sport is no way as good as sky sports which is very true Chad and could be pointing out to bt if bt wont do a deal VM customers can still get all the best games plus bt wont get 116 games in HD VM will :):):):)

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Very true. It's almost as if Virgin are saying we've already got a great sports offering, do we really need to carry BT Sports?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

think they trying to put some pressure on bt to do a deal

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Can you really only get SS1 and SS2 for only £21? I don't see that on VM's site anywhere.

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prices are on here

http://store.virginmedia.com/digital...ky-sports.html

£25.75 PM for sky sports collection on tv pack m+/l/xl or £31.25 PM for m pack

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.
 

My brother phones and changes his full SKY Sports package to just SKY Sports 1 & 2. Not sure you can do it through the website.

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I think that they are probably doing this to try and prevent customers from leaving VM whilst they are unable to confirm that BT Sports will be carried by them.

So, in effect, you can get Sky Sports without paying for a basic pack first. I think that you have to have a basic subscription with Sky before you can add on premium channels.

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Fair play to BT for getting into the sports market and take on their rivals, as a business plan it was a shrewd move. Content is king and when you rely on your rivals for content you have an uphill struggle.

I suspect VM have done a deal BT. It will be interesting to see if it includes HD (I find it so hard to stomach sport in SD).

However there is no way that I can see BT letting VM package it with XL and can only see it being offered as a stand alone. £12 for SD and £15 for HD?

Adding Sky Atlantic HD to XL is probably the sweetener and I can see this being announced at the same time as BT to soften the blow.

Being a sports fan I could be facing a sports package bill of just under £50 a month (over £50 from October) for Sky Sports, BT Sports/ESPN and the HD supplement.

It's going to be cheaper to go to my local and watch the sport over a pint. Based on my viewing habits I make it make it 6 days a month of Non terrestrial TV sport, 12 pints at £3 a pop = I'm better off watching down the pub :beer:

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I had it for three months when I first got tivo as part of the deal, i'm guessing this spotify deal is for people who didn't get it back then

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I see Sky Atlantic as a Sky basics channel and with every other Sky basic channel being available on lower packages the HD one should only be part of XL if Atlantic is to launch on VM