Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

You've never watched them, so how do you know if you like them or not? ;)

I must admit that I've started watching a few programmes now that I had previously dismissed without seeing. I had a false impression of them from the trailers and hype but I like them now (e.g. Bones, Burn Notice).

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Surely if you have paid for a FreeSat-from-Sky viewing card, you are a Sky 'customer'. It is debatable as to whether you are a Sky 'subscriber' or not and I imagine that Sky would say not.

I've given up watching the adverts because they are frustratingly ambiguous or even contradictory, so I can't remember if they say free to Sky 'customers' or Sky 'subscribers'. If it's the latter then I would argue that those VM customers with additional Sky packages are Sky 'subscribers' too.

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I have previously posed questions about whether or not there is an SD version of Sky Atlantic and, apart from an explanation of how HD subscribers will automatically get it on channel 108, I have not had any reliable confirmation of there being an SD version at all.

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I think you're confusing this with the "I stole a loaf of bread because I was starving" defence. :nono:

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

TBH from what I have seen, i looks like the old Channel One content till 8pm then a couple of HBO repeats from last year.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Fresh Prince of Bel Air? :)

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I had a look at the 7 day-guide for Sky Atlantic, and i have to say that they must be holding back the good TV schedule.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I have to admit that i am a outdoor person so all the things that i like to watch are nature programmes. I also like science programmes ( for one Stephen Hawkings Universe ). Also i am a glass collector ( Whitefriars mainly ).

PS i am not a rambler :D
PPS From what i have posted before SKY ATLANTIC is free to all SKY customers till Sept the they will need to take the VARIETY pack and to view the HD version of the channel you need the HD pack.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

As mentioned earlier in the thread, the daytime stuff is just padding. They have to show the Channel 1 stuff somewhere, may as well be during the day on Atlantic. The *real* stuff is during the evening/night, i.e. Prime Time. Atlantic's raison d'être is to provide somewhere for Sky to show its newly acquired HBO content & other quality US drama ("Sky Atlantic - the home of HBO" etc.), content which is far better suited for Prime Time (& not just because some of it is unsuitable for the day due to language/sex/violence!).

Starting this week:

Boardwalk Empire: New. Critically acclaimed. 2011 Golden Globes for Best Drama & Best Actor. Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Emsemble & for Oustanding Performance by a Male Actor. Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement

Entourage: New. Very well received by critics. Large number of nominations for Emmys, Golden Globes, SAGs, DGAs, etc.

Blue Bloods: New. Fairly well received by critics.


Coming later:

Mad Men: New. Critically acclaimed. Won the 2008, 2009, 2010 Golden Globes & Emmys for Best Drama, along with a whole host of other awards.

Big Love: New. Extremely well received by critics. Large number of nominations for Emmys, Golden Globes, etc.

Game of Thrones: New (1st season, not aired anywhere yet so no critical response).

Treme: New. Very well received by critics. Emmy & Grammy nominations.

Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Generation Kill: Repeats. Critically acclaimed. Whole host of award wins and nominations.

The Wire: Repeat. Critically uber-acclaimed (e.g. regularly claimed to be "The Best TV Series Ever"). Whole host of award nominations & some wins.

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I can categorically state that there is indeed an SD version of Sky Atlantic. I've just flicked it on now.

For customers without the HD pack -

Sky Atlantic: 108
[Sky Atlantic HD: 173]


For customers with the HD pack -

Sky Atlantic HD: 108
Sky Atlantic: 173



Sky are promoting Sky Atlantic HD, but that does not mean that there is no SD version (as there is one!).

It reminds me of when they were trailing the new season of Lost or some other big US drama. All the ads said it was going to be on Sky 1 HD, which caused many people to worry that it wouldn't be on the SD version of Sky 1 (even though, of course, it was).

Promoting an HD channel over an SD one doesn't mean that there is no SD equivalent.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Thanks for that Matt.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Thanks Matt! Much as expected but nice to have it confirmed.

This Sky SD/HD switcheroo is a tricky business!

For those with HD it would be nice if the same could be done for all of the available HD simulcast channels although I appreciate that there are issues with BBC and ITV due to regional variations of the SD channels not yet being available in HD.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I heard BBC/ITV etc said "no" to allowing the swaps. Think it was on DS?

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Well what can I say? I have been thinking to myself for the last while "where have the channels I used to watch gone" never quite been able to list the channels, just aware something is happening. So I search around the internet and find this forum...

I have been a VM customer for as long as I can remember, Telewest before that, first adopter for the V+ service many years ago now. Anyway the amount of channels that I would regard as quality viewing are on the decline, I don't page down much now till I am at the shopping channels, also as far as I'm concerned when we have a channel and then the same channel +1 and then the same channel in HD that is one channel and not three, convenient yes but still one channel.

I also think we are a few years into this and we still have limited HD channels so that I can't regularly utilise my 1080P TV and projector. As a previous poster said TiVo might be great but not so if we can only watch "Freeview" channels and Terrestrial. I personally would love to see... Boardwalk Empire, Blue Bloods, Mad Men, Game of Thrones. Also where can I see Sons Of Anarchy, Leverage, Spartacus? that’s all I can remember but sure I used to watch more.

Anyway, a VM letter drops through the door today telling me about price rises to my services. Cheek if you ask me.

To try and finish on a positive, loyalty is high on my personality profile. I think the V+ service is great. Some of the VOD content and catch up etc is good. I want to stay with VM but I’m finding it difficult to justify at the moment.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Must agree with you pay TV is getting very expensive now , both Sky and VM.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Agreed but as staff have said we must pay more for content, I totally agree with that and await April with excitement.

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Let's wait and see what we get for the extra money in April, not months later.

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It would be impossible for ITV/BBC to do it just now until both are fully regionalised. A new satellite is coming online that should help with that problem but whether they wish to go to the expense of extra transponder space is anyones guess.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

If Virgin got Sky Atlantic, I would happily come back to Virgin.

I watch a lot of shows on that channel

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Since Sky advertise it as "Exclusive to Sky", it might be a while.......

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Not on tv they don't

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

No just in a booklet they sent to all 10 million customers.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I sat on the toilet yesterday reading the tv listings in the sun for $ky atlantic.. wtf?? It was old virgin 1 and $ky 1 stuff virtually all day long, i wouldn't wipe me arse on it, never mind pay extra to watch it.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Yes

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Congratulations.

You have won this month's "Most pointless reply to being proved wrong" award.....:D

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Thanks for giving us that mental image :D

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Yes, I never watched Battlestar Galactica, loving the series, as I am with the wire

I enjoyed Borgias, and Boardwalk Empire is good

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

But as you subscribe to MUFC TV your view dosnt count!:D

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

With you name neither does yours:erm::D:D:D

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

:bigcry::bigcry::bigcry::bigcry:

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

:D:D:D:D:D

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

And with your user name neither do you:D


A Ancient Drivel

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

:clap::clap::clap:

I am actually agreeing with you now.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

All channels show repeats, but the likes of Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire wipe their arse with other programmes.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Which is why I will enjoy them on Blu-ray.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

:tu::tu:

That devils dinner party and This is Jinsy look rubbish.

There is also some rubbish called Fish Town

and now this rubbish
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...?newsfeed=trueta


I Actually think Sky Atlantic would be better as an on demand service.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I'm sure some of the Atlantic programmes are not for you ;) however many people enjoy them , that's the beauty of multi channel TV.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I would love to have Sky Atlantic on Virgin as it would be a very welcome addition and there are some interesting programmes on there which l would like to watch.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

In fairness, I'm considering subscribing to mufctv to see how they're getting on in the Carling Cup :)

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

:redcard::Yes:

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I enjoy quite a lot of Sky Atlantic programes (which i can only get on DVD or Blue-Ray for now)

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Indeed, unfortunately this is a frustrating method as it takes so long for HBO series to come out on DVD/Blue-Ray.

March for Game of Thrones season 1!!! As a Geroge R R Martin fan I am desperate to get my hands on this, having only watched it once at someone else's house - will be gutted/livid if VM don't have a deal by the time season 2 comes about, though I'm aware that's most likely to be the case.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

HBO seem quite quick to get my favourite out in reasonable time "curb your enthusiasm" i bought the entire box set and it now includes the latest series i think,which i had to buy extra as i have had my box set some time .

Really surpised they do not bring out other stuff more quickly.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

The cynic in me thinks that might have something to do with the fact that you don't need Sky Atlantic to watch Curb.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Yes could be more 4 seem to show it late in the evenings as well.

So yes i agree i have a very cynical nature too.! :erm:

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

:td::td: bad idea

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

What does that even mean?! That you think Man U aren't doing well, or that subscribing to the channel is a bad idea?

If you're going to post at least inject some content. Emoticons are meant to embellish something you're written; if there is nothing but emoticons then the post has no content and is totally pointless.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Challenge and Challenge+1 are now free to air on Astra 28.2E, so if you own Sky box you can watch bullseye to your heart's content if you're like me who watched it when I was in my 30's and thought it was dead boring but now I like to watch it at 50 years of age.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

At the risk of opening old wounds, but seeing as how this thread has just had a bump, is Game of Thrones, currently being used as a bit of a loss leader on Sky one, as good as it gets on Atlantic?

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

Give us an inclination of the shows you like to watch on tv otherwise your post seems pretty pointless as each individuals tastes will differ.

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

OK, well sex, violence and political intrigue would normally win the day, whatever the backdrop, but for some reason I'm struggling with this show - I think I was expecting more from what I guess Sky consider to be the channel's flagship show, and, to be honest, the point behind my post was really to see if people think it's worth persevering with, rather than a comment on the quality of the channel's output as a whole. The wider point, however, is that if that output is as varied as your post would appear to suggest, then perhaps Sky need to do a little bit more to convince an audience with equally varied tastes. As it stands I still haven't seen anything to convince me and, as somebody who was genuinely looking forward to being convinced, and even paid for an episode on Blinkbox when a recording clash meant I missed one, I just find I'm a little... disappointed.

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FWIW, my favourite shows I've seen this year are the Tudors (on demand, missed it first time round) and currently Walking Dead. I really should get GoT, right?

Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
 

I always give shows 3 or 4 episodes if they haven't grabbed me I delete the series link , may be an idea to move on.

Flagship or not , if you don't like it you don't like it , it's not my absolute favourite on the channel however with an IMDB score of 9.4/10 clearly some love it.
Unfortunately it doesn't always work like that , I like Blue Bloods (US Cop drama) so you'd naturally think I'd like Unforgettable on Sky Living HD however I don't.