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Phew. Thanks Ben. Sorry to sound selfish everyone.

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In a couple of months apparently.

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:( oh well least we know there coming I guess

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Be no WWE PPVs on Skysports after this year mate all going to box office.

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will enjoy the few months left,maybe WWE network will come by by next year

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Better do and it better have a reasonable price in line with the US! I bet over here it'll come up at £10.00 p/m hoping the brits dont realise that $10 doesnt equal £10...

does look excellent though the network and as long as its reasonable i'm signing up straight away.

Now if only it'd come as a tivo app...but we can't all get that lucky haha

so by the sound of it just the 3 channels launching tonight unless MB can provide some out of the blue good news!

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Does anybody know what happened to that legendary poster bomberAF?.:waving:

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gone in hiding after his false post about SA :LOL:

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The Network is excellent, get a VPN and you can access it now, didn't take long to setup, put any address in USA, Google a town and find one. Can imagine with sky's contract we would get a very watered down version.

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Wow, well chuffed with SS 3 and 4 in HD! And being available on iphone too! Happy days!

Oh, coming soon to Sky's satellite offering... Sky Sports 5 and Sky Sports 5 HD. ;)

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I'm happy VM have finally got these channels. It's been a long time coming for you. I don't need to eat any hat as no bet from me this time :D :D

Still in hiding I suspect or maybe just didn't like the forum. Who knows at least we all have the legend that is Media Boy. Don't worry MB I still love you even thou your on the dark side ;)

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it you that's on the Dark side mr stokes as MB is on the good side ;););)

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Nope.

Unless you have a V+ :(

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At least spell my name right Dave :D

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So yes or no, am I at work tomorrow shattered again waiting up all night to see Sky Sports 4 in HD?

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bircho I would say 50-50 at the moment myself, no date was given for the launch everyone think tonight is the launch. But no guarantee.

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I would guess that Sky Sports News HD will launch in August on the eve of the new football season

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With $ly set to loose champions league football hd3 and hd4 are a lot less desire able which is why they have sold them to VM... In 12 months time they won't be able to give them away :erm:

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Actually in the last six months despite losing the CL contract Sky have signed 17 new sports rights deals so there could be a awful lot of decent content going onto SS3HD and SS4HD.

http://advanced-television.com/2014/...y-lite-market/

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Haha LG are surely not that stupid to strike a deal and let that happen. Any deal will no doubt include new channel launches.

Nobody has mentioned anything about Sky 3D. Since the article said all channels apart from Atlantic am i right in assuming this includes Sky 3D also?

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evening all. Just heard the great news. I must say that it's about time! Can't wait to watch F1 in HD. :-)

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Me too like watching f1 HD

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Yay, F1HD is coming at last along with Sky Sports News HD. What is the launch date?

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Can't wait to watch Lewis Hamilton win the title in glorious hd!!

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People are hoping tonight for sky sports 3,4 f1 but virgin haven't said so take a guess

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Agreed. And if anything this deal only lessens the likelihood of BT's Champions League coverage coming to Virgin.

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I think its nailed on the moment the BT sports contract ends then the XL shenanigans will end instantly regardless of this deal or not. BT spent wayyyyy too much for the champions league. Prices will go up even before this.

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Sky Sports 3,4 and F1 are coming later in the summer with the news Channels arriving early 2015.

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where you get that from

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Skysports 3hd,4hd,f1hd are expected to launch tonight. SkynewsHD, SportsnewsHD and the other sky basic except sky Atlantice are going to launch before September.

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They have to show a percentage of the games FTA

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I reckon it came from something that starts "Once upon a time"

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so theone2k10 will there be channel numbers changes tonight as well?

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hahahha ah bomberAF and the summer of 2013. Such heady times den! We shall never forget them! what a wizard he was.

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Hmmm

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you don't agree BenMcr

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Nope - although I'm always happy to be wrong I'd have to agree with Openviews' timescales

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Fair enough BenMcr.will virgin change the numbers first and then launch new channels

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:(:(:(:(:(

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Not sure about channel changes mate, so far only one source has said skysports 3hd,4hd,f1hd will launch tonight, 3 others have said before new football season.
Now i'm confused lol.

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Err, I might have to retract my previous comment now...

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Darn. well im off to bed hopefully you lot will have some good HD news tomorrow. Or maybe not...

be odd though if theyre channel testing sky sports HD and not launching it for 3 months?! Long test that.

never mind. night fans

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I joined SKY 17 months ago after being a Telewest / Virgin Media TV customer for nearly 8 years. With the announcement today of a new carriage deal between both companies, that will see 5 more SKY HD channels launch on the Virgin Media platform, I can honestly say I now consider Virgin Media and SKY equals in the TV market. This is something I honestly thought I'd never see.

SKY might have a handful more HD channels than Virgin Media, SKY Atlantic and a broader catch up TV library however I think Virgin counter this with BT Sports included in the XL package and the availability of Netflix on their TiVo box.

I would truly struggle to separate both in terms of who has the best TV offering. For me they are neck and neck and can only be separated in terms of your own personal viewing preferences.

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Or whether you can connect to Virgin's services.

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Yeah that is a game changer :D

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Yeah according to VM customer services last week despite having been connected to Virgin for last 3 and half years, my road and the surrounding roads aren't connected to the Virgin network. So that begs the question, why am I using a TiVo box and using their BB if I cannot connect to their network? I swear customer service employees get worse.

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Sounds like Virgin Media and SKY are neck and neck when it comes to customer service porkie pies too them :D

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Some of them still have the "computer says no", so it MUST be correct mentality. If that were me, i'd have asked them to contact billing to tell them to stop charging for a service that, by their own admission, I cannot be receiving :D

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Is BT Sport available for free on VM to those with XL broadband (assuming they don't have XL TV)? :confused:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...oE5SLuyAd8Azs6

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As has been said it would seem a bit odd starting the tests now if it's not happening until then??

I don't have the sports package so it makes no odds to me :)

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I just had a quick flick through the channels and i don't see any placeholders/epg yet

I'd imagine 519/520 for ss3/ss4 HD

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They was doing some work fow mins ago on site its back up now

looks like just chanced things abit of a new look

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if not here just after 6am it not be happening today

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To think we've got all of this to look forward to when Sky introduce Sky Sports 1 4K etc, etc...:rolleyes:

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No additional Sky Sports HD channels this morning :(

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They never were happening today bud,be on before start of next season ;)

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FREE RUGBY THIS WEEKEND

(,,,taken from a516digital website)

Sky Sports offers magical Rugby League freebie on Pick TV

Rugby League fans look set to benefit from Sky's latest free sports giveaway this weekend, when it will provide 9 1/2 hours of free-to-air coverage of day one of Rugby League's "magic weekend" event on Saturday 17th May via its Freeview channel Pick.
Coverage of the event, held at Manchester's Etihad Stadium starts at 12 noon and continues until 9:30pm.
Unlike previous sports freebies on Pick, the schedules indicate that Freesat viewers will also be able to watch the action.
Viewers can tune in on Freeview (and YouView) channel 11 and Freesat channel 144. It's also available on Sky channel 152 and Virgin Media channel 180 for those without a Sky Sports subscription.

Schedule
12:00 : London Broncos v Catalan Dragons (Kick-off 12:30)
14:30 : Widnes Vikings v Salford Red Devils (Kick-off 14:45)
16:30 : Hull Kingston Rovers v Hull FC (Kick-off 17:00)
19:00 : Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos (Kick-off 19:15).

Day two of the event remains exclusive to Sky Sports subscribers, via Sky Sports 1 (HD).

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The only commitment is each British team gets shown at least once a season, so five matches, plus presumably the final. Currently ITV show one match from each round. However, I was referring to those matches that

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Just recvd a tweet from Notts TV, they are announcing something "really Soon" regarding being on Virgin Media.

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I take it 3HD, 4HD, F1HD are not launching today then?

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nope

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Thanks for update.

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I'm sacking my source, although tbf 2 did say the hd sports channels would launch before the new season.

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Confirmed: No new channels set to launch this week.

Just seen an unopen email from May 10th from my insider (Who confirmed weeks ago that Sky Sports HD Channels was set to launch):

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thanks MB dint thing they would be after there was no launch today

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People just get too excited and throw dates out there and it's taken as gospel.

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All i've been told is Summer 2014 for new channels, i wonder if VM are going to launch a big batch in one go?

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Well Sky give Sky1 +1 to some Virgin Media Viewers right now - in Smallworld areas.

So may not be class as 'New Channel'.

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The confirmation they are coming is fine by me.

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I wish they'd stop it Nick. I am absolutely knackered from all this staying up all night.

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When will Sky new channels launch on Virgin Media?

Q: WILL WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO GET MORE SKY SPORTS HD CHANNELS ON VIRGIN MEDIA?
A: Well both Sky Sports 1 HD and Sky Sports 2 HD did launch on August 2nd 2010.

Q: WHERE WILL THEY BROADCAST?
A: As of May 12th no confirmed news. See my blog for my views: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...ike-major.html

Q: WHEN WILL SKY SPORTS HD AND SKY NEWS HD LAUNCH?
A: Again no confirmed news but base on past Sky Basic HD channel launches we may not get them until April 2015.

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April 2015 is way too late. I'm going to presume they'll launch in the next month or two.

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Don't understand the virgin strategy if it were to be 2 months away or next year, people will be phoning and virgin would say you well get them in a few weeks, months, years. seems mad to me

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Virgin Media ‏@virginmedia 22h
Fancy Sky Sports F1 in HD? That and more coming to Virgin Media.
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@virginmedia when are the channeling launching. We need a date please
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@blue6666661 Hi Blue, these are to come very soon and once we know we'll be shouting about them here :) Glad you're excited too! BH
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very soon must be two weeks max....

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lets hope so doug p

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Vm's definition of coming soon is usually very different to what normal folk call soon, probably will be august.

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I've just got into work and i'm here till 8pm and this is most depressing news to be greeted with. we'll be waiting a year possibly for sky sport news hd and sky news hd!? This is depressing.... Maybe we should just close this coming soon to VM thread down and create the "coming soon to VM tv (2015)" thread.

I wonder why they're holding the sports HD channels off till august? I'd understand if its sky sports 1/2 HD as they have the football? But 3 and 4 HD dont have any football on them??? Start of the football season makes no difference?

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The tweet says "very soon" not "coming soon"....

Therefore it will be soon.....

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Very soon means a very long time in VMs world :p: my source says defo before the new football season.

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Don't get too depressed, Vince, there has been no indication I have seen that the Sky Basics HD channels now confirmed as coming will be delayed until next year.

However, I would also like to point out to everyone that dates for new starts on here may be correct at time of posting, but they can change for all sorts of reasons, including for technical reasons. Having said that, and leaving our more respected posters aside, some of the dates given are really pure speculation. I have no idea where the 2015 date comes from.

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To be honest, until Virgin confirm exactly when the extra basic HD channels are coming, it's all speculation. It could be next month, but it could indeed be 2015.

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The main thing is we are getting them and at no extra cost or so they tell us.;)

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True, Ben, but there is no source that I am aware of that indicates we will have to wait until 2015. It sounds as if that was plucked from the air. Unless, of course, you know different!

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well to sky put there prices up as always in September Den

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All I'll say is that whatever happens I'm sure there will enough to keep people happy lol

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No :p i want erm..... Virgin pacific :p:

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How about Virgin Dead sea lol

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Oh dear what have i started? :p::p:

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MB Views: Did Virgin Media only sign new Sky Basic deal due to Smallworld takeover?

The Sky Basic deal was not up to until 2017.

But Virgin Media has took over Smallworld in February 2014.

Did Virgin Media only signed as new Sky deal due to them paying Sky two times a month since February 2014?

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But having been announced in such a public way, people are going to want to know precisely when - prospective customers, not just the awkward squad on forums like this.

It's pretty poor PR (and salesmanship) to announce something then not follow through pretty rapidly with the details.

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2015? That's a complete new definition of "coming soon" ;)

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Possibly. But what Smallworld were paying Sky was presumably scaled down proportionately to their customer base, so there wouldn't necessarily be that much saving.

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Exactly; when the Sky basic channels came back in 2008, they had placeholder channels up within a few days and the channels launched the week after. There's no reason to announce this now and then make us wait so long, especially as they're mainly promoting having the F1 in HD, and the F1 season has only just started.

If the channels don't launch within a short timeframe then they really need to ask themselves, is it better to announce now and then make people wait until an unspecified date, or announce it closer to the time?

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Hahaha I was about to say this! So we'll all be paying for it come September since nothing new has been added!

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It may be the timing of the announcement was mainly driven by Sky, perhaps as a reassurance to their shareholders ahead of other announcements about takeover plans, and Virgin weren't quite ready?

However the implication from it was that the Sports HD channels would come more or less immediately, with the other two 'later'.

Having signed up to that announcement, Virgin really do need expand on what their plans are, otherwise they are missing the opportunity to capitalise on the deal, as well as fuelling "speculation".

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I have still to get confirmed info on Channel numbers and launch date for them.

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Why do you think price will go up - Sky viewers are rumoured to be paying £5/£6 for Sky Sports HD.

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Over a quarter of the way through already.

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sky raise prices every September apart from the one year they froze price

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And you can bet your bottom dollar that they will raise them this year as well.

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Like me :(

I hope they freeze them again

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I was talking about that extra £7 per month for Sky Sports HD Channels on Virgin Media.

I know the Sky Sports SD Channels goes up every October with Virgin Media.