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What sort of programme is missing from the Virgin All4 app?

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Interesting snippet from the OFCOM online nation report.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/asse...020-report.pdf

This is the kind of thing you are dealing with when you try to reduce something to zero by shifting personal preferences alone.

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I agree.

I imagine the majority of these will be pensioners on limited income,broadband is not cheap so why have it if you have little interest.

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I have now received a reply about the poor picture quality on the All4 app. It's disappointing as there is a lot of good content that appeals to me especially the 'Walter Present' European series.

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Not sure if it has been mentioned - my Netflix is back up for 15.25mpbs for 4K material.

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Did see that YouTube on my iPad seemed to be a lot sharper recently so I guess all the restrictions have been lifted for streaming quality.

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scrubs, dark side of the ring, a few other boxsets. just says "Not available" and to

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Thanks. Shows that it is a cut down version of the full app then - interesting that they should include the name of some of the missing shows and try to redirect viewers away from Virgin Media!

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I think you will find that the full version will arrive on our screens a little later this year. Don't forget the Pluto and MTV apps have not arrived yet either.

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So have been watching Plebs with my son who thinks it’s hilarious until we got to episode 7 Series 3 last night only to find my purchase of series 3 had been written off by Amazon Prime. Only option available was to purchase it again. So I entered chat ....... 40 minutes later they finally believed me even though it’s in my purchase history. I had to repurchase the series and will be refunded. The joys of not really owning anything physical.

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Don't expect Sky TV over fibre anytime soon and more apps coming to Sky Q.

https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/...x-for-uk-sky-q

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Sky and Sony agree multi year extension

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2020...ear-extension/

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Got Amazon Profiles today which is a good but overdue move. I'm sure my step-daughter will appreciate not having my viewing affecting her recommendations :)

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Wonder what the issue is with Sky Q?

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Maybe they feel the next step is away from the set top box I dont honestly know.

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I suspect the fibre version of Q is probably not where they want it in order to launch a ‘full fat’ service. The Italian version of the Sky Q Fibre seems a little underpowered - no 4K, no multiroom capability and a maximum of 3 recordings... would they want to launch another low powered strand just as they got rid of the lower tiered Q box?

Looking at the Pocket Lint article, it seems to me that they’re quite happy for satellite to carry the linear load (and handle the free channels) rather than having to build in a tuner and/or negotiate a lot of carriage rights for the all the freeview channels - and by doing that it looks like they can use IP for more apps and even linear channels which makes me think they could leverage tech from Peacock and Xumo - my guess is that IP would be perfect for linear experiences that are much more curated (much like Pluto TV) or even generated by algorithm/AI.