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The last one with more than two channel launching was when Telewest did launch 18 new channels (Five TV Channels and 13 Radio Channels) on December 18th 2000.

Before that date we only got Local Radio Channels on Telewest.

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Thanks for that good info Media Boy.

l cannot remember that because i was on NTL in 2000.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I think l joined in early 2001 so l cannot remember that.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Sony TV just looks like repeats of stuff we already have on other channels.

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But if you don't like the channel then just don't watch it but there will be some people who will like the channel but its nice to have the choice and the extra channels at the end of the day.:)

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I will be watching Las Vegas on Sony.

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I heard about a new sitcom called 'Last Man Standing' starring Tim Allen and Nancy Travis which started on ABC in the US in October. I generally like Tim Allen shows and films and this one also has an 'angle' which is of special interest to me.

So, the question is, which of our existing channels on VM are likely to carry an ABC sitcom? Also, how soon after a US launch might it make its way over to the UK?

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Saw that first time around on Sky One.

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Maybe Sky 1/HD ?

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Register on the link below for a Sky I'd and they'll email you the week it's on to remind you. You don't have to be a Sky customer.
http://epgservices.sky.com/nevermiss/

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Except I don't think Sky showed the final series of it

EDIT: They didn't http://www.tv.com/shows/las-vegas/fo...-8329-1101619/

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Thanks for that Ben wasn't aware of that , I just assumed it had finished I'll keep my eye out for that.

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Or set up a wishlist :)

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Just checked on the Sky EPG and it appears to be towards the end of Season One.

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Agreed however if his profile is correct he doesn't have TIVO.

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Well i have just created a wishlist for that :)

LAST MAN STANDING Allen, Tim

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Thats what its there for and what a wonderful function it is for us Tivo lovers.

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I love WishLists :romance:

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100 % agree

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Get a room, guys....:D

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l sense a mischievousness in your comments Sir.:naughty::naughty::nono::nono:

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Don't call me Sir - I work for a living....;)

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Yes some Sirs get knighted and gold plated pensions even though they don't deserve it.:(

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Great program,watch it by other means thanx to vm

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I did not deserve either of mine:erm::D:D:D

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Nah...

I was "Other Ranks" in HM Armed Forces - it's a saying from there/then.

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Thanks for that MM11. I already have a Sky Id. but I rarely use the site and wasn't aware of that facility. The status of 'Last Man Standing' is 'Season 1 (UK broadcast status unconfirmed)' but I have added a notification as you suggested. :tu:

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Woulnt bother if i was you,sky stopped showing it because it was cancelled+they never filmed a proper ending.the last ep is so annoying because it ends on a annoying cliffhanger :mad:

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No problem , it's reliable I use it all the time. The week the show starts you will receive an email to notify you , as many have said TIVO users can set a wishlist up allowing the box to do everything however I was sure you hadn't got TIVO.

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I remember it now , thought it had never appeared again.

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Doesn't sound good for subs

http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419...-soccer-costs/

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Yes, it's sad but true: no TiVo, no PVR, no HD. I have taken a stance over the past ten years or so of no longer being an early adopter or having the latest model of anything. Although I've mostly avoided problems myself, I've seen too many cases of people getting burned that way in recent years.

• My in-laws bought a Sony HD-ready TV a few years ago but the built-in FreeView tuner is MPEG-2 and so can't receive FreeView HD since the specification was changed to MPEG-4.
• Millions of people bought iPhones and iPads only to find that an 'S' or similar suffixed model was released shortly afterwards with a feature-set that should have been in the original (what I'd call 'beta') release with no upgrade path for existing owners.
• The iPhone 4 had antenna problems which should not have made it out the door at Cupertino (or is it Cheapertino, PRC these days?).

So, I wasn't about to pay an up-front charge for a TiVo only to find I was an unpaid tester for the hardware, software, delivery mechanisms, features and content. Nor was I going to get stuck with an MPEG-2 TV or the Betamax / Video 2000 / HD DVD equivalent of a 3D TV. I'll wait until the technology has settled, maybe later next year.

Having said that, I should at least have a PVR! :(

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It was never changed, DVB-T (Freeview) had never promised to deliver HD television. DVB-T2 was then deployed for that exact reason.

The 'S' simply refers to the model having only upgraded hardware but the physical design of the phone staying the same. The S-less version of the phone still gets the same updates (up to a point).

Refunds and bumpers were offered.

While I disagree with every example you've given, I understand the point you've made.

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I agree with what you have just said.

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I agree with Nick.

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:D:D:D

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Media Boy's 2011 year in review.

The following channels has launch on Virgin TV this year:
Ch 114. ITV1 +1 (England and Wales only - On Jan 11th).
Ch 114. STV +1 (Scotland only - On Jan 11th).
Ch 114. UTV +1 (N. Ireland only - On Jan 11th).
Ch 189. True Entertainment (On Mar 1st).
Ch 826. COLOURS (On Apr 1st).
Ch 974. Sunrise Radio London (On Apr 1st).
Ch 282. Sky Arts 1 HD (On Apr 26th).
Ch 284. Sky Arts 2 HD (On Apr 26th).
Ch 188. BBC ALBA (Scotland only - On May 18th)
Ch 554. PPV Live Events Help (On Jun 27th).
Ch 555. TiVo Pay Per Views (On Jun 27th).
Ch 441. Sky Movies Classic HD (On Oct 4th).
Ch 204. Yesterday +1 (On Oct 7th).
Ch 209. Eden HD (On Oct 7th).
Ch 210. Eden +1 (On Oct 7th).
Ch 261. Good Food HD (On Oct 7th).
Ch 129. Dave HD (On Oct 10th).
Ch 125. Watch HD (On Oct 12th).
Ch 243. PBS (On Nov 1st).
Ch 546. Box Nation (On Dec 1st).
Ch 192. CBS Action (On Dec 15th).
Ch 193. Sony TV UK (On Dec 15th).
Ch 621. NDTV (On Dec 15th).

But this year we have said Goodbye to:
Ch 136 Bravo (On Jan 1st).
Ch 137 Bravo +1 (On Jan 1st).
Ch 138 Bravo2 (On Jan 1st).
Ch 141 Challenge Jackpot (On Jan 1st).
Ch 119 Channel One (On Feb 1st).
Ch 120 Channel One +1 (On Feb 1st).
Ch 736. POP (On Feb 28th).
Ch 811. Zing (On Apr 1st).
Ch 485. Gay TV Information Channel (On Apr 7th).
Ch 823. Midland Asian TV (MATV) (Leicester only - On May 19th).

Plus the following have been rebranded this year
Ch 109. LIVING has been rebranded as Sky Living (On Feb 1st).
Ch 110. LIVING HD has been rebranded as Sky Living HD (On Feb 1st).
Ch 111. LIVING +1 has been rebranded as Sky Living +1 (On Feb 1st).
Ch 112. LIVINGit has been rebranded as Sky LIVINGit (On Feb 1st).
Ch 159. LIVING Loves has been rebranded as Sky Living Loves (On Feb 1st).
Ch 160. LIVINGit +1 has been rebranded as Sky LIVINGit ( On Feb 1st).
Ch 105. FIVE has been rebranded as Channel 5 (On Feb 14th).
Ch 150. FIVE HD has been rebranded as Channel 5 HD (On Feb 14th).
Ch 855. FIVE AD has been rebranded as Channel 5 AD (On Feb 14th).
Ch 180. Sky3 has been rebranded as Pick TV (On Feb 28th).
Ch 478. Top Shelf TV has been rebranded as My Ex Girlfriends (On Mar 4th).
Ch 151. FIVER has been rebranded as 5* (5 Star) (On Mar 7th).
Ch 152. FIVER +1 has been rebranded as 5* (5 Star) +1 (On Mar 7th).
Ch 153. FIVE USA has been rebranded as 5 USA (On Mar 7th).
Ch 154. FIVE USA +1 has been rebranded as 5 USA +1 (On Mar 7th).
Ch 727. Playhouse Disney has been rebranded as Disney Jr. (On May 5th)
Ch 484. Xplicit XXX has been rebranded as XXX Mums (On Jun 1st).
Ch 480. UK Swingers has been rebrand as Red Hot Fetish (On Jul 1st).
Ch 481. Viewers Wives has been rebrand as Red Hot Mum (On Jul 1st).
Ch 741. Price-Drop TV has been rebranded as price drop (On Aug 9th).
Ch 745. Bid TV has been rebranded as bid (On Aug 9th).
Ch 746. Speed Auction TV has been rebranded as speed auction (On Aug 9th).

The following have move packages this year on Virgin Media:
Ch 139. Challenge joins the M Package (On Feb 1st).
Ch 140. Challenge + 1 joins the M Package (On Feb 1st).
Ch 155. Current TV joins the XL Package (On Jun 8th).
Ch 267. Really joins the M Package (On Aug 2nd).
Ch 281. Sky Arts 1 joins the M+ Package (On Oct 4th).
Ch 283. Sky Arts 2 joins the M+ Package (On Oct 4th).

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CBS Action , Sony TV and NDTV 24X7 have launched on Virgin Media.

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[QUOTE=Media Boy;35345621]Media Boy's 2011 year in review.

Thats a pretty impressive lists in my mind and lets hope next year brings more of the same.

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hey can anyone on here tell me if virgin media are planning to show SKY BOX OFFICE live events in HD?

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I have asked this question before and the reply is don't hold your breath:(

SKY like to control HD content they own or right to view exclusive to SKY customers, we only got SKY Sports 1 & 2 in HD because OFCOM forced their hand:(

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To be honest, these channels are going to rubbish, they are even going to have news that is sponsered!

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I hope STV goes after all the Scottish ones then sell Channel 3 to ITV so it will be called ITV1 Scotland.

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To be perfectly honest l find it hard to understand what points you are trying to make in this post.:confused:

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To put my point in further detail, I feel that we do not need more channels, we need our current main channels (BBC, ITV, C4, C5) to be better

And as for local TV, we already use to have this, it was ITV (before the 1990 broadcasting act)

I just feel that, the government should prioritise over this

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What would most likely happen is that ITV plc would fully take over STV Group plc (owner of both ITV stations in scotland). They can easly do that!

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Ahem.....

Posted three days ago ;)

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That post was for more channels for Virgin TV, What I meant was more main channels (you know BBC, ITV, C4, C5) would be a bad idea, If there is going to be Local Tv channels, then the BBC should own and run them, with funding from the government or a increase in the lisence fee

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I agree with Alan, we don't need these local channels. what are they going to fill them with, most towns struggle to fill a weekly newspaper with news, how are they going to fill a daily news slot. All we will end up with is low cost low quality programmes that no one will bother to watch. Give the money to the BBC regional broadcasts instead

I remember having a local TV channel on C&W years ago in London, low quality dross, I'd find Price-Drop TV more stimulating :D

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Well said, I would agree that this idea is a big waste of time, in the end, all the local TV channels will end up merging to form Channel 6 plc :D

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So do i. I can't stand STV.

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How much would you increase by ?

In my opinion the license fee should be scrapped. Have a read at this story and yes i know it is over a year old.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10815162

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Well It needs to be increased by 20% just to maintain its current services, plus finance the world service and S4C which it has been forced to do, for extra or better services, it would need to go up even more

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Another thing, any news on ITV 2/3/4 HD, it been over a year now, so will we be getting it?

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You must be made more of money.

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ITV 2/3/4 HD have now become the No. 1 HD add-on traget in my view for VM, especially now that live fottball is being shown and ITV2 has some useful programmes/films where HD would be of value.

Suspect these will be addressed when the contract comes up for renewal with ITV some time next year I believe?

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The license fee is already high enough as it is and you are proposing to increase it by 20% or more and l find that type of thinking staggering to say the least as there is no way the relevent authorities or the public would accept that type of increase not now and or in the next 20 years.
As for the ITV HD channels l am sure they will come along when a agreement can be reached which suits both sides.

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100% agree. He has more money than sense.

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I think they will come with ITV VOD Advertsting deal with Virgin Media which is early next year.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35339070-post153.html

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If the licence fee is cannot be increased, then can the reqiurement of the lisence fee include, smartphones, tablets and computer as well

Along with Government funding for important services like local radio etc

And an increase of the lisence fee, so you really want the BBC to by like ITV post 1990 broadcasting act

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Yes if you put that on top of the channels he wants as well his bill will be a £100 more a month and only a fool will pay that.

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Im not so sure, I am very surprised that it has taken so long for ITV 2/3/4 HD to come to Virgin TV, Virgin Media and ITV plc have good relations with each other, in fact Virgin Media almost bought ITV.

I think the real reason we are not getting ITV 2/3/4 HD is that ITV plc's biggest shareholder is Sky and we all know about what they think about Virgin Media

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If you don't want to pay more for Virgin TV, with complain to Sky about overcharging for its channels or leave

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Sky only own 7.5% of ITV so it has nothing to do with it.

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Get a grip.

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But you are the one pointing out that you want a 20% license fee increase and another 50 channels as well and l am pointing out to you how much more you will have to pay for these things but to put it frankly you need to be a lot more realistic in your thinking as your proposals are frankly crazy to cut a long story short.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Wrong, BSkyB own 17.9% of ITV plc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_plc...t_developments

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Read this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8505338.stm

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So you believe everything wikipedia says.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Sorry, my mistake!

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That's debatable! :p:

Apologies for the tardiness of my derision. :rolleyes: I almost missed that one! :(

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I understand what you are saying, but my ideas are two seperate ideas

Increasing the Lisence fee is only one option of more funding the bbc, the governement could directly give money for important services like local radio etc

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Or they could just drop the remaining sport, merge the two kiddies channels and be happy with the millions they already get.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I hope they do the one in bold.

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Pot, meet kettle. :D

They should have done that. Free ads for their products = more TiVos in UK living rooms etc. Definitely a way to get a couple back over Sky. Although in the interests of fairness I can't see Virgin Media being allowed to own a 100% stake, or even anywhere near that, in a major broadcaster like ITV.

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Have you read read how much he would pay for more channels.

He also said he would pay £10-£20 extra for Sky Sports F1 HD even those he already has Sky Sports and Sky Premium HD.

I would not pay 1p more for Sky Sports F1 HD.

He must be made of money.

It is likely going by what we have read it will be included in the Sports package.

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The BBC taking over the finance of all the things you have listed was due to the new deal their signs with the Tories and will last until late 2016 so the BBC cant put up the licence fee until after October 2016.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...ozen-six-years

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

The TV licence fee is actually frozen at £145.50 until 2017.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Can't they renegotiate that deal?

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I have been calling on this for years but I think BBC Three and BBC Four need to merge and rebrand as BBC Extra.

That way the BBC can get some money in by selling off two Sky EPG Channels numbers.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

could they merge BBC Four with with cbeebies and BBC Three with CBBC?

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100% agree.

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That does not make sense.

BBC Three could merge with BBC Four to become BBC Extra/choice

CBBC could merge with Cbeebies to become one channel.

The BBC is wasting £22 million on some crap called The Voice.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I personally think the licence fee offers excellent value for money for what we get. Some of the best programmes are on the BBC.

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BBC Three / CBeebies and BBC Four / CBBC are technically on 2 channels anyway. They time-share on Virgin Media and FreeView (no sure about Sky/Satellite) The technology allows them the have their own channel number.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

So in other words. There would technically only be on one channel

BBC kids progammes till 7pm then BBC Extra/choice after 7pm

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

BBC Three and BBC Four are broadcasting at different times to Cbeebies and CBBC

They are also planning to remove Cbeebie and CBBC Content from BBC One and Two after the digital swichover

And Yes I would agree that The Voice UK is a big waste of money, The BBC does not need to compete with the X-factor as it has aready got a show that beats it!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

There would be an outcry if CBeebies closed/merged, believe me :)

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Yeah, I figured I'd get 'feedback' (backlash) on that! :( Still, here comes my defence!

Okay but HD-ready TVs with built-in Freeview were bought with the expectation by many that they would be capable of receiving HD without an external STB and they were probably sold on that basis too.

Exactly, I meant that there was no hardware upgrade path. The S-less version may be able to continue to take software updates (up to a point) but it can't support hardware that it doesn't have but which a later revision of the same model does have. I'd be upset if I bought an iPad having been told that it was not intended to be an iPhone and would never be capable of connecting to a cellular mobile phone network only to find that within a few months a later model would do just that.

My understanding was that iOS could only be updated within it's ancestral line (i.e. an iPhone 3 will not run iPhone 4 software) but I may have to revise that view. The nomenclature of the software and hardware is very ambiguous and confusing.

Maybe the S suffix should be a $ sign.

I was a big Apple fan back in the 80s but I think the late Mr. Jobs is overrated as a great visionary. I think Apple stopped being Apple when it got too big and Woz left.

It just shouldn't have happened and is a poor experience for the customer. I wouldn't want a refund, I'd want the product I had paid for to work. :mad: Also, I fail to see how plying me with automotive spare parts could be expected to appease me. :confused:

If you add it all up, the number of fixes to the iOS software and the problems with hardware indicate a poorly designed and (in-house) tested suite of products which have ended up being field-tested by paying customers and enhanced based on their complaints of the products' shortcomings. Isn't that the Microsoft strategy?

Your're very agreeable for a disagreeable old so and so!

To justify that all of that was on topic ...

My concern is that TiVo has been rolled out in a similar way to the iThing family of products although, so far, I'm not aware of newer hardware being released leaving those who forked out £250 up front high and dry with an inferior device. That said, I wouldn't want to have been an early adopter who paid a lot for a TiVo. Did they get refunds or freebies?

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I have just seen this over on DS.

Two channels closing on new years day 2012 - news to me.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...html#yourviews

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

l will second that.:clap:

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And me

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I wonder what channels they are?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Well that link is only showing the 3 channels added and says nothing about losing 2 channels MB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

So we should cut kids channels ?, CBeebies is for pre school and CBBC for older children why should we just have one :confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Press ''comments'' on that link.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Exactly.

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But there is no mention of what they are.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I know - I do not even know about them closing.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I'm stumped if I know what channels are closing :dozey:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Maybe someone has misread my review of 2011.

when I said Bravo and Bravo2 was close on January 1st.;)

They are the only ones I can think of.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/201...in-review.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Well at the moment there is no proof whatever of any channels closing DF so maybe he posted it to stir things up.

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At some point the balance of HD to SD channels will swing and there will be little incentive to continue to support SD variants of channels where there is a HD equivalent. To achieve that, everyone will either have to be fully HD-ready or have a means of down-scaling HD content for SD viewing equipment. That either means having a HD STB or the satellite or cable provider doing the down-scaling centrally. Maybe that's how it works for some channels now. I'd like to see it happen maybe some time in 2013 and definitely by 2015 but there are obstacles.

I feel sorry for DVB-T (FreeView) and DVB-S (particularly FreeSat) customers who have recently purchased equipment but did not opt for HD STBs as they may have to upgrade at a cost sooner than they expected.

Alternatively, the tail could wag the dog and we might be stuck with SD until the majority of people have upgraded and that could take years.

When digital TV was coming, I don't think enough emphasis was put on the fact that HD was rolling out too.

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Probably :D

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I think the poster is confused with last January as MB says :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Again with the BBC and the licence fee! :(

I knew what you meant, Alan: better content on the channels that we already have and more channels on VM that are already available from other providers.

I agree that it's odd that the government are proposing these local channels at a time when the mainstream UK channels are struggling and local newspapers and radio stations are going under. We have Mix 96 as our local radio station in Aylesbury but the counterpart in High Wycombe, owned by the same group and formerly broadcasting on two frequencies, went under a few years back having made a loss year after year due to lack of advertising revenue.

Maybe it was because High Wycombe is in the catchment area of other stations that don't reach Aylesbury but it seemed odd that a major town like that couldn't support a local radio station but a town like Luton is expected to support a TV channel. If we are to have local channels they should be capable of operating self-sufficiently or perhaps with a small public service grant but not as satellites (non-orbiting :rolleyes:) of the BBC with their civil service mentality and employment terms. The BBC already has regional TV and radio to look after they don't need more responsibility or more funding.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Can Any Virgin worker tell me:

May I ask if any of you know if Sky have any plans to carry on broadcasting Sky Livingit +1 after January 24th 2012 as Sky are moving Sky Living +1 onto it Sky EPG Channel number from that date and I cant find info on where Sky Livingit +1 is moving to on Sky?

I have try ''Sky Livingit +1 may close'' and nothing.

Thanks for any info.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I have this feeling it will close.

So they can use it for something else ie Sky Livingit HD or Sky 2 HD.

Remember Sky 2 is moving from 129 to 121 on the Sky EPG.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

You are putting 2 and 2 together and making 5 it seems as nothing has happened yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Not seen any rumours of it closing anywhere. Suppose we'll have to wait till the January listings come out to find out

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

You are maybe 100% right.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

Can someone from virgin media confirm that no more channel/channels are coming this year ?

http://www.facebook.com/virginmedia

I do not have a clue why they are similing unless new channels are coming :confused:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

I think you are reading too much in to the smile, they are just being friendly :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
 

There are no more channels coming this year and thats a fact and again you seem to be putting two and two together and coming up with five.:rolleyes: