Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Sorry if this has already been mentioned

Sky & Virgin both closer to signing the deal

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...nels-deal.html

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Yeah already discussed in News section :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Look like NGTV is coming to my area soon then.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

what is supposed to happen when our area is switched over, no picture??

Our virgin box has been pixelating and dropping picture for the past 3 days, i've go no new virgin card through the door tho, phoned virgin they said wait 24hrs and if it isn't fixed then phone again for an engineer.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

The switchover shouldn't cause any of the issues you describe... we ask you to monitor for 24hours, while a team monitors jobs coming in for your area, and if we see a trend then we can raise an outage for the area. If no more jobs come in then you need a tech to call to your home as it is likley a single viewer issue.

HTH :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: More news on the Sky's Virgin Media Television takeover.

I have been told by my Virgin Insider that Virgin Media wants Sky Red Button and Sky HD Channels as part of any deal to sell The Virgin Media Television Channels to BSkyB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

nice, i hope virgin don't back down! I would sooo love sky hd channels:) Not bothered about the red button.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

This could turn out fantastic in the end! :):angel:.
Come on Virgin Media don't back down with this offer you may get it. :shocked:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Sounds like a much more of a fair deal imo!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Get in there VM.... don't back down.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

If these deal goes ahead I suspect Virgin will demand red button and HD, access to all Sky channels at launch, access to all 3rd part channels that Sky helps launch and a clause that ensures that VMTV channels are always available on cable and that that the Sky channels can never be removed.

I would also expect that there would be a clause that would forbid VM from entering the content business again or at the very least for a number of years.

Hopefully VOD will be factored in as well as Sky seem to by VOD rights to all its US shows. and if we really want to dream how about a tie up where Sky customers can get Virgin cable to access VID via their Sky box?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

ive had the same on my two boxes for the last 2 days ive not had new cards yet.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Also pixelating for a few days for me. I noticed it particularly on ITV2 and History channels.

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We had a network issue with those channels yesterday on exTelewest, should be ok now. HTH

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I really can not see Sky allowing Virgin Media access to their HD channels it would only have a bad impact on the sky platform. Some people subscribe to sky hd purely because sky have those channels. It's one of the few usp's sky has against virgin.

That's not what i would call a fair deal at all. I don't want to have to pay for HD with Virgin. I wouldn't watch the Sky channels when they came over, in HD or otherwise. Virgin must know that they a usp over Sky retailing their HD to their customers for free. If Sky HD channels come over to Virgin and there is then a £10 subscription fee thrown on top of it i can see a lot of people being extremely miffed. Virgin are far more likely to get more customers by signing more HD carriage deals and keep adding them for free to their XL pack.