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You should credit sites that you cut and paste from when using their aritcles.

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Breaking news!
Sources have given us information regarding Sky Atlantic arriving on vm.

It is not happening anytime in the next 3 years sadly.

Silliness aside though we have been given a rumour that vm could launch a ultimate sports package where you can subscribe to skysports, box nation, bt sport, racing uk, eurosport, premiersport, at the races under 1 simple package.
No pricing has been given but we think it'll be around about £60p/m.

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Personally l cannot see a ultimate sports package ever happening..

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The advantage of the ultimate sports package from Virgin's point of view would be that they could finally make some money out of their sports offering, assuming that the non Sky channels were offered to them on a reduced wholesale price basis.

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It will never happen it would have such limited appeal let alone be expensive on top of your basic tv sub.

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Not only that but while bt sport is part of XL, it would need to be cheaper for XL or dearer for non XL

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I was surprised it lasted as long as it did - why would Sky allow a competitor to sell Sky's most expensive programming at a lower cost than its own platform? For once, VM customers got a better deal than the satellite owners.

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We have no further information the pricing was only guess work it could be dearer it might not be,
also as mm said it may never happen.
This is a new source that has given us this rumour we are just posting what we got told.

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I would have simply provided the link if I knew it; but I don't.

It was a copy/paste of a copy/paste from another site.

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http://www.a516digital.com/2016/05/s...asting-in.html

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Very strange. Maybe VM said they'd do it for free for the Euros but would require payment for S4C's normal schedule. But as a PSB, I thought VM would take it at no cost anyway.

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never happening man sky wont let anyone have it

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SKY have no say in bt sport, premier sport, racing uk, eurosport.
I think SKY own at the races though not sure.
SKY atlantic is available to anyone with a broadband connection via nowtv so in a way they are letting anyone have it.

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isnt bt sports contract with virgin media ending this year? wasnt it 3 years? it could be why the ultimate sports pack is being branded if its coming out of the XL package?

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Think it may have been extended when BT Sport Europe was added. Doubt they would take it out of the XL pack as it would make it far less attractive.

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aye i had thats the case !

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yes I meant to other platforms though it will only ever be on a sky platform

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Yeah i agree with that.

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You can get it on EETV which offers Now TV.

https://broadband.ee.co.uk/ee-tv/ee-tv-on-demand

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Basically, Sky won't offer it on a wholesale deal. It is only available directly from Sky either on its satellite platform or Now online service. The exception to this is Sky Germany which does wholesale Atlantic to Liberty Global's Unitymedia cable company, and in HD too.(Channel 600)
It will be interesting to see if Vodafone's forthcoming TV platform offers NowTV too.

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When do the channels that are testing on virgin media launch?

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There is nothing to stop VM from offering Now TV on the TIVO, just as EETV have done.

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It was interesting to note that in the week Amazon Prime announced that AMC's latest show Preacher will be on the streaming service NOT on BT's AMC channel. So, we're not missing anything but not having that channel, if you can call it a channel at all, part time evening service more like.

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2016/05/amaz...-may-premiere/

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I think because Sony co-produced it, AMC does not get to exploit overseas sales, that's up to Sony. Good reason for VM to get Prime onto Tivo.

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We don't know except S4C HD will launch when it screens its first Euro 2016 match. (and will then go off air until the next match is shown).

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Pass.......

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We don't know that for sure. Remember, EETV does not offer the Sky channels directly unlike VM and TalkTalk. TalkTalk used to offer NowTV but Sky or TalkTalk pulled the plug on the venture. (The standard Movies on-demand service remains on TalkTalk but not the live channels).

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I think Virgin take the view that if they offered Now TV on the TiVo, people would cease their subscriptions to Sky through the cable packages they offer (and thereby make a profit) and instead would subscribe directly to Sky through the Now TV app, thereby missing out on that profit.

However. I choose to do both, as I suspect do most cable subscribers who get Now TV. So I think Virgin should go for it, and if they are concerned about people opting only for Now TV, Virgin could require that to access this app via the TiVo, you must be on the XL pack.

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you do know sky own now tv right sky would never allow now tv on TiVo OB man

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TBF this is codswallop sky would probably allow nowtv on tivo if it ever came up.
Nowtv is offered on BTtv (movies only atm) also the same is on talktalk tv too as there is a nowtv app on youview (movies only for now.)
Maybe it's vm who don't want nowtv on tivo?
SKY are already making nowtv available on more devices and pvrs i believe the new freesat freetime and freeview has nowtv on too i'm not 100% sure about this though.

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Your negativity is astounding at times!

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realism so come on do you think it will happen then

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Well, I know this is your mantra, Dave, but would you mind quoting a source for this?

If it means more money for Sky, why wouldn't they allow it to be on the Tivo?

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all channels are all ready on VM apart for SA and itv encore so why would they and SA would make them money if was allowed on VM but it not and wont be at all

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Thanks for providing a link as to where the copy/pasted info came from.

I thought the same as yourself regarding S4C HD- guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens with it on cable.

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Pass. :confused: VM are so unpredictable you don't really know.

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ALL, the channels that Sky have - SA and ITV encore, that VM customers want, but silly Directors wont allow it.

At the end of the day - Isn't it US the customers who should decide that.

Sky have repeatedly said that VM have been offered the channel at a price - BUT VM wont budge.

How pathetic and rather childish in my view. WE THE CUSTOMER, should decide who wants it.

We are supposed to get BT Sport FREE, but what a surprise, our subs went up.

VM are not stupid are they.

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What appears to be the situation is that Sky wanted to charge VM a price which would not have allowed them to make a profit without putting their rates up to customers. However, this problem would be resolved if Now TV were to be added to our apps on Tivo; those charges would be paid directly to Sky by those who wanted it without adding to the cost of the Virgin bundles of channels.

ITV Encore is exclusive to Sky for its initial period of broadcasting (we think this is for a period of 18 months to two years, which is nearly up now).

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Personally l cannot see us getting ITV Encore for another 3 years.

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That's rather pessimistic Den. � But saying that, if Encore was launching soon, I would have expected Media Boy to report that it was being tested but he hasn't.

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I heard that to so sky couldn't be accused of not offering despite price being unreasonable

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No its not pessimistic Andrew as my suspicions are that a exclusive 5 year deal was signed by ITV and Sky over ITV Encore and not the 2 year deal that some seem to think was signed.

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I did a google and, i can't remember the original details, but it's suggested that sky had a 4 year funding partnership with ITV which would take the exclusivity deal to June 2018 (?)

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...796846#M120677

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Thanks for that John.

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This would probably be classed as a regional channel. VM provide S4C SD nationally, which they don't really have too, but adding S4C HD will certainly use up valuable network resources. If VM do offer it, like with BBC1 Wales HD, I think it will end up as Welsh headends only.

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Looking at that forum, the poster who mentioned the four-year funding deal has suggested June 2016 not June 2018 for the end of Sky exclusitivity.

On 1/4/15 Nogrod said "Unlikely we will see it anytime soon. The channel has a 4 year funding partnership with Sky."
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...796846#M120677

On 11/11/2015 Nogrod said "Sky financed the launch of the channel which included a period of exclusivity for their satellite customers. At a rough guess this deal still has around another 8 months to run."
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...2305577/page/3

At the time of the announcement in January 2014, The Guardian reported "Under the deal, ITV Encore will be made available on Sky for an undisclosed "period of exclusivity", which will give the satellite broadcaster a chance to use it as a drawcard for new customers."
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...sky-itv-encore

The channel launched 9/6/14 so we should know soon if it was two years or not! I suspect VM would want to promote it before the Euros start and possibly as an alternative to football if it was going to have it soon.

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I guess we'll find out in about 3 weeks.

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We have heard no news on itv encore coming to vm as of yet.

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There will be a long wait for that I think

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Cannot be that long as when the funding is up. As Liberty Global took over the shares that Sky had in ITV?

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True but I think it's not a controlling share and they can intervene in a existing contract

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No not controlling as it is just 9.9% at the moment

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Exactly that's why they can't impact a decision from sky and itv

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According to the Telepgraph, it is a 4-year partnership. But does that mean the exclusive period is also 4years?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...-Sky-deal.html



ITV has taken its biggest step so far away from free-to-air television by agreeing a deal with British Sky Broadcasting to launch a dedicated drama channel on Sky’s satellite service.

The two companies have signed a four-year partnership that will give ITV a foothold in pay-television for the first time since the disastrous ITV Digital venture folded 12 years ago.

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l would say it is a exclusive 4 year period unless someone can tell me any different.

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That's what we don't know hence the speculation of 18 months, two years and four years. We now know that 18 months was wrong as that date has passed! The Guardian reported "Under the deal, ITV Encore will be made available on Sky for an undisclosed "period of exclusivity", which will give the satellite broadcaster a chance to use it as a drawcard for new customers."

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My *guess* is that it was a four-year deal with a break clause for either party half way through. Hence the time period not being stated in the press release. The fact that we have heard nothing of a forthcoming launch on other platforms suggests that it will last the full four years. However, it may be that the deal prohibits an announcement until a few days before the expiry date.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...e-9093204.html

Reference here to both the 4 year deal and 'at least' 18 months exclusivity as reported at the time.

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May List update - May 23rd update.

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland.

NOTE: I DO NOT WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA UK OR VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND SO ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS LIST IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media UK/Ireland News and links.
Media Boy = Local TV news, other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Freeviews on Virgin Media UK OR Ireland ===
(Put start date here). (Put channel name here) is having an freeview to all TBC Customers on Virgin UK/Ireland Channel TBC right now until (Put end date here.)

=== Soon ===
-Virgin Media UK will launch NDTV India soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch NDTV Spice soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch QVC Beauty soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch QVC Style soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.
-Virgin Media UK will launch Tru TV soon on Virgin UK Channel TBC.

=== May ===
24th. The Box Plus Network will rebrand Smash Hits as Box Hits on Virgin UK Channel 337 and Virgin Ireland Channel 712.
24th. The Box Plus Network will rebrand Heat as Box Upfront on Virgin UK Channel 338 and Virgin Ireland Channel 714.
27th. Viacom will rebrand MTV Classic as MTV 90s on Virgin Ireland Channel 707.

=== June ===
7th. Virgin Media UK will broadcast Wales games from Euro 2016 on S4C HD on Virgin UK Channel TBC.

=== July ===
No News...

=== August ===
No News...

=== September ===
No News...

=== October ===
No News...

=== November ===
No News...

=== December ===
No News...

=== Before 2017 ====
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Anglia (East) region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Tyne Tees region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.
-ITV will launch an HD Channel for ITV Yorkshire (West) region on Virgin UK Channel 113 soon.

=== January 2017 ===
No News...

=== February 2017 ===
No News...

=== March 2017 ===
No News...

=== April 2017 ===
No News...

=== May 2017 ===
No News...

=== June 2017 ===
No News...

=== July 2017 ===
No News...

=== August 2017 ===
No News...

=== September 2017 ===
No News...

=== October 2017 ===
No News...

=== November 2017 ===
No News...

=== December 2017 ===
No News...

=== Local TV on Virgin Media ===
-All the following Local TV broadcasters may launch by 2017 on Virgin UK Channel 159:

-YourTV Manchester
-YourTV Blackpool & Preston
-That’s Basingstoke
-That’s Surrey
-That's Solent - CHANNEL TESTING ON VIRGIN MEDIA UK.
-That’s Reading
-That’s Salisbury
-That's Oxford

=== Unknown dates ===
-The BBC hope to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD - but still need to be approved by the BBC Trust.

=== Channels ONLY in Virgin Media Ireland areas ===
List last updated on February 8th 2016.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK ON OTHER NETWORKS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST.

ALSO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CHANNELS IS CURRENTLY BROADCASTING ON VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND BUT NOT ON VIRGIN MEDIA UK:

Documentaries/News:
-History HD
-Crime + Investigation HD
-RT

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Music:
-MTV Classic

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

Channels only in Virgin Media Ireland areas.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
Full list now at: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...adcasters.html

This part of list has now moved to my blog - follow link.

=== What is Media Boy on about??? ===
Here is what I mean when I post the following on Cable Forum:

Virgin Sources - means just that.
'Do Not Post' order - means an Virgin insider has given me some info on things that set to happen but has told me not to reveal it right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin UK and Ireland - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
Follow Virgin Media UK on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
Follow Virgin Media Ireland on ''twitter'' here - https://twitter.com/VirginMediaIE
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated January 4th 2016.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: Media Boy HQ gets all info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Sources) and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WHY HAVE YOU ADDED 'ONLY IN VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND AREAS' AND INFORMATION ON VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND ON THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA UK?
A: Virgin Media Ireland is now part of Virgin Media and are both owned by Liberty Global. And you voted for Media Boy HQ to join both Virgin Media UK and Virgin Media Ireland threads up for 2016.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''DISNEY CHANNEL HD'' FOR?
A: Disney Channel HD is only broadcasting in Virgin Media Ireland areas right now.

==== See you later ===
List last updated on May 23rd 2016.

Next update: TBC.

A) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.
B) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.
C) If Virgin Media UK/Ireland are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin Media UK/Ireland areas.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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Ofcom are hilarious how they never interfere in these dirty deals to withhold channels from people. The only time they've got involved really is to break up sky's exclusive hold of premier league football.

I thought at the time that was a good thing and they'd done us a favour!

Sky prices stay the same and now we have to pay another company to watch the matches we could have got with sky before! Ofcom must have been paid off by another company to "investigate" it

Disgrace!

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Sorry but you don't have to pay anything that's the beauty with pay TV you have a choice whether to subscribe or not.

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Granted, but Vince's point was that you have to pay more to watch the same.

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Indeed that is the case MM but his point about Ofcom doing basically sod all hits the nail on the head though.

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Vince, a gentle reminder that it was the European Commission that required the Premier League rights to be sold to more than one bidder, not Ofcom. And if you wish a particular market to be investigated, let the relevant body (the CMA, not Ofcom) know here.
It's not usual in any country to force companies to sell things to one another. By doing so, you remove the market ie the regulator would have to decide the price at which every channel was sold to every TV platform. Not really practical.

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But you aren't watching the same amount , this coming season will see more Premier League games available than ever before.

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l see your point Andrew but surely there comes a point when Ofcom should step in and caps prices to a certain rise each year instead of companies basically racking up prices to a level where they think they can get way with it and hoping that many customers don't notice the big inflation busting price rises.

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2004-2007 was the last time that Sky held all live rights. They had 138 matches.

In 2016-2019 Sky holds live rights to 126 matches and BT has 42 matches making a total of 168 matches.

The average Sky Sports subscriber watches 30 Premier League matches a year.

So:
- Splitting the rights has resulted in a Sky Sports subscriber getting 12 fewer matches in their subscription.
- It has also given them a choice - get 42 matches at a lower price instead of paying for 126 matches of which you'll only watch a quarter of.
- But if you wanted to watch the same number of matches as before ie 138 matches then you would require two subscriptions.

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Regulation of the markets is the responsibility of the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) ; confusingly not Ofcom.
Their responsibility is to ensure that markets function correctly and players in a market don't operate cartels and too many companies don't merge etc. They're in the news at the moment as it is likely that they will force a combined Ladbrokes-Coral to sell some shops.
If companies are acting noncompetitively or a market sector is not working well then you can inform them and they will investigate. They might delegate it down to Ofcom to do the actual investigation as they have the knowledge but markets are the CMA's responsibility.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tell-the...market-problem

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I actually meant for those who want it all ie both BT Sport and Sky Sports. A total of 168 matches I'm pretty sure that's the highest amount of games made available.

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By heck me old mucker you must be on good commission lately.;)

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Yes, my post states that the total number of matches has risen by 30 matches from 138 in 2004/7 to 168 2016/19. 2004/7 was the last period of Sky exclusivity.

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No one's pretending that sports telly is a bargain but Muppetman is correct in his assertion. I suspect people are watching the same amount ie 30 matches a season but they have the option of watching more matches now than in any previous season.

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Not really Den I agree things are expensive these days but try going to a game or compare to other forms of entertainment like the theatre , cinema etc.

These days people demand more for instance HD , 4K , match choice , On Demand all this comes at an increased cost to platforms.

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It was meant in jest as l am sure MM can take a bit of banter.:)

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Only one we know of is S4C HD - launching for about 2 to 4 weeks from June 7th.

We have not seen any confirmed channel numbers or launch dates for the rest of them.

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S4C HD will broadcast on the following dates/times:

June 11th:
-Wales VS Slovakia - KO: 5pm

June 16th:
-England VS Wales - KO: 2pm

June 20th:
-Russia VS Wales - KO: 8pm

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Can I ask what is the point to that when we don't get rest of channel

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No idea.

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To keep the call centre happy in Swansea? :D All I can guess is the Welsh Government leaned on VM and this was a compromise.

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Of course if/when they qualify for subsequent rounds.......?:dozey:

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Well Hd Is pretty standard service so why virgin make a big deal out of a few matches in beyond me

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Broadcast are reporting that Virgin Media have made a return to the LA Screenings.

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We can confirm that both Arabic Hafla and That's Solent are still testing on Virgin Media UK.

We have seen pictures taken today of them testing.

So as of May 24th the following channels are testing:

What is testing (Confirmed names only):
-Arabic Hafla (No set launch date).
-NDTV India (No set launch date).
-NDTV Spice (No set launch date).
-QVC Beauty (No set launch date).
-QVC Style (No set launch date).
-S4C HD (Set to launch on June 7th).
-That's Solent (No set launch date).
-Tru TV (No set launch date).

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Positive news. It also says "Virgin Media is on the hunt for US serialised dramas and single camera comedies.."
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/v...104288.article (subscription)

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Beyond you and pretty much everyone else in the world as well. ;)

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I wonder if these US dramas, if acquired, would be added as an exclusive VOD rather than an actual new channel?

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Probably. Both Ash vs Evil Dead, and Kingdom have both been via On Demand

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I can't believe, that in 2016, we still have an added HD charge.

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Yeah it would make sense

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In other countries, I think LGI have a Netflix-style service that's included as part of the base package. I can see VM building up to this type of offering.

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We have launch an post on Media Boy Blog for all the up to date info on channels testing on Virgin Media UK.

We will update when we get more information.

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Those same eight channels were mentioned by you five days ago, I don't think anything has altered since the 19th has it?

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The colour TV licence still costs more than a black and white licence and I can't remember the last householder I knew with a black and white TV!

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Nothing has altered since last Thursday.

But reported on here over the weekend says that Arabic Hafla was no longer testing.

We have been told today that Arabic Hafla IS still testing.

Also We have post any news on more channel testing on both Cable Forum and Media Boy Blog.

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I think the Cable Forum needs to crowd-fund you a TV with DTC built in so you can check directly what channels are testing. :)

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Our paper works say that Arabic Hafla has been testing since 21.02.15.

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I'll chip in with 10p :p:

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I don't get your point, lol

Are you saying the colour TV licence shouldn't cost more, or there shouldn't even be a licence for black & white tvs?

Sorry, maybe I'm being an idiot :angel::D

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Hi, what I mean is that extra is still charged for what have been standard services for a long time. So extra is charged for colour TV licences v black and white licences although colour has been the standard for 40 years. So don't expect a premium for HD to go anytime soon judging by this! Sprry for any obscurity. :)

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You would have thought they would have decided one way or the other by now!

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Well lets see what comes of it.

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More price rises :D

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My my you are rather pessimistic today my dear chap.:)

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Bloody hell, what a load of absolute trash!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

I agree what a load of total pish, wonder how they sold that at a board meeting, Virgin customers want some channels how about these

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

I agree mate, that's why I ditched my Virgin Tv package, switched to Now Tv streaming for my premium content, best moved I made and saved a small fortune as well.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Beware, theone is an agent provocateur who drinks freely from the BT chalice. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Worth noting that the monochrome licence is actually the TV licence with a colour supplement added from 1/1/68 for those with colour sets.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

TruTV on the testing list is on Freeview so we should really get that.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2
 

Sources say SPIKE should arrive by end of November on vm.