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So what has that to do with big brother :D if usage increases , increase supply :erm: trouble today everyone wants there hands held . Life changes if not we would still all be pushing hand carts around :shocked: l know let's go back to the corn laws

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You are probably unaware that this country has a problem getting its broadband speeds increased to a reasonable level nationwide.

Either that or you are a troll

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Might help anyone who's dogs get stressed out with the fireworks https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/tv-channel...makes-uk-debut

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DogTV has been available as an app for almost a decade.

I subscribed about 8 years ago for my pup, he certainly reacted to it.

I think it’s more of a relaunch to gain momentum if anything

There is certainly nothing new apart from the price increase (it used to be a fiver a month)

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There's a cat tv too which has been around for quite awhile.

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Thanks, I know that might be useful for a friend.

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So fix the problem the answer is not to tax your way out. But l guess you would like luddites to run the country. My great great grandfather started our businesses if we had not adapted we would still be making wagons . Today we many run medical businesses. You have to adapt to stay in business. :D

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Ffs really? :rolleyes:




What's it called, Pussy Galore? :D

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That's the on demand option

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Vince isn't going to be happy WWE looking to put WWE Network on another streaming service in UK. https://cultaholic.com/posts/nick-kh...etwork-uk-deal thanks to wwehbk on DS for the info.
My feeling is it'll be Peacock.

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do you mean peacock launching in the UK? isnt a lot of their content on long term netflix contracts?

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Yeah peacock would be obvious choice due to deal in the USA but DAZN are being aggessive towards getting content and have changed their stance on WWE so they are now in the running too.

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But WWE, like Premier League football, is only available in the subscription packs on Peacock in the US and Sky have stated the UK version will be the ad-funded version.

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It won't have 4K or HDR either, so I won't be watching it!

https://www.whathifi.com/news/peacoc...-now-customers

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I wonder if this will also be the day when VM adds the Disney+ streamer to its platform.

It’s certainly due to arrive soon according to previous reports - this could be it!

Or not…

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021...or-disney-day/

[EXTRACT]

Disney+ is getting a month-long price drop as the company celebrates the second anniversary of the streamer.

Running November 8 – November 14, new and eligible returning subscribers can get one month of Disney+ for £1.99/US$1.99. The service typically costs £7.99/US$7.99 per month.

The service, which initially launched in a handful of markets in November 2019 including the US and the Netherlands, was at 116 million subscribers as of August. Disney+ is now available in more than 60 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Dubbed ‘Disney+ Day’ by the company, Disney will bring high-profile content to the streamer on November 12 including Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Jungle Cruise and the second season of The World According to Jeff Goldblum.

Disney will also celebrate the event across its other business areas, with Disney+ subscribers who are visiting its US theme parks given entry 30 minutes early on November 12.

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Right so regarding my "it's done" about DAZN and BTsports post, silly me had indeed mis-read the document it actually says "DAZN are very confident of getting the deal done with BTsport"
so i apologise for my error guys.

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LK - well done for having the kahunas to admit you were wrong:D

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You won’t watch something if it’s not in 4K :D

If you’d have said SD I’d have agreed but on most peoples TV sets HD offers a pretty good picture.

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Ha ha, I was just being ridiculous!

No, it's the ads that are putting me off. I would possibly subscribe if there was an ad free version if there was enough content on there which had not already been shown on Sky.

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Of course he watches content that isn't 4K - he's paying for Virgin and Now TV. :D

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Fubotv are looking at options to launch in UK and the EU.

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RXTV: Disney+ slows down.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/disney-plus-slows-down

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This might encourage them into a deal with VM.

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Magic button my friend is all i'm saying.

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I think OLD BOY (and some others) will be happy with what I am reporting tonight on my blog from my sources....

https://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/20...veal-done.html

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One way to drive up traffic on your site, I suppose...

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Yeah, a bit pointless. Almost as pointless as the app being added I think it’s now the fourth (or fifth) device I can access an app I don’t subscribe to on!

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Some viewers love the "new way" of watching via apps. But give me an TV Channel over an app any day of the week.

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I really do not care aboot the traffic.

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Over on the Sky forums, some of the folk with access to closed forums have indicated that’s looking like Peacock starts rolling out for Sky Q and Plus customers this Tuesday (16th November).

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A story I posted last night has since been found out to be fake news (We use an new source).

I am really very sorry about that.

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It appears that SKYQ customers are going to get another 12 months of Discovery+ for free.

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I saw something about that, the source gave the impression it wasn't necessarily going to be for everyone, just select customers.

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I hope that this doesn’t go with another exclusivity deal. :rolleyes:

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Strangely i've had it and i left SKY last month.

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:D:D

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It sounds like Peacock content will be integrated into the On Demand libraries on Sky+HD , Sky Q and Now from tomorrow before launching later on Sky Glass so no mention of the standalone app being available at launch.

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i see virgin customers can now sign up to o2 priority. So if you fancy a free sausage roll, coffee or special offers/competitions its there...

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There is a rumour Netflix no longer have the UK rights to Star Trek Discovery and will be on Paramount+ when it launches in January.
https://forums.digitalspy.com/discus...k-discovery/p4

Wouldn't surprise me if it was true to be honest.

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From info seen at work channel launches, app launches etc are beginning to wind down now until the new year.

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with all these services it is no wonder some people turn to other sources

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Confirmed it's moving to Paramount+ globally including the UK.
https://deadline.com/2021/11/star-tr...bs-1234875466/

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1st episode of S4 is due to air tomorrow night on CBS All Access

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A pity. But I won’t be subscribing to yet another streaming service, so I guess this is where Discovery and I part company.

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It has gone. FFS. https://deadline.com/2021/11/star-tr...bs-1234875466/

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Won't be the last I suspect

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Guess this means this may be the last of The Good Fight on More4, Evil and Why Women Kill on Alibi for any subsequent seasons. :(

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I'm keeping a eye out at work see if anything comes through.

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Much appreciated.

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Evil moved from CBS to Paramount+ but has continued on Alibi. So there is still a chance.

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Good man; cheers!

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But that was on the old contract sadly.

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Evil was always on CBS All Access (it said it in end credits of S1) previously and Paramount+ is just a rebrand. Unless you mean they originally developed it for the main broadcast CBS network? It did get a rerun on that I think I recall reading.

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S1 premiered on CBS , there is possibility when UKTV acquired the show it might of been the rights to 2 seasons.

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Thanks to Film Stories I've just heard Talking Pictures is launching a a Free Catch-up service on 1st December.

No information on Apps and availability yet.

Article here.
https://www.filmstories.co.uk/news/t...ch-up-service/

Should add it'll be called TPTV Encore.

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How many £8s a month is this low cost steaming future up to now?

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It must be well into double figures now.

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Far too many!

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Soon to be £10s then £12s and so on.

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Of course, when other viewing options are withdrawn, they can charge as much as they like.

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Has anyone got any up-to-date info on just when the full-fat All4 app will be added to the 360 boxes? The last mention I recall was that it would arrive on the 21st of October.

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Peacock has been added to the entertainment section of Now TV.
There's not a lot there at present but someone might find something to watch

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Currently shows 97 shows/movies however some were already on Now , it’s meant to be a soft launch before a main launch next year.

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Hi guys, looking for some help here re Grey's Anatomy season 17, my wife started watching this from the very first season a couple of months ago and is hooked on it, the problem is she finished season 16 a couple of days ago, but we cannot seem to get season 17 anywhere in the UK, funnily enough, the latest season, season 18 is available, I have tried Sky Witness which Greys is on but they don't seem to have a box set edition of season 17, any ideas?


Thx

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I had it on my plex up till yesterday when my daughter told me she no longer watches it hahaha you will be able to find it on alternative sources

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If you have a Firestick Google CinemaHD and install that on it, that is an alternative source that will give you everything. :D

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No I don't have that, just thought I'd be able to get it on a normal streaming channel like Now TV, etc, my wife was watching the first 16 seasons on Prime but they're greedy sods and are now wanting payment for each episode of season 17.

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If it's dropped off Sky then it'll appear on Disney plus in the next few months

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I don't think it's Amazon's fault, Hulu has the streaming rights to it and possibly Netflix USA, a Google suggested it aired on Sky Witness in April 2021.

Your best bet is piracy.

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It's an ABC show should be on Disney +.

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It will be after Sky's rights exhaust

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Justwatch.com may be helpful to identify legal streaming options.

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S17 in 1080 is out there: 47Gbytes. ;)

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I stopped downloading years ago from newsgroups, i only stream now, I'm not someone who archives their stuff any any longer.

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In work we've been told we're starting to wind down for the year now so means no more launches are likely, ofcourse some could still happen as contracts are always getting discussed but most likely that's your lot for this year.

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Thanks, Andrew, I saw that but we don't have Disney+ :D

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Now, now.

All these streamers aren't splintering off content onto multiple £8 a month services for people to do that.

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Newsgroups ? I think he means torrents. ;)
There are smaller packs (720p) available as well (5GB).

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I gave up Torrents years ago when I found it quicker and easier to just use an NZB file.

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Yeah I know there are members here on private trackers but for those who are not Usenet is far far safer

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do you use realdebrid or premiumize or totally free? these are good as you can force them to cache torrents for you and of course they improve scraper links

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Not used anything like that I only used to grab an NZB file from a website and load it into Newsleecher but then I've only streamed from Kodi or CinemaHD for donkeys years and not had any need to download anything including software.

So you could say I am a retired downloader! :D

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had this discussion with kodi devs in the past arguing Kodi does not down load but it does as do other scraper addons/apks. They all cache and the cache is downloaded and stored till played. Yes most only cache a few seconds and most also never save this to disc but some do :)

You can see the downloaded stored cache in the play bar as it fills beyond what is being played

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Anything streamed downloads a cache, never stream dodgey stuff unless you're using a good quality no logs vpn.
I use iptv that's all i'm saying lol.

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Safer than what ? Public torrents are perfectly safe if you do it right. :angel:

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the very fact you have to add a caveat proves my statement

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yes I know that is why I said what I did to snoopz. Dunno why you had to say the same thing again hahaha

You are highly unlikely to ever get pursued for streaming movies and tv and only your iptv provider is of interest to ACE or FACT.

Torrents however by their nature turn most people into distributors. You have to turn off seeding and that then most often slows your download to not become one. You are then attractive as you can be hit with a pay this or go to court letter. In the US I have seen massive awards against defendants as each part shared they count as a copy so if say 1000 take 1 block they can issue an award for 1000 x the face value of the media so say a blu ray of £15 makes the potential of a 15K award.

TBH though in the UK it has not ever kicked off as it were and in the US it is pretty slow. Most just get a letter or a visit from ACE telling them to stop

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Which is why you use a good no logs vpn and bitcoing ;)
Atm in UK you tend to get a warning of your isp if you get caught i had a friend who got caught BT sent him a warning, i think it's a 3 strike system. I'll ask someone who knows more in work tomorrow about that.

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Of course it doesnt, it proves nothing at all.
Usenet requires you to take precautions as well.
... and you think you are safe using illegal streaming sites, well good luck to you. ;)

(Its estimated that 70%+ of pirating is illegal streaming, while about 10% is torrents, so you take a guess which they focus on :))

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Spot on but sadly some people never learn until it's too late.

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why are you winking at me? I explained my point. Usenet is a lot safer than Torrents for the reasons I outlined and they are correct whether you wink or not. With Usenet you just download no distribution and even if you did it is all server based so no IP to trace. I do not stream I have used Usenet for nearly 20 years. The only care you need with Usenet is an Antivirus which you need with Torrents

and this bit just goes on to prove it even more. You did not even mention Usenet on your stats

(Its estimated that 70%+ of pirating is illegal streaming, while about 10% is torrents, so you take a guess which they focus on )

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Up until last year I was particularly active in the streaming community and had a lot to do with a lot of the Devs. The only streamers I have ever known to get taken to court are pubs showing Sky Sports. A lot of the Devs got warning letters only TVA and a couple of others got taken to court. Kim Dot Com is likely the biggest of the sharers you would have heard of (mega). I know also of a fair few IPTV big sellers who got taken to court also.

As far as I am aware no home streamer has been taken to court, I could be wrong but not heard of any. In the US there have been quite a number of big cases where Torrent sharers have been hit with massive compensation claims

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just to add I have never heard of anyone using Usenet being taken to court and only a few indexers have been shut down by ACE

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Its weird how music and tv used to be pirated hugely and then companies realised they needed to embrace the internet. We had apple music and then netflix came on the scene too, spotify etc...suddenly piracy went down and people paid reasonable amounts to stream legally.

Unfortunately now everyone is trying to grab a slice of the pie. streaming rights are being split even more so you have to pay more and more for the same content which was half the price before...

People will return to piracy soon enough if more companies launch streaming sites and split the content even further

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Good grief, I'm trying not to laugh.
If course there is an IP to trace, networks dont work on magic :rolleyes:

So you have used usenet for nearly 20 years, good for you, but so what ?.
Ive used torrents for nearly 20 years, and usenet before that, and bulletin boards before that, I fail to see the relevance. :zzz:

You dont 'need' antivirus for torrents or usenet, where do you get all your misinformation from :sleep:
The only thing you seem to be proving is a lack of knowledge, but feel free to carry on believing what you want. :monkey:

This also is wandering way off the original topic, so its time to get back to streaming.

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So a recompiled torrent or file from a NZB never turns out to be a virus ok then my turn to laugh.

NNTP uploads go to a single server offshore and then populates the rest of usenet from that server.If you want to hide your ip from the single upload then use a vpn. Anyone who downloads that file is not downloading off you so no IP to trace.

You continue to think I know nothing but you are way off base on this subject Paul

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Just read an article in today's Business section of the Daily Telegraph.

Apparently Amazon have bid £6.4bn for MGM.

The headline states streaming prices will rise as Amazon will dwarf Netflix if the deal is allowed to go through.

Good news for the traditional linear channels.

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Amazon would have to split Prime Video from Prime to do that imo as customers who only use Prime for deliveries will not stomach a rise for that

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Did they not do this in May 2021?

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They announced it but its apparently not closed yet

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021...azon-mgm-deal/

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In the absence of any Black Friday deals I've seen so far if you have an LG television and go to the content store I see you can get three months of Apple TV+ for free.
Its for new accounts only and I don't know if it applies for all LG tv's but my 2019 OLED gets the offer.

P.S. if anyone wants to use my voucher PM me, 1st come 1st served

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Not really. As time moves on, people will ditch the linear pay channels in favour of one or more streaming services which will give them a far better choice of the type of stuff they want to watch.

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All the streaming services certainly do give a choice. However whether it's better than what we've had in the past is an open question.

Having to sign up to multiple services to get the range of content from each studio may end up costing more and be a worse experience than linear TV, or streaming aggregation that we've mostly had till now.

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following on from that . . when they all merge, get bought out etc, you may well end up with just 2 streaming services and be paying £30 a month to each one . . ;)