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Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

Welcom to Virgin Meida.....

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr that Scary channel 890 dude is STILL on air grrrrrrr

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Originally Posted by djscrivo (Post 34215648)

nothin will happen it will happen in the morin

Yes however it is the day of Virgin media launch... no more NTL and Telewest :)

LOL and my box has crashed hehehehehe right on midnight :p

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

have a look on ch 999 the information changes at about 5 in the guide

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

So between 5 and 6am is launch time then?

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

VIRGINERCATION IS COMPLETE! :D

Channel 999 is now displaying product info via some cartoon (including a preview of the new Virgin EPG for those who haven't got it yet).

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Originally Posted by bluecandylover (Post 34215649)

LOL and my box has crashed hehehehehe right on midnight :p

LOL! Great start, Virgin! :p:

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

Channel 999 - Virgin iD
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2.00: Sit Tight, It's Coming Soon
6:00: Getting the most from Virgin Media

Sypnosis:
**Waits for box to unfreeze for 5th time**

Getting the most fromyour Virgin TV and Broadband Services.

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

I wondered what happened to Dick and Dom......:D

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

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Originally Posted by Chris Howell (Post 34215660)

Not on ex-Telewest, it stlll has the static logo and writing up on screen.

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Pressing

TVDrive on remote then HOW TO USE, brings up Virgin help videos.

On the computer related cartoons, the cartoony START menu is funny :D

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Originally Posted by bluecandylover (Post 34215669)

ROFL, I see what you mean. The :( look on that kids face, "awww, no more porn for me." :p:

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Time for a party, folks:

From Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...2547a29057ce7d)

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LONDON -- British entrepreneur Richard Branson will host a party Thursday night for about 2,000 of his closest friends to celebrate the launch of Virgin Media, the latest entrant into what is becoming an increasingly competitive U.K. market for broadband Internet, television and telephony services.

But behind the glamorous facade, Branson is gearing up for a bloody corporate challenge to the might of the U.K.'s pay television leader, BSkyB, and the signs are that the gloves are already off.

The flamboyant showbiz launch -- to be held at London's Cirque Hippodrome -- will be in characteristic buccaneering Branson style, with organizers promising a host of celebrities and entertainment acts as befits the man who signed the Sex Pistols and Simple Minds to his Virgin Music label (now owned by EMI).

On Wednesday, Virgin Media offered a taster for the launch with the announcement it had signed a $36 million deal with Uma Thurman to promote the new multimedia service, which marketing managing director James Kidd promised would be "the most exciting and the biggest Virgin-branded company in the world."

Branson is promising to offer the U.K.'s first "quad-play operator," offering bundled digital television, Internet, fixed and mobile telephony, following the ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£800 million ($1.58 billion) acquisition of his mobile telecoms business Virgin Mobile with struggling cable operator NTL last summer.

He hopes to use the popularity of the Virgin brand to drive through a customer-friendly cable revolution that the cable sector's checkered history has thus far failed to deliver.

....But behind the scenes [at Sky] there is concern. Sky's lowered profits, slowed growth and higher churn in what should have been a good quarter have made the satcaster look more vulnerable than at any time in its recent history.

And Virgin is not the only competitor it faces. At the start of the year, BT Vision launched offering a PVR service, on-demand television and movies and a freeview box offering 30 channels of free digital television. Earlier this week, Freeview announced its most successful Christmas to date, with more than 2 million new additions, while next year telecoms group Tiscali aims to launch a VOD, broadband Internet and phone service to 5 million homes across the country.

Branson is no stranger to corporate conflict. In fact it could be argued that he goes out of his way to create it. And though some analysts doubt whether there is really an appetite for quad play, they recognize he has the kind of marketing appeal that consumers love.

"There are a number of values associated with the Virgin brand, which includes fun and being young at heart. That's what they are looking to do (with the rebranding). That's becoming increasingly important because the market is so competitive," said Ian Watt at research house Enders Analysis.

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

HI, I'm here to help you get the most from your digital tv and blueyonder internet serivces from telewest. I'm going to show you how straight forward it is to get the information and help you need, now that beats spending all day reading instruction manuals hands down, I don't even know where slot A is. And If I can do it, then trust me you'll have no problem. But first I will be needing some willing voluenterres, meet the Morrisons, Come with me.... come on. First things first, I'm going to show how you can get information and help direct from your tv screen, Prepare to be amazed, First go to the TV home screen by pressing any of these buttons here, and you can press these buttons at any time to get to the home screen. From here simply press the RED button, lovely is'nt it? and it is really that simple because I just done it and I got witnesses. Now some people wont have this remote they will have this one, the only real difference is how you get the tv home screen, with this remote, simply press the big blue button which looks like this, the other thing worth knowing about is how to reboot you set-top-box, but don't panic, this simply means unplugging it from the wall, waiting for 5 seconds and then plugging it back in, now you should reboot when ever you have a problem as this resets the boxes insides and helps it to work perfectly EVERY time, now prepare to be amazed as Sheral reboots before your very eyes. Fantastic great technique! Another top tip and I know this sounds really obvious is to change the batteries in remote your say once a year, and before you give me the you-don't-say face its not quite as daft as it sounds, low batteries can confuze the set-top-box, and if you dont chnage them regualry you tv might start to behave a bit wierdly, usually by reuzing to respond or shutting down while your trying to watch your favourite show. So far so good but what about Blueyonder internet, for that we will need the help of Jezzes computer, up stairs in his bedroom ***SCREAMS***, so here we are in the most in-hospictal place on earth, yet even here there are signs of life everywhere, hello mate, say hello to all your fans out there. Yep I was just about to tell them about all the Bbueyonder rather nifty on and offline support services. Now you have 3 services at your fingertips , firstly the instant support tool is there to help if you cant get online or cannot access you email, it can diagnose all manner of computer email and connection problems, and should be already be automaticlly installed on your computer, allowing you to just click on this icon on your desktop, id it is'nt already installed on your computer you can download it from the blueyonder website, its a complete winner for DIY fault fixing and now making you fell chuffed with yourself, Secondly the blueyonder helpsite has countless pages full of really usefuk stuff like information on secuirty like dealing with spam, viruses, and how to manage you email account, just incase you wanted to an an email for you pet goldfish or something, now online help is avaiable on every page of the blueyonder website, lastly mate Bluetourials, now these little beautys will have you doing things with your computer that you never thought possible, the kinda online mini lesson which show you loadsa really cool stuff like how downloading music and how to processing digital photos, you name is Bluetorials will point you in the right direction, BOY: so what about making me a dotcom millionaire? MAN: Probbaly not but, you carry on mate its all yours, did'nt even got offered a cup of tea! so thats about it from me if you missed any of that I will be walking down the same street again in a sec and we can go though it all once more.

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

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Originally Posted by bluecandylover (Post 34215731)

HI, I'm here to help you get the most from your digital tv and blueyonder internet serivces from telewest. I'm going to show you how straight forward it is to get the information and help you need, now that beats spending all day reading instruction manuals hands down, I don't even know where slot A is. And If I can do it, then trust me you'll have no problem. But first I will be needing some willing voluenterres, meet the Morrisons, Come with me.... come on. First things first, I'm going to show how you can get information and help direct from your tv screen, Prepare to be amazed, First go to the TV home screen by pressing any of these buttons here, and you can press these buttons at any time to get to the home screen. From here simply press the RED button, lovely is'nt it? and it is really that simple because I just done it and I got witnesses. Now some people wont have this remote they will have this one, the only real difference is how you get the tv home screen, with this remote, simply press the big blue button which looks like this, the other thing worth knowing about is how to reboot you set-top-box, but don't panic, this simply means unplugging it from the wall, waiting for 5 seconds and then plugging it back in, now you should reboot when ever you have a problem as this resets the boxes insides and helps it to work perfectly EVERY time, now prepare to be amazed as Sheral reboots before your very eyes. Fantastic great technique! Another top tip and I know this sounds really obvious is to change the batteries in your say once a year, and before you give me the you-don't-say face its not quite as daft as it sounds, low batteries can confuze the set-top-box, and if you dont chnage them regualry you tv might start to behave a bit wierdly, usually by reuzing to respond or shutting down while your trying to watch your favourite show. So far so good but what about Blueyonder internet, for that we will need the help of Jezzes computer, up stairs in his bedroom ***SCREAMS***, so here we are in the most in-hospictal place on earth, yet even here there are signs of life everywhere, hello mate, say hello to all your fans out there. Yep I was just about to tell them about all the Bbueyonder rather nifty on and offline support services. Now you have 3 services at your fingertips , firstly the instant support tool is there to help if you cant get online or cannot access you email, it can diagnose all manner of computer email and connection problems, and should be already be automaticlly installed on your computer, allowing you to just click on this icon on your desktop, id it is'nt already installed on your computer you can download it from the blueyonder website, its a complete winner for DIY fault fixing and now making you fell chuffed with yourself, Secondly the blueyonder helpsite has countless pages full of really usefuk stuff like information on secuirty like dealing with spam, viruses, and how to manage you email account, just incase you wanted to an an email for you pet goldfish or something, now online help is avaiable on every page of the blueyonder website, lastly mate Bluetourials, now these little beautys will have you doing things with your computer that you never thought possible, the kinda online mini lesson which show you loadsa really cool stuff like how downloading music and how to processing digital photos, you name is Bluetorials will point you in the right direction, BOY: so what about making me a dotcom millionaire? MAN: Probbaly not but, you carry on mate its all yours, did'nt even got offered a cup of tea! so thats about it from me if you missed any of that I will be walking down the same street again in a sec and we can go though it all once more.

Gah, paragraphs are your friend. ;)

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

nice one it saids the same on mine i car't wait till they change that to something better

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

Sky are worried there is romours sky+ will become free and standard after feb this year.

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Hiya guys...

OK am i the only one thats not noticed this?

the tv adverts says about downloading hundreds and hundreds of movies
totally free, i've got the advert here which i ripped from a streaming site.

i went to the comingvsoon website last night and it said

download thausands of films free .... 8th feb

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its now 8th of feb no where on any pages anywhere does it mention
about free movies to download ... it only mentions movie on demand.
but it has costing of 3.50 a day for this?? how is this free.

am i missing something or are they once again false advertising

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis (Post 34216146)

Sky are worried there is romours sky+ will become free and standard after feb this year.

Looks like whatever happens with Virgin the TV/BB punters will be the ones to win b the looks of it :)

Re: The Countdown Begins to Virginercation - comingvsoon.com

of course thats the affect of a competitive market, before ntl had numpties in charge and now they are starting to do things in a better fashion.