Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35949228)

TiVo has reveal that Sky Cinema Comedy will be known as Sky Cinema Adam Sandler from June 11th to June 18th.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35949228)

TiVo has reveal that Sky Cinema Comedy will be known as Sky Cinema Adam Sandler from June 11th to June 18th.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35949229)

Blame them for what , they launched the channel , pay vast amounts for content on it so it's really upto them how they see fit distributing it.

BT have it's UHD channel and AMC channel they keep for its own customers , I fail to see the difference.

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Can't wait for that , months of poorly rated comedies.:D

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 35949235)

Vertically integrating content with platform and artificially inflating the price restricts consumer choice. In any other market such restrictions wouldn't be tolerated.

I'm on the side of the consumer, only fanboys wouldn't be.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 35949235)

Vertically integrating content with platform and artificially inflating the price restricts consumer choice. In any other market such restrictions wouldn't be tolerated.

I'm on the side of the consumer, only fanboys wouldn't be.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35949237)

I'd argue without being able to differentiate your platform you just have the same offering from everyone so whilst the only option is to reduce price this also results in seeing less players leaving the remaining platforms ultimately able to charge what they want.

Tell me an industry out there that doesn't have some form of exclusivity.

Purely personal opinion but I do believe Sky Atlantic will end up on VM at some point in the future.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 35949239)

If you think Sky Atlantic will become available do you think Virgin will suddenly be willing to pay more or that Sky will charge less? If Sky are charging less what market conditions would cause the value of the content to drop?

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35949160)

Do you have any friends/relatives with Sky ? They are allowed 4 devices on Sky Go - use one - it's how i get Sky Sports coverage.

Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas (Post 35949270)

You know, weird as it is the amount of devices that you can put it on, makes the mystique of the whole thing, wane more and more. When you had 4 or 5 networks and it goes to 900 it is like a big candy store but within like a month 95% of them are utterly useless to you.

Same with where you watch it...the fact that you could only watch it on TV was tough case you missed it. Now being able to record, and playback you just hate advertisements more and more.

With the phone / tablet capacity to watch it, it just gets to the point of "now I can watch it anywhere - on the move"...and then the diminished value kicks in on that front, too.

*On that last one, I am not 100% sure if it is just me though - my least spec'd TV is 65 inches, 4K / 1200 motion flow / 3D (and on and on - HDR etc) so watching on a 5 or 6 inch screen is not exactly worth the same.

I.e. if I want to watch something the least amount of energy I can put into it is to move my ass onto a bed / couch and fire up the TV to watch it.

That is the problem for me ; content in this day and age just sucks these days - TV programs and films just are not what they used to be.



I don't think that Sky's output is all bad but they have got into the production end of drama and series late. The films are all produced by one of the big 5 and they excelled at sports which they themselves covered and dominated but the production of TV drama is something they lack.

I tried one series on Sky Atlantic and it sucked - urgh I pay 80 + a month for this for like one network / show and the recording facility.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35949286)

I agree with you on most of this, Chloé. It is good that you can now watch your programmes on different devices because this gives you flexibility. However, like you, everything is so much better on the big screen and that's how I choose to watch virtually all the time.

As for Sky Atlantic, the quality of their programmes are certainly better than on Sky 1. Today's programming from 9am include House, Without a Trace, Blue Bloods, The West Wing, CSI, The Tale (film) and Westworld. Show me one other channel that can match that for dramas. Daytime on BBC1 is just the usual daytime trash such as Homes Under The Hammer, Bargain Hunt, Doctors (and so on) and apart from one good drama (My Girl), the evening programmes are just the regular tired old stuff such as The One Show, EastEnders and Holby City.

So I don't think Sky Atlantic is a bad channel at all - it is certainly the best for dramas.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35949286)

I agree with you on most of this, Chloé. It is good that you can now watch your programmes on different devices because this gives you flexibility. However, like you, everything is so much better on the big screen and that's how I choose to watch virtually all the time.

As for Sky Atlantic, the quality of their programmes are certainly better than on Sky 1. Today's programming from 9am include House, Without a Trace, Blue Bloods, The West Wing, CSI, The Tale (film) and Westworld. Show me one other channel that can match that for dramas. Daytime on BBC1 is just the usual daytime trash such as Homes Under The Hammer, Bargain Hunt, Doctors (and so on) and apart from one good drama (My Girl), the evening programmes are just the regular tired old stuff such as The One Show, EastEnders and Holby City.

So I don't think Sky Atlantic is a bad channel at all - it is certainly the best for dramas.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35949288)

The Drama channel is pretty good as well..

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35948618)

Broadcastnow is reporting that Virgin media UK are looking into having an EPG relaunch with one idea being having all the +1 (like ITV +1 and Quest +1) having their own dedicated section. (cant post link do to broadcastnow paywall)