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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35717961)

Don't Premier Sports show them right now?

Maybe FOX is set to takeover Setanta Sports Ireland and Premier Sports?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_sports

Not the first time Fox has bought a Setanta company. Last year it bought Setanta Africa and will re-launch the channels as Fox Sports channels next month.
Would be interesting to see if they carried on retailing BT Sport in Ireland if this occurred and if the competition authorities in Ireland would allow Fox to purchase Setanta.

http://foxinternationalchannels.com/...nels-in-africa

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Psst, is there anybody there? :bump:

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Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 35718067)

Psst, is there anybody there? :bump:

Not so loud - everyone's trying to sleep :sleeping:

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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35717986)

the vm staff on twitter are pleasant and friendly but usually dont know anything unless anything which has launched on that particular day so i wouldnt get too downhearted!

Sounds like most corporate social networking pages. They are run by, I assume youngsters, who know nothing of any substance and are more interested in making 'cute' and 'quirky' comments than being able or willing to help with any customer concerns or complaints.

I recently had to complain about the facebook staff of a major supermarket. They were more interested in engaging in idle banter with happy customers than helping those with problems. Head office dealt with my problem, awarded me compensation and said that they were going to retrain their staff. I hope they do, because I'll be speaking to them again if there is any repetition :D

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35718003)

Please someone xplain on this forum.

VM are driving me nuts over new sports channels on VM. I was advised by VM that ALL sports channels would be in HD, and FREE as part of package. Which l have.

The Philipines office said l have to pay for HD channels, even though we are supposed to get them free.

Still not had a reply despite email sent on 20th July. Get a letter today regarding changes to SS subs. Says all SS channels free in packgae.

Yet again on to CS. they tell me that l have to have a Tivo HD (which l have) and that sports channels are free.

There is nothing in the letter that says l have to pay for HD channels ie sports.

VM are driving me nuts, and the CS in Philipines in totally disgraceful - do VM care -NO.

Firstly, I refuse to deal with the idiotic robotic foreign call centre employees, so have been given a special number to ring during office hours.

Any simple problem will be made difficult if this is attempted, so i'm not surprised that you have been given the runaround. The last time I gave them a chance, they kept insisting that I needed to contact Virgin Mobile when I enquired about buying mobile minutes for my landline. Even after repeatedly explaining that this was not a Virgin Mobile issue, they carried on reading their little script. When they actually started to develop an attitude, I referred the matter to a senior manager within VM after giving them a piece of my mind.

I am aware of the misleading promotional material that you are in possession of that misleads customers into thinking that the Sky Sports HD channels are available at no extra charge to customers who take the Sky Sports SD package. This is incorrect and consistent with the appalling communication standards of Virgin Media. If you want the HD variants of Sky Sports, you DO have to pay an extra 7 a month.

In my opinion, your only recourse would be to refer the matter to Trading Standards and/or The Advertising Standards Authority. Depending on their decision/s, Virgin Media may offer you something by way of an apology.

As for needing a "TiVo HD" to receive HD channels, the box is not labelled as HD, as all VM TiVo boxes are HD capable. Secondly, the V HD box should also receive the Sky Sports HD channels without any problem- this is probably more of the nonsense that they spout all day long.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35718014)

ireland has bt sport??? im guessing premier league football is on in ireland at 3pm too and they also get bt sport coverage? bloody hell they get everything!

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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35718148)

ireland has bt sport??? im guessing premier league football is on in ireland at 3pm too and they also get bt sport coverage? bloody hell they get everything!

I think you are right Vince, they get the all schhbang! haha

I remember watching the 3pm games when I was in Dublin, of course I was in a pub ;)

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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35718148)

ireland has bt sport??? im guessing premier league football is on in ireland at 3pm too and they also get bt sport coverage? bloody hell they get everything!

No need to get SKY Sports over in Ireland, check this fixture list out!

http://www.setanta.com/ie/subscribe/...remier-league/

Setanta Sports and BT Sports only £15.85 per month :shocked:

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35718157)

That's a bargain...Is it GBP or EUR?

You will need to move to Ireland to get live football on Saturday at 3pm anyway.

Setanta Sports Ireland is also on UPC Ireland - not just Sky Ireland.

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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35718161)

I know I would lol

As it's in Ireland I was just asking about the currency, because if the price is in EUR, that makes it even cheaper in GBP, making it even better value for money. Just goes to show how much we get ripped off here.

Full info: http://www.setanta.com/ie/subscribe

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The picture quality of setanta sports 3pm premier league coverage is comparable to VHS EP (not SP or LP) it really is shocking.

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Republic of Ireland (Change to Northern Ireland)
This secure form only takes 2 minutes to complete. Please have your 9 digit sky viewing card number (what's this) and your bank/card details to hand.

I dont think its for online viewing sadly :(

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Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35718164)

The picture quality of setanta sports 3pm premier league coverage is comparable to VHS EP (not SP or LP) it really is shocking.

UPC Ireland also has Setanta Sports 1 in HD. Sky Ireland only has the channel in SD. (Setanta Sports 1 is the same as Premier Sports in GB but with the addition of the 3pm Premier League matches.)

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What does the HD channel look like, SVHS EP lol.

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MB Gold: On this day...

2009: Latest on when HD Channels will launch on Virgin Media.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...ll-launch.html

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35718225)

MB Gold: On this day...

2009: Latest on when HD Channels will launch on Virgin Media.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...ll-launch.html

ah ESPN HD. i hope they keep the espn branding in the uk even then all the espn contracts expire. however i fear it'll become bt america or bt sport 3 or something similar...