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What sources may one ask?.

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Top-Secret sources, Den

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A fairly reliable one mate, we can't reveal our sources but based on info this source has given us in the past i'd say 80% of it happening.

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News to us.

Thanks for info anyway.

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Come to the dark side we have cookies :D

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We've all known this for years, Media Boy! Where have you been? :D

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and price rises in July. :( Let's see how the year pans out...;)

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We was talking about that Spike TV news.:confused:

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Its alright MB as Andrew is full of his dodgy banter today.;):D

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From May 17th:
From May 23rd:
See more at: http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/nd....8I4Mq6C9.dpuf

Took them five days to report.;)

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I wish they hadn't bothered..........:rolleyes:

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Already negotiated a deal my friend :) not the cheapest but still decent and cheaper than vm ;) £30p/m for 12 months upto 55mb unlimited bb, weekend calls plus my bt mobile sim.
Always worth phoning them (any company that is) when you get notified of price rises, been looking at sse bb too £21p/m anytime calls upto 78mbs.

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Yes, SSE are meant to be good in-contract but poor prices outside the contract, a bit like BT. But good to have another player in the market. Well done on the BT deal. :D

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If openreach get split from BT i think we will see more competetion and competetive prices.
Heard vm themselves are cabling new areas too so things could get very interesting.

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Apparently, two new sports VOD channels have appeared:

Coppa90

Formula E

Anybody know anything??

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Is copa America starting next month? could explain coppa90, formula E no idea don't itv have formula e rights?

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I think VM/Eurosport/Discovery, can't remember which, bought a minority stake in Formula E a few years ago which game them some rights??

Here we go:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118107

Edit: But as far as tv rights go, yes it is ITV:

http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/...itv-in-uk.aspx

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Spot on, it starts 4th June but UK rights are held by Premier Sports. http://www.premiersports.com/2016-co...-copa-america/

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Virgin Media owners Liberty Global and Discovery bought a minority stake in Formula E.

Discovery now own Eurosport.

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Thanks mate.

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I'm at a loss then with coppa90 unless vm have agreed something with premiersports for highlights etc.

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Indeed. :D Like me, I trust you're happy with over ten new channels en route to VM including popular channels like Spike and TruTV.

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Here why Copa 90 is on Demand:

Liberty Global’s media investment arm own a 14% stake in Big Balls Media, the London-based firm behind online football channel Copa90.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/...-channel-firm/

You can see what Liberty Interactive Group own (As of December 2013):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Media#The_2000s

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Thankyou young man.

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Thanks for the info. everybody, this explains Copa 90.

Was Formula E a pop up channel for a racing weekend at some point? :confused:

I said "apparently" because i'm not near a VM box at the moment, have these VOD channels actually been added?

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They've also announced it on their Facebook page:

http://www.premiersports.com/2016-co...-copa-america/

It will cost £11.99.

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Well l am still at the station and nothing has stopped at the station yet.;):D

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Interesting re Copa 90, thanks for research. But the Wikipedia link is not about Liberty Global. I've struggled to find a full list of the company's investments, here's some of them: http://www.libertyglobal.com/ventures.html

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Only a few have the timetable. #comingsoon. :)

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The Mexico City ePrix was shown live on one of the 99* channels if I remember correctly. This was due to a scheduling conflict on ITV4 where they had a delayed viewing.

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A new source has told us today that Disney are to launch a app on vm tivo this year.
Could be the new streaming service from Disney.

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Hmmmmmm.....

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I share Den's scepticism on this. I think DisneyLife is designed to be watched on tablets not tellies.

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If you have any great expectations for these two channels, I think the journey will be worse than the wait, Den!

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That's more like it. The Grandkids will love this.

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Dunno mate tbh i myself am a bit sceptical on this but it is coming to firetv soon so who knows?

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OK. if it's coming to Fire TV then you're right, there is more of a chance of it coming to VM, and probably YouView as well.

At the back of my mind has been the interview earlier this year with David Bouchier headed "Virgin Media turns up the television volume to transform its neglected pay-TV business". Granted, most of the article is about Tivo but he concludes "We’re back. That is the sum of it. We are back.”

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Easy to say "We’re back" but the proof is in deliverance as anybody can talk the talk but its walking the walk that's matters in the end.

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Depends how much sherry you've had :p:

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You need to try a life of sobriety my dear chap.;)

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Slight off topic, ( nothing new at vm to chat about) who seen fifth harmony on BGT. This is was not terrable but not by far the best and to me fell flat despite bands attempts vocally they can sing I wonder if auto tune or lip sync caused issues

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I still say BGT is fixed. SC I believe has arranged for the Gospel Singers to win. The Irish Choir, were there biggest challengers. Yet some how the 'audience' vote sent them home.

Storm troopers - SC act will come Second.
Sad, I cannot understand why they don't show how many votes for each act.

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Sorry chaps but l don't watch that rubbish :nono: but my partner seems to like it.:bigcry:

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I'm just watching YourTV on Freeview at work, one of their idents they just used (coffee cups) had a VM Tivo remote in the shot too. Haha!

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Not really the right thread to discuss BGT but i absolutely agree with you on it being fixed, i've stopped watching it.

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At least the football is on tonight lol :-)

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The new series Outcast episode 1 is available on Fox on demand via NowTv, not sure if it is on Virgin, anyone confirm. I know what I'm watching tonight!. Only available for 11 days on now tv.

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The title has appeared but there is no content yet.

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Spike is a Freeview channel on DTT. By November Now TV will have their Freeview PVR combination box out on the market. Which may/may not allow recording of Now TV content - I've heard mixed messages from within Sky.

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Surely this would be an App like Netflix where you cannot record and can only watch on-demand through the TIVO's modem, and more crucially for VM, where you'd pay your money direct to Disney.

My feeling is that this would move people towards the cheaper VM bundles for TV. There is a large proportion of the market that will only have XL TV for Disney.[COLOR="Silver"]

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Assuming that Virgin do not restrict access to XL customers only!

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Noticed yesterday that channel 100, the PPV preview channel, had sport advertised in its EPG listings.

Today it has been relabelled as BT Sport Showcase.

I imagine that this is temporary to advertise the free football for those without BT Sport as VM won't want to lose the first EPG slot used for advertising PPV films.

Wonder if it's the same on non TiVo boxes?

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Yes, it is temporary, and it is the same on non-TiVos.

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The first programme in the series of Outcast has now appeared.

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Thanks, it was a good idea as it highlighted the free sport available to customers.

Back to normal today though.

Do you know if any recordings made from this channel are accessible after the free period ends? I ask because i'm assuming that this channel is a simulcast of one of the BT Sport channels, which are premium channels and I believe that any recordings made from premium channels (Sky or otherwise) cannot be accessed once access to said channel ceases??

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I think recordings should work. The free channel is totally unrelated to the premium channels as far as STBs are concerned. The channel is now on 548.

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Thanks.

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Been looking through some shows not yet picked up by a uk network and narrowed it down to ones that VM could potentially go for to continue their exclusive on demand content. IMDB links are included too.
Damien - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4337944/combined now cancelled but still decent.
Stitchers - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3868848/combined
Salem - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2963254/combined
The red road - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2505072/combined
The fosters - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262532/combined very surprised this hasn't been picked up yet.
Last man standing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1828327/combined

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Watched some Bloodlines tonight, absolutely brilliant!

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l remember a few years ago there was a list as long as your arm before Sky flaunted their bottomless chequebooks at all the content.

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Amazon Prime have the rights to The Red Road

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A pay tv broadcaster buying up TV content whatever next.

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The problems comes MM when Sky buy up 90% of the content so the vast majority of us can't see it unless one subscribes to their packages and seeing their bottomless pockets are much bigger then anybody else's this will sadly continue to the detriment of anybody who does not subscribe to Sky packages.

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They haven't bought up 90% of content and the Entertainment content they have bought can be had for £4-£5 a month.

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I don't mind the programmes being available on just the Sky packages provided the channels on which they appear are accessible on all pay tv platforms.

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It's available for £21.99 without taking their broadband.

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You edited your post muppet and added "fair price", so I was correct with what I wrote. Sky Sports costs considerable more yet you have no problem with that being unfair? I guess you could always get VM and pay less for BT Sports as you're always here posting, must be unhappy with your Sky services?

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Yes I am, just to see what Sky promotion you might be doing over there. I have no issues with your posts, it's an open forum and I'm no moderator. Just merely corrected you.

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And the PQ is not up to scratch sadly going by when we watched it when we were up with family a while back..

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Looks fine on our 50 " plus sets Den.

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Alas their TV is only 32 inch as is ours.

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Thanks mate had a feeling they did but wasn't sure.

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If it looks good on a 50" TV, it should look better on a 32" TV.

On Demand/catchup is 720p and ideal for a 32" TV. At normal viewing distances, going from 720p to 1080p on a 32" TV, will gain nothing PQ wise in reality.

720p on my 40" set looks fine; very watchable.

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Perhaps its because our TV is 7 years old?.

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Happy Bank Holiday everyone

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I doubt that is the reason; one of my TV's is a similar age. Most TV's have adjustable settings for each input. Maybe the input used for HDMI input used needs tweaking?

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Thanks for that tip PB.

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Second what PB said nowtv looked awful on my samsung 40inch led tv until i tweaked the settings a bit, now it looks pretty decent.

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The majority of people just accept the TV settings out of the box , it's always worth tweaking them.

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Thanks for link.

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I think the default settings are designed to look best in shops but not in people's houses.

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The modern sets have what they call a "shop" setting, seems to bring out the best on the bigger screens, especially in large stores.

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Yes, mine has this.

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BT Sport Europe +1 is now testing on satellite, I wonder if it will appear on VM?

Heard rumours that channels may be able to extend their ad breaks by saving up their 12 mins per hour allowance. I imagine that they will reduce advertising during off peak hours so that they can sell more airtime during the more lucrative peak times.

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Mine doesn't have shop mode, but i found setting the picture setting to natural gives a superb picture but because i game a lot i tweaked the contrast too.

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I was told the main idea of SHOP mode is they always reset back to the defaults to stop people messing up the settings.

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Damien is very good. I'm up to episode 9. If a UK broadcaster gets it, it's worth a watch. Shame it's being cancelled.

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Sky Sports 1 / HD is going to re brand as Sky Sports The Open from July 11th to 17th

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Oh deary me not another one.:rolleyes:

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yes they love there renaming do sky well cut my package right down no sky sports here very soon on 30 days notice

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Sky Sports has also confirmed that from July 11th Sky Sports are set to renumber they channels numbers on Sky,

Virgin Media UK may follow.

with Sky Sports 1 being the first channel at 511 with Sky Sports News HQ HD moving to channel 516.

Sky Sports channel listings from July 11 on Virgin Media UK?*

501 - Sky Sports 1 HD
502 - Sky Sports 2 HD
503 - Sky Sports 3 HD
504 - Sky Sports 4 HD
505 - Sky Sports 5 HD
506 - Sky Sports News HQ HD
507 - Sky Sports F1 HD
511 - Sky Sports 1
512 - Sky Sports 2
513 - Sky Sports 3
514 - Sky Sports 4
515 - Sky Sports 5
516 - Sky Sports News HQ
517 - Sky Sports F1

*Channels numbers not confirmed at time of posting.

http://www.skysports.com/golf/the-op...-on-sky-sports

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We said they should have done that ages ago lol

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Agreed.

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This is VM though, logic and VM rarely go together.

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Was VM not just doing what Sky had done with its own platform though, and probably at Sky's suggestion too?

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Indeed Andrew.

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Dynamic was what used to be used in shops, on plasma anyway. It wacked the contrast and brightness right up so everything looked nice and bright in the stores.

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All we are asking what will close for Sky to launch Sky Sports Mix?

We think the following channels maybe one for the chop.

-Sky 2 (With no HD channel for Sky Sports Mix)
-Sky Real Lives (And Sky Real Lives for Sky Sports Mix HD)
-Sky Sports 5 (And Sky Sports 5 HD for Sky Sports Mix HD)

At time of posting Sky Sports Mix will only launch on Sky.

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Indeed Sky Sports Mix will certainly not be coming to Virgins platform.

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Sky have already confirmed that Sky Sports Mix will also be available in HD.

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The argument for this stupid idea was that more people had SSN HQ as opposed to Sky Sports. Maybe Sky insisted on the change via a contractual agreement??

Sky Real Lives is now simply called Real Lives leading many people to believe that this will be the next Sky channel to go FTA.

I doubt Sky will want to make it look like they have less sports channels.

There are no restrictions to HD channels wanting to join Sky, it's just the SD launch queue that's been closed.

This means that they could obtain a slot from an SD only channel and launch a new HD variant.

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sky sports mix will also be on nowtv.

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We only put Sky Real Lives on that list do it being names Livingit in the past 7 years.

And also what Sky have done with ex-Virgin Media Television channels since 2010.

-Challenge - both channels still on air now also on Freeview and Freesat.
-Virgin 1 - channels axe in 2011.
-Jackpot Challenge - channel axe on new year eve 2010.
-Bravo - channels axe on new year eve 2010.
-Bravo 2 - channel axe on new year eve 2010.
-Living - still on air now called Sky Living
-Livingit - still on air now called Sky Real Lives
-Living Loves - channel axe to make way for Sky Sports F1 to launch.

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So the state of play is for example

1. Sky put sky sports up for all customers

2. Virgin lose sky sports 5 and 5 HD and get nothing back

3. Sky customers get sky sports mix and mix HD

Fair don't think not

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Whether that happens is very much open to question but when you have no content you ain't got much to barter with in my opinion.