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The gems on Atlantic like
Game of Thrones
Boardwalk Empire
Carnivale
Treme
Blue Bloods
Entourage
Big Love
Curb your enthusiasm

More than make up for fish town and This is Jinsy. :D

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I have to agree with your list of decent series, I am fortunate to be able to watch them on my mothers Sky box, however, I would have to say that there are a lot of old series on there that have been repeated over and over.
Therefore, I would have to say Sky Atlantic is overhyped IMO. It would not be worth VM paying over the odds for this channel for so few good series.

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I agree 100% , I said in an earlier post it will be a good addition and will arrive when the cost is right.

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It's ONE channel that has some good shows on it, as well add a lot of padding, yet as I've already pointed out it's the subject of several other threads, and at least two, now, polls about whether we want it on Virgin Media on this discussion forum alone. Is it over hyped? Yes. But not by Sky, by us!

The best point I've seen made anywhere is the one which suggests that most people haven't actually seen any of the programming, yet still hold an opinion about the quality of the channel.

All I can say is that, whilst it would probably be a welcome addition, I, for one, am not struggling for content without it.

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What an excellent point. I was about to agree 100% when I remembered this quote from Sturart Murphy at SKY:

“Sky Atlantic HD will be such an incredible channel: seminal, world-class, epic TV all in one place."

I agree that SKY Atlantic does have some world-class programming, but is that programming enough to justify calling SKY Atlantic "an incredible channel"? SKY Atlantic, like so many channels, is mainly populated by tired old re-runs of shows that in some instances have already had numerous runs on both pay and terrestrial TV. 2 or 3 hours a day of new and fresh award winning programming doesn't make a channel incredible.

At the end of the day my wife enjoys some of the programming on SKY Atlantic. For her alone I'd like Virgin to get the channel.

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Well, it depends on how you look at your viewing, really.

I've always viewed my NAS PC as a way to playlist my own channel. No breaks, good quality broadcast, all shows I enjoy. I see TiVo as an extension as that, where you can do something similar (no playlist function beyond pressing play on a single show group though; that needs adding) with a mix of old classics and exciting new programming.

Either way no one channel can offer what both of those can, even one that ran fairly original (i.e. less than five years old and/or not broadcast much) shows would still have plenty of helpings of dry, stiff turkey on the menu. Television habits are finally changing for those who are willing to embrace the technologies that break them free of disappointing broadcast schedules and a cesspool of cheap, unengageing reality shows.

Basically what I'm saying is Sky Atlantic is disappointing, but all channels are to an extent. Sky are overhyped; it's a joke that you pay premium for preferred packages and still have more ads than channels that are entirely ad-supported.

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As a sky customer I can tell you the channel is vastly over- hyped. I haven`t watched it for about a month now,just nothing on it that appeals to me. Virgin Media are right not to bow down to sky`s demands in their negotiations. And incidently why does sky feel the need for a F1 sports channel? Now I admit I have no interest in motor racing at all but still can`t see the need for it myself.

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Sky Atlantic should come to Virgin TV

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For the right price.

Going by what you keep saying you are probably made of money.

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It will but only once sky realise virgin aren`t going to pay over the odds for it. And as I`ve previously said you aren`t missing much at all.

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I thinking you are not a big fan of HBO programmes

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Sky Atlantic is not all HBO programmes.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-i...021990.article

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It will in due time.

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"in negotiation" - do they have any yet?

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HBO don't necessarily make good programmes. For example Band of Brothers = awesome. Pacific = mediocre. At least in my book.

The real issue here is that for those of us on VM, freeview, freesat, we don't know what we are missing, if anything, as these shows haven't made it to more accessible channels and unless you subscrfibe to more unauthorised aquisition methods you have no idea if it is or is not of quality.

Thus of the voters who so far say it is overhyped or not, I assume you are mostly satellite TV subscribers rather than other digital TV users.