Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I think DF knows what he's talking about.

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Doesn't nothing has been announced yet simply mean we all know it is coming soon but nothing has been said by VM?

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I mean't the world cup :P

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Try 14mbps.
Sky1 only gets 12mbps, and the sky movie channels use between 8-12mbps.

Sky skimp on bandwidth more than VM do.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Early Blu Ray discs (like Mission Impossible 2) used MPEG 2 to deliver a great picture. If you throw enough bandwidth at it, MPEG 2 can do a job.

Given the great analogue switch-off (which will free up loads of bandwidth anyway), I don't think VM are in that much of a rush to use MPEG 2.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

ST is the person replying on twitter, ther eis a gnag of about 10 of them they all use a code so oyu know who they are

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Virgin Media have moved the High Definition section of the TV Guide back to the 1st page...option 8 :)

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been like that for a while now ,i noticed about 10 days ago when factual(used to be option 7)is now option 4

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not in my area yet

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Must have been when the updates started, mine has been like that for a week or two now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Media Boy News.

Post one will be update on Sunday anytime after 11am.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Any news on Five on demand and any more on demand, bt vision seem to be making a lot of agreements with major tv companies any rumoured deals regarding virgin getting more on demand such as 24, heroes etc

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I would love to see five on demand on virgin, has alot of my shows i enjoy such as csi :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

five ondemand i doutb will appear until later in the year

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but anything on any other on demand content would be good to see as at the moment i am not interested in HD as my wife is having a baby soon so a HD tv is the last ting i will buy at this time lol

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Yes, once wife has the baby...sex won't be on demand..not even on offer

Baby will be on demand, 24/7...you will need tv to keep you sane :)

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Good Advice lol:)

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Does anyone know if this new box supports Infra-red, as opposed to IRDA for its remote?

I'm interested in HD, but not the V+ box as it must work with a stand-alone TiVo box.

My Pace 4000 is almost 10 years old...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

It uses the same remote control, so it will be IRDA.

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I think that's wrong. All the new boxes from Virgin i.e Samsungs, V+ and the newer Pace boxes use standard remote signals - it's why you can use Universal Remotes with them

It's the older Pace boxes and the standard Scientfic Atlanta boxes that use the incompatible IRDA signals

I expect the TiVo box (along with the V HD box) will continue to use standard remote codes

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Yep only one of the old Pace boxes used IRDA all the rest use IR. I have used universal remotes and IR blasters with all my Virgin kit.

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That makes sense, thanks. Look forward to giving it a try, unless Virgin's TiVo box comes out first :)

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I stand corrected :D

I know the TV keyboard Telewest used to use was not compatible with (TVDrive) V+ and Samsung boxes, so that makes sense. :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

This weeks list now online - see post one...

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I have just found this over on DS Forum:



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More Channels may launch soon...

I have seen information that Virgin may add more SD Channels very soon.

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Virgin Media to give out Fourth Quarter Results - next week.

Virgin Media will be announcing its Fourth Quarter 2009 results on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 7am UK time.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

im from cambridge and ive been getting the card switch channel for 2-3 weeks now :)

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I realise this may sound like a simple question... but why is everybody so eager for the card switch over? Is it just because it will hinder those people who are using dodgy boxes (and I totaly agree with anything that will affect that)? Or are there other benefits that I dont know of?

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iptv and ngtv is some fo the otehr thing with teh card switch, possible laods more hd channels doubt tha tone though

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I see eurosport HD now advertised for April launch

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where do you see this?

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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

For me yes, there's one across the road who keeps rubbing it in everyones faces (& VM never seemed to care). However he's not in the know so I'm planning to tell him when it'll have maximum impact.:D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Virgin Media Television is reportedly close to agreeing a deal for the sale of its main TV channels, including Virgin 1 and Living, to Sky.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...deal.html.html

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Hi all! I'm still catching up on all of the postings from Jan/Feb so I hope there's some exciting stuff to read. I've already seen news of new HD channels due between April and July and speculation of extra SD channels. I really must get a V+ HD box, oh, and a HD TV! :rolleyes:

I received my new NagraVision smart card on Feb 5th and it was up and running in under two minutes (much better than the suggested 20 minutes). Anyone know how many areas have yet to receive the new cards?

Also, my box is now running Application Version 14.120.4/20091201r0 which is very recent but I don't know what advantages it gives.

Showing 316 Total Channels and 33 TS Streams.

I am getting a lot of 293 and 294 events "DMX Reset (EMM) ..." although they do not appear to affect the performance of the box. Anyone know about these messages?

Glad to see that FX is broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen at last although I'm not watching much on there at the moment.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I'm in two minds about this.

On one hand i find it utterly ludicrous that VM would WANT to sell it's stations to Sky given thay, in the future, it could have trouble securing a reasonable price to broadcast them (i.e the Sky 1 debacle).

It also means VM giving up any "card hand" in negotations with Sky (i.e Living HD and BTW will this mean VM no longer able to broadcast Living HD if it becomes owned by Sky???)

BUT i GUESS it could mean we are closer to having Sky HD channels on VM.

I hop ethat VM have made sure in any sales contract that the channels they sell to Sky can NEVER NOT be shown on the VM platform.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I find it hard to imagine they would sell to sky without safeguards against being screwed by sky in future negotiations. I also find to equally hard to imagine for such a deal not to be tied in with more sky channels coming to virgin.
After all these months of hardball by virgin they surely wont simply say to sky "okay we will sell the channels to you and of course we will trust to you to be fair in future negotiations".
It would be madness.
But then again never say never!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Indeed... VM can do very random things sometimes.

If the deal is struck by Thursdays Fourth Quarter Results it will be interesting to see what else they announce.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Viacom updates Nickelodeon DOG.

Nickelodeon has been given an new on-screen look by Viacom.

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Media Boy News.

I have more my Virgin TV Channel lineup Blog into my new look Virgin TV Blog @ http://virgintvmediaboy.blogspot.com/

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I wondered at the time that LivingHD was launched if it was partly a tactical move by VM to force sky to open up the other sky HD services in the event that they bought VMs channels.

I could be reading too much into it though!

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I would imagine that the results would form the basis for some extra bargaining depending on what the results are.
If virgin know they are bad they will want to get a good deal before the results and if they are good then sky would want to get the deal done before as well.

All speculation but at least there are events to speculate about for once!

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IF any sale goes through, i will be looking for VM to immediatley give VM viewers the assurance that the whole carriage issue has been looked at and resolved beyond doubt.

I would have thought Ofcom would have something to say if not.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I would hope the VM have check all avenue's possible with thier legal dept... surely this cant be the end of VM they might aswell as merge VM to Sky and be done with it!!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

No, it's just the broadcasting arm of VM... VM will continue as normal, just as a platform not a content provider - IF the sale goes through.

BTW Sky wouldn't be allowed to merge with VM as there would be virtually no competition for Sky.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

It's no good VM carrying on as a platform without access to viable content.

But as we've all said, that should have been secured in any deal worth the paper and there's always Ofcom.

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Just Seen This:-

Virgin has undertaken a series of refinancing deals that have reduced net debt and postponed the maturity dates of loans towards the end of the decade. Because of that, said Mr Berkett, there was "no compelling need" to sell assets such as Virgin Media's pay-TV channels, which include Living and Bravo.

Heres the source

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c024c4c-0...nclick_check=1

Although this was originally published Feb 2nd this year, it was updated today.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

If I was selling something I'd make sure to tell everyone there was "no compelling need" to sell it too :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I guess it could be that... we don't need to sell it so pay up more £ please Rupert...

I dunno... i just have a bad feeling about all this.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Just a negiotating stance to let sky know they arent getting it on the cheap.
I still think the sell off, if it goes to sky, will just be part of the deal.
If i was in virgins shoes id want cast iron guarantees of hd channels and sd channels at a sensible price. An arrangement between them a bit like the card rate system. Whether that would get through regulators is another thing.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

It might even be the best way for Ofcom to get off Skys back re: £ of channels.

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Virgin are'nt stupid i think they will have a number of clauses in the contract of any future sale ie getting more sky channels sd and hd and maybe getting some on demand from them so watch this space virgin have been on a roll recently

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It's not now i'm concerned about... it's 5, 10 years down the line when contracts run out and need to be re-negotiated - what would VM have left to bargain with?

Who REALLY thought we'd lose Sky 1 for those 12 months or so.

I thought it was just posturing from both sides... it wasn't!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

It's sooner than that. The current carriage agreement for the Sky Basics is up for renegotiation in June 2011

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I'm presuming though, Ben, that there are seperate negotiations for seperate commodities.

Sky Movies and Sports

Sky Movies and Sports HD

Sky Basics

Sky Basics HD

And then channels like Bravo, V1 and Living????

Thats sai it was perfectly plain that Sky lost revenue from not allowing Sky 1 on VM and their shareholders and advertisers were in no way happy. This must have been partly a catalyst for Sky re-appearing on VM.

The same would be the case for Living etc.

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Sky Sports and Movies are regulated so no negotiation is needed

The Virgin channels on Sky are up for negotiation as the same time as the Sky channel on Virgin

Virgin channels on Virgin probably have no negotiated agreement as they are the same company. the UKTV channels on Virgin again are probably a given

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Thanks for that!

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What would happen to the VOD content from living,bravo and virgin1 if the channels got sold? I use it a lot to catch up on stuff at weekends and after holidays.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Nothing would happen - it would still all be there

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Not necessarily just because we get the channel it doesn't mean we automaticaly get the vod stuff (we don't get anything from skyplayer.)
Hope your right though (if they do sell to sky):erm:

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Yes you would get the VoD stuff because Virgin would make sure that they got it as part of the sale - if they end up selling the channels.

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Would hope so

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That's not guaranteed although very likely.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Are we expecting another Wednesday HD announcement?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

According to some people we might be getting an HD announcement either once a week or every other week.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I have been told that we might get an new Channel announcement either once a week or every other week.

They are some SD Channels coming as well (I know they names but I cant tell anyone until Virgin do.)

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Oooh nice some new SD channels.....are these new as in "new" i.e. new channels or are the "new" as in +1's or channels that are already on sky?

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All of the channels I know of Broadcasts on Sky.

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The Unexplaned Channel
Clubland
BBC Alba

any of those i wonder

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Damn and here's me thinking that Virgin may have got an exclusive channel or something instead of playing catchup with sky. Still nice to see the sd people haven't been totally forgotten :)

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VH1 Classic to become MTV Classic next month.

The UK and Ireland is one of the first parts in the world to see VH1 Classic being rebranded as MTV Classic from the 1st of March.

http://www.mydigiguide.com/tv-guide/...b8b57e0&Ch=120

Here's the show description for 'Morning Glory':

"Give your day a great start with Morning Glory on MTV Classic. An unmistakable mix of great tracks and ledgendary artists."

Info Thanks to Digital Spy Forums.

Update: I have seen info that MTV Classic is set to launch down under in May.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

coming soon to virgin they sell there channels to sky and sky takes them away and only gives them to us :D

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And the sd channels that are coming are to replace them lol.Still think its a bad move by virgin to sell to them.

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I totally agree that this may not be the best of moves by Virgin, however the act of selling the channels will give Virgin a much needed cash injection and Sky are likely to be highest bidders.

The real problem in my eyes isn't the short term implications but more of the long term. Everyone knows that Sky are out to screw everyone to boost their own sales and whilst this may be beneficial to Sky it will in time put VM in a very difficult position.

The real problem is that Sky have too much power over everything. If Sky was simply a distributer of content like Virgin, BT etc. then everything would be a level playing field - unfortunately Sky own a lot of important channels and use all of this power to their advantage. Whilst I have great admiration for what Sky has accomplished it cannot be fair to the competition if one company has complete control.

I just hope that VM's legal team go through everything with a fine toothed comb:confused:

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You've obviously just joined to wind people up..please go away. :rolleyes:

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Ive got sky unfortunately..and beleave me non of them are anything to shout about.:td:

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Out off the 3 i would say the unexplained channel (paranormal channel) as the best one.

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Haha wow that channel is so bad it makes FX and Living seem good :D

For me it would be clubland and even though I hate that chavvy crap it's still the best out of a bad bunch.

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All of the channels is not on my list.

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Maybe CBS Drama? I wouldn't mind watching some of the old series that are shown on there, John wouldn't be quite so happy having to sit and watch them again though. :D

I just hope they are not more +1's, although they can come in useful I would rather have proper new channels.

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Good thought... aren't we due the CBS channels...

No hints on any more HD then MB? :)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

it would be good if there was a wiki page with a table of channels on virgin and sky so we can compare which channels aren't on both.

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No more hints - If I give more hints the Cat will be out of the bag (I am not meaning you Jo.:D)

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lol, o.k

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Or just go to post one for the list of missing Channels broadcasting.

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It's half term ;).

Doesn't give you a warm feeling to know are taxes are being put such good use providing children with an education.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Teachers are paid term time only.

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Sorry do they - I did not know that one.

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Teachers get paid on pro rata basis through-out the year, they don't all of a sudden get no wages over the 6 weeks of summer holidays, no?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I wasn't having a swipe at teachers getting paid holidays. Some of my best friends are teachers :)

I was referring to the fact that our taxes are obviously providing children with such an excellent grasp of English. You will probably have to read skyisdabest's other posts to see what I mean. I suppose these days they spend more time texting on their phones than writing in exercise books though.

Sorry I have taken the thread off-topic. :erm:

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Indeed lol :D

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Ahem! ;)

:p:

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I think the channels announced will be ITV 1 HD , ITV 2 +1 , 3 +1, 4+1
they did say itv hd is going to be announced so it might be tomorrow :)

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:p:

I should have known to double check my post for typo's.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

One does have to be careful, when telling another poster about spelling :D

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One does indeed. ;)

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Not if you was bringed up proper like what I was! ;)

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Don't forget we still have Eden+1 and yesterday+1 to come back to us yet, if itv2+1, itv3+1 and itv4+1 returns then Vm have signed a deal with itv and itvhd should be well on its way!
It's a shame that Vm haven't pursued a new contract with the CSC channels, there is a big bunch of half decent channels that could be added there like:

true movies 2
true entertainment
pop girl
pop girl+1
tiny pop+1
pop+1
flaunt
scuzz etc

Got to admit, having freesat does give me these channels anyway, but the channels I mentioned are probably some of the best channels on freesat that could come to cable. Other half decent ones are Travel Channel, movies4men is okayish some of the time, oh and Kix is quite a good kids channel, and quite geekish is the Renault channel which is quite niche!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

The SD Channels I know of do not have any ITV Branded on them.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

May aswell go off topic just once more. As a supply teacher I go 6 weeks without pay during the holidays. In any case though, apostrophes should only be used for possession (as in Tom's dog) and contractions (don't instead of do not). They should not be used as plurals, the s on its own will surfice.

Hey would love to see any channels coming really. As long as it makes my extra £1.50 worth it. ;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

You are just bursting to tell us media boy, come on, give us another clue, say for example are any of the channels any of the ones I have just mentioned?;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Any chance that one of them could be the food network?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

I want to tell everyone but cant (Until Virgin do) - That all I am saying on them right now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010)
 

Is that a typo or a clue? :D