Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35533303)

Whilst it is nice to see new content BenMcr this recent bunch of channels are not exactly gonna get sky customers streaming over,personally I want quality not quantity.where is universal hd,Disney HD channels ,itv HD channels and of course sky Atlantic.Also we're are the addition streaming channels for ipad(selection very emabarrasing at the moment)and of course streaming between TiVo boxes.
Just watched the sky news interview with mike fries and all he seemed to go on about is broadband,Sky knows what is important channels and that is why they are the success that they are and now improving there broadband.i really hope that we haven't got another company at the helm that is clueless we're channels are concerned in acquiring new quality content and listening to there customers pleas:erm:

Originally Posted by harry_hitch (Post 35533309)

...BT could easily play hardball over their broadband cables...

Originally Posted by Jameseh (Post 35533310)

Don't they have to allow use by law?

Originally Posted by DaMac (Post 35533107)

...But does the projected takeover, and subsequent fudging about while it's all approved by the the mergers and monoply guys mean that it is very inlikly for anything new to be added in the mean time (apart from any channels that are already signed to come on-line)? Are we going to see a period of stagnation whilst the hand over is complete.

Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35533307)

Far point m8,sky knew they were onto a winner when they branched into the HD market and have had massive success from it,vm were very slow in acquiring it and it wasn't till customers started to leave that vm finally aquired a considerable amount of HD channels.rather than continue to grow they seemed to rest on there laurels.more people are now getting HD compatible tv's and are naturally wanting HD channels,I personally don't watch sd channels if a program I want to watch is on them I obtain HD versions by other means.

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35533292)

Not true, new content does come to Virgin Media, it's just that as soon as it does everyone forgets it has. For instance

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...-channels.html
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/new...o_tv_platform/
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...gin-media.html
http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/fo...n-virgin-media

Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35533303)

Whilst it is nice to see new content BenMcr this recent bunch of channels are not exactly gonna get sky customers streaming over,personally I want quality not quantity.where is universal hd,Disney HD channels ,itv HD channels and of course sky Atlantic.Also we're are the addition streaming channels for ipad(selection very emabarrasing at the moment)and of course streaming between TiVo boxes.
Just watched the sky news interview with mike fries and all he seemed to go on about is broadband,Sky knows what is important channels and that is why they are the success that they are and now improving there broadband.i really hope that we haven't got another company at the helm that is clueless we're channels are concerned in acquiring new quality content and listening to there customers pleas:erm:

Originally Posted by huxleypiguk (Post 35533363)

Looking at the European footprint of Liberty, they have a large number of subscribers which could really play into their hands. Being able to sit and negotiate Europe wide deals could boost the number of channels that are available as well as bring in country content as well. It would be good to have a few more European channels on offer.

Originally Posted by howardmicks (Post 35533303)

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Just watched the sky news interview with mike fries and all he seemed to go on about is broadband

Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35533344)

But it's Virgin who are the success - you seem to miss this point. Record growth, profitable, reduced churn. Don't make the mistake of thinking that what you would like to see added is necessarily the majority view. Of the homes passed by a Virgin cable, ie. Where people have a choice between suppliers, more people choose Virgin. Only a third of Sky subscribers even bother with the hd pack, and this thread has even revealed that a most revered and respected poster (!) chooses to record sd variants in order to save pvr space. Hd is important to a lot of people, but it really doesn't matter to a hell of a lot of people either.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35533403)

Lets wait and see until both companies are more on an even keel whilst Sky may have the greater channel range cable has always had a vastly superior On Demand range and the added bonus of Fibre BB , most of my family who've chose VM have done so primarily because of poor ADSL estimates.

Over the next year or two I expect VM to ramp up there HD offering and with BT's fibre footprint already larger than VM's competition is sure to get interesting.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35533405)

Virgin Media to have wee Brothers and Sisters???

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...051562.article

Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35533410)

Thanks MB ,but the link is behind a pay wall, could you paraphrase the article for us. Thanks