Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35444474)

Well it should not cost much to operate 3 HD Channels

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35444477)

Sky Atlantic for one and this could well arrive before the end of the year.

Originally Posted by windy (Post 35444483)

Iam watching sky 1 at the mo and they had an trailer on for sky atlantic and from 6pm weekdays you can watch ER and House which has been on so many other channels .... So my question is why does anyone want sky atlanatic just for repeats?

Iam sure you can watch these programmes on other channels or even on demand.

I Personally iam not bothered about getting sky atlantic just like every channel eventually they all start to show repeats.

Originally Posted by windy (Post 35444483)

Iam watching sky 1 at the mo and they had an trailer on for sky atlantic and from 6pm weekdays you can watch ER and House which has been on so many other channels .... So my question is why does anyone want sky atlanatic just for repeats?

Iam sure you can watch these programmes on other channels or even on demand.

I Personally iam not bothered about getting sky atlantic just like every channel eventually they all start to show repeats.

Originally Posted by Lew (Post 35444485)

Based on what?

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35444486)

Didn't you say this last year ;)


Sky Atlantic is no different from any other pay TV channel in that it shows repeats , do you seriously expect every hour to be filled with new content :confused: Isn't this why the PVR was introduced to allow you to series link your favourite shows from each channel , each to their own but in my opinion Atlantic has shown some great shows of late , that said I don't believe any platform should pay over the odds to carry it.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35444486)

Didn't you say this last year ;)


Sky Atlantic is no different from any other pay TV channel in that it shows repeats , do you seriously expect every hour to be filled with new content :confused: Isn't this why the PVR was introduced to allow you to series link your favourite shows from each channel , each to their own but in my opinion Atlantic has shown some great shows of late , that said I don't believe any platform should pay over the odds to carry it.

Originally Posted by windy (Post 35444494)

but on the other hand 6pm so called primetime!!

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35444498)

But 6pm isn't primetime is it.

Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35444501)

Does anyone know when Sky's content deal with VM ends?

Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35444501)

Does anyone know when Sky's content deal with VM ends?

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35444477)

Sky Atlantic for one and this could well arrive before the end of the year.

Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35444512)

no chance Den mate sky will not let have VM have it as showed in leaflet i got trying to get me to switch SA is sky exclusive and will stay that way not missing much only game of thrones that worth having and you know fine well what skys like so dont expect anything

sky are targetting VM customers to try get them to switch so more chance of snow in hell than VM getting SA

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35444519)

We shall see Dave as l think you are being a touch pessimistic with regards to this.:)

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35444504)

Broadcast: ESPN review options after Premier League rights loss.

Media web site Broadcast is reporting:



http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...&contentID=870

Info from Broadcast/DS Forum.

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Sometime before June 2019.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...media-channels

But if Virgin Media are in talks with BSkyB to carry Sky Atlantic we may also get Pick TV +1, Sky News HD & Sky Sports News HD as part of that new deal.

But saying that I have not seen any update on Virgin being in talks with BSkyB over Sky Atlantic in months.

Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35444527)

Are you suggesting that ESPN might sell UK channel (SD and HD) to Sky Sports?

If that was the case will ESPN (UK) become Sky Sports 5 and ESPN HD (UK) become Sky Sports 5 HD?

It looks like VM (or whatever its called by then) will have to wait for Sky Atlantic for another 8 years then!