Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Christ, I hope something is announced soon to divert this thread from it's infinite rubbish at the moment.

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You are free to enhance the thread if you can, it would be better than posting negative comments which could be judged as infinite rubbish too!

I think it's just a symptom of a quiet spell, that's all.

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Changed that last bit for you...:dozey:

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I don't think anyone knows as fact if it will appear in months, years or ever do they?

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Yeah, especially HD content. Virgin delivered that in spades last year but that clearly meant that they don't care about the TV service.

:confused:

I sometimes wonder if people displeased about certain channels not being on Virgin would actually watch them if they were on Virgin - or are they just displeased about Sky having content which they wouldn't watch anyway on Digital Cable?

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TBH I am displeased that we are paying a similar price to Sky but with less channels - HD channels - Red button and FTA

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VM isn't Sky though. You should decide what you need and choose a provider accordingly.

Most people would agree as part of a bundle their VM broadband is vastly superior to a ADSL service, i'm lucky that I live in an area that benefits from excellent ADSL. If you do too maybe consider changing. A hefty slice of our sub must pay for the excellent broadband though.

If you dont value on demand and catch up maybe consider Sky. If you don't really need ESPN HD included in XL maybe consider Sky too. These add to the costs though.

Upto you my friend but VM isn't Sky, simple as that.

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That was all last year. They haven't done nearly as much in the whole of 2011 :D.

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Yes definately. Thread should be changed from coming soon to Vigin TV to Does Not Come Quick Enough to Virgin TV And When It Does Its Not Good Enough. ;)

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To be honest Matt if its content your solely after then u need Sky , I have Virgin because I want TIVO , there broadband is way faster than Sky and BT and the thee tuners is great and before anyone says yes I know TIVO will only have two from launch.

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Totally agree m8, and whats all this nonsense that our price would have to go up if virgin just did a quick deal for Atlantic? Would sky not have to offer it to virgin at the same relative % cost that they offer it to sky platform subscribers? For example if we buy XL tv, each channel in that package costs a certain % of that total package, which is the same basis as sky world, so if sky can offer it to their customers at no extra cost, how can they then expect virgin to charge its customers extra? That surly is unfair competion and exactly the sort of buisness pratices that last years ofcom ruling frowned upon. Also while i'm at it i'm sick of people saying i get basic HD for free - i don't, is there a TV package on virgin that costs £0 per month? No, you pay for the package that you recieve, no one gets anything for free, i pay my money and i want treating like a paying customer.

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It's free to Sky customers only until August, then they have to pay. Also on Sky you pay extra to get HD. It's also worth pointing out Sky customers don't get such a wide selection of VOD content (something I personally use almost as much as the linear channels).

I think it's safe to say at this point if you want Sky Atlantic anytime soon/ever you need to move to Sky.

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Sky hasn't got 1,000's of hours of VoD included, ESPN and HD channels included on XL.

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HD is included in your XL subscription, whether you have HD or not. Sky charge £10.25 per box for HD add on.

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If TIVO proved to be a success and Virginmedia gained Sky customers and Sky decided to hit the panic button and drop the HD charge would Virgin still have to charge the 7.00 for premium HD ?

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"HD is included in your XL subscription, whether you have HD or not. Sky charge £10.25 per box for HD add on."[/QUOTE]

HD does have in effect a charge on VM in so far you get only 6 HD channels on TV packages M+ and L, these being the main BB1, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and Film Four HD channels. See http://shop.virginmedia.com/digital-...n-tv/hdtv.html.

If you want to have all available HD channels then you pay for the XL TV package and then there is the Sky HD Movie channels on top as an additional subscription.

VM clearly have the advantage over Sky as customers on lower TV packages can at least get the 6 HD channels above.

But to get Sky One HD you have to be on the top XL package so effectively you pay the equivalent of that £10 extra as the difference between L and XL. So if Sky is sensitive to selling their own new channels in HD, they should just be added to the XL package

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Possibly, they may be able to drop it. depends on the agreement in place with Sky.

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Media Boy update.

I have ask my insiders about this.

All I got when ask if it something to do with new channels from BSkyB or other Broadcasters all I got was ''Might be... can't say just yet.''

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hopefully the sky basics hd channels

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BSkyB to rebrand Sky3 as Pick TV next month.

Sky 3 will relaunch as Pick TV on 28 February across its current homes on Freeview, Sky and cable.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...e?referrer=RSS

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Sky getting picky, not for the 1st time ;)

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Apologies if this has already been said but I'm still catching up on several days of 'heavy' posting in this and a couple of other related threads, so some of my replies are lagging behind a bit.

Some criticism has been laid at VM for not negotiating access to Sky Atlantic SD/HD (yet) and it has been said that it is their own choice/fault and not due to exclusivity measures by Sky.

I would like to point out that the other TV platforms are also being left without this channel. Whether or not they have also tried to negotiate for SA I don't know but it certainly looks like it is purely down to Sky wanting this to be an exclusive channel to their direct customers, at least at launch. If any negotiations have been attempted, they have doubtless failed on prohibitive pricing or conditions.

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Pick TV who the he'll thinks these names up.

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Anyone else - who isn't staff :D - think there may well be a splurge of announcements to coincide with the TIVO announcement?

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For me the difference between SKy and Virgin is on demand. While Sky have the HD Virgin have the on demand. I would like more HD channels esp the sport but I am more than happy with on demand content as I rarely watch programs live. This is the future and you will see this happening more and more. If you are complaining about the price and HD offerings wait a few more years and you will pay per program!

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Would be good to pee on the Atlantic launch LOL :-)

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There well could be, if I remember correctly when the Cisco VHD was launch last March /April there were a number of HD channels launched on VM.

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VM have a LOT of work to do then to improve their on-demand offering and to sort out those like myself that can't access on-demand than half the time before it becomes the future :dozey:

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VM are currently doing maintenance on it now , at least they generally do admit when there is a problem.

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ooooohhh you little tease, You just cant beat a "Might Be" ......."can't say yet" to spice up the thread. :shocked:

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:LOL:

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Muppetman11 Exclusive

TIVO to launch in 2011

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Never known them to admit that in my dealings with them I have to say.

Glad to hear they are doing something though just a shame it had to be via someone on a forum instead of the company:dozey:

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If the is a fault and it is affecting you then I tell you what the problem is and all agents should do the same.

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If there is one thing VM need to improve it is there customer Information.

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I recently had a lot of 9132 after 7.00 pm Digital Fanatic told me it was contention must admit last week or so it's been better.

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Shame they just fob you off over the phone. But this is another topic.
100% agree with that

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There's been a lot of contention at the moment , especially for tivo and more channels :)

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I reported that the street cabinet had been damaged when a car knocked it over 5 weeks ago in the snow, again 3 weeks ago and again last week, I have told them there are wires hanging out, but still nothing has happened. I guess they will wait until the rain finds away into the equipment and people moan about loss of service.

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Perhaps there waiting of the drivers insurance to pay out LOL :D

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No chance of any insurance being involved, we heard a bang, by the time we got out there he/she had driven off. I stood the cabinet up, but there are wires on the pavement.

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They will do something about it when it falls on someone and they get a letter from injurylawyers4u LOL :D

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Hiroki, it's just you, no-one else is affected. It's a conspiracy against you and you alone. It's never going to be fixed no matter who you contact! :eek:

Aw! Spoilsport! :(

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You mean to say that your service is not affected but still you're complaining! What kind of a person are you? Get a life, trouble maker! :nono:

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your headend has just had some work done on it to improve capacity. :)

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I posted a while ago about it ;)

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Can you give me some details? I'll log it.

Location of the cab, postcode, nearest house and any landmark if possible? Cheers

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Thanks DF I have logged it by phone on three Occasions and on the the VM customer support site. The last time I phoned last Friday morning I was told it would be sorted within 48 hours.
The Post code is SS0 0NL the cable box is located on the opposite side of the Road to 91 Rochester drive and Bikes and Trikes Motorcycle shop as the box is not outside a house.
Maybe they will do something before we start getting problems.;)

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I'll log it now mate ;)

EDIT: All done, logged as possibly dangerous due to cable exposure.

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And you all call VM , see Digital Fanatic going the extra mile there LOL :-)

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Depending where they both live that could be more than the extra mile;):D:D:D

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TNA Wrestling Will Be on Challenge Virgin Media channel 119 Replacing Channel ONE and also Challenge Will Be Rebranded as Sky Challenge later This year. I heared This info From a facebook friend who works WrestlingNewsSource.com

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

The staff members on here are very good at this sort of problem solving.



Thanks again DF.

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TNA will be on Channel 139.

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@MediaBoy Well Its Said Channel 119 in Next weeks Whats on tv Mag weither if its true or not u might have to dig deeper if this rumour is true?.

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TNA Wrestling have solved their UK television turmoil, and are coming back to British screens

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/inthering...V-deal-signed/

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I would rather get it sorted before we have problems and as Df has said it can be regarded as a Hazard!

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Excellent to see TNA going too freeview.

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Sorry to keep going over old ground in respect of people moaning about Sky Vs Virgin etc but just thought I'd add a few more points.

Sky has so much capability compared to Virgin due to how many people can access their service's, I am lucky that I can access both. However ADSL is so poor in my area around 5.5Mbps max which isn't enought for what I use the internet for. My brother who currently has Sky + HD would love to change to Virgin but unfortunately for him he is not in a cabled area, even though it is a new housing estate where he live's for some reason it hasn't been cabled. I have alot of friend's all who live on the same estate and ALL would switch to Virgin if they could, So I think it boils down to this. We will never know how dominant Virgin can be until they can deliver to the same area's as Sky. Once and if this ever happen's we will get a truer reflection of what is the most popular platform of choice.

I was Sky through and through, I use to install back in the NTL day's and never really thought alot of the Tv side of things, however I do believe VOD has changed this. I still am not over impressed with the V+ EPG guide compared to Sky's but with TiVo on the horizon this is only going to improve leaps and bounds.

I love VOD, I have used it sooo much more than anticipated. My Wife also love's this feature, she initially didn't want to change but she like myself now laugh's when we get yet another come back to Sky for 50% off as we throw it in the bin!

VM provide a great service, yes thing's go wrong but they also do on other Platforms. (I had 3 Sky HD boxes prior to getting one that worked!) I like the fact I pay just one bill, and I like the fact I achieve 50Mbps download compared to alot of my friend's who can only dream of 10Mbps!

Sorry for going on, I just can't believe how many people whine on here about the lack of SSP3 & 4 etc not in HD, Sky has pots of money as they can dominate the market due to the shear amount of coverage area they have. VM don't have this luxury, with what they have I feel VM do a sterling job. Likewise the VM employees, MB and many other's do on this site, they do it in their free time and do not deserve being slated for providing info. Simple solution, if you want the channel's not available on VM do everyone a favour and stop moaning on here and go and get Sky!!!

And any new's on more HD on demand coming soon? I currently struggle to watch HD on demand in the evening hour's, take's around 10 attempts after keep being told its in high demand in my area at this time.

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Vm has access to them, it chooses not to show all of them.

I'd imagine that is temporary until Sky can sell the channel (and its EPG slot on satellite) to someone else.

VM stated publicly that they have a fixed budget and target the resources where they think they can be stronger ie on demand and faster broadband. That doesn't mean excluding HD channels, as we've already seen, it just means things take longer - something we're used to on cable!

I'd imagine they'll be more of this shifting around on VM's epg to come with the demise of the Bravo channels, Sky 3 and possibly others. I'd expect to see Sky One much higher up VM's epg than what it currently is, for a start.

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MB UPDATE: None of my Insiders have heard about Challenge moving to Channel 119.

And the Daily Star web site says:

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/inthering...V-deal-signed/

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I agree 100% and have to say that all the staff and also MB and the others that give all the info on here do a great job.

Also i think that once VM can get on a even keel that everybody will see massive changes in all areas of the business. They are already trialling over telephone lines and powerlines to areas that have not been cabledand also BT have been told to open up the ducting to other competitors ( so interesting times ahead ):erm:

May be wrong but i am stood up to be shot down:D:D:D

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Haha this seems true, but after speaking to a few of my neighbours this afternoon who have cable they can't get v+ or get the on-demand to work all the time so I feel a bit better and can take off my tin-foil hat :D
Thanks to you too then ;)

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Can VM deliver TV over BT's network ?

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You just get Freeview with a free Set Top Box http://www.virgin.net/allyours/digit...nnellist.shtml

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Not fully but BT have been told to open up the ducting so other providers have access to it. This is the only story that i am able to find about opening the ducting.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadban...adband-pricing

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So would this mean VM could deliver the full cable services we receive now to new housing estates there are loads of new housing estates in my area who have no cable and loads of people on them say they would love the choice.

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Yes they will be able to as i have read somewhere else ( cannot find the link ) that they will be able to do the full tv and also 50meg BB. So as i say intresting time ahead after the initial tests have been done.

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Regarding tna.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-Freeview.html

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I noticed today that on the old VMtv channels they now have the same restriction when using interactive. If you want to read say BBC News the on demand trailer now shows rather than, for example Living TV in the mini screen. This has always been the case with any of the Sky branded channels.

A bit petty Sky!

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I was under the impression they stopped supplying a free STB for DTT ages ago, that list of channels is very outdated too.

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Does seem a little bit petty.

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And stupid, by the time i've read what I want to I normally change channels as i've missed too much of that show, or just change channel straight away to avoid the OD trailers.

Petty, petty!

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Taken from the Virgin National website and as we do not deal with that side of the business I have no idea of how accurate it may be but it is still up.

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It's well out of date, they stopped offering the box many moons ago and from the channel list Nuts TV was replaced by CNN a good couple of years ago which itself left Freeview before christmas but I doubt anyone would be too bothered really.

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I never even looked just found the link and posted it, oh well you can reminisce about NUTS TV.:D

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It was reasonable to assume if the page was still up.

Time Warner kicked Nuts TV in the nuts about 2 years ago but it's still available via their website. The free box was offered until around 2009, it was a nice idea and a decent box, the EPG looked similar to our version.

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lmao

I think it's sensible to report it. If we only report things that affect us, it's selfish.

I don't agree, I think Sky 3 will morph into a "Free Weekend Pass" type channel to advertise Sky TV, especially on Freeview.


But Sky ARE petty...

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ESPN HD deformed have PQ problems

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Picture seems fine here. But if it wasnt for your post I wouldn't have even known there was Premier League on ESPN tonight, I assumed it is a rearranged game. Thanks!

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Just seems to blur every so often

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Not all that familiar with the smiley, are you? :rolleyes:

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Challenge to broadcast TNA Impact on Tuesday nights.

TNA.com has confrim that Challenge will broadcast TNA Impact every Tuesday night at 10pm followed by the TNA PPV every month on an Wednesday night.

No UK transmission day/time was given for “TNA Xplosion�.

TNA.com also confrim that Challenge TV will also show catch-up episodes of “TNA iMPACT!� for those who missed them during TNA’s brief period off air.

Full dates and details for TNA Impact catch-up will be announced shortly.

http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/ite...At-TNAOnDemand

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espn HD must be having problems as it been breaking up here the last 10 or so mins

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

:tu:Cheers Media Boy :tu:

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They are mate users of SkyHD are reporting same issue on digitalspy forums.

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A bit like the Blackpool defence, unfortunately.

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Matt, your mum isn't going to change your services over to Sky as I doubt she will want to pay more, especially since you complained for her to get the Sky HD channels for you a few months back...

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Sky3 to rebrand as Pick TV

Sky3 and Sky3 +1 will rebrand as Pick TV and Pick TV +1 on the 28th February.

Programming is likely to remain the same as Sky3′s current lineup.

http://www.entertainment-iuk.com/201...nd-as-pick-tv/

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Andy Gray has just been sacked by Sky ;)

Today's chip shop paper story

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

That was last night wasn't it?

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nope the programming is changing now so i suspect this is for freeview

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Pick TV, who the fudge came up with that. Wouldn't be surprised to see Sky2 change to Sky1+1 now.

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Sky don't want any of their channels to give Freeview any quality programming.

They will just want barker channels that promote Sky

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Too true sky 3 *(available on freeview) Has the very old show Luton airport the planes originally used must be almost obselete by now,and the staff shown on the programme must now have thier sons and daughters in the air.

And still they continue showing it,and probably will in ten years time as well,but not in HD LOL.:D:D:D

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Picknick !!!


Hmmmm....

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New Sky Challenge schedule change:

Click on the top link where it says 606 Challenge.

http://www.skyprogrammeinformation.co.uk/amendments.asp

Includes the inclusion of TNA iMPACT, TNA Xplosion and TNA Genesis PPV.

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It does look like Sky wish to use their freeview capacity as either barker channels or to merely restrict other operators from gaining the capacity and enhancing the platform. In fairness though none of the other pay operators really offer much (unencrypted) on freeview either, UKTV aside if it wasn't for the networks and their spinoffs freeview would be pretty sparse on quality, will UKTV's new owners wish to carry on though, who knows.

Pick TV is a strangely similar name to Picnic (their now shelved although mostly OFCOM approved pay DTT service) i'm sure that's a happy coincidence though.

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Strange that, are Sky admitting wrestiling is a game putting it on a gameshow channel!!. I doubt wrestling with go down well with an existing Challenge audience, a very odd choice of programming in my eyes.

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Is that why VOD is so slow at the moment? It took me ages to get to the letter 'T' tonight and I've noticed it's been very tortoise like for a few weeks now. Very annoying, but happy to put up with it if it's temporary while they work to improve it.

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I take your point eugene, but those of us who want the channel should be able to pay the premium price for it if it's worth it. The problem with Sky's exclusive deals is that they not only make the programme exclusive to their channels, they then make their channels exclusive to satellite as well so that no other TV providers get a look in. This should not be permitted and I think the regulators are letting us down.

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So we will get Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men, then!:rolleyes:

Sorry, but until we have access to the full range of good programmes available I won't be content.;)

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:LOL::LOL:

Sorry, I'm cracking up here - it's like 'that time of the month' though with the forum and VM it's more like 'that time of the year.' It's like Jan/Feb every year people get all wound up and have to have a pop at VM for one thing or another - it goes in cycles.

Reading through this thread and the complaints about Sky Atlantic (and discussing calling retentions to find out what deals people might get) is giving me flashbacks to Jan to Mar 2007 when everyone was throwing their dummies out about losing Sky1 in spite of the introduction of the new V+ box being introduced at the time which revolutionised TV watching/recording (IMO).

I think VM has taken HUGE strides over the last 4 years overall in service and what it provides, and especially in the last few months. They eventually got Sky1 back and weren't held hostage to Sky's ridiculous price demands. We now have more HD content has been provided (though I'm hard pressed in general to see a huge difference between the HD channels and the upscaled regular channels even on a top of the range TV). The Tivo has been a huge investment - and there will likely be teething programmes which more people will throw their dummies out over, but what an incredible investment for something to take things even further.

So what if we don't get a channel or two. It's certainly not quite as bad as Sky taking up a ton of series halfway through production and then us not getting them (ie Lost and Prison break when we lost Sky1). These are brand new series. So we're not getting some new things that are going to show. We may get them eventually we may not. Other channels have caught up with Sky in the sense that they are often now showing new seasons in line with the US rather than months later (which was originally the draw of Sky1).

Of course I'd like to get Sky Atlantic and it would be nice to see some of these new series I've heard about, but it's not the end of the world, and if you can't find something else of interest in the several hundred other channels then there must be something wrong.

I just don't get it.

And as others have said, if you don't like it you don't have to stay. But I seriously don't think I can get the same value for money elsewhere - even if it does mean I'm short a channel or two.

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Yep, major upgrades and investment on VOD ongoing for a few weeks. Headend by headend.

We are aware of the slow VOD menus for some customers too!

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Oops that should read 'teething problems' not 'programmes':erm:

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he he :)

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Challenge & Challenge +1 Repackaging to M pack next week.

All Virgin Media customers can enjoy the great programming found on Challenge as we are planning to repackage the channel from M+ to M and Challenge +1 from XL to M.

The permanent move into M for both channels will be effective from Tuesday 1st February 2011 at 6am.

Challenge can be found on channel 139 and Challenge +1 on channel 140.

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Challenge give out TNA broadcasting times

Thursday 03/02/2011:

12midnight - TNA iMPACT! - TNA Impact 1

Friday 04/02/2011:

12midnight - TNA iMPACT! - TNA Impact 2

2am - TNA Xpolsion - TNA Xplosion 1

Saturday 05/02/2011

12midnight - TNA iMPACT! - TNA Impact 3

2am - TNA Xpolsion - TNA Xplosion 2

Sunday 06/02/2011

12midnight - TNA iMPACT! - TNA Impact 4

2am - TNA Xpolsion - TNA Xplosion 3

Monday 07/02/2011

12midnight - TNA iMPACT! - TNA Impact 5

2am - TNA Xpolsion - TNA Xplosion 4

Tuesday 08/02/2011

10pm - TNA iMPACT! (NEW) - TNA Impact 6

12midnight - TNA Xpolsion (NEW) - TNA Xplosion 5

Wednesday 09/02/2011

10pm - TNA - Genesis - TNA PPV 1

Tuesday 15/02/2011

10pm - TNA iMPACT! - TNA Impact 7

12midnight - TNA Xpolsion - TNA Xplosion 6

Wednesday (16/02/11)

10pm - TNA - Against All Odds - TNA PPV 2

Info thanks to BSkyB @ http://www.skyprogrammeinformation.co.uk/amendments.asp (Look in link 611_challenge_wk5-7)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
 

Is this upgrade the reason why I have lost the use of my internet, phoneline and TV 4 times today?