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That would be much appreciated ;)

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I don't think he meant he was buying the first pint :D

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Oh well. Worth a shot right? :D

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BBC1 HD already transmit 5:1 sound and have been since day one
but some programs are still only in Stereo

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I am a football fan, but I've not been on to VM day in and day out because I know how business works and that talks are confidential.

OF course we will have to pay if we want to watch....again, its how broadcast companies make some money to enable them to buy the rights to the football that football fans want to see. Again, thats how it works. But no matter how many posts you make, how many emails you send, how many phone calls YOU make...will not make VM/BT tell anyone, any time sooner than when a deal is done and announced to the relative Stock Market first.

Business deals aren't conducted on a 'relatively' unimportant Internet Forum where a tiny tiny % of its customer base actually frequents.

:)

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No problem, old chap, I was just a bit startled to being compared with the legendary Bomber AF!

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When did he become a Legend? Is there something i missed?

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Arthur, I don't think this is anything we didn't already know. The talks are on-going. I fail to understand why you are disappointed. It's looking good for Saturday but they can't tell us just yet because this is going to the wire.

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I didn't mean that in a good way, Mr Stokes!

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And l dont call VM each day about BT Sport, they call me.

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Hahahah this has been the funniest day ever with all the bomberAF jokes. Well done all

BomberAF- still potentially a hero

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Virgin need to get a holding page up by Thursday if they want to launch on Saturday I think if we don't get bt on Saturday where not getting it at all

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Lets hope he explodes back on the scene soon. If not let's hope he just explodes:smokin::smokin:

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Wonder why Sky Sports 1 is available to all Virgin viewers for Free on Saturday (showing on Sky 2)

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What a cock up even some of bt's own customers can't watch it,what chance have vm and listen to the program there is no chance in hell of us having it by saturday:(

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Did see something about that mate, but can't remember the reason they gave :confused:

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I am 100% confident of BT Sport in SD & HD launching on Virgin on Friday :)

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I know and have been recieving 5.1 on the channel for years but at the moment there are none. BBC 2 HD works fine.

Noted that BBC1 HD is not transmitting in Dolby. It's just stereo all programmes but not Dolby.

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Here you go guys - http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...free-first-day ;)

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Thats the kind of optimism I like to see, only 3 days to go! ;)

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Three days until depression kicks in then.

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Your more confident than virgin then just got off the phone early with retentions to query a problem and they assured me that it will arrive but it WON'T BE THIS WEEKEND !!!!!!!!!

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This doesn't give any information as to if and when BT Sport will be coming to VM, but is interesting background reading for anyone wondering how BT may have funded the new channels. http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...broadband-scam

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Maybe he will explode on here like a bomb and give some explosive news :D

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I'm 100 % confident that it WILL NOT launch

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I presume that's because they ate trying to get your money!!

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The silence speaks volumes we will NOT be getting it.

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as said before they not allowed by stock market laws to say anything till a deal is done or totally collapses

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So what we have on the forum:

Media boy with realistic info
Some people very very suspiciously optimistic over BT sport launching by weekend
A lot of people pessimistic thinking it'll never happen
A few people who given up on it all
A decent amount of people making bomberAF jokes

Exciting times!

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Just listened to Howardmicks and the radio prog, l have actually found a company that worse than VM - its BT Sports.

IF, BT Sports customers are having trouble getting there channel despite subscribing, what will it be like on VM, we have trouble getting anything from them.

I give up - l will go watch the games, or will just watch them on Sky.

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There will NOT be a deal.

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think your wrong on there as bt shareholders will want a return on all the money that was spent on bt sports both companies need a deal

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BT want to destroy VM's broadband offering they have no interest in doing a deal with VM

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You're not BomberAF from an opposite parallel universe are you?

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If only that were true..simple BT are using BT Sport to drive their broadband..they want to destroy VM's Broadband offering, so by forcing VM viewers over they blackmail people into taking out their broadband..

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Sadly from what l have been told via the CEO's office, l have accepted the worst and cannot be bothered anymore.

VM will commit suicide on a business sense, they won't get a deal, and its the customers that will suffer, and will move over to Sky.

Again, VM want a deal that is not going to cost anything, there office told me that they dont want a deal that will cost US extra money.

What l think VM are doing is trying to get a deal that will MAKE them money, and then pass on the any extra cost to us in the long run - like hidden price increases.

There won't be any SA either. I will just watch football on Sky and listen to Soccer Saturday with Stelling - much more entertaining.

I have been played the fool for too long by VM, I cannot believe this has happened. They must be the only company that doesn't go out of there way to attract customers to the big event.

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I'm more excited to know what the next rumour will be should it not arrive by Saturday probably something like

Both parties have decided to wait until the future of Rooney and Suarez is decided so my feeling is it will be concluded by transfer deadline day :D

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you naughty man MM :mad:

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:waving:

Good man. See you on Sunday!

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I'm most looking forward to OLD BOY being shamed into the same dark corner that BomberAF and co have ended up in.

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Hahahha parallel bomberAF?! Who'd have thought it

Next 3 days should be entertaining. Things can change at any minute. I hope you're free all day media boy!

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He should be schools are on holiday.....;)

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He's Scottish, they're back tomorrow

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Wow who would of imagined it a company wants to make profit.:shocked::rolleyes:

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thats not on at all :mad::mad::mad::mad:

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May I suggest you take your foot out of your mouth dear sir and take a look at Media Boy's avatar,he claims he is seven,you do the maths....:rolleyes:

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Dave, MB advertises that he's 7, don't think Kop was having a dig.

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Good God - it looks like the finalists in the Butlins Knobberly T**ts competition.

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Well its turning into one hell of a soap opera !!!
Are bt witholding ? Don't think so the getting on the cheap is rearing its wearer head again,problem is sky have said it about Atlantic,universal have said it about universal hd and now bt not outright but all comments certainly mean the same.thats 3 different companies they can't all be lying.
I have always Said it was a mistake selling there channels they lost there bargaining tool and now solely rely on channel operators supply them with channels,this is only one company but they could be the start of future events vm think they need to put them on there service for advertising and because the amount of customer subscription.trouble is that is soon sadly gonna drop and more than likely after Saturday,someone on here commented days ago that vm expected to lose some customers but currently no where near what they expected.Basically they can afford to lose a few because they have the money which they are saving from not paying espn that is total arrogance and a disgrace,Interesting times ahead and who knows there may be another turn of events before weekend but I'm starting to doubt it .The 9 year deal is slowly going down and will be up before we know it and I can seriously see the loss of sky channels again if there not carefull thankfully that is along way off at the minute,by then vm could just be a phone and broadband provider anyway

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3 out of 5 ain't bad

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FMG! that's a relief!

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Only because they have run out of Bucky

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Not even a smiley.........:2up:

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Virgin are probably holding out thinking that BT will give in and accept their poor offer due to the advertising revenue drop from not having their customers. With the amount of customers leaving VM over this, will they actually come out worse than if they had accepted a higher price earlier?

The maths are not so straightforward and the short term gains over long term gains have to be considered too. A majority of customers don't want the hassle of switching providers so stay with a provider for a long time so maybe this is something BT is hoping on.

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And you know this! how?

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So, looking forward to the morning to see if Drama has been added, but not holding my breath over it.

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No disrespect but it shows how bad things are when people are looking forward to a freeview channel being added :(

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Yeah I know I mean we're missing out on such classics as;

God, I mean all those shows on Showcase 2 I mean there's Teleshopping, and Teleshopping 2: Shop Harder and the far less popular sequel A Good Day to Teleshop.

Oh wait no, there's like 2 decent channels in that entire list.

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I know everyone is worked up about BT Sports however don't forget this has been a great year for Virgin so far in terms of adding new channels. I left Virgin in December but have to admit I've been impressed with their additions over the past 8 months.

ITV2 HD
ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD
TLC
TLC HD
TLC+1
BBC Two HD
Quest+1
DMAX+1
More4+1
CBS Drama
H2
Animal Planet HD
Investigation Discovery
Investigation Discovery+1
Animal Planet +1
Discovery Science +1
Discovery History +1
Style
Discovery Home & Health +1
Vintage TV
TCM HD
TCM 2
Eurosport 2HD
France 24 English
NHK World TV
Al Jazeera English
Cartoon Network HD
Zee Café
Zing
France 24 French
ARY News UK
Sony SAB
Rishtey
UMP Movies
Al Jazeera Arabic
The Africa Channel

I don't think any other platform has added so many channels in 2013. Virgin have led the way.

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They also added Ginx which is a 24 hour gaming channel which I absolutely love.

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I forgot that one. They also launched a few more foreign subscription channels not in my list too. In total Virgin are up to around 42 new channels on their platform, which works out at roughly a new channel launch every 5 days so far in 2013!

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Drama now broadcasting on 190

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It's currently showing 'Britains Best', which looks more like a historical programme than drama :confused:

Interestingly, they have just advertised themselves as being on Sky and Freeview, with no mention of VM.

Still, it isn't contracted to start until 6am, so I'll go to bed before I get into trouble :D

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Interesting calculations :)

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Drama always showing in this thread :D

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Would that be by the Chadgorian calendar? Are days longer? Or does the year start on a different date?

Perhaps it is a Chad-fiscal year, where the year starts when money is in your pocket, and ends when it refills? :D

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That's it Now Arthur has given up that must mean BT Sport is not coming to Virgin I mean he must be in the know as the CEO's office rings him everyday to give a personal update :rofl::rofl:
Personally for me I love my sport especially football but their is no way in this world I would sign up to Sky or BT just because I couldn't get their sports channel as I would have to get BB from Virgin everyone else in my area offers BB at a staggering 0.5mb's

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I'm the same. Which, incidentally, means I'd regularly have a speed which would preclude me from streaming Bt Sport, even if I had their broadband. Jat.

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Missed one off bud nickelodean hd

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Can someone please explain to me why it appears ESPN is back on Virgin as of Saturday two weeks after it closed down ?

I assume it is back from the comments here, and also from the TV Guides which are now showing a single HD channel for it.

I'm not reading anything into it, I am just curious

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My next door neighbour has Sky and Sky ADSL+2 24mb BB and he barely gets 0.7mb on a good day and as low as 0.4mb is regularly seen, I spoke with BT on the BT instant chat service and they said that my area wouldn't be able to get BT vision until 2015

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Sounds familiar ;)

We actually had 23 new channels by the start of March and 27 by the end. Media Boy's "unlikely rumour" was probably his most accurate post ever.

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Do not agree with you that things are bad. Also Drama is a welcome addition to VM imo.

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l am not complaining about the channels we have received SP but alas there are still quite a few must have channels which we have been patiently waiting for a considerable while and alas we are still waiting for them but our next price rise l see we don't have to wait that long for nor the one after either judging by the last couple of years.

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Yes my OH is very happy with that arrival.

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:shocked: That is amazing! I can't believe how similar both posts are.

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So other than BT Sport and Sky Atlantic are we missing anything else really? Excluding HD channels that is.

Only channel i can think of which i'd like is Fox News because it seems absolutely comical and hilarious to watch (for the wrong reasons)

Just a shame that two prime channels everyone wants are BT sport and sky atlantic so people do look past all the improvements they have made.

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Wouldn't really call it improvements bud,I like quality rather and quantity to me that list just show me how bad it is we're some of them channels are concerned and not gonna temp we customers like bt sports and sky Atlantic would

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they may suprise us yet

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Well the proofs in the pudding and the use by dates runs out soon.

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Make your own pudding then is fresher....

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Virgin offer a great selection of channels. There may be a few HD channels missing but many are being withheld from Virgin. With 10 new HD channels reportedly launching on Freeview in the next 10 months, and channels like More4 HD losing their exclusivity to SKY real soon, Virgin might not be a million miles away from offering 60 HD channels.

In terms of other channels, your not missing anything major. SKY offer a wider selection of music and news channels but Virgins music on demand and 11 news channels should be enough to keep fans of music and news busy.

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I'm inclined to agree. They've certainly done well this year adding some of the missing HD channels, but that's against the terrible previous year and the fact they were lagging so far behind. Still channels such as Nat Geo Wild HD and Universal HD that have been around for ages now. Hopefully they are working on these too.

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Yes, Vince, once they get BT Sports, ESPN and Sky Atlantic on here, they will have completed my wish list.

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I quite like filler channels to be honest as i always end up watching france 24 drunk on a friday night for some bizarre and frightening reason. no idea why. so i quite like filler channels to watch once when it launches and never to watch again.

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That will because as the old saying goes "subtitles mean boobies"

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This is an extract from Routers news:
Separately, a person familiar with the situation said the group was close to agreeing a wholesale deal with cable operator Virgin Media (LBTYA.O). Any wholesale deal would increase the number of viewers watching the channels, and allow BT to charge more to advertisers.

you can read the whole news report here http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/0...97B0KG20130812

Sounds like a deal is very close guys, Arthurgrey you better get onto the CEO's office they might have been feeding you some bull

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And the other UKTV SD channels are all now in TV M+

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I'd still like to know where reuters got this information from?? it just sounds as if someone in reuters as heard VM and BT are in talks. They've then gone "hmm those talks have gone on for a while...they must be close now" and then shoved that at the bottom of a report.

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Anyone been on tvanywhere today in live channels there is btsports 1 and bt sports 2

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:)

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I can't find them there, what channel numbers are they?

Ok, I found them :)

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Noticed that earlier - they stood out because they're 'blanked out'

Cheers

Grim

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WTF!? Ohhhh sensational news! what does this mean?!? what does this mean!??!

i'm going crazy here. :monkey:

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Oh! I have, and I missed that completely. Did it say what channel pack required?

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http://vmhd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/b...appear-on.html
Pic here

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looking very promising :D:D:D

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Any bets on who is the first to claim its an error, missprint, means nothing, another trick to retain customers or similar

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I think we can pretty much say done deal now, just got to find out the terms of the deal, is it XL, is it premium, is it VIP!

Seen as they must of secured TV Anywhere rights, lets hope they have secured mobile rights too!

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You can also click through at the moment..

http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/chan...ve/bt-sport-1/
http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/chan...ve/bt-sport-2/
http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/channels/live/espn/

The formatting isn't working, but the content is there in part...

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When did ESPN HD move to Channel 542

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why on earth would that update the tv anywhere app with these placeholders if no deal had been done?! The mystery continues!

Was bomberAF right all along? A deal was always done but would only ever be announced or signed (so they wouldnt need to announce due to stock exchange). This could be a brilliant twist. bomberAF could win!

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just refreshed the page they gone now guess up to early :LOL:

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This was also the same VM that accidently put up a news slant saying BT was coming and quickly pulled it down way back a couple of months ago.

dont get me wrong this is all looking very, very promising but once bitten twice shy

and unless bomberAF is a modern day nostradamus no deal like what he stated could ever been in place like that between two companies, if there is a deal in place is only happened/ing last 48 hours