Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

So it turned out to be good practice for the Tivo software developers before having to rewrite it for six tuners! :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

We won't need those six tuners for video streaming in the new world! :D:D:D;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

With the current state of the UK broadband, is it fair to assume we might actually need those 6 tuners :D

Video streaming will eventually come to the mainstream, but our internet infrastructure at the moment couldnt support it throughout the whole of the country.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

You need to move away from the concept of tuners, any new box will have a single modem. The number of streams (channels in the old world) will be dependent on the bandwidth. In most cases recordings will be cloud based, not that it stores a fresh copy of the program! It will just set a record in a database that this registered user has requested on demand access to that program for 90days.

So any new Tivo box or whatever it maybe will resemble the Amazon Fire TV set top box, it maybe even an app on your smart TV!

These simple set top boxes probably cost £20-£30 each to buy in 10s of thousands, where as the Tivo boxes are north of £100 each. The value will be in the functionality of the software, not the features of the hardware.

VM are going to save millions in hardware costs, at £20-£30 each VM would just put one in the post if you current one failed. Fewer customer visits, no repairs equals less staff, reduced costs.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

February List update - February 19th update.

Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches and other important events across all platforms of Virgin TV.

NOTE: I DO NOT WORK FOR VIRGIN MEDIA SO ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS LIST IS STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Colours on my list are as followed:

Media Boy = New Info just added.
Media Boy = Virgin Media News and links.
Media Boy = Local TV news, other Media news/Things.

=== Coming up on Virgin's Digital TV ===
=== Freeviews on Virgin Media ===
???. ??th. (Put channels names here) is having an freeview to all M, M+ and L packages on Virgin Channels (Put channels numbers here) right now untill ???. ??th 2015.

=== Soon ===
-That's Solent will soon launch in Southampton and surrounding areas.

=== February ===
28th. Local TV Broadcaster Big Centre TV may launch on Virgin Channel 159 in some Birmingham areas from today.

=== March ===
2nd. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies SciFi as Sky Movies Monsters on Virgin Channel 411.
2nd. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies SciFi HD as Sky Movies Monsters HD on Virgin Channel 441.
31st. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Oscars back to Sky Movies Greats on Virgin Channel 404.
31st. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Monsters back to Sky Movies SciFi on Virgin Channel 411.
31st. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Oscars HD back to Sky Movies Greats HD on Virgin Channel 434.
31st. Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Monsters HD back to Sky Movies SciFi HD on Virgin Channel 441.
31st. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports World Cup back to Sky Sports 2 on Virgin Channel 503.
31st. Sky Sports to rebrand Sky Sports World Cup HD back to Sky Sports 2 HD on Virgin Channel 513.

=== April ===
No News...

=== May ===
No News...

=== June ===
No News...

=== July ===
No News...

=== August ===
No News...

=== Autumn ===
-The BBC may close BBC Three on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may close BBC Three HD on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may launch BBC One +1 as an 24 hour channel on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.
-The BBC may add two extra hours per day to CBBC and CBBC HD on Virgin Media subject to approved by the BBC Trust.

=== September ===
No News...

=== October ===
No News...

=== November ===
No News...

=== December ===
No News...

=== By 2016 ===
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc1 as Sky Movies Aliens on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Sky Movies Aliens as Sky Movies tbc1 on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc1 HD as Sky Movies Aliens HD on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Aliens HD as Sky Movies tbc1 HD on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc2 as Sky Movies Gangsters on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Gangsters as Sky Movies tbc2 on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies tbc2 HD as Sky Movies Gangsters HD on Virgin Channel 4??.
-Sky Movies to rebrand Sky Movies Gangsters HD as Sky Movies tbc2 HD on Virgin Channel 4??.

=== January 2016 ===
No News...

=== February 2016 ===
No News...

=== March 2016 ===
No News...

=== April 2016 ===
No News...

=== May 2016 ===
No News...

=== June 2016 ===
No News...

=== July 2016 ===
No News...

=== August 2016 ===
No News...

=== September 2016 ===
No News...

=== October 2016 ===
No News...

=== November 2016 ===
No News...

=== December 2016 ===
No News...

=== Local TV on Virgin Media ===
-All the following Local TV broadcasters may launch by 2016 on Virgin Channel 159:

-YourTV Manchester
-YourTV Blackpool & Preston
-Cambridge Presents
-That’s Basingstoke
-That’s Surrey
-That’s Reading
-That’s Salisbury
-That's Oxford

=== Unknown dates ===
-The BBC hope to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD - but still need to be approved by the BBC Trust.

=== Channels ONLY in UPC Ireland areas ===
List last updated on January 5th 2015.

ONLY TV CHANNELS THAT ONLY BROADCAST IN THE UK ON OTHER NETWORKS WILL APPEAR ON THIS PART OF THE LIST.

ALSO THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CHANNELS IS CURRENTLY BROADCASTING ON UPC IRELAND BUT NOT ON VIRGIN MEDIA:

Documentaries:
-History HD
-Nat Geo Wild HD
-CI HD

Lifestyle:
-Fashion TV

Music:
-MTV Classic

Kids:
-Disney Channel HD

Specialist:
-EWTN

Radio:
-UCB Ireland

Channels only in UPC Ireland areas.

©copyright 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

==== Virgin Media's Deals with broadcasters ===
Full list now at: http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/p...adcasters.html

This part of list has now moved to my blog - follow link.

=== What is Media Boy on about??? ===
Here is what I mean when I post the following on Cable Forum:

Virgin Insiders - means just that.
'Do Not Post' order - means an Virgin insider has given me some info on things that set to happen but has told me not to reveal it right now.

=== Media Boy Extra info: ===
Liberty Global - http://www.lgi.com/
Media Boy Blog - For all things Virgin TV - http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
Follow Virgin Media on ''twitter'' here - http://twitter.com/virginmedia
See Nialli's blog on Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services here - http://vmhd.blogspot.com/

=== Ask Media Boy ===
Last updated January 5th 2015.

Q: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGIN MEDIA FROM?
A: Media Boy HQ gets all info from Virgin Media viewers, some Virgin Media workers (I called them Virgin Insiders or Virgin Sources) and Web Sites (NOTE: When I used web sites I will post an link to that web site).

Q: WHY HAVE YOU ADDED 'ONLY IN UPC IRELAND AREAS' WHEN THIS THREAD IS FOR VIRGIN MEDIA?
A: Virgin Media and UPC Ireland are now both own by Liberty Global.

Q: WHY AM I NOT GETTING ''DISNEY CHANNEL HD'' FOR?
A: Disney Channel HD is only broadcasting in UPC Ireland areas right now.

Q: WHY HAVE YOU REMOVED 'ONLY IN SMALLWORLD AREAS' FROM YOUR LIST FOR?
A: Virgin Media have now axe the Smallworld brand. Viewers in the old Smallworld areas will now get the Virgin Media Channel lineup..

==== See you later ===
List last updated on February 19th 2015.

Next update: TBC.

A) If Virgin Media are set to launch more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin TV areas.
B) If Virgin Media are set to move more than TWO channels (TV or Radio) about in Virgin TV areas.
C) If Virgin Media are set to close or repackage more then TWO channels (TV or Radio) in Virgin TV areas.

©copyright 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I can't see that happening in the short or medium term - Virgin Media have hardware to broadcast dedicated linear TV streams that don't impact broadband capacity, and has a guaranteed QoS.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Will this cloud-based concept need a stable, quick internet speed?
Not everyone has access to this at the moment. Would this also put internet prices up as everyone will be demanding more bandwidth (more channels)?

Sorry for the questions, but Its a good discussion and I like the way that VM would take it based on what you have said in your post.

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Ben, do you know if VM have any plans with the TiVo at the moment?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Local TV: New look for local TV in Edinburgh and Glasgow from March 2nd.

STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh will be on air from the earlier time of 7am from Monday March 2. They will feature hourly week day news bulletins from midday, as well as 30-minute news programmes at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm bringing viewers across central Scotland all the latest updates.

http://news.stv.tv/west-central/3109...mission-hours/

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

It all comes down the same cable or fiber, less linear streams frees up bandwidth thus reducing cost! QoS can be setup on any sort of data link, Tiscali were doing it years ago with there IPTV set top box. That worked well down a 2.5Mbit link, setting QoS on 1Mbit of that for TV streaming!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Oh yes we do in our household where the female is in charge and l have to say yes dear on a regular basis.;):D

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Come on UC he is not going to answer that as that's more then his jobs worth.;):D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

You need about 1Mbits for SD channels and 2Mbits for HD channels (assuming MP4 or equivalent is used?), the beauty of IPTV is that it is on demand channel streaming. It only streams the channel you request to watch, a bit like VOD.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Comcast's DVR in the USA currently records a show to the local HDD like most PVR's but also makes the show available in the cloud so recordings can be accessed on mobile devices , tablets , laptops etc.

If everything was solely recorded in the cloud you would indeed need a reliable broadband connection.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

It was only after a posted did I think "That was a dumb question to ask" hahahaha

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Netflix actually suggests 5Mbit for it's HD streams https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306 (and 25Mbit for Ultra HD!)

And remember that's per stream per box, whereas linear TV is fixed.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Will Sky/VM/Talk Talk/BT want us to move away from linear TV and move to a cloud-based on-demand service?

Isn't there more revenue to be earned through advertising on linear TV at the moment? Or would this advertising be pushed across to on-demand programmes too?

I guess this isnt really for Coming soon to VM TV, but it is kinda related :angel:

4K TiVO anyone? lol

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

On Demand is already delivered from the cloud , this is moving your recorded shows into the cloud making them accessible from anywhere on a multitude of devices , it also enables cloud bookmarking start a show whilst out on the ipad and continue where you left off on the STB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...aunch-new.html

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It all add up to where you will go in December (If you post in all of this years treads.)

Media Boy HQ is delighted to announce that Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2 will launch on April 6th only on Cable Forum.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

And there top HD stream (which they used to refer to as Super HD) is 5800kbps.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Will we change the name to the Michelin tread then? :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

which is quite efficient seeing as Astras's 4k test channel on 19.2 & 28.2 is broadcasting at 29Mbit currently without surround sound, it does look awesome though, Netflix 4k is also awesome with the right source. (The blacklist was brilliant).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

The software was, but not the hardware. If you were to take the lid off a Premiere, a VM Cisco TiVo and a VM Samsung TiVo, you'd find they are all very different inside.

Sensibly, when developing for VM, they didn't make it support three. They made it support any number. So 4, 6 or anything else then became possible without any extra software development.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Sorry Mad Mix I did mean to say "threads" but I forgot to put in an "H".

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Which is really the key bit.

If the Premier does get an Amazon Prime app, which is supposedly imminent according to the Tivo community forums, then it does open the door, from a technical perspective, for a potential VM/Amazon deal.

And, if VM were to want a box with more tuners or larger HDD, it is possible.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Premier Sports ceased to be BARB reported from 15 February 2015.

They obviously aren't making enough from advertising to make it worth paying the fee.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I sincerely hope on demand access will be considerably longer than 90 days!

My recordings go back over a year and I would want to be able to access anything I flagged up on the cloud for a similar period.

Is 90 days some sort of industry standard or did you make that up as an example?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I believe in the USA cloud recordings with Comcast stay in the cloud for a year.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I could just about cope with that!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Just an example, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is tiered depending on the channel and package you pay for.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

greetings friends. just had an email about sky movies free for march if i click a button in an email...anyone else had it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

No Vince.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Apparently some people on sky sports only package from what i'm gathering...

Don't miss your chance to get a Sky Movies
free trial from 1st to 31st March.

Hit the button now.
You really don't want to miss out on your Sky Movies free trial. It's exclusively for you. Just hit the button before 25th February and you'll get all of this from 1st to 31st March:



Over 900 blockbusting movies on demand to watch whenever you want



All 11 Sky Movies channels, including the exclusive Sky Movies Disney channel



All movies are available to watch at home or on the go using the Sky Movies website on your laptop, or you can download the app to watch on your compatible phone or tablet



Up to 5 premieres a week and more of the year's biggest box office hits 12 months before online subscription services*



Plus, to celebrate the premiere of Godzilla you can enjoy an exclusive Sky Movies Monsters channel from 2nd to 15th March



Even better, after your Sky Movies free trial, the fun won't end because you'll automatically receive Sky Movies for just £7 a month. But if you'd rather not, you can opt out at any time during your trial period and still enjoy the full 31-day movies trial. So don't hang around. Hit that big button now.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Sky movies is prettty crap imo.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

True max I just wondered if anyone else had the offer .. Slow day here

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Yes I`ve had the same email offer. I wont be taking up the offer as Sky movies is crap,and also you have to remember to phone and cancel before the end of the month or you start being charged for it.:td:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

You are special, Vince. Make the most of it!

I would watch the content while you can, if I were you!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

It's so much more worse than Tru Movies, Movies for Men and TCM.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Take the offer vince, Sky Movies is good to have for a month every now and again and cram in all the films you want to see. Obviously even better if that month is free.

It does get very repetitive if you have Sky Movies all the time though so take other people's points about it being crap in that sense.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

That's a bold statement Sir.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Agreed, restricting to 90 days would actually be crazy and a reduction in service. Like you I keep recordings much longer than that and typically watch a whole series well after it was originally shown.

If VM ONLY had a cloud base option for storing recordings and limiting them to 90 days availability it would be exit time for me. In fact more I think about this, it would be commercial suicide for VM IMHO:shocked: Cloud based storage is normally limited by capacity not time anyway so that is the route I expect VM to go down. It may be a case of 500MB cloud storage free then pay for uplifts in 500MB increments, but what you store and how long is up to you.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

i have! hitting the big red button in the email was what enticed me. apparently i can cancel it online before the month ends as well by following some link in the email. someone just remind me nearer april...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

You need to give a months notice i think mate.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

The £7 a month is pretty darn cheap, that's cheaper than NowTV. Or is that the standard price if you have Sports as well?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

That's if you have sport as well.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

7 quid is the usual price if you have sky sports. I`m not being tempted by the free month though as I never have enough time to watch films even if there`s a decent one to watch.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Further to my report that i'd heard that changes were afoot at Viacom:

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201502223...#axzz3SYvkZAy0

Maybe we will see the missing Viacom channels from the MTV suite coming to VM as Viacom seek to negate declining audiences for their channels?

Which are we missing?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Wonder which of the two categories the Channel 5 Group will fall into as in my mind it fits into both!

1. Music and Entertainment (MTV, MTV2, Logo, VH1, Comedy Central and Spike.)

2. Kids and Family Group (Nickelodeon Group , TV Land, CMT and CMT Pure Country).

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to axe Picturebox from April.

Virgin Sources have told Media Boy HQ that Picturebox will be removed from Virgin Media on April 1st.

We are told this is due to its small customer base and to make room for more services in the future.

We have also seen info on an new channel testing on Virgin Media right now called "ARABIC HAFLA".

©copyright 2015 Media Boy 2006 - 2015. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I'm not surprised by this...The films that Picturebox wanted payment for, seemed to be older films that are already on Netflix if you wanted to watch them. Seems a good move.

Wonder what future services they are trying to make room for...

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Good riddance to rubbish l say.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Amazon Prime, hopefully!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

yes that would be great to have OB

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Are you thinking of just the App, or do you think VM would try to incorporate the whole subscription somehow?

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I would like to think we would have the subscription service. Watching everything on pay per view could turn out rather expensive.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Yes that would be nice OB.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

It just US Telly news.

From your link:

Viacom channels in UK and Ireland are own by:

-Nickelodeon channels are own by Nickelodeon UK (Viacom International Media Networks Europe/British Sky Broadcasting).
-Comedy Central Channels are own by Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount British Pictures/British Sky Broadcasting).
-Channel 5 and MTV are own by Viacom International Media Networks (Europe)

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Just an head up Media Boy HQ has seen big information from Virgin Sources but we need to put under DNP.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

"Big Information"...Would this fall into the "BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF" category of DNPs? :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I've been thinking that the new owners of virgin media appear a lot more sh*t than the previous owners. No channel launches, big time rises to bills etc. so the new owners seem to be treating virgin media as a gravy train. Shame I thought we'd be getting more treats

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Erm, so what are these then

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...-to-tv-service

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

A load of more crap imo!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Whether you think it's 'crap' or not is a different thing.

The argument was that Virgin Media haven't launched new channels since LGI bought them, which is clearly wrong.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I don't speak these languages so as much as they're interesting I don't understand what they are saying. So the 100 quid + bills don't justify a Spanish speaking channel. Erm so that

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

;)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Except your 100+ bills aren't just for those.

To be honest, you can't have a TV base of millions of customers and then launch a channel everyone likes.

BT Sport launched after the LGI takeover completed however no everyone likes that, so wouldn't think that 'justifies' anything in regards to their costs.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Isn't this the reason for Market Research...so TV companies can justify a launch of a TV Channel if it is proven that the majority of people would want/pay for it.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

What we want to know is BT Sport going to be staying in the XL pack because if it ain't then one suspects you will have to have something up your sleeve to replace it.:)

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

:clap::clap::clap:

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Right, but 'a majority' isn't everyone.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I know...but I agreed with you, that you couldn't please everyone with certain channel launches. I just tried to back it up by saying that Market Research was a tool for the companies to explain this to their customers

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Ben i know you're trying to help but we've had two years of price increases above inflation.

2014 had basically no new channel launches
2015 so far has nothing new launching

We've got another ABOVE inflation price increase coming. BT sport is coming out of the XL package in 18 months lets be brutally honest.

I'm 29 years old so i'll take the "erm what about these" as a reasonable comment as i know what you're referring to. my mum as a 60 year old woman wouldnt nor would the majority of virgin media customers know what on earth youre talking about (most dont have tivo/or know about the apps folder)

1) pay extra money for spanish and channels from portugal
2) accept above inflation price increases without actual improvements

Fact is the price i was paying in 2013 was fair. Since then i've had sod all except for a few HD channels but had 4 price increases. So yeah a virgin media response of

"erm what about these"

then referring to some spanish channels in an odd little app tucked away on tivo isnt helpful. in fact its shocking that its being used as an excuse ?!??

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

2014 was mainly about the Sky agreement and increasing parity between TV Anywhere and the TV packs

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...tion-agreement

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...5-new-channels

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...x-new-channels

There are still 45 weeks left in this year.

Where?

The majority of Virgin Media's TV customers do have TiVo.

There have been two price main price increases under Virgin Media's control since 2013 - one in Feb 2014 and one this month.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

If it's what my dnp order is it isn't prime.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Does your DNP fall into "BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF" too? :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Well that doesn't really surprise me because as far as I know, Amazon has not yet responded positively to VM's approach for a presence on their platform.

There's only one channel that would 'blow my socks off'! And you know what that is :D

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I hope they do not go by what the 'majority' wants! If that were the case, we would get very few intellectual type channels and more reality channels.

We need to have the maximum choice of content; that is what is important to me. Whether delivered by broadcast channels, VOD or streaming, I really don't care.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I'd say satisfying.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I've decided that if Amazon Prime Instant Video doesn't come to my TIVO box by the end of the year, I'm getting an Amazon Fire TV box. I'll probably ditch my Sky Sports subscription to pay for the monthly subscription!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

All of the content that you/we/the customers want, all comes from demand. VM won't deliver unless there is demand for certain content or a way of delivering that content. They will use Market Research as their tool of finding this out.

If they find only 10% of customers want to use VOD or Picturebox then ultimately it's not worth it. Therefore going with the majority they can aim to please the maximum number of customers as possible...and those that arent satisfied...well, we will have Market Research thrown back in our faces haha

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Get one anyway mate trust me you'll love it they're £64 at mo on amazon and in Argos.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Virgin Media have already put out feelers with Amazon to carry Prime; it's not that they aren't interested! In the end, it's down to Amazon whether we get carriage on TIVO.

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Yes, you're right, I've been reading about it and I like what I have read. I will put it on my Christmas list!

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Yeah you're right...Also at the end of the day, we could have the whole customer base wanting a certain aspect to come to VM, but if they arent willing to play ball and pay the money then we won't get it anyway.

I'd be interested in Prime if it was part of the XL TV Package, not sure I would subscribe if VM just secured the App.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

I prefer the ease of my smart TV has all the apps without the extra wiring and much faster to access apps over a STB failing that I'd go with fire TV or one of the other good streaming devices.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

A lot of people have consoles hooked up to their tvs which also carry the apps, specially Netflix and Prime.

But I get your point of them being all in one location specially for ease of use.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

The nexus tv player which is Googles own tv is coming out in March in uk too i believe.
This is something i'm monitoring as has very very good reviews in the states.

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Some of us only have dumb TVs :D

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

To be honest most Smart TVs will become dumb eventually - as the TV manufacturers move on to the 'next' platform

At least with TiVo (and other add on boxes) it's easier to update them to ensure you still have access to the apps

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 

Yes :D reading that back I think I'm the dumb one. :D

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We have an older Samsung in a bedroom what still seems to get app updates however I take your point , for me personally though the STB's are just too slow when using streaming services , my YV box whilst acceptable is considerably slower to load and navigate. At the end of the day all devices will become obsolete at some point however I agree with a streaming box your losing far less than a TV.

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I wondered if LibertyGlobal would just milk Virgin Media when they bought it. However, I've been pleasantly surprised to see this has not been the case and they're investing in areas like network expansion, buying Smallworld and getting the remaining Sky Sports channels in HD.
I think all telecoms providers have been guilty of above-inflation price rises but someone needs to keep those footballers in the style to which they are accustomed and a bit more as well!

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Vestel and Panasonic will be producing FreeviewPlay Smart TVs and Sony will be producing YouView TVs. These platforms should stay the course of time. However, that's not to say that the TVs themselves won't end up being relatively slow in the way that you've found with YouView.

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But you have to have access to the apps in the first place... I have Netflix, Amazon in 4k and I have just downloaded and installed to my samsung TV m:go which is also a 4k service, so you can add new apps, you can update them, Samsung will even trust you to run your own developed apps on their tv's, let me see you update your TiVo to run hevc...

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Did Anyone Notice that the BBC iPlayer app has changed on Tivo?

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Not at all; it's a valid point.

My bedroom TV is nearly seven years old and the lounge one nearly five. But they were very well regarded at the time of purchase, and still produce a good picture now. I see no point in upgrading them, as the only significant gain would be smart functions, that I can get with a couple of extra boxes totalling £75. Of course, if I had oodles of spare cash, I may think differently :D

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Yes its certainly far better then it was before.

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But aren't 4K TV's the only way you can currently get Amazon and Netflix in 4K?

Why just pick on Tivo? What about all the other devices that can stream Netflix/Amazon? They will need new boxes to do 4K.

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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...d-on-tivo.html

:)

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Premier Sports?? They have basically given up on hoping to make much out of advertising revenue by the cessation of BARB reporting. I can't see them having that many subscribers from what i've read; maybe they've done a deal with VM to let all XL customers have it ;-)

YouView is to be enhanced and rebranded; i'm not sure if this will improve this or not.

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I think you mean that NowTV is being rebranded and will have a new box this year? YouView like Tivo and Sky is continuously improved anyway.

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I can't really see Premier Sports being in XL. I think BT Sport will stay there. But if not, I could see Virgin providing its own Netflix-style service as UPC has done in Europe.

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I don't think Premier sport will be around much longer.

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Is this inside knowledge? Or do you think they are rebranding to Setanta instead? They are launching in HD in the Summer on the Sky and possibly other platforms and have just re-signed Nascar.

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YouView rebrand info.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...now-tv-youview

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From what i've read on the internet, those into sport don't seem to like or subscribe to this channel. They've stopped BARB reporting, so they can't be doing anything advertising wise, so I do tend to agree with you.

But then there's this to consider from Andrew, so maybe they have enough subscribers to make the operation worthwhile after all.

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Off topic, sorry but confusingly, that's a new service from Freeview, Freeview Play which will compete against YouView. YouView itself is set to continue as it is, with Sony incorporating YouView into a new range of televisions.

All the free TV service platforms have slightly different shareholders hence the overlapping; but separate; offerings:
Freeview: Arqiva, BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Sky.
Freeview Play: Arqiva, BBC, Channel 4 and ITV.
Freesat: BBC, ITV. The company's Freetime software, a YouView equivalent, is available on some DTT televisions.
YouView: Arqiva, BBC, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV and TalkTalk.

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They've been saying they're launching in HD for the last 2 years mate, it's just a feeling i have that Premier sports may not survive much longer.

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So if the dnp is in the "satisfying" rather than "blow your socks off" category it's obviously not Atlantic, but is probably History and Universal in hd.