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Mad Max 03-01-2015 01:36
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Originally Posted by harry_hitch (Post 35749953)
It's odd how SA lovers can't understand how others think it and some of its programs are massively over-rated. I have repeatedly said I found G.O.T boring, especially in the first episode. I have forced myself through the first season of it though, it's tedious in my eyes. Countless other shows simply don't interest me on it either.

What you on about? All I did was ask a perfectly reasonable question to what the other poster had written, to say that he/she gave up after the first episode, was, imo a bit silly, as no show was mentioned on which he/she gave up on!

Bircho 03-01-2015 07:52
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 
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Originally Posted by Ben B (Post 35749957)
Too late now but for future reference it's on 864
That's BBC 1 Wales not BBC 2

RichardCoulter 03-01-2015 09:16
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Originally Posted by Ben B (Post 35749957)
Too late now but for future reference it's on 864
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Originally Posted by Bircho (Post 35749985)
That's BBC 1 Wales not BBC 2
Indeed it is. In England we get BBC2 England on 864 (same as 102), this is presumably there for those who get a national variant on 102.

Wouldn't it be fair to offer the BBC2 variants to the whole of the UK? I wanted to use BBC2 Scotland last night :(

muppetman11 03-01-2015 10:11
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Originally Posted by harry_hitch (Post 35749953)
It's odd how SA lovers can't understand how others think it and some of its programs are massively over-rated. I have repeatedly said I found G.O.T boring, especially in the first episode. I have forced myself through the first season of it though, it's tedious in my eyes. Countless other shows simply don't interest me on it either.
Saying you like some of the shows now makes you a lover does it ?

bennyhill 03-01-2015 10:16
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35749989)
Indeed it is. In England we get BBC2 England on 864 (same as 102), this is presumably there for those who get a national variant on 102.

Wouldn't it be fair to offer the BBC2 variants to the whole of the UK? I wanted to use BBC2 Scotland last night :(
They didn't even drop the game on the Red Button. I had to switch to my FreeSat connection to watch the game.
FreeSat has all BBC2 variants (Wales/Eng/Scot/NI) plus all the BBC1 local regions too. Comes in useful every now and then.

denphone 03-01-2015 10:26
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35749996)
Saying you like some of the shows now makes you a lover does it ?
No it does not.:)

vincerooney 03-01-2015 13:37
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Originally Posted by bennyhill (Post 35750001)
They didn't even drop the game on the Red Button. I had to switch to my FreeSat connection to watch the game.
FreeSat has all BBC2 variants (Wales/Eng/Scot/NI) plus all the BBC1 local regions too. Comes in useful every now and then.
that does sound handy. i hate how we only get bbc 1 england which is just london. be much handier having all the variations.

OLD BOY 03-01-2015 13:38
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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute (Post 35749897)
well, based on no further reports or inside source has leaked to the press since october 2013, old boy reckons by autumn we should have sky atlantic and sky bravo
Well, my hope was that Sky Atlantic, if it was coming, would be one of the remaining Sky channels we would get by this spring at the latest as the result of the 2013 talks.

The fact that we now have Sky Sports News HD and Sky News HD has got me wondering if that is all we are getting out of the deal resulting from those talks.

So really, I think those talks have not progressed in the way I expected, and we are going to have to wait longer for this channel, although I do think it will come eventually.

I've now had given to me box sets of Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, and I bought the last series of Mad Men so the main programmes I was annoyed at missing I now have in my possession.

However, I hope that VM negotiates something with Sky soon because there is now talk of them hooking up with HBO to make some more good dramas. It would be a shame to miss out on this joint venture. I wonder if Sky are prepared to put in additional investment without making better efforts on getting a decent return for this?

vincerooney 03-01-2015 14:27
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35750035)
Well, my hope was that Sky Atlantic, if it was coming, would be one of the remaining Sky channels we would get by this spring at the latest as the result of the 2013 talks.

The fact that we now have Sky Sports News HD and Sky News HD has got me wondering if that is all we are getting out of the deal resulting from those talks.

So really, I think those talks have not progressed in the way I expected, and we are going to have to wait longer for this channel, although I do think it will come eventually.

I've now had given to me box sets of Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, and I bought the last series of Mad Men so the main programmes I was annoyed at missing I now have in my possession.

However, I hope that VM negotiates something with Sky soon because there is now talk of them hooking up with HBO to make some more good dramas. It would be a shame to miss out on this joint venture. I wonder if Sky are prepared to put in additional investment without making better efforts on getting a decent return for this?
Aye i agree with all this old boy. I had hoped the reason for sky sports news hd and sky news hd being held back so long was due to SA coming along with them in 2015. Ah well never mind.

As for the investment from VM i sadly doubt it. At the moment VM are cutting long term deals for channels, not overly spending for new channels (or not spending at all), increasing prices and not spending a lot on anything else. Which suggests to me theyre trying to push the profits up asap possibly in order to sell by making it look more attractive? Little spending, constant pay increases would all suggest this.

RichardCoulter 03-01-2015 18:12
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 
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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35750042)
Aye i agree with all this old boy. I had hoped the reason for sky sports news hd and sky news hd being held back so long was due to SA coming along with them in 2015. Ah well never mind.

As for the investment from VM i sadly doubt it. At the moment VM are cutting long term deals for channels, not overly spending for new channels (or not spending at all), increasing prices and not spending a lot on anything else. Which suggests to me theyre trying to push the profits up asap possibly in order to sell by making it look more attractive? Little spending, constant pay increases would all suggest this.
Cutting long term deals??

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Originally Posted by bennyhill (Post 35750001)
They didn't even drop the game on the Red Button. I had to switch to my FreeSat connection to watch the game.
FreeSat has all BBC2 variants (Wales/Eng/Scot/NI) plus all the BBC1 local regions too. Comes in useful every now and then.
Absolutely. Now that VM have extra capacity, I really don't know why these variations aren't available. They are available to VM at no charge by the BBC.

Having them would have resolved a recording clash the other day for me.

Hugh 03-01-2015 18:14
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 
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Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35750042)
Aye i agree with all this old boy. I had hoped the reason for sky sports news hd and sky news hd being held back so long was due to SA coming along with them in 2015. Ah well never mind.

As for the investment from VM i sadly doubt it. At the moment VM are cutting long term deals for channels, not overly spending for new channels (or not spending at all), increasing prices and not spending a lot on anything else. Which suggests to me theyre trying to push the profits up asap possibly in order to sell by making it look more attractive? Little spending, constant pay increases would all suggest this.
Erm, I thought they were investing quite heavily (about a billion a year in the UK) in their networks?

telegramsam 03-01-2015 18:29
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Great that Sky news and Sky sports news hd have finally launched on virgin. All we want now is Universal hd and Sky Atlantic (hd or sd). Personally I think Sky and Virgin will do a deal sometime this year. No reason for my belief in this other than maybe Sky realising Atlantic no longer(if ever)attracts customers away from virgin.

vincerooney 03-01-2015 19:03
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35750086)
Erm, I thought they were investing quite heavily (about a billion a year in the UK) in their networks?
I hear this constantly but I keep suffering from utilisation issues so whilst it can be stated until I experience true broadband speeds I won't believe it :)

andy_m 03-01-2015 19:05
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35750091)
Great that Sky news and Sky sports news hd have finally launched on virgin. All we want now is Universal hd and Sky Atlantic (hd or sd). Personally I think Sky and Virgin will do a deal sometime this year. No reason for my belief in this other than maybe Sky realising Atlantic no longer(if ever)attracts customers away from virgin.
How many do you think it stops leaving?

telegramsam 03-01-2015 19:55
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1
 
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Originally Posted by andy_m (Post 35750103)
How many do you think it stops leaving?
I don`t think it stops many from leaving. I was with Sky and it didn`t stop me.


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