Lost on Virgin next season?
 

Hi all

I phoned Virgin yesterday to complain about them introducing a £1.00 charge for itemised billing. During the conversation I ended up talking to a manager, so I couldn't resist mentioning the loss of Sky1 and the fact that I couldn't watch the rest of Lost. To my surprise he told me that he had seen an internal memo and that Virgin had won the rights to show Lost from the next season. What do you guys think, is he telling the truth. I thought Sky had it for at least two seasons.

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

Well.....

1. I doubt that's true/correct
2. I hope that it isn't
3. Although, given my dissapointment at the way this season ended, perhaps I'm not so bothered after all

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4. :welcome:

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

Not true i don't think, that would have been really big news. They have got the licence for VoD though i believe for Season 1 and 2 and for 3 later this year i believe too?

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The annoying thing is that he made a complete story and said that Virgin were starting a new channel and it was there way of fighting back against Sky.

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There's been a lot of talk of a new channel, but no evidence as yet, i wouldn't discount it totally though. (Unless of course he meant Virgin Central, which might have Lost Season 3 later on, could well have got it all round his neck if he wasn't up on his media!)

Lost Season 4 is a different kettle though, not sure season 4 bidding rights have even come round yet??

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I did read somewhere virgin media have the rights to show the next series of lost via VOD

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I thought Sky bought the rights to both seasons 3 and 4 (well, for first-run rights at any rate). If that's the case then I don't know when Virgin would be able to show it -- could be a clause in the contract that they can only show it once Sky's run has finished, or if on VoD a different contract may apply. It'd be great news if true, but until anything's formally announced it should be treated with a *lot* of scepticism.

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Try reading this..26/02/07

Lost finds its way to Virgin Media
Hit series secured for growing on-demand library

Virgin Media and The Walt Disney Company's Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) have extended their recent UK content agreement to include the award-winning hit series Lost.

Seasons one and two of Lost will be available in August on the company's TV-on-demand service, which lets viewers choose from a huge library of entertainment, with DVD-like control. The third season will arrive later in the year, after its linear broadcast and DVD release.

Ernie Cormier, chief commercial officer of Virgin Media, said: “By combining Disney's content with our on-demand technology, our customers can enjoy watching Lost episodes from seasons one and two at any time that suits.�

The extended agreement with BVITV follows recent content deals with Warner Bros, HBO, Channel 4 and Alliance Atlantis.

To find out more about Virgin Media services, consumers can visit www.virginmedia.com.

Ends


So in answer to your question YES...

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

...but the OP was told that VM had the rights to show LOST from the next season, which will be season 4.

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Which i hope they will also show..

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As I imagine will the 4th.

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

probably, but only long after it's been shown on Sky, and everyone's finished talking about it at the coffee machine....

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They will appear, but Season 3 this year is a push.

Season 4 will definitly be a 2008 VoD offering, by my reckoning.

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I got told the same thing by a manager about 3 weeks ago. According to him it's in the bag. A few weeks before that we were told that they were going to try because they had head hunted a guy from whatever company sells it. So you sky heads - keep grinning whilst you can. A few more seasons and they'll probably get the football too...

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Well yes they probably have secured the rights, but it is not free! I would like to see a "Virgin 1" only for Virgin TV customers! And then they should buy the rights for The Simpsons,24,Lost, and then other hit TV shows. e.g Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, they have already got Jerry Springer and Cheaters. But they need to be on demand. I think Virgin didn't want to pay Sky's price for the reason above. But i think they should of made annoucements hours after the loss of Sky. Then maybe they would of kept those 50,000 customers. But then Sky would of bought the rights, i think ther e is a twist. We shall see...

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I'm not sure it's as simple as that. The owners of those rights will consider not only how much the buyer is offering to pay, but how much awareness their programmes will get, and how much that will affect their spin-off commercial activities. I suspect the big money is not in the programme rights, but in the sale of Simpsons' etc merchandise ... and the value of that depends on the number of people able to watch the programme.

"Virgin 1" with the "hit TV shows" would not be viable as a cable-only channel; VM could not afford to out-bid Sky, the advertisers would not be interested in the reduced audience potential. It would only work if it was available on satellite, and in the current climate, I don't imagine Sky would be too keen to add it to their delivery service for a reasonable fee. :erm:

Maybe it's time for the regulators to split "delivery" from "content", and force the content providers to make their product/channel available to all delivery methods on the same price basis - £"x" per "y" potential viewers, perhaps; or if it's VOD, £"0.xx" per view.

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Sky was reported as obtaining season 3 at nearly 1M per episode. Given that figures for Sky 1 were dropping even with LOST, I really don't see how VM can afford season 4.

Loved to be proved wrong though.

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

lost is on the net at very good quality even before the two uk sparring partners get sky/virgin.look and ye shall find

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Correctamundo!

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Thanks twinkle, I never went without.

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I think i will just have to watch it online for free myself i know exactly where to find it when it comes out.

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Any ideas on what month this year series 3 will be coming on VoD ?

Thanks

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AND don't forget Season 3 Starts next Thursday so get them torrent sites warmed up for Friday morning :)

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So where is this Lost series 3 we were getting in 2007????

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

You mean season 4 ;)

Re: Lost on Virgin next season?
 

your right, I do :)