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I think Sky Atlantic HD is coming very soon to virgin media because i saw a advert during the US open tennis and it did not say it was a exclusive to Sky and it did not say only on sky channel 108

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Yes l for one would be happy if it comes to Virgin but will await for confirmation before getting too excited.

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Did you see the advert

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No.

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you might see it again during the us open tennis

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I've changed the thread title as it's only speculation.

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There are quite a lot of pink elephants flying over my house, going to Heathrow.:D

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LOL :D:D

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Wait and see

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Another thread on will Atlanic come to VM.

Dare I say it that one day eventually in the future VM maybe will get Atlantic. Not inthe near future though.

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can you close this thread Stephen

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And what's the betting that Sky will then start up ANOTHER exclusive to Sky channel? :D

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Can't forget the "Only on Sky" adverts they are now airing, rubbing it in that Sky has all Sky Sports and ESPN HD Channels!

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Well if l was a bookie it would be ten to one on or in other words a cert.

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Why are a few people on here obsessed with Sky Atlantic coming to VM?,if you all want the exclusive channels that are on Sky then why not subscribe to Sky TV and keep VM broadband and phone etc,surely then you get the best of both platforms,I do this as in my opinion VM broadband is light years ahead of any other out there and Sky HD offers me the TV viewing I require,so its a no brainer for me.:)

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Simple. It's more expensive (for me anyway).

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But you are forgetting 2 things and thats some people cannot have Sky TV because of where they live and also Sky TV is dearer then Virgin's TV package as well so its not as simple as you think.

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I take your point Den on being able to receive Sky,but I would also quote on your second point "you get what you pay for",I for one am prepared to pay the extra to get Sky Atlantic HD and the five Sky Sports in HD,I would also say I would love to ditch Sky all together due to what they stand for but unfortunately my viewing preferences are not fully catered for at Virgin.

If we do get sky Atlantic it will be the sd version IMO.

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Looks like we might have to wait a little bit longer: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...iage-deal.html

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there is nothing new in that article

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Falling into the first category I'm sure you will understand the frustration of those who are quite willing to pay more for Sky Atlantic, whether on Sky or on VM, but because they cannot get Sky are having to put up with having their viewing preferences not catered for by their provider.

Therefore I'll continue to add my 'modest demands' for Sky Atlantic on whatever platform allows me to do so until VM get off their arses and get it.

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The price has to be right though, otherwise VM should just roll over and pay what ever price another channel operator demands.

I'm sure most don't want further price increases for a niche channel like Atlantic.

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Virgin please don't waste money on Sky Atlantic, there's plenty of other HD channels with far superior programming on. Just my 2p's worth....

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And this has to be balanced against those who don't want to pay more, and also those who are up in arms every time there is a hint of a tariff increase....

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Virgin, please don't waste any money on any channel I don't personally like :rolleyes:

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So the reverse of what you are saying is exactly the same. lol.
Be nice if people could have an opinion without having to read sarcastic follow ups.

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I thought that we were still in the six week holidays and not in the playground again:erm:

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Apologies! My retaliation was childish.
As for my post, I still think there's better quality channels Virgin could get other than Sky Atlantic. IMHO History HD, Crime, ITV2,3 etc.

:)

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I think the fact remains that we would all like some more channels on Virgin but until Virgin put 2+2 together and make 4 we are not going to get them at the present time.

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Thank you for that value free statement....

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There is loads of sport on VM. some of which is from a premium channel which is free on XL, so funded by XL customers.

I don't watch sport, but I think it's good that VM have a wide variety of content, even though I don't watch some of it myself, so I don't have any complaints about that.

So I find commnts in the vain of I don't watch it, so VM shouldn't spend money on it irriating.

If you think I'm in the playgound, then so be it.

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I can not seem to have a laugh now:(

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Additionally, VM have On Demand, which improves viewing choice.

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As do BT Vision and Sky granted you need to take their BB though.

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To be honest, VM's On Demand has been somewhat lacking in new content that I deem worth watching - just my tuppence though!

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Well hopefully the rumoured increase in content on Sky Anytime should improve that somewhat soon.

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Sorry people I just cannot get excited about this channel, from the preview of shows I see I just don't care. If though programmes from SKY One move across I would then be annoyed, like the Middle, Hawaii 5 O, Simpsons etc

I am more than happy with the content coming out of SyFi and FX at present to worry about SKY Atlantic!:erm:

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Yup. But if they buy NCIS, The Mentalist or Castle, there will be blood.

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If they also got Haven, Warehouse 13, Fallen Skies, Dexter and the walking dead, I would join you in this vendetta:)

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I'll say this until I'm blue in the face - VM were very naive for not writing in channels such as Atlantic into the carriage deal they agreed when they sold off Flextech.

As it stands, Sky could just move all the decent Sky 1 content over to Sky Atlantic (or force a delay to Sky 1) and Virgin would be powerless to stop it.

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Each to their own but Game of Thrones urinates over each of these shows, of which I only rate the Walking Dead as being a must watch show - gave up on the rest.

From the little I have seen of Boardwalk Empire that also looks like it has the potential to be far superior to these shows.

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Sky do not provide Catch-Up TV, which is the most popular of the On Demand offerings.

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As if Sky would have agreed to that.. :D

VM got a good deal for it's customers, Sky aren't a charity and need to make money and have good subscriber growth too.

I'm no fan of Sky, but lets be fair :)

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Atlantic did not exist when the vmtv deal was done. It was announced on the day Sky One HD went line on cable which was several months after the deal had been signed.

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Yet ;)

http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419...d-tv-solution/

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Does that mean it's "Coming Soon"? :D

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Indeed :D

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Well we cannot really say that there is any proof of Sky Atlantic coming to us by looking at this link can we.

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Just speculation

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Thanks for the updates martine I mean HD Boy.

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I have changed by username

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Or is it some other name.:rolleyes:

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HD Boy, Do you ever do anything other than e-mail Virgin Media :dozey:

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Yes, he posts here and on Digitalspy......:D

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True, but by the time Catch up comes to Sky, which will not be any time soon (like that?), hopefully things will have moved on and we will have lots of films and box sets to video stream onto our TIVO boxes via Lovefilm, Netflix or whoever.

I am actually amazed by the speed at which things are developing, and the way we watch TV is likely to look rather different from how it is now within the next 5 years.

By that time, VM should have made good progress in getting their services into the country areas.

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Have you got a source for the BBC catchup not coming anytime soon ? I already have hundreds of movies available on Sky Anytime+ as will VM Sky Movie subscribers soon. You seem to think that streaming services will kill Sky despite them already having their own streaming service Sky Go.

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Have you got Sky broadband now?

regards

John

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At the moment I have Sky BB and VM BB until cancellation.

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Nothing like the master defending his own.:D:D

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How do you find it compared to VM broadband?

regards

John

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How come you do not check here for the facts MM

http://go.sky.com/vod/content/SKYENT...t/promoPage.do

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Well I'm on a line testing period at the moment and my line is now upto 8mb throughput with an estimated 10mb , obviously not as quick as my 30mb VM connection however YouTube and browsing seems better but to be fair my area has had a lot of contention issues with VM hence why I decided to switch.

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I am sorry, I can't remember where I read this, it was probably the Daily Telegraph, but Sky are having problems agreeing the technical issues with the BBC, and this is why I believe it will be some time yet before the whole thing is resolved for them.

I know that streaming services are provided by Sky on line, but I was talking about streaming services to the TV, which is how the majority of people watch programmes.

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Sky stream services to TV via XBOX 360 , so anything is possible.