Is Sky Atlantic overhyped ?
 

Is Sky Atlantic overhyped ?

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As you've made a thread about it, yes.

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I would say so,although undoubtedly there is some reasonable content on it.:)

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Every channel is hyped to a certain extent and Sky Atlantic is no different in that respect.

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you don't appear to have a 'Don't Know' voting alternative

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Yes l noticed that as well.

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In fact can the mods add one and then reset my vote please. The vote is flawed by NOT having all the correct choices !

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The vote is flawed any way because the question is wrong. People will answer on the basis of whether or not they want the channel-those that don't will consider it over hyped, those that do, won't.

Also, aatot. Several, in fact.

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As Sky customer I would say Sky Atlantic is definately not over hyped. The reason I say this is because at has all the shows they said would when it launched.

BUT!! If those shows are not the kind of content you enjoy then Atlantic wouldn't have much for you so you may think its a lot of fuss over nothing. But in our house we do watch the content that is exclusive to Atlantic.

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That is what is the way I feel, from it's programme trailers nothing of interest to me, if they start introducing new SCI-FI series now that would be a different story!

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Don't know as I don't have access to it. The programming on SKY Atlantic might justify the hype. I know my wife enjoyed Game Of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire.

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I Can't. My vote now says "Don't know"

I would like to reset my vote and I would like to vote "Yes"

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Sky have massive advertising budgets so I believe this to be the reason some people believe they overhype channels. Sky Atlantic contains some excellent content , the awards some of the shows have won speaks volumes ,however like many channels they have shows what merely fill the schedule.

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Shame there isn't a I don't give a rats behind choice..(sorry Lew)

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Possibly because Sky have deeper pockets than everyone else?

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Well it is 18 hours of star trek and xfiles :) and 6 hours of awesome gorgeousness :)

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Have you counted devils dinner party , This is Jinsy , Fish Town ? ;)

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Lew

My vote has not reset i want the Dont Know option please

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There is some good stuff on there, but it is over-hyped.

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most over hyped channel ever

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I pretty much agree , but let's be fair Sky advertise everything to death , just look at Sky Sports and movies.

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On here it is way overhyped. It is no different to Sky 1 and if it joined VM it would probably go in to M+.

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Love how you keep quoting a daytime documentary and two other lesser shows , no mention of Boardwalk Empire , The Borgias , Entourage , Carnivale , Treme , Mildred Pierce , Six Feet under , Blue Bloods etc ;)

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Sky are overhyped, full stop.

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You can get some of them on DVD/Blu ray.

Virgin Media need to get Sky Atlantic at reasonable price.

I think Virgin Media will get Sky Atlantic sometime next year and after feburary because that is how long Sky envisaged the channel being exclusive to them for.

I may be wrong.

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So far the results seem to justify Virgin not getting the channel on their platform. With this type of feedback, plus SKY Atlantics less than impressive viewing figures, Virgin won't be in any rush to sign a deal with SKY.

If you had to rank the following 10 general entertainment channels, in terms of your personal preference, where would SKY Atlantic feature in that 10?

BBC 1
BBC 2
BBC 4
ITV
ITV2
Channel 4
Channel 5
SKY 1
SKY Living
SKY Atlantic

Here's mine:

1. BBC 1
2. Channel 4
3. BBC 4
4. BBC 2
5. ITV
6. SKY 1
7. Channel 5
8. SKY Atlantic
9. ITV 2
10. SKY Living

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This is where i would place it.

BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV
SKY 1
ITV2
Channel 4
SKY Living
SKY Atlantic
Channel 5
BBC 4


You can see i do not like channel 5 and BBC 4.

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It's amazing how many Sky Atlantic threads there have been on here seeing as people clearly don't want it :D

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Ah, it's just the amusement of debating the issue, probably.

Hey Chad, why isn't BBC3 on that list when BBC4 is? I like BBC3 because it plays American Dad!, which is IMO easily the best Seth MacFarlane show.

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There's almost as many threads as the channel has viewers:D

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LOl :D:D:D

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I was going to include BBC3 but then programmes like Hotter Than My Daughter, Snog Marry Avoid and World's Craziest Fools made me think twice;)

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You let Jeremy Darroch worry about that ;)

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Very true MM, they like to advertise - A LOT :D

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I think it says something for the success of Sky Atlantic that Sky's current radio adverts now hinge on the fact that they carry Grey's Anatomy in hd.

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Oooh, can't argue with that logic.

Excuse me while I apply :td::td::td: to all those... :D

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If you want to watch the x-files, nearly 18 years after it first aired on bbc2, then sky atlantic is the place to be...

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I think i know which option you voted for ;)

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Just checked my planner and I have shows from the following channels , channel 5 HD , Sky 1 HD , E4 HD , Sky Living HD , BBC One HD , 5* , Universal HD, Sky Atlantic HD and Sky 3D.

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Depends what you mean by over-hyped - it is a new channel, so will be well-advertised, it has some very good programmes which you can only watch on that channel, again well-advertised.

I don't think it is any more hyped than other channels - Sky are just pointing out it's USPs.

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I have a feeling that channel will come to Virgin Media next year as well as other HD channels next year.

Mainly because what i was told about the 80 HD channels target and "watch this space" on the Virgin Media electric magazine.

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Although isn't that only because it inherited that and the Star Treks etc. from Virgin 1? ;)

The whole point of Sky Atlantic is to show top-notch US drama series such as Mad Men (AMC), Game of Thrones (HBO), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), etc. All the daytime filler is just... daytime filler.

I think it's a pity that Sky wasn't also able to nab True Blood (HBO) too... then people in the UK wouldn't have to wait ages for FX to show it.

Also annoying that Sky doesn't show Sons of Anarchy or Breaking Bad.

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I hope it does not, VM could spend the money on getting us proper channels like Sky sports 3 and 4 in HD.

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Sky Atlantic is only overhyped bacause the majority of UK TV viewers can't get it and very few of it's new shows have yet to make it onto a more accessible TV channel. It is a goog job that Sky don't quite have a monopoly on TV channels yet as else we'd all have to ditch VM, Freesat, Freeview or whatever if we want to see anything but X-Factor and Strictly come dancing.

As for whether the shows on Atlantic are worth watching I wouldn't know as I don't have access to them. Thus I wouldn't even know if it were worth is for VM to pay extra money to Sky for acccess to the channel that might in turn increase the cost of the VM subscriptions.

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That depends on whether you wan't to watch sports or not. Some of us prefer drama shows rather than watching a load of overpaid primadonnas chasing balls around a bit of grass.

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Exactly.

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Depends on the shape of the Balls :LOL:

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Of course. Pretty much everything that's advertised heavily, ever, is overhyped.

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How come you left this out of the title?

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That's the main reason I enjoy these Pay TV channels , the thought of being subjected to I'm a celebrity , X Factor , Big Brother and Strictly come dancing is way too much :shocked:

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:clap::clap:

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Years ago the x-files and star treks where on sky 1, sky 1 still exists so when they inherited them why not put them back on there? I'll tell you why, sky bought a few big series for a lot of money, decided to launch a new channel to hype around them and hopefully get people to jump from virgin, then most of the time show a load of old trash, its like the old johny rotten quote "ever feel like your getting conned"

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Yes, I agree - we would never see any reality shows like Steps Step Back In Time, Katie, The Hunks, America's Next Top Model, The Kardashians, Must Be The Music, Louie Spence’s Showbusiness’, The Glee Project, Laguna Beach, The Hills, Jersey Shore, et al, on Pay TV channels, would we?;)

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Good one Hugh you got me there :D , perhaps my wording wasn't the best I really meant the Sky Atlantic prime shows.

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Virgin Media could get them after the CAT Appeal. That is while away yet those.

People do want Universal HD and other HD channels going by this poll.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...ee-virgin.html

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One of the best points i have seen on here,i have never watched any of the shows you list above only seen snippets which is more then enough pap for a day.;)

Pay tv means at least you have more choice such as national geographic and discovery channels,with the added bonus of no simon cowell induced bitchiness,which is good.:)

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l will second that.

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I think the CAT appeal only relates to price that virgin and its customers pay for sky sports(the difference at the moment between what the two want is paid into a seperate account pending the cat decision),you would have more chance of king canute successfully turning back the sea then of sky parting with sky sports 3/4 HD in my view,these channels along with sky sports news HD ect ect is what sky use to differentiate themselves from vm.

Even the 3 year OFCOM pay tv enquirey only recommemded sky gave access to sky sports HD 1/2 to other pay tv providers.:)

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You are talking about the wrong thing.
http://www.catribunal.org.uk/files/1...ice_080610.pdf

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1009...leases-no-one/

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Brilliant point Richard , we have pay TV in our house as we like the variety it offers as you say there are some excellent documentary channels and we enjoy sport and movies. A channels viewing figures mean nothing personally to me , take Sky Atlantic it's probably not in our top five watched channels however it's shown some excellent shows that we've enjoyed of course it has repeats and the odd trash show but find me a channel that doesnt. Most of our viewing is done timeshifted with the exception of sport , I find a PVR allows you to try a show for a couple of episodes allowing you to decide whether it's for you or not.

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The WMO ( in the tribunal refers to the wholesale must offer price) vm and other pay tv operators pay for sky sports the fact is sky sports 3/4 were left out of the wholesale agreements when bundled with sky sports 1/2 ,it does in no way refer to vm not having access to sky sports HD 3/4,just the wholesale price vm pay for sky sports 3/4 now,without the HD versions.:)

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Sky Sports News HD is being not being witheld because virgin media have access to any basic sky HD channels for increatmal wholesale price.

Sky are asking for a high price as usual.

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Of that there is no doubt.

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You are wrong
Sky sports 3/4 means SD and HD versions :dunce:

Ask someone esle and they will tell you the same.

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No, I won't

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Is this not a thread about Sky Atlantic HD Boy.

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And what does that post have to do with Sky Atlantic, please?

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Absolutely nothing just more speculation :)

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Sorry.

I think it's only matter of when virgin media get Sky Atlantic after february 2012.

Sky always wanted Sky Atlantic exclusive for a year.

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Of what month or year.

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Sometime in 2012.

They are in "Active Talks"

Whatever that means.

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Seems to me its just idle speculation on your part with not a ounce of proof.

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http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...15&postcount=1

Is this true ?

We will have to wait and see.

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Check the date of the post you have linked to:rolleyes:

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It could still turn out to be true.

who knows.

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My parents got an advert for Sky which clearly stared Sky Atlantic Exclusive to Sky TV customers. As Hugh has said Sky are using it as a USP , Virgin Media will probably concentrate elsewhere until a time when it's offered at what their happy to pay.

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I suppose they is no point in concentrating in a lost cause.

Not really that good a USP imo

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Postage anyone:D

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Yes, like ALL channels it has lots of repeats but the fact is or me this has more programmes in a year than any three other channels combined - overhyped? No way.

It seems to me that many VM fans do not rate this channel because they don't like Sky rather than because the channel's content is poor.

Each to their own, but Game of Thrones urinated on any other TV programme this year.

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Well delivered pun:p:

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More programmes in a year I want to watch than any three other channels combined, I should say.

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Oops. :D:D

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So long as you do not mention Royal Male (not William or Harry):D:D:D:D

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It certainly urinated all over anything else broadcast on SKY Atlantic, but not cable and satellite.

I think The Walking Dead on FX is roundly regarded as the American import of the year on Cable and Satellite?

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LOL :D:D

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:D:D:D that obvious is it

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Very obvious :D

Yes, Walking Dead is very good but not as good as Game of Thrones imo (close second though).

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Each to their own. Walking Dead is my favourite. Season 3 has just been commissioned:D

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Boardwalk Empire has done better than The Walking Dead when it comes to critical reception and awards.

Many people have been quite critical of The Walking Dead's current (second) season, although the latest episode has gone some way towards placating them.


With AMC's budget cuts, and the firing of the original showrunner Frank Darabont, I have my doubts about The Walking Dead maintaining the quality it had in its first season.

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Just curious, as most people on here are VM customers and don't have Sky, are there any people voting on this poll who haven't seen any Sky Atlantic programmes such as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Borgias, Blue Bloods, Treme, Mildred Pierce and others?

If so, could the poll also add a "Yes, but I'm not basing my opinion on having seen any of the HBO programming on offer" option.

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The gems on Atlantic like
Game of Thrones
Boardwalk Empire
Carnivale
Treme
Blue Bloods
Entourage
Big Love
Curb your enthusiasm

More than make up for fish town and This is Jinsy. :D

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I have to agree with your list of decent series, I am fortunate to be able to watch them on my mothers Sky box, however, I would have to say that there are a lot of old series on there that have been repeated over and over.
Therefore, I would have to say Sky Atlantic is overhyped IMO. It would not be worth VM paying over the odds for this channel for so few good series.

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I agree 100% , I said in an earlier post it will be a good addition and will arrive when the cost is right.

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It's ONE channel that has some good shows on it, as well add a lot of padding, yet as I've already pointed out it's the subject of several other threads, and at least two, now, polls about whether we want it on Virgin Media on this discussion forum alone. Is it over hyped? Yes. But not by Sky, by us!

The best point I've seen made anywhere is the one which suggests that most people haven't actually seen any of the programming, yet still hold an opinion about the quality of the channel.

All I can say is that, whilst it would probably be a welcome addition, I, for one, am not struggling for content without it.

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What an excellent point. I was about to agree 100% when I remembered this quote from Sturart Murphy at SKY:

“Sky Atlantic HD will be such an incredible channel: seminal, world-class, epic TV all in one place."

I agree that SKY Atlantic does have some world-class programming, but is that programming enough to justify calling SKY Atlantic "an incredible channel"? SKY Atlantic, like so many channels, is mainly populated by tired old re-runs of shows that in some instances have already had numerous runs on both pay and terrestrial TV. 2 or 3 hours a day of new and fresh award winning programming doesn't make a channel incredible.

At the end of the day my wife enjoys some of the programming on SKY Atlantic. For her alone I'd like Virgin to get the channel.

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Well, it depends on how you look at your viewing, really.

I've always viewed my NAS PC as a way to playlist my own channel. No breaks, good quality broadcast, all shows I enjoy. I see TiVo as an extension as that, where you can do something similar (no playlist function beyond pressing play on a single show group though; that needs adding) with a mix of old classics and exciting new programming.

Either way no one channel can offer what both of those can, even one that ran fairly original (i.e. less than five years old and/or not broadcast much) shows would still have plenty of helpings of dry, stiff turkey on the menu. Television habits are finally changing for those who are willing to embrace the technologies that break them free of disappointing broadcast schedules and a cesspool of cheap, unengageing reality shows.

Basically what I'm saying is Sky Atlantic is disappointing, but all channels are to an extent. Sky are overhyped; it's a joke that you pay premium for preferred packages and still have more ads than channels that are entirely ad-supported.

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As a sky customer I can tell you the channel is vastly over- hyped. I haven`t watched it for about a month now,just nothing on it that appeals to me. Virgin Media are right not to bow down to sky`s demands in their negotiations. And incidently why does sky feel the need for a F1 sports channel? Now I admit I have no interest in motor racing at all but still can`t see the need for it myself.

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Sky Atlantic should come to Virgin TV

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For the right price.

Going by what you keep saying you are probably made of money.

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It will but only once sky realise virgin aren`t going to pay over the odds for it. And as I`ve previously said you aren`t missing much at all.