Would you pay more for Atlantic to launch?
 

Did a thread/poll in 2012 about this, so doing a more up to date one. IF Virgin were to announce on Monday that they had struck a deal to carry both SD and HD Atlantic, would you pay more for the channels?

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There would be more complaints if it launched with an increase in subs than if it did not launch at all.

Personally, more choice is good, but I don't have a bottomless pocket !

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Despite not caring for the channel greatly, I would pay extra if it meant those who want it could get it.

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The thing is this-if you live somewhere where you're allowed a Sky dish, then you can get Atlantic, and probably for less overall than you're currently paying. A month or two ago I was close to cancelling pay tv and relying on streaming services, but I was convinced by Mrs M that we'd miss TiVo too much. Fast forward to now and she's on about the savings we could make by moving to Sky as new customers! Go figure! That said, she's right. There are some eye watering deals available at the moment, especially if you go through a cash back site. This is really only an issue for those who either can't get Sky or don't want to because overall they think Virgin better fits what they want from a provider, in my opinion. If people really really want Atlantic then for the majority of people it's available.

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Can you link to the original thread so that we can compare results.

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Wasn't an option for 'NO - don't care if we never get it'

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noooooooooooooooooooooo most over rated channel ever

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Great channel and watch more then the soon to be coming sports 3+4 hd variations which I still fail to see why everyone is getting excited about

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that why vast majority don't watch it Howard mate ;) GOT aside it crap don't let the dark side corrupt you to much mate :LOL: I much rather have the missing sports HD channels anyday

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In your opinion my dear chap.:nono::nono:

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Down to personally choice I guess,I watch ray Donovan,banshee,boardwalk empire,mr Sloan,blue bloods,got,nurse jackie,true detectives and the list goes on I watch wwe raw on sky sports 3hd and sports 4 never watched

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yes exactly mate

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This was the last poll, I made a mess of the options in that one though. http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...-pay-more.html

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What do you think of True Detectives mate?

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To be honest out of all the above listed on my post that was my least favourite,game of thrones this season as been class thou and mr sloane is hilarious to be honest I think sky Atlantic is underrated rather than overrated

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If they could do the Atlantic as a enema and launch it up the Murdoch family I would to pay to watch that

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Hm, strange that, i'm of a similar mind to you mate, this show got rave reviews, I've only watched a couple of episodes but I'm finding it a bit of a bind to be honest! Maybe it will get better....:)

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One of the best series I have watched TBO,thrilling from start to finish.:)

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Sky treat Atlantic as their flagship drama channel, yet keep it exclusive to their own platform. Those of us who do not have Sky, unless we acquire stuff from dodgier sources, don't actually know whether we are missing out. But since some of the more talked about drama is on Atlantic, we think we might be.

Sky no doubt overvalue Atlantic, and now enjoy the exclusive nature of it. Somehow, especially with increased use of streaming services such as Netflix who are now also creating their own content, the inability to get everything from one provider is going to be more frustrating for the customer. It will become more expensive for us all in the long term as we are forced to subscribe to multiple services if we want it all, or go without.

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No. And thrice No.

Cost needs to come down for me personally. I can watch the one or 2 shows that this channel would provide on a box set or something.

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Isn't that rather more expensive?

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I have it already (via Sky) and have never watched it, so No.

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As I access Atlantic content via Now TV you could say I am already paying an increase over and above my VM subscription to access the channel but the fact that I can cancel my Now TV entertainment subscription when game of Thrones finishes suits me perfectly as I am only paying extra while the content I want is available.

If there was a small increase across the board, for the whole year I wouldn't be so keen as I only need access to the channel for about 10-12 weeks in the year. So with that in mind I have decided to vote that I wouldn't be in favour of a price rise, based on the assumption that the price rise in the poll would be across the board and not just for those who subscribed to the channel.

However my advice to anyone desperate for Atlantic content (and the series they are keen on hasn't started or past episodes are available on demand) is to sign up to Now TV as opposed to waiting and speculating as to when or if it is going to arrive on VM.

If you allow me a rather crude analogy, if it's chucking it down with rain and you want to be dry do you stand there getting wet, hoping and speculating that it will stop, with several passers by stating that they are pretty sure it'll stop soon as they have had words with the weather man or do you move indoors (i.e. move to Sky) or do you buy an umbrella/cagoule to maintain your happiness in the short term?

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To borrow a box set from somebody or something? No.

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Ah, I thought you were buying them!

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Nah, I can wait for tv series. It's not like live sport where I HAVE to watch it in real time.

I've just this week started watching Twin Peaks for the first time. (Seriously). No spoilers please. :)

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Absolutely PMSL!

Indeed, the creation of Now TV gives VM customers the opportunity to pay extra for SA if they wish to do so.

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There are a couple of good shows on it but apart from GOT nothing would make me think "hey i'll pay extra for that channel" most of the stuff you can get via alternative methods anyway such as nowtv, hbonordic etc.

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This is irrelevant as VM won't get it, that's the whole point of the channel, its not about cost. It's 99% US codswallop anyway. Mr Sloane is the only good thing on it and there are always ways and means if you want to watch it (ie. a nice relative with a SkyGo account ;) )

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That is probably one of the reasons that Sky are still holding onto Atlantic. They might get more cash this way than Virgin would pay for it.