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With Amazon getting 99.9% of next years tennis coverage I would like to get prime, does anyone know (I have tried searching but couldn't find the answer) if Virgin are ever going to do a deal to get an app on the platform like Netflics etc or are we going to have to either upgrade to a smart TV or get a firestick?

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Other options such as PC or Tablet will work.

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There has not been any confirmation yet of Amazon joining Netflix on the V6 boxes, but I would not be surprised if it arrived next year. It was added to BT boxes recently.

In the meantime, you can purchase an Amazon Fire or Roku stick (or box) and if you have wi-fi, just connect that to a spare HDMI at the back of your TV set and plug it in and you are away.

You can choose between an annual or monthly subscription for Amazon.

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Or nick your son's free student Prime account ;) Can't say there's anything great on there anyway, certainly wouldn't pay.

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Primes not just about TV, you get unlimited photo storage without quality reduction and free next day shipping on purchases.

Obviously if you never want to upload 1000s of photos and you never shop at Amazon then you may not get much benefit.

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Theres unlimited free photo storage on Google. Do order from Amazon but frequently find their free super saver delivery comes a lot faster than they say anyway, often the next day.

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Not without your photos getting compressed.

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I don't know what you watch, Mr K, but there's a lot of ppl who would disagree with that comment, there are some really good shows on Amazon Prime Video imo.

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There is some good stuff on Amazon Prime just as much there is some rubbish on there but the same sentiment applies to other platforms as well.

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Just seemed to be a lot imported American trash when I looked ! Still each to their own.

(only thing I found worth watching was 'Paddington 2' ;) )

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Just because it's American doesn't make it 'trash'. The quality of some of their dramas is second to none. You should give them a try!

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So what homegrown drama are Amazon making and funding ? This is where we need the BBC and licence fee OB, very few others make anything quality and new !

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It doesn't need to be homegrown to be enjoyable, though, Mr K. Of course, if your definition of enjoyable is old black and white movies, I can see why you might have been unimpressed. I've seen enough of them for a lifetime!

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The Soprano's , House of Cards and a plethora of other great drama's in these last 10 years.

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Homegrown drama is best made by the BBC and ITV IMO.

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Have you watched 'The Crown' yet, Den? I'd say that is a pretty good example of BBC quality.

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l am talking about generally overall as yes Netflix did do The Crown but the vast breath of high quality drama is made by the BBC and ITV and one cannot dispute that.

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Spot on ;) I'll have to ask sounds like I need to get an amazon stick shortly then

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Thank you sounds like a stick for me then

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Now is the time to buy 1 on Black Friday, only £35 for a 4K one.

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The Crown is excellent. Also thought Amazon did a great job when they took over Ripper Street from the BBC

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Amazon were simply the money, the production company was the same with regards to Ripper Street so the show (in theory) shouldn't change unless the budget is cut or the new money providers do so only on the condition a change is made.

I know for some shows the BBC has axed (I can't remember which), they were the production company and they continued to make the shows for the new channel/service.

Sometimes they see they haven't got the resources as they are developing it and seek financial partners. The forthcoming Good Omens originated at the BBC but it is now premiering on Amazon before BBC Two broadcasts it.

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There's a few examples of that idea lately - the new BBC4 Saturday drama "The Sinner" is the same. Amazon (or was it Netflix? Either way...) gets the premiere, BBC then gets FTA rights.

Seems a reasonable arrangement, and I don't mind waiting for the terrestrial premieres in those cases.

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Hopefully, Liberty Global's new strategy of embracing OTT is a signal that it is no longer objecting to Amazon bring on Virgin Media's system.

I was hoping this was the case, and I am now more confident that Amazon will be coming to the V6s in 2019.

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018...ach-and-depth/

Speaking at the OTT TV World Summit in London this morning, Drury said that Liberty Global wants to both extend its reach off its own network and to bring all of the different types of content service – OTT, SVOD, EST – together as part of its offering.

Liberty Global looks at SVOD players as “just like new channels” and providing access to them with integrated search, billing and seamless navigation “is our job”, said Drury. For a service provider such as Liberty Global, “being able to provide SVOD, TVOD, EST…and increasingly being able to do that off-net and to mobile subscribers is where we are going”, he said, in common with other TV operators.