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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic
More news on HD from Virgin Media (Exclusive from Digital Spy!)
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Up to four more linear high definition channels will launch on Virgin Media's digital cable service over the next few months, Digital Spy was told today.
In an exclusive update on the cable operator's plans for high definition, a spokesperson revealed that "advanced discussions" are underway with "a number of content providers... aiming to launch three to four linear HD channels over the next few months".
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Source: DigitalSpy.co.uk
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This looks familiar. Oh yeah.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34697213-post1.html
First post of this thread from 15-12-2008:
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Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett has confirmed that multiple linear high definition services will launch on the cable operator's television platform over the next few months.
Speaking at the launch of Virgin's 50Mbps broadband service, Berkett said that four linear high definition channels would join the digital cable lineup "over the next three months".
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Between his repeated anti-net neutrality, pro-behavioural advertising ranting and somewhat premature announcement of HD Channels he is living up to his surname somewhat.
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Originally Posted by Turkey Machine
The way I see it, companies are almost queueing up to broadcast exclusively in HD on Sky's platform. If Virgin then want those HD channels on cable, even though they've already got them in SD on cable, they have to go through Sky because of the "exclusive" clause in every one of those contracts the broadcasters signed with Sky. Virgin should be pushing for more HD capacity on their network, but until analogue is switched off and the HD programme transmission (or even all programme transmission) moved to H.264 (and related to this, the TV side of things moved to DOCSIS 2.0 or 3.0, they can't have a hope in the frozen wastelands of Beelzebub's homeworld to remotely match Sky's capacity for HD.
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Without analogue Virgin can easily accomodate the required channels in most areas, no need to go H.264 or all-IPTV which is a bloody long way off anyway. In areas where they can't accomodate it all they might have to
*shock horror* overbuild the in the field HFC.
Sorry to Virgin Media for my swearing there
