Have just come across this and it talks about Virgin developing a new EPG for it's cable service and moving away from times to 'Zones' but that it is still 'several years away'
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A glimpse of Virgin’s current thinking was seen at Furturesource’s Driving Digital Content in London this week. Kevin Baughan, director of technical strategy, showed a ‘proof of concept’ drawing in a variety of components to make up the TV experience.
“We’re moving away from programme guides and time, giving channels zones in which they can develop a relationship with the viewer.” Baughan showed stills of a guide where channels would have their own areas, directing viewers to linear, on demand and broadband content.
However, logistics and the existing receiver inventory mean that even if Baughan was to receive immediate approval for his plans it would still take several years before they were implemented.
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http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=19157
Gues that demo a few months ago was just that, a demo and once again I remember a poster saying...
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Originally Posted by sammyjayuk
Still, I'm not sure that any of this will ever come to fruition - it's only a trade show, and this is still the same Virgin Media...
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so who knows what will happen!