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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
Content exactly that is what people are asking for. Where did you get 80 HD channels from I have never seen that figure mentioned?
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I have seen that. I think it was in a financial results conference.
If you read the article properly (not aimed at you alwaysabear) then Neil goes on to champion the beginnings of TiVo on VM.
His vision is about the digital world of broadband connected tv (TiVo) , not trying to compete for Sky's customer base.
The headline is grabbing, but very misleading.
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Not long ago, it was a race to attract the most pay-TV customers – until that is, the realisation that fighting to attract Sky's loyal customer base was near impossible. Virgin has 3.8m customers; BSkyB has just topped 10m.
Speak to Jeremy Darroch, BSkyB's chief executive, and it is almost all about television, from HD and 3D take-up to hit US shows from Boardwalk Empire to Mad Men.
Berkett's world is distinctly less Hollywood. Today's Virgin Media is all about the digital experience and Berkett often points to Virgin's advantage over BSkyB and BT in "connectivity", his way of describing the benefits of super-fast broadband.
In Berkett's world, there is no such thing as television. TV is simply part of the digital mix, where computers, mobiles and a host of other devices
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Superior it may be, but the high speeds are just an enabler. What is "game-changing", says Berkett, is Virgin Media's new internet-enabled cable TV box, which will be available to all of its cable TV customers in a few months. TiVo, currently available to Virgin's premium customers, features a range of iPad-style apps, from gaming to news to social networks.
Customers will have access to 4,600 hours of films and TV programmes, alongside millions of YouTube clips, not to mention the ability to search for content as if visiting Google rather than scrolling through the conventional programming guide. Viewers will also be able to play video games or chat to their friends on Facebook, while watching TV
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Full article here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...and-speed.html