Thread: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Old 26-01-2011, 21:05   #894
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
VM are currently doing maintenance on it now , at least they generally do admit when there is a problem.
Is that why VOD is so slow at the moment? It took me ages to get to the letter 'T' tonight and I've noticed it's been very tortoise like for a few weeks now. Very annoying, but happy to put up with it if it's temporary while they work to improve it.

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Originally Posted by eugene View Post
Right, I have to say something on this. If some people on here had their way Virgin would pay silly money for Sky Atlantic and all our bills would have to go up to pay for it. Instead Virgin are rightly waiting for the advertisers to have a go at Sky and force them to make it available to Virgin Media at a much lower cost sot that it can be included in the XL package for example. If you look desperate to get something from Sky they'll fleece you. We'll obviously get it in the end. I for one would be disappointed if our bills had to go up substantially just to please a few people who demand Sky Atlantic now and would probably then never watch it and demand something else we haven't got.
I take your point eugene, but those of us who want the channel should be able to pay the premium price for it if it's worth it. The problem with Sky's exclusive deals is that they not only make the programme exclusive to their channels, they then make their channels exclusive to satellite as well so that no other TV providers get a look in. This should not be permitted and I think the regulators are letting us down.

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic View Post
Thanks for this, Howardmicks

I know from a presentation I've seen today, that VM are very interested in TV. Things are going to get even better for customers.
So we will get Boardwalk Empire and Mad Men, then!

Sorry, but until we have access to the full range of good programmes available I won't be content.
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