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Originally Posted by Masque
As I will not get to see it I am not overly bothered as most programmes I watch are either on FX or one of the other channels, I probably should have been clearer as some of the programmes you mentioned have been cancelled and are therefore repeats like the Wire and some of the other older content you mentioned.
Also if SKY Atlantic were to be available on Virginmedia but as a subscription channel I would not pay for it as I do not feel the content warrants a subscription.
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Fair enough if it's not your sort of thing, and not something you would watch.
But as I mentioned, the previous comment that it's "Mainly repeats so just a replacement for Channel One but with a premium price" is rather inaccurate, as it's not premium, not mainly repeats, and not just a replacement for Channel One.
Yes there are repeats (& I know The Wire is, I did say so earlier), but there are repeats of far higher quality shows (e.g. The Wire, BSG, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, etc.) than the stuff repeated on Channel 1. [Daytime stuff is as I already said still fairly similar to Channel 1's obviously (Trek repeats, X Files repeats) along with Sky 1/3 (24 repeats). Padding. The real content is primetime.]
And compared to Channel One, the new content is greater in both quantity and quality. Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Big Love, Game of Thones, Treme, etc.
For anyone like me who loves quality US drama, Sky Atlantic is going to be brilliant... Far more on it than Sky One has, and obviously far more than Channel One ever had. Lots of great shows, old & new, which it really is a shame that VM customers will miss
All it's missing IMO are a few things which FX has (e.g. Dexter, True Blood, The Walking Dead), along with Sons of Anarchy. FX does at least treat The Walking Dead very well, but I'd much prefer if Sky Atlantic instead of FX showed Dexter and True Blood, as then they'd actually get shown at a decent time, instead of
months & months after the US broadcast. FX had Sons of Anarchy, but it's also been on Bravo & Five USA so I don't know what the situation is with that. Oh, Breaking Bad, too. That would definitely benefit from Atlantic, as it's another one which has been treated poorly. True Blood won't move though, as FX has a lifetime deal. No idea about the others.
I wouldn't pay *extra* for it either... but as I said, it isn't Premium on Sky... It's in the Variety Pack, same as Sky One, Bravo, FX, etc... Basic entertainment package...Hopefully the same will be true if/when if finally comes to VM
