[noel43]

Originally Posted by Matt D

It's hardly a premium price... it's part of the "Variety Pack", same as Sky One etc.

Lots of repeats during the day, which is just padding really. Better they fill the daytime with various Sky 1 / Virgin 1 things such as 24 & Star Trek, than just leave it off-air until the evening like BBC3/4, IMO.

The main shows, though, aren't all repeats. OK, The Sopranos & The Wire are shows which have been on TV before, but given that they are two of the best TV shows ever made, I don't have a problem with that! BSG... repeats again, but repeats of one of the best SF shows ever made.

Big Love has never had a decent airing in the UK. I think Five only showed the first season, & then ditched it. Sky will show the lot from the start (it's on season 5 now in the US), so that's new to the UK (other than the first season).

Mad Men... Atlantic will be showing it from the next (i.e. new) season. And it'll be better scheduled than the Beeb.

Boardwalk Empire - new. Blue Bloods - new. Treme - new. Game of Thrones - new. etc...


OK, still not "all brand new unseen content"... but as I said at the start of my post, it's not a Premium channel anyway. I think there's more than enough quality new content & quality repeat content on it to justify it's share of a Variety Pack subscription.

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I haven't read the whole thread, so forgive me if this has already been answered several times...

Why isn't Sky Atlantic going to be on VM? Is Sky asking VM for too much money? Is it just that a deal hasn't yet been struck or has all chance of it being on VM vanished already?

Seen three episodes of Boardwalk Empire was not impresses, but then each to his own.