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Old 23-05-2011, 19:47   #83
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Re: Why don't we have.....
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Originally Posted by Henkesghost View Post
Think the ideal for customers of Sky and Virgin would be if you could just pick the channels you wanted. The packs idea obviously benefits the provider way more than the customer. Virgins in particular is way to ridgid
I disagree, you see I think that thinking in terms of channels is too rigid. Think programmes. Just buy what you want. Result = good quality viewing without all the rubbish at a fair price.

I don't want to pay for Sky One when I'm only watching 'Fringe' on that channel. I just want to pay for 'Fringe'. So if we had a large selection of programmes and films to choose from, for a set fee, I would rather pay for my stuff that way. Then I would have the Freeview channels on top of that, so I could still see 'The Event', 'Brothers and Sisters' and the like on More 4 and the other free channels, and supplement it with what I really wanted to see.

Look at Sky's 500 odd channels on its satellite system. Most of them are rubbish (or are of no interest to most). Why pay for them?

Sky Movies is particularly poor value because they keep showing the same films over and over and not enough new ones are being added.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
Carl this is what I mean


Someone into Movies alone has to pay 21.50 which compared to Lovefilms unlimited one disc at a time at a cost of 9.99 is expensive.
Which is why I'm suggesting that VM do a deal with Lovefilm to enable us to have a given number of hours per week at a fixed subscription cost. Anything over and above that would have to be paid for, but perhaps at a discounted rate if VM could negotiate that.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh View Post
You've got the biggest on demand library of any TV provider in the UK and your wanting more on demand?

If your unhappy with your TV service move. The number of people unhappy with Virgin TV vastly outweights the number of people unhappy with ADSL broadband. If you've got the money to afford VM Internet/Sky TV do it if there is that many problems with Virgin TV.

EDIT: Oh yeah and films. They have to run 60 channels and you still can't watch what when you want (and pretty much never if you want it in HD), we have films on tap. If you want LoveFilm, get LoveFilm. And we have Film4 HD, the best free film channel in the UK (I presume that is the general opinion) exclusively on VM.
Yes, the biggest on demand library maybe, but it could be so much better, and also better managed!

I'm not unhappy with the TV service as you suggest, I just think it could be improved and VM need to stay ahead of the game in this area.

It's no good pointing to 60 channels if there is nothing on that you haven't already watched or nothing that appeals to you. Sky has so many, but not much on that I fancy watching.

VM could get a good deal for us with Lovefilm or another provider and this is what I am after.
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