Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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Old 11-10-2013, 15:55   #704
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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Originally Posted by andy_m View Post
Thanks for info.

2 things spring to mind. 1. With the impending arrival of Netflix, Virgin appear to be bringing out a larger capacity box just at the point they're providing their customers with more "cloud" based options-not sure I understand why. 2. Does this signal an extension in the contract with TiVo and put to bed any chance of Horizon coming, or was this development always part of the original deal made before Liberty Global arrived?

The cloud is the way they are heading for live TV (Netflix isn't that) but I can see that taking a while, just for rights issues alone to be sorted. The lifetime of any new box will probably be near it's end by the time cloud based live TV is feasible in my opinion. So a new box does make sense even in the overall cloud plan.
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