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Originally Posted by Risco
Still no news on HD?  |
The channel has been offered to Virgin Media but no deal concluded yet. I wouldn't however blame Virgin Media for the delay. I think there is a few "demands" that Boxnation are placing on the channel.
On SKY the channel doubles up as a PPV channel. If you subscribe to Boxnation, you get to watch the Boxnation HD channel for free. If you don't subscribe, and want to watch a fight, you have to order the event in the same way as you would a SKY Box Office PPV. If you record from the channel, regardless of whether your a regular subscriber or not, you only get 7 days to watch the show before it gets auto-deleted from your SKY+ box. Alternatively if start to watch a recording, you only get 24 hours to watch the broadcast before it auto-deletes.
It's a very strange set up. It's not really a full time HD channel. Even if you are a subscriber you have to make a dummy purchase for £0.00 to record from the channel. It's all very complex. Boxnation themselves acknowledge this.
I'm sure Boxnation want to launch the channel in the same way on Virgin Media. It's likely Virgin can't be doing with the technical fannying around involved.