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Old 29-05-2014, 07:38   #1090
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Can you list which of those channels are grouped as 4 HD channels?
I can't be bothered to list them all, but it includes Eurosport, Nat Geo and Discovery, which all scored well in that poll.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
It would seem odd for Virgin to squeeze 4 channels into a mux when it wasn't required (in 2011 they had far less HD channels than now).
It's called planning ahead. Do you remember these much-quoted words from Neil Berkett the December 2010 results presentation?
"with a path to grow to 80 HD channels over the next two years, or three years"
He didn't just pluck that figure out of thin air. That was the capacity we had reserved for HD channels.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy View Post
spiderplant could know what he is talking about he works for Virgin Media.
Could???
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