Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
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Old 21-10-2014, 12:38   #213
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
From what I can gather, it'll be a matter of days before it's shown on ITV. The rest of the programming is repeats similar to ITV3, so I don't blame VM for not paying for it initially.

I say let Sky pick up the bill for the set up costs, whilst VM can save some money, which (in theory) should help to keep our TV bills down.
ITV Encore is not available to us currently because it is exclusive to Sky until late 2015. I believe that we will get the channel at about that time, although VM haven't confirmed this yet.

You surprise me Richard with your comment that first run programmes may be repeated on ITV 'within days' of being broadcast on ITV Encore. I would have thought it would be at least 6 months before they would do that. If your comment is true, this will be our first 'minus 1' or 'minus 7' channel in all but name!

Such an arrangement will certainly devalue the new channel and if your report is true, I would not be surprised to see the time lag increased after a while.
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