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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
A lot of negativity on here today on an article that is basically good news. I presume that the revelation that the new Tivo won't be out until the turn of the year has deflated some, but at least we now know, according to a man who should know, that the advent of Sky Q's rival is coming. (Soon).
The really good news I picked out of the Telegraph article was:
- John Malone concluded after a short time that the business he inherited was deficient on the TV side and concluded that the previous regime's strategy on not owning content was flawed. He therefore recruited David Bouchier as chief digital entertainment officer to 'reinvigorate Virgin Media's pay-TV business.
The new Virgin Media exclusives that have arrived on our 'On Demand' system are a result of his involvement and 'there is much more to come'.
There is recognition that the existing TIVO is 'clunky and unintuitive'.
It is confirmed that the user interface will be overhauled, and not just on the new Tivos.
The new features to assist navigation, including Series Link +, will be available on the existing Tivo this year.
The new TIVO will be able to provide ultra-high-definition pictures and 'a similar ability (to Sky Q) to sling programmes to tablets and smartphones around the home'.
There will be 'a major overhaul of the ageing plumbing that powers Virgin Media's broadcasting'. This will allow them to shift to the next generation distribution system which is Horizon. (Currently this has only half the storage capacity for recordings, so hopefully this will be rectified by the time it gets here).
Virgin Media could even re-purchase UKTV.
In line with the linear TV arguments I have been putting forward, David Bouchier clarifies that 'on demand programming on multiple screens is "the future of our business".'
I know that most of those reading the coming soon thread want all this jam yesterday, but I am excited by the fact that we now know for sure what Virgin Media is planning to do in the short term. I see nothing in this item to be pessimistic about - until now they hadn't promised anything! |
Hi listen I don't think we want is all yesterday but even a date for the new software is not too much to ask for
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I think personally at the end of the day, virgin media customers see nothing in the way of improvements unless it's about broadband.
We was given a app for free that I don't personally like but slow to navigate like YouTube
We got four music channels I thought good till they come in a app that you can't record from at all.
Loads of channels on freeview, sky, freesat that we don't even have yet.
We get two other versions of QVC ( Christ )
Still can't watch recordings on the move or even to anywhere app won't work on 3G.
Apps yes it's a old box but still as this is around for another year then not great that apps are slow.
I'm trying to find anything constructive virgin has done apart from vevo app in last 12 months oh soz another broadband speed increase which if they put as much time and interest into tv content, PVR boxes and staying current as they do with broadband we would be better off
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I'd love to see what you would like to see now by voting
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...omers-now.html