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Old 12-07-2016, 14:23   #1176
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2

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Originally Posted by vincerooney View Post
I never understand why channels "test" anyway. Surely you click a button the channel goes live if it doesn't go live you check what's wrong. Rather than hundreds of hours of testing

"Alright Jim is it still working?"
"Yeah Dan it is"
"Excellent"
"Shall we launch the channel?"
"Nah keep testing"
"But I said its working Dan"
"Yeah I know"
"..."
Presumably there's so many combinations of equipment and network that something that works in one area on one type of equipment may not work on another. I suspect that the testing goes on in parallel with negotiations hence some channels test but don't launch.
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