Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. I

[Nook29]

This weeks live sport on ESPN.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Chad

I personally don't see any reason why Virgin would want to add BBC Alba to their line-up. Depending on what report you read there are only 55,000 to 80,000 people in Scotland who speak Gaelic, none of the Gaelic speakers use it as their first language. It's mainly spoken in the North West of Scotland including Skye, Lewis etc. Do Virgin offer cable up there? Trust me if all you want it for is the re-run of one of the SPL games per week you'll get bored very, very quickly. The SPL is murder.

If things hadn't gone well in 1945 you'd be speaking German and practising your English in secret!

As a fellow former oppressed Celtic nation , Ireland has largely lost its native tongue and I am ashamed to say that my knowledge of French and other European languages far exceeds my abilities in Gaelic.

In Ireland, there has been an increase in efforts to keep the Irish language alive in recent years. We have always had daily radio and TV news bulletins in Gaelic and have had an Irish language radio station (http://www.rte.ie/rnag/) since 1972. More recently, a television station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TG4), broadcasting a significant proportion of its programming in Irish as well as French, Polish and English, was launched in 1996 with transmissions in Northern Ireland beginning in 2005.

On a trip to the Czech Republic in about 1998, before the big influx of Eastern Europeans into the UK and Ireland, I was surprised to be told, by a red-headed Czech tour guide, that many Czechs were travelling to Ireland to study the Irish language. Apart from the Irish pubs etc., there was a lot of Irish business investment going on it Bohemia at that time.

I think it is important to keep the Irish Gaelic, Scots Gallic and Welsh Cymraeg languages alive and it is only right that there should be national language radio and TV channels, funded by the licence fee or other public funding in the relevant country and available to all.

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

Phoned Sky today,Wont offer me the deal so i cancelled.That is saving me £19.00 subs and another £8.00 protection cover and as a bonus have got a nice new white door stopper(Sky+ box)lol

I'll have the box for a token fee and postage for my in-laws who are in a fringe area between the Oxford and Sandy Heath transmitters and have fuzzy Channel four, have never had Five and now have limited digital coverage. The previous owner of their house left a Sky mini-dish behind so they're ready to go, they just need a box.

Having said that, you might like to get a FreeSat-from-Sky card for £20 and continue to use it for the free-to-air and free-to-view channels either in another room or for recording while you watch something else on VM.

[charlieannear]

You can add Cornish to your list of Celtic Languages to be encouraged!
I don't think we've got any TV shows in Cornish yet though...

[Wad_2002]

Looks like were getting a bit off topic again!

Media Boy - What's the news this week?...You think we'll ever see Sky 1 HD come to my belovid HD box?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Wad_2002

Looks like were getting a bit off topic again!

Media Boy - What's the news this week?...You think we'll ever see Sky 1 HD come to my belovid HD box?

An update will be on post one later.

I only thing I have seen the Sky1 HD coming to Virgin TV is all the rumour that have been on the best Cable TV Forum in the world - Cable Forum over the last week or two.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Wad_2002

Looks like were getting a bit off topic again!

Media Boy - What's the news this week?...You think we'll ever see Sky 1 HD come to my belovid HD box?

In summary, I think that BBC Alba should be 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV' as should the Kernewek language channel, when there is one. Petition the Prince of Wales as he owns Cornwall.

So not exactly off topic - just unnecessarily detailed.

[Media Boy UK]

This weeks list update is now online - see post one (Next update is May 10th)

[donkbong]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

An update will be on post one later.

I only thing I have seen the Sky1 HD coming to Virgin TV is all the rumour that have been on the best Cable TV Forum in the world - Cable Forum over the last week or two.

Hello, I understand Sky 1 HD is comming to virgin and anynews on sky sports HD on virgin comming start august football season 2010?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by donkbong

Hello, I understand Sky 1 HD is comming to virgin and anynews on sky sports HD on virgin comming start august football season 2010?

As far as I know the Virgin Media deal to carry the Sky HD Channels is just rumour I also hear that it may just be some Sky Basic Channels in HD.

Virgin may tell us more on Wednesday.

[Horizon]

Sky's court appeal against the Ofcom decision started last Friday and might go on for several months. Then again, a change of government could accelerate things altogether.

Until this is sorted out, I doubt Sky's HD channels will be "coming soon" to VM.

[donkbong]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

As far as I know the Virgin Media deal to carry the Sky HD Channels is just rumour I also hear that it may just be some Sky Basic Channels in HD.

Virgin may tell us more on Wednesday.

Thanks Media Boy just need know what happening that all.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

In summary, I think that BBC Alba should be 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV' as should the Kernewek language channel, when there is one. Petition the Prince of Wales as he owns Cornwall.

So not exactly off topic - just unnecessarily detailed.

He could market the channel as a Duchy Original.

[Media Boy UK]

Bravo to launch an HD Channel???

Digital Spy Forums is reporting that Bravo are to launch an HD Channel in May.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...7&postcount=76

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by frogstamper

He could market the channel as a Duchy Original.

Hmm! Organic television. Fueled by the methane from decomposing manure. Smellyvision!

[mattboothers]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Bravo to launch an HD Channel???

Digital Spy Forums is reporting that Bravo are to launch an HD Channel in May.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...7&postcount=76

YAY TNA IN HD lol