Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
20-09-2011, 15:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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Since we're still slightly "off topic", I wish people would stop praising Sky for their heavy "investment" in new channels. They do it with money they're bringing in from subcribers, advertisers and shareholders - which as we all know is a ridiculous amount of money. It's not like they're being charitable about it.
Anyone who runs a channel, including the free to air ones, invest in themselves and their programming and yet many only gain revenue from advertisers and still manage to survive.
Sky's model of subscription and advertising income is wrong and that's why we end up with their greed over ruling their heads when it comes to channel sharing.
Take BBC iPlayer as an example of the desire or, in their case the need, to make your content available to as wide an audience as possible, by sharing it on all available platforms. If BBC adopted the Sky model, not only would they restrict iPlayer to be available only from the BBC, they would charge a premiun for it while bombarding you with adverts.
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You do know that the BBC is a public broadcaster don't you hence why its content is freely available to all , Do MTV (viacom) offer content free , do Discovery network the answer is no hence the difference between a public service broadcaster and a pay TV one.
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20-09-2011, 15:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
So Sky is being demonised for being successful, while Virgin spend their time answering tweets and e mails from some of our more regular posters with "can't say just now, it's a secret, wait and see". Not a good enough arguement for me 
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20-09-2011, 18:05
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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So Sky is being demonised for being successful, while Virgin spend their time answering tweets and e mails from some of our more regular posters with "can't say just now, it's a secret, wait and see". Not a good enough arguement for me |
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20-09-2011, 18:26
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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So Sky is being demonised for being successful, while Virgin spend their time answering tweets and e mails from some of our more regular posters with "can't say just now, it's a secret, wait and see". Not a good enough arguement for me |
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” 
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20-09-2011, 18:28
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” |
That would be Like new channels for Virgin subscribers then 
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20-09-2011, 18:31
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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That would be Like new channels for Virgin subscribers then |
One would hope so and in the next few weeks if we are to believe the Cable Forum resident emailer and twitterer.
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20-09-2011, 18:34
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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One would hope so and in the next few weeks if we are to believe the Cable Forum resident emailer and twitterer. |
Den do you know if the movies etc are being added to sky anytime on 23rd?
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20-09-2011, 18:40
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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Den do you know if the movies etc are being added to sky anytime on 23rd?
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Your best bet is to wait to the 23rd and be surprised if it happens.
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20-09-2011, 18:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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Den do you know if the movies etc are being added to sky anytime on 23rd?
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This is a rumoured date for the Sky Anytime launch on Virgin but as far as l know movies will be just one of the many things that will be on Sky Anytime.
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Your best bet is to wait to the 23rd and be surprised if it happens. |
You know that Pessimism never won any battle.
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20-09-2011, 18:59
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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This is a rumoured date for the Sky Anytime launch on Virgin but as far as l know movies will be just one of the many things that will be on Sky Anytime.
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You know that Pessimism never won any battle. |
I try not to get carried away any more with this thread as it usually leads to disappointment. I tell myself it won't happen and if it does I will be pleasantly surprised.
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20-09-2011, 19:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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I try not to get carried away any more with this thread as it usually leads to disappointment. I tell myself it won't happen and if it does I will be pleasantly surprised. |
Some folk on here should be carried away
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20-09-2011, 19:17
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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Some folk on here should be carried away |
By men in white coats one suspects.
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20-09-2011, 19:20
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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Some folk on here should be carried away |
LOL If the little one subjects me to much more of this Disney Channel they will be carrying me away still at least it's in HD
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20-09-2011, 19:36
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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LOL If the little one subjects me to much more of this Disney Channel they will be carrying me away still at least it's in HD |
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20-09-2011, 20:53
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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LOL If the little one subjects me to much more of this Disney Channel they will be carrying me away still at least it's in HD |
Nice one
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