Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
14-10-2011, 22:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
I sent a email to Premier Sports
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Any news on Premier Sports coming to Virgin Media and now that Premier Sports has got the NHL rights will they be a HD channel anytime soon.
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this was the reply
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RE: Premier Sports on Virgin Media and Premier Sports HD
Hi
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. We have been waiting to receive information from the NHL on certain matters.
There will be up to 8-10 games per week available mainly live but with some delayed until the next day due to other events.
We have been told that the Hockey Night games will be in the mix of games in due course but as far as we know at this stage we can’t take the studio during the Hockey Night games just the matches.
We are of course planning to go HD in due course but this is unlikely to happen in next 6 months. What you will find is the picture for Hockey is better than normal SD as we bring in the signal in HD and convert. NASCAR fans were concerned at first but are generally pleased with the quality of coverage.
Once again sorry for the delay in coming back to you. Things have been moving very quickly this week and we wanted to wait until we had clearer info to pass on.
All the best,
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They never mentioned Virgin Media in the email for some reason 
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14-10-2011, 22:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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I sent a email to Premier Sports
this was the reply
They never mentioned Virgin Media in the email for some reason |
So no full coverage of HNIC in the UK even if would could get Premier sports. 
I used to love my weekly fix of Don Cherry in his hideous suits. 
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14-10-2011, 23:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
What are the NHL doing ? They've lost a massive amount of followers in the UK with this deal , talk about a backward step and no games in HD for the forseeable future.
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14-10-2011, 23:15
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
They'll be crawling back to ESPN within 6 months when Premier Sports goes ---- up.
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14-10-2011, 23:22
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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They'll be crawling back to ESPN within 6 months when Premier Sports goes ---- up.
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Would not be surprised if that happened
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15-10-2011, 02:42
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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I sent a email to Premier Sports
this was the reply
They never mentioned Virgin Media in the email for some reason |
Got another email
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Hi Martin
We are in constant talks with Virgin but no break through yet.
Premier Sports
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Left out the person's name in the email
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15-10-2011, 10:01
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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What are the NHL doing ? They've lost a massive amount of followers in the UK with this deal , talk about a backward step and no games in HD for the forseeable future.
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I'm sure they're probably more interested in who is giving them the most cash than the number of viewers, sadly for UK NHL fans.
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15-10-2011, 10:03
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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I'm sure they're probably more interested in who is giving them the most cash than the number of viewers, sadly for UK NHL fans.
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Isn't that the way of all sports at the moment, or else they would all still be on free to air channels like ITV, BBC.
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15-10-2011, 11:31
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Isn't that the way of all sports at the moment, or else they would all still be on free to air channels like ITV, BBC.
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Agree 100%
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15-10-2011, 14:48
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
Just a reminder that there is both Premier Sports and Premier Sports Xtra on Sky's EPG - two different channels with the same single sub.
NHL is split over the two channels - the Tuesday night live game in on Xtra.
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15-10-2011, 16:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
hello, I asked Virgin Media this question on Twitter
question: any more channels launching in 2011?
responce from virgin media: No new news since the last breaking news last week I'm afraid. PS
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15-10-2011, 18:07
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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hello, I asked Virgin Media this question on Twitter
question: any more channels launching in 2011?
responce from virgin media: No new news since the last breaking news last week I'm afraid. PS
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1. The people who operate the Twitter account would not be told of this information until days before launch, eg. when its confirmed and ready to roll out.
2. If they did know of something prior they would not be legally allowed to say.
3. Its a multi-million pound company, why would you expect them to give away business dealings to you, especially on a public forum?
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15-10-2011, 18:33
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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3. Its a multi-million pound company, why would you expect them to give away business dealings to you, especially on a public forum?
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They might if they get Oliver Letwin working for them 
Sorry
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16-10-2011, 00:18
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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What are the NHL doing ? They've lost a massive amount of followers in the UK with this deal , talk about a backward step and no games in HD for the forseeable future.
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@PremierSportsTV Good news about you guys getting the NHL coverage in England. Any plans in the works for a @PremierSportsTV HD Channel?
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@vaughnridley yes of course but probably 12 -18 months away
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http://twitter.com/#!/premiersportstv
No games in HD for another 12-18 months
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16-10-2011, 04:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.
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Its just a generic time frame. Ask any channel if they plan on getting a HD version and they'll hope to have one next year.
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