Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by denphone

As the advert goes Sky will be shaking in its boots.

So my estimate of 150,000 - 160,000 Tivo installs was almost bang on
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post3854.html

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Originally Posted by Chad

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At least my figures are more realistic than those in this article:

http://broadcastengineering.com/news...502/index.html

"Virgin Media has been able to ramp up TiVo box deployment to 1000 a day, which means it is heading for about 300,000 subscribers by the end of 2011."

Chad your figures were way off I think they will hit 300,000+ by the end of 2011.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

So my estimate of 150,000 - 160,000 Tivo installs was almost bang on
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post3854.html

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I think they will hit 300,000 by the end of 2011.

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

The strong early demand for this service has exceeded our high expectations and
by the end of the quarter we had 162,900 TiVo customers, more than four times the number of customers with which we
entered the quarter.

We are seeing this demand for TiVo from both new and existing customers, with around one third of
all TiVo subscribers being new to Virgin Media. Growth has continued strongly in October, and we had 222,000 TiVo
customers as of 26(th) October.

So between October 1st and near the end of october they got another 60,000 TiVo customers. If that rate continues in the next 2 months. They will have roughly 342,000 TiVo customers at the end of the year.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

So between October 1st and near the end of october they got another 60,000 TiVo customers. If that rate continues in the next 2 months. They will have roughly 342,000 TiVo customers at the end of the year.

These are very impressive numbers for the Tivo and remember we have only scratched the surface so far as there are many more things yet to come to the Tivo.

[HD Boy]

Offer available to new XL, XXL and 100Mb customers, and to existing XL, XXL and 100Mb customers on signing up to a new 12-month contract. Free Spotify Premium period lasts six months from the date you register for it through My Virgin Media. At the end of the free period, your Spotify service will automatically downgrade to Spotify Open (an ad-supported service) unless you tell us that you wish to pay for Spotify Premium in which case the monthly payments will be added to your Virgin Media bill. (Spotify Premium usually retails for £9.99 a month.) Offer ends 31st March 2012 (or earlier if demand is very high, in which case we will advise the new closing date on http://www.virginmedia.com/spotify. You will need to accept Spotify's terms and conditions of use when you register. For details go to http://www.spotify.com/uk/legal/.

http://shop.virginmedia.com/existing...broadband.html

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

http://shop.virginmedia.com/existing...broadband.html

l am more interested in Spotify coming to the Tivo then having it online.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

Chad your figures were way off I think they will hit 300,000+ by the end of 2011.

Oh well I stuck my neck out and made a predication and got it wrong, just like everyone else too! I’m one of the new TiVo customers myself, or at least I will be next week when it gets installed.

What impresses me is the following statement:

“We are seeing this demand for TiVo from both new and existing customers, with around one third of all TiVo subscribers being new to Virgin Media.�

I’m sure it’s in the figures somewhere but overall how many new TV customers did Virgin attract in the last quarter?

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Chad

Oh well I stuck my neck out and made a predication and got it wrong, just like everyone else too! I’m one of the new TiVo customers myself, or at least I will be next week when it gets installed.

What impresses me is the following statement:

“We are seeing this demand for TiVo from both new and existing customers, with around one third of all TiVo subscribers being new to Virgin Media.”

I’m sure it’s in the figures somewhere but overall how many new TV customers did Virgin attract in the last quarter?

The number of paying TV customers increased by 28,800; however churn in the lowest free “M” tier, with
34,500 net disconnections, meant the total TV customer base fell by 5,700 in the quarter.

page 5
http://investors.virginmedia.com/imagelibrary
/downloadmedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=1239

These 34,500 customers most likely went to Freeview or Freesat.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by denphone

l am more interested in Spotify coming to the Tivo then having it online.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24064...ing_users.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-the-race.html

New sign-ups to Spotify must be Facebook members.

So the big question is, how does this impact on the deal between Virgin and Spotify, if at all? If someone is interested in getting Spotify via Virgin, surely they won't be forced to open a Facebook account first?

It also looks like people with a Smart TV, with access to the Facebook app will be able to access their Spotify account / tunes via the Facebook website.

It would appear selling Spotify as an app to TiVo customers is going to be more challenging than Virgin thought?

[HD Boy]

You will soon be able to enjoy Spotify on your TV too, exclusively with Virgin Media: TiVo® Service. If you’re on Spotify Premium, press Home on your TiVo remote, go to Apps and Games and you’ll find Spotify. All your playlists and favourites will be there, and you can browse for and star music as normal. We think it’s the best way to listen to music through your TV, ever.

http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadban...s/spotify.html
When you press more info no more info about spotify appears. I think the Tivo update will start to be rolled out very very soon.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

http://shop.virginmedia.com/broadban...s/spotify.html
When you press more info it no more info about spotify. I think the Tivo update will start to be rolled out very very soon.

But did they not say when the Tivo Spotify app arrives we will have a great offer for customers when it arrives sometime in the future.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Chad

So the big question is, how does this impact on the deal between Virgin and Spotify, if at all? If someone is interested in getting Spotify via Virgin, surely they won't be forced to open a Facebook account first?

No they won't. Virgin customers can still sign up using the old method if they don't want to use their Facebook details. Of course if they do want to use their Facebook details, that will also be possible

This is if they specifically sign up via Virgin Media though.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

No they won't

Do we have to be a member of Spotify online Ben before we have access to the Tivo Spotify app.

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by denphone

But did they not say when the Tivo Spotify app arrives we will have a great offer for customers when it arrives sometime in the future.

It might be the first Tivo update

Spotify Support: We’ll support Spotify’s high quality streaming format, which will enable the Spotify Premium App on the TiVo platform.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...er/td-p/774391

With more feature updates to very soon after this update this year.
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/.../708349#M17554

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by denphone

Do we have to be a member of Spotify online Ben before we have access to the Tivo Spotify app.

I would expect so yes

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There a set of FAQs for VM Spotify options here (no TiVo stuff in there yet though)

Spotify through Virgin Media