Sky Anytime

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by city3000

It would be nice if there was a "new" section in the Sky Movies on Demand menu when searching through my TV.

I agree.

Hmmmm, I seem to remember you are supposed to be banned. Obviously we overlooked something. Corrected.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Hmmmm, I seem to remember you are supposed to be banned. Obviously we overlooked something. Corrected.

i thought something didnt seesm right when i saw his name eariler today thats why i havnt posted. Will he return thou that is the £1 million question. Anyway, i am really hoping Sky Anytime gets HD content soon

[Felim_Doyle]

I have to say that I have been put off using Sky Anytime in On Demand because of the unreliability with the few series that I have tried to follow on it. There have been missing episodes, episodes that came and went within a day or so and duplicated episodes.

It's even worse now that I find that there is a disparity between platforms with the BBC iPlayer content too. I felt sure I could rely on the consistency of this but have been surprised that some series on the on-line iPlayer are not available on the VM OD version.

Seemingly there are problems with the uploads from both the BBC and Sky but VM aren't taking an active interest in pursuing the selective uploading from the BBC and the failures in uploading from Sky.

I'm not entirely convinced that this is how the mechanism works. Do VM really store the programmes from the other broadcasters on their local hardware and expire them on the appointed date?

Never mind the quality, where's the content? If all of the SD content was there then HD would be a bonus so let's get the supply mechanism working first!

When will On Demand integrate with Explore This Show listings? So far only films seem to.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

I have to say that I have been put off using Sky Anytime in On Demand because of the unreliability with the few series that I have tried to follow on it. There have been missing episodes, episodes that came and went within a day or so and duplicated episodes.

It's even worse now that I find that there is a disparity between platforms with the BBC iPlayer content too. I felt sure I could rely on the consistency of this but have been surprised that some series on the on-line iPlayer are not available on the VM OD version.

Seemingly there are problems with the uploads from both the BBC and Sky but VM aren't taking an active interest in pursuing the selective uploading from the BBC and the failures in uploading from Sky.

I'm not entirely convinced that this is how the mechanism works. Do VM really store the programmes from the other broadcasters on their local hardware and expire them on the appointed date?

Never mind the quality, where's the content? If all of the SD content was there then HD would be a bonus so let's get the supply mechanism working first!

When upload fails are spotted, they are corrected. Depends where the fault happens, sometimes can be a local headend copy failure.

VM have rights for so many days for programmes/series, they do expire and have to be removed.

[trickytree]

Originally Posted by nstokes

i thought something didnt seesm right when i saw his name eariler today thats why i havnt posted. Will he return thou that is the £1 million question. Anyway, i am really hoping Sky Anytime gets HD content soon

He got caught out registering a new account a few weeks ago on the official forums.
I said I wondered where Gerald had got to but seems he had popped up again as another account.
A Virgin employee asked if he was the same person and about a day later he seemed to be gone and all his 'new' posts also.
My comments pointing out it was him were also deleted!

Anyway to keep on topic......the missing HD and the still missing content compared to the real Sky version need sorting and once that happens it will be amazing

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by trickytree

He got caught out registering a new account a few weeks ago on the official forums.
I said I wondered where Gerald had got to but seems he had popped up again as another account.
A Virgin employee asked if he was the same person and about a day later he seemed to be gone and all his 'new' posts also.
My comments pointing out it was him were also deleted!

Anyway to keep on topic......the missing HD and the still missing content compared to the real Sky version need sorting and once that happens it will be amazing

Oh i see. That makes sense.

I would be could as well if they could add old F1 races and maybe highlights of them on Sky Anytime as well when the actaul channels launches. It would be good to see some of the old great races again

[thunderlips]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Hmmmm, I seem to remember you are supposed to be banned. Obviously we overlooked something. Corrected.

whats HD boy banned for ? didnt he used to give out information on his own blog ?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

whats HD boy banned for ? didnt he used to give out information on his own blog ?

You are getting confused with the legendary Media Boy and his blogs.

[thunderlips]

my mistake ! lol

[trickytree]

His second account was Buddie Boy on the official forums but he was swiftly booted from there also.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by trickytree

Anyway to keep on topic......the missing HD and the still missing content compared to the real Sky version need sorting and once that happens it will be amazing

Looking at the VM Sky Anytime offering it would appear that VM content is from Sky Anytime+ which has HD movies but nothing whatsoever now in the entertainment , the official line from Sky is over the coming months HD content will be added to Anytime+ starting with Sky One content. Sky customers get their HD content delivered via satellite (no downloading to be done) on Sky Anytime however I would also like to see HD added to Anytime+.

[Tricky Trevor]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

When upload fails are spotted, they are corrected. Depends where the fault happens, sometimes can be a local headend copy failure.

VM have rights for so many days for programmes/series, they do expire and have to be removed.

I noticed that some of the 3D content has been taken of over the last month with more to be removed this coming week. (ESPN X Games)

There will be nothing left at this rate unless new stuff gets added.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Looking at the VM Sky Anytime offering it would appear that VM content is from Sky Anytime+ which has HD movies but nothing whatsoever now in the entertainment , the official line from Sky is over the coming months HD content will be added to Anytime+ starting with Sky One content. Sky customers get their HD content delivered via satellite (no downloading to be done) on Sky Anytime however I would also like to see HD added to Anytime+.

For the channels that Virgin Media carry (Sky1, Sky Living, Sky Arts, Sky News, Sky Movies & Sky Sports) ‘Sky Anytime On Virgin Media’ carries most of the programmes as the Sky Anytime and Sky Anytime+ service on the Sky Platform. There may be a very small number of exceptions owing to some rights clearances.

http://help.virginmedia.com/system/s...MER_TYPE=Cable