General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Horizon

...that's how I see it too. But, if could go the other way. Liberty buys tivo.

From what I can gather, Liberty have invested substantial money in Horizon over the past 12 to 24 months. They've not long started to roll it out accross Europe, which will continue for about another 6 months. I can't see them dropping Horizon or trying to buy TiVo.

From the limited info I've seen so far, Horizon looks like it's got the potential surpass what TiVo has to offer. Sadly it looks like TiVo's latest stay in the UK will be a short one.

[Horizon]

I agree, but the only thing at the back of my mind is the eventual demise of the stb and pvr and all services being transferred to the cloud. Then, its just a case of which service is better.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Horizon

I agree, but the only thing at the back of my mind is the eventual demise of the stb and pvr and all services being transferred to the cloud. Then, its just a case of which service is better.

Wait a minute I've just noticed something strange. Are you an inside man for UPC? Are you a real person or a next gen PVR

[harry_hitch]

Interesting news!!! Do I remember correctly that UPC Ireland have Sky Sports News and a few other HD channels VM do not have? Will be interesting to see how this deal pans out over the next few months, and if the future owners will thrash out similar deals for us. What better way to tempt customers over to the future new company than with a launch of a load of new HD channels:-)

[Media Boy UK]

FT.com: Disney eyes UK exit for ESPN.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c4bee40-6...#axzz2K4tK3uBf

Just read that Liberty also own the CBS UK channels, though renaming it to Virgin Action might be a bad decision.

[Media Boy UK]

Full channel lineup from an local Cable network own by Liberty - UPC Ireland.

http://www.upc.ie/television/

[Horizon]

VM has just announced on their website, that subject to shareholder approval, that Liberty Global will buy Virgin Media.

Liberty Global will become a subsidary of a new UK company and the Virgin Media name will remain.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Just read that Liberty also own the CBS UK channels, though renaming it to Virgin Action might be a bad decision.

They also run the UK channel of Food Network for Food Network.

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Originally Posted by Horizon

VM has just announced on their website, that subject to shareholder approval, that Liberty Global will buy Virgin Media.

Liberty Global will become a subsidary of a new UK company and the Virgin Media name will remain.

Where I cant see it.

Few links at http://investors.virginmedia.com

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

FT.com: Disney eyes UK exit for ESPN.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c4bee40-6...#axzz2K4tK3uBf

Yes that's inevitable now.

[sminkypinky]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Just read that Liberty also own the CBS UK channels, though renaming it to Virgin Action might be a bad decision.

I don't know, the movie of the same name wasn't all that bad

[andy_m]

Another solid set of figures, with Berkett giving the credit to superfast broadband and TiVo. I can't see TiVo going just yet when it's one of the reasons that Virgin has become attractive to Liberty. Obviously in the longer term the Liberty box will be the replacement for the TiVo, but then they were always going to have to do something new after 5 to 10 years. For now I think the TiVo roll out has gone too far, and been too successful, for it to come to an abrupt end.

[huxleypiguk]

Notice that UPC Ireland doesn't have Sky Atlantic. Wouldn't mind the RTE channels, might get some Hurling back on the TV again.

Seriously I can't see much happening in the short term, but five years hence the IP world will be a lot different and who knows how we will view our tele.

[oxfordmark]

Very exciting times ahead. Will we see another rebrand?