General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

[BexTech]

Originally Posted by passingbat

We'd have more recording capacity on our current boxes.


I mean, with all this unmissable (cough) content on TLC, we're gonna need it [COLOR="Silver"]

Yes, at least when recording in HD it would take up less space on the HDD if we moved all the HD channels to MPEG4.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by jj20x

Thanks, December 2010 to March 2011.. it didn't last for long.

Rumours reported in May 2011 at Zing was remove after SIX months on Telewest due to Zee who did not want Zing to be on the lower packages on Virgin Media.

And Zee signed an six month deal in November 2010 to given Zee and Virgin more time to work on the longer deal for Zing.

Zing launches tomorrow on the M+, L and XL Packages.

[weegiegeek]

True, that'd be the only real advantage. More recording capacity.

Saying that, it'd be an advantage to the customer, it'd cost VM a fair bit, and I doubt most customers build up such a recorded backlog that it'd make that much of a difference. We're talking about maybe halving the bitrate.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by weegiegeek

and I doubt most customers build up such a recorded backlog that it'd make that much of a difference. .

Currently 89% full on my lounge 1tb box!

[weegiegeek]

Perhaps, but how much of that is stuff you'll actually get round to watching? It'd make more sense for VM to offer 2TB, 3TB or 4TB Tivos for the people who want them, for a fee.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Just having a glance at the weeks listings on TLC and I can see this being added to my favourites certainly a go to channel , a few more shows that stand out are

Extreme Couponing
Last chance salon
17 kids and counting
Jon and Kate plus 8

I watched the programme on the opening night of TLC about the woman who eats cat hair that her cat has left behind on the sofa etc.

Not only that, but she actually licks the cat itself! She says that it helps her to bond with her cat as she is doing what the cats mother would do to it as a kitten.

There were some scenes where the cat was clearly telling her to pack it in.

Originally Posted by ChrisB74

Lol. Do the project teams who integrate new channels onto their platform ever do any testing! Just fire the whole lot as obviously completely incompetent. 100% record on messing up major HD launches - look good in yearly appraisal!

I have visions of VM calling Sky to complain that their digi box at the headend has not been upgraded to the Animal Planet HD package

Originally Posted by passingbat

And you wonder why VM seem reluctant to pre announce channel launches.

Who can blame them when people moan over something so petty as a few days delay for the odd channel?

I don't wonder why they are reluctant at all, as I have said on many occasions. It annoys me that they drip feed information about launches but don't allow the details to be released until the channels are active. What's the point?

Also it's not a case of moaning about a few days delay. They had to delay the ITV HD due to technical issues, you'd have thought that with that experience they would have tested a little earlier for this launch. Oh, you know, sometime before releasing the channel details to the press.

This isn't a new channel and testing could have started sooner, TLC HD, however, is a new channel from the same broadcaster and launched on VM without any "technical problems".... kinda odd dontchya think?

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Rumours reported in May 2011 at Zing was remove after SIX months on Telewest due to Zee who did not want Zing to be on the lower packages on Virgin Media.

And Zee signed an six month deal in November 2010 to given Zee and Virgin more time to work on the longer deal for Zing.

Zing launches tomorrow on the M+, L and XL Packages.

If it was added on December 1st and removed on April 1st as your links suggest, it survived for only 4 months, not 6.

It does strike me as odd that Zee only wanted it in the higher packages when it was FTA on satellite. Although B4U Music is also FTA on satellite and restricted to the Asian package on VM, so who knows?

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Err... the problem was found during testing. If they launched channels without testing them, that would be incompetent.

Indeed, it be like not correcting 4:3 aspect channels with the widescreen flag set on? e.g. TCM2 / Cartoonito.

...oh wait!

[nicknewark]

There could be a joke in there somewhere, regarding the woman licking or liking her cat!. I didn't see it!.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I have visions of VM calling Sky to complain that their digi box at the headend has not been upgraded to the Animal Planet HD package

Nope. There is no satellite decoder for this one. Animal Planet HD is received by landline.

Originally Posted by jj20x

This isn't a new channel and testing could have started sooner

Testing started as soon as the landline was available.

Originally Posted by jj20x

you'd have thought that with that experience they would have tested a little earlier for this launch. Oh, you know, sometime before releasing the channel details to the press.

Doing that would have delayed launch by weeks.

Originally Posted by jj20x

TLC HD, however, is a new channel from the same broadcaster and launched on VM without any "technical problems".... kinda odd dontchya think?

Not really. Every channel has its own broadcast equipment, that can be faulty or not.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

My biggest questions is - what news is there of BT Sports COMING.

www.virginmedia.com/btsport

Originally Posted by jj20x

Indeed, it be like not correcting 4:3 aspect channels with the widescreen flag set on? e.g. TCM2 / Cartoonito.

...oh wait!

TCM2 is set the way TCM want it to be set - VM aren't doing anything to it.

[paultrademark]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

www.virginmedia.com/btsport

So no news then, just another cheap PR shot by Virginmedia to harvest some contact details.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by paultrademark

So no news then, just another cheap PR shot by Virginmedia to harvest some contact details.

Or, you know, a way for VM to let people know when there is progress, without constant complaining that VM aren't letting people know when there is progress

[denphone]

Originally Posted by paultrademark

So no news then, just another cheap PR shot by Virginmedia to harvest some contact details.

Not really as its good to keep your customer's informed of what is happening.

[paultrademark]

So if I put an email address in there the only news I would get is about BT Sports?

I will test that theory and let you know, since there seems no opt out for other marketing.

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Originally Posted by denphone

Not really as its good to keep your customer's informed of what is happening.

Oh yeah lol cause we all know how good they are at that[COLOR="Silver"]

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[denphone]

It seems Virgin are in a no win situation with some customers as they are damned if they do or damned if they don't.