General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4. - Page 29

ocav · 09-08-2013, 20:46

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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

It all depends how stubborn BT are and how long they are prepared to have their shows watched by not very many people.

Clare Baldings 'flagship' sports show last night got an average of 1000 viewers.

We'll have to see how the PL matches pan out for them.

oh dear...

colin25 · 09-08-2013, 20:50

Personally, i think Sky Atlantic and BT sports are over rated

No real need for Virgin to get them

Dave42 · 09-08-2013, 20:51

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Originally Posted by colin25

Personally, i think Sky Atlantic and BT sports are over rated

No real need for Virgin to get them

SA is most over rated channel EVER and I only want bt sport for the premier league football but know where to look if BT wont do a deal

howardmicks · 09-08-2013, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Dave42

SA is most over rated channel EVER and I only want bt sport for the premier league football

Well if what bt are telling customers you have a long wait bud,talks stopped last week and o talks have taken place this week and 100% guarantee that they will not be on vm at the start of premiership I was told today heard it with my own ears

colin25 · 09-08-2013, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Dave42

SA is most over rated channel EVER and I only want bt sport for the premier league football but know where to look if BT wont do a deal

Not interested in the FA cup? Or Italian, french and german leagues? Or Europa cup?

Just curious, if you actually mean, only premier league

denphone · 09-08-2013, 20:56

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Originally Posted by colin25

Personally, i think Sky Atlantic and BT sports are over rated

No real need for Virgin to get them

Says he thy defender of the dark side.

Dave42 · 09-08-2013, 20:56

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Originally Posted by colin25

Not interested in the FA cup? Or Italian, french and german leagues? Or Europa cup?

Just curious, if you actually mean, only premier league

aye watching Bayern game

denphone · 09-08-2013, 20:57

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

Well if what bt are telling customers you have a long wait bud,talks stopped last week and o talks have taken place this week and 100% guarantee that they will not be on vm at the start of premiership I was told today heard it with my own ears

Don't believe everything you hear Howard.

colin25 · 09-08-2013, 20:57

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Originally Posted by Dave42

aye watching Bayern game

and that game is looking one-sided...2-0

Dave42 · 09-08-2013, 20:58

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Originally Posted by colin25

and that game is looking one-sided...2-0

aye and typical I missed goals checking here

colin25 · 09-08-2013, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Dave42

aye and typical I missed goals checking here

lol...done that before

Anypermitedroute · 09-08-2013, 21:04

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

Well if what bt are telling customers you have a long wait bud,talks stopped last week and o talks have taken place this week and 100% guarantee that they will not be on vm at the start of premiership I was told today heard it with my own ears

I kind of believe them as much as I believe VM customer service, they are there to provide propaganda to their own stables.

I do believe it will come unlike SA, the content themselves (PL, Rugby) will not be too chuff they are being used as a political weapon in broadband, their interest is to be seen by many people as possible

This is different to sky SA where content provider HBO Would like this as creates interest to buy directly from them I.e. blu ray and DVD, ask yourself this are you more likely to get GoT box set because you heard its good or copy of a 2-0 game that was on saturday afternoon. I love my sport but I bought season 1&2 of GoT as it was the only way I coud see it and I don't regret and I'm sure HBO are happy I got it this way as well.

I know this creates the debate of who wants what but if we look from the other spectrum in terms of provide of content as above who got more to lose?

That's why I believe BT (or at least the option to obtain )will be there before start of both rugby and PL

howardmicks · 09-08-2013, 21:09

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Originally Posted by denphone

Don't believe everything you hear Howard.

I don't bud,but that goes same way with vm and sky.Vm need to respond or at least say something that's the problem they ain't and all we are getting is copy and paste messages on twitter and Facebook

colin25 · 09-08-2013, 21:10

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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute

I kind of believe them as much as I believe VM customer service, they are there to provide propaganda to their own stables.

I do believe it will come unlike SA, the content themselves (PL, Rugby) will not be too chuff they are being used as a political weapon in broadband, their interest is to be seen by many people as possible

This is different to sky SA where content provider HBO Would like this as creates interest to buy directly from them I.e. blu ray and DVD, ask yourself this are you more likely to get GoT box set because you heard its good or copy of a 2-0 game that was on saturday afternoon. I love my sport but I bought season 1&2 of GoT as it was the only way I coud see it and I don't regret and I'm sure HBO are happy I got it this way as well.

I know this creates the debate of who wants what but if we look from the other spectrum in terms of provide of content as above who got more to lose?

That's why I believe BT (or at least the option to obtain )will be there before start of both rugby and PL

I disagree about
"the content themselves (PL, Rugby) will not be too chuff they are being used as a political weapon in broadband, their interest is to be seen by many people as possible"
If that was their intention, they would not have sold to the highest bidder. they could easily have chosen a lower price, if more people were guaranteed to see their product.

But, they were shouting "show us the MONEY!, showwww us the MONEYYY!"

Anypermitedroute · 09-08-2013, 21:18

True Colin25 I cannot dispute the higher amount but would they realise that viewers via VM and Youview would now have disruption to premier league watching because of BT bidding. I guess it would be in the contracts I don't know just my feeling this was a bid to broadcast not for exclusivity of selected platforms

Maybe a lesson learned from them that as part of invitation to bid for rights they must allow all people the opportunity to view (e.g. Subscription) regardless of platform they use