General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5. - Page 6

XxDanoxX · 01-10-2013, 22:48

......the bigger picture to this is there are a lot of people with far too much time on their hands.

howardmicks · 01-10-2013, 23:06

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Originally Posted by XxDanoxX

......the bigger picture to this is there are a lot of people with far too much time on their hands.

johnasimmons · 01-10-2013, 23:37

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Originally Posted by Dave42

now who you shooting at John

I haven't a clue

Media Boy UK · 02-10-2013, 00:06

I have been told tonight that the new BBC HD channels may launch by end of year.

Risco · 02-10-2013, 00:11

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

I have been told tonight that the new BBC HD channels may launch by end of year.

Great stuff!

Any news about Sky Sports F1HD and Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD?

Media Boy UK · 02-10-2013, 00:18

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Originally Posted by Risco

Great stuff!

Any news about Sky Sports F1HD and Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD?

No updates.

andy_m · 02-10-2013, 00:59

Media Boy I saw you saying you were considering changes to "coming soon" next year. Rather than be bound by dates, ie. changing every 3 months, what about changing when a certain number of pages are reached? That way if nothing is happening there'll be no need to start a new thread, even if that takes a few months.

Also, how good do you reckon your info is that Netflix will be in xl? I know you've said it's just a rumour.

Risco · 02-10-2013, 01:15

Noticed that iTV 2, 3 and 4 are broadcasting in dolby digital pretty sure this was not the case. Yet iTV still continues to broadcast in PCM.

Media Boy UK · 02-10-2013, 01:30

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Originally Posted by andy_m

Media Boy I saw you saying you were considering changes to "coming soon" next year. Rather than be bound by dates, ie. changing every 3 months, what about changing when a certain number of pages are reached? That way if nothing is happening there'll be no need to start a new thread, even if that takes a few months.

Thanks for your views.

Will think about it.

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Also, how good do you reckon your info is that Netflix will be in xl? I know you've said it's just a rumour.

20/80 will happen.

02-10-2013, 01:31

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Originally Posted by Dave42

now who you shooting at John

It must be target practice, he's had a quiet period.

Media Boy UK · 02-10-2013, 01:39

On this day (One off post):

-2003: NTL and Telewest both launch Sky Sports Xtra (Sky Sports 4) for the first time ever.

jagsman · 02-10-2013, 02:27

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that Netflix, will definitely be bundled with the XL package.

Why? Because it would be stupid of Virgin not to try and get this service in to its flagship package. And if they did try, it would be idiotic of Netflix to refuse to do a deal.

RichardCoulter · 02-10-2013, 03:47

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Originally Posted by MarkC1984

If Netflix does come to TiVo, might activate that again and cancel LoveFilm completely. How easy is it to cancel LF permanently?

I need to get some more posts on here to make the top posters list. As long as I am in the top 100 posters for the year I will be happy.

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Tell them you want to cancel then cancel the direct debit with your bank as well either online or in branch that way they can't get any more money from you

I remember seeing Lovefilm (on Watchdog I think It was) and their agents had been lying about the terms and conditions for the first free month and the cancellation policy.

The programme also exposed Lovefilm as employing tactics to try to stop or delay customers from cancelling.

To be fair, this was at least a year ago, so things might have improved since.

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Originally Posted by jagsman

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that Netflix, will definitely be bundled with the XL package.

Why? Because it would be stupid of Virgin not to try and get this service in to its flagship package. And if they did try, it would be idiotic of Netflix to refuse to do a deal.

I suspect that like, for example, ESPN, Netflix have worked out that it is more profitable and less exposed to customer churn to have a small cut of every XL fee, than to have a relatively small number of standalone subscribers.

Other benefits include better advertising revenue (if Netflix does have advertising) and income from customers (like myself) who would not think to subscribe to an online subscription service.

MutleyF · 02-10-2013, 08:50

Last time I cancelled from Lovefilm, I was on the phone to the agent for a good half hour trying patiently to cancel.

In the end, I had to tell him that my reasons for cancelling were nothing to do with him and put the phone down - most unlike me!

I still get letters and emails begging me to return at favourable rates

gizuk · 02-10-2013, 09:32

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Originally Posted by jagsman

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that Netflix, will definitely be bundled with the XL package.

Why? Because it would be stupid of Virgin not to try and get this service in to its flagship package. And if they did try, it would be idiotic of Netflix to refuse to do a deal.

This goes completely against what was on the Virgin website earlier in the week which said 6 months free when you sign up to XL.

The 6 months free offer also ties in with what happened with they Spotify deal.