Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
03-10-2013, 15:30
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
anythings happen next week.i should be getting a tivo box by end of october or being of novemrber 
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03-10-2013, 15:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
You will certainly enjoy having a state of the art TiVo STB as its a world away from what came before it.
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03-10-2013, 15:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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anythings happen next week.i should be getting a tivo box by end of october or being of novemrber |
As of today nothing has been set to launch next week.
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03-10-2013, 15:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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As of today nothing has been set to launch next week.
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cool media boy
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how long have sky and virgin been in talks for new channels
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03-10-2013, 15:54
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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As of today nothing has been set to launch next week.
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Unless the Government pass a law forcing VM to carry Premier Sports 
http://www.apprlg.org.uk/_blog/APPRL...remier-sports/
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03-10-2013, 16:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
Premier Sports is it any good.never seen a program from them.is it in HD ?
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03-10-2013, 16:18
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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What a joke.
What next - telling Sky to give all their HD Channels to other broadcasters?
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cool media boy
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how long have sky and virgin been in talks for new channels
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Over two months.
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Premier Sports is it any good.never seen a program from them.is it in HD ?
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No.
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03-10-2013, 16:22
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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What a joke.
What next - telling Sky to give all their HD Channels to other broadcasters?
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Over two months.
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two months not that long, christ virgin have been in talks with Premier Sports for three years.not bother then if its not in HD
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03-10-2013, 16:28
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
Forgive those who want it but what is Premier about Premier Sports. Their name is surely inaccurate?
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03-10-2013, 16:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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Rugby League is crap, Union on the other hand is far better! None of the crappy 5 tackle rule! I blame the RFL for selling to such a small operation. I certainly would not pay, it does not even do HD!
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03-10-2013, 16:45
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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MP's have written to the CEO of VM calling for the company to carry Premier Sports as a matter of urgency (before the end of this month) in time for the rugby world cup.
VM have a large customer base in the north where this sport is popular and the members of parliament think that VM should carry the channel as 3 years of negotiations have come to nothing.
Does anybody think that this will mean Premier Sports arrives on VM?
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Lets just get the facts right first.
Its actually a chairman of the Rugby Parliamentary Group who just happens to be an MP, it is not coming from the MP as an MP, its coming from an MP as a Chairman of a Rugby Union Group.
It wont make any difference, thats like a TV Producer selling his content to Sky Atlantic and then saying "oh id like to see your channel on Virgin", unless they said "we wont sell you the rights unless you become available on Virgin" nothing is likely to happen.
The Rugby Parliamentary Group are just using the letters M & P to make the story appear to be a powerful message in the hope customers will get angry at VM for not making it available.
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03-10-2013, 16:55
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
I think League is far superior but would not denigrate the other code just because I do not like it.
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03-10-2013, 17:02
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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I think League is far superior but would not denigrate the other code just because I do not like it.
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03-10-2013, 19:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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"It makes note of the market Virgin Media enjoys in the north of England, rugby league’s heartland, and states “rugby league is one of the UK’s biggest sports, and to not have its world championships available to as wide an audience as possible in the host nation is lamentable.”
"We know there are commercial aspects, but it is appalling that such an important event such as the Rugby League World Cup is simply not available as broadly as possible – particularly in the host nation.”
Instead of trying to make Virgin Media the villain of the piece, maybe Greg Mulholland should ask why the Rugby League sold their rights back in April to a niche tin can broadcaster in the first place. As stated in his letter, the Rugby League knew at the time Premier Sports had been up and running for almost 3 years without a carriage deal with Virgin Media. Why did they think this would suddenly change?
They only have themselves to blame for narrowing the potential viewing audience. Happy to take the money but no the consequences.
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03-10-2013, 19:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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"It makes note of the market Virgin Media enjoys in the north of England, rugby league’s heartland, and states “rugby league is one of the UK’s biggest sports, and to not have its world championships available to as wide an audience as possible in the host nation is lamentable.”
"We know there are commercial aspects, but it is appalling that such an important event such as the Rugby League World Cup is simply not available as broadly as possible – particularly in the host nation.”
Instead of trying to make Virgin Media the villain of the piece, maybe Greg Mulholland should ask why the Rugby League sold their rights back in April to a niche tin can broadcaster in the first place. As stated in his letter, the Rugby League knew at the time Premier Sports had been up and running for almost 3 years without a carriage deal with Virgin Media. Why did they think this would suddenly change?
They only have themselves to blame for narrowing the potential viewing audience. Happy to take the money but no the consequences.
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Surely the answer if they are that worried about is to let BBC or ITV have it free to air instead of trying to make as much profit as they can.
May help the minority sport get more punters through the door, runs and hides 
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