General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor

Formula 1 in 4K on Sky
http://www.whathifi.com/news/sky-con...ge-formula-1-2
Coming soon to Virgin Media in about 5 years time?

Yes but at what cost ?

Sky Q Silver is £54 rising in June to £56
Sky Sports is £25.50 rising in June to £27.50

£83.50 a month is getting a little silly just for TV

[nialli]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yes but at what cost ?

Sky Q Silver is £54 rising in June to £56
Sky Sports is £25.50 rising in June to £27.50

£83.50 a month is getting a little silly just for TV

I fully agree - Sky may try to sweeten the deal with discounted broadband but it's getting too expensive for many now.
My concern is that they'll jack up the price of Now TV, too, which so far has proven reasonable, even with Sky Sports (the Sky Sports day pass is £6.99 or less).

[Chad]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yes but at what cost ?

Sky Q Silver is £54 rising in June to £56
Sky Sports is £25.50 rising in June to £27.50

£83.50 a month is getting a little silly just for TV

It is getting outrageous, that's pushing £2.75 per day. I've scoffed at the idea before but maybe services like TalkTalkTV Store, which charges between £1.89 & £2.49 for the latest episodes of shows, is a more viable option? Even minus SKY Sports your £56 for Sky Q Silver will buy you 29 episodes of the latest shows in SD, or 22 episodes in HD from TalkTalkTV Store. Worth considering. Freeview, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, NOW TV and TalkTalkTV Store would cover everything we watch in our house at a fraction of the cost.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Chad

It is getting outrageous, that's pushing £2.75 per day. I've scoffed at the idea before but maybe services like TalkTalkTV Store, which charges between £1.89 & £2.49 for the latest episodes of shows, is a more viable option? Even minus SKY Sports your £56 for Sky Q Silver will buy you 29 episodes of the latest shows in SD, or 22 episodes in HD from TalkTalkTV Store. Worth considering. Freeview, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, NOW TV and TalkTalkTV Store would cover everything we watch in our house at a fraction of the cost.

Have Sky now stopped giving discounts to get people to stay?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yes but at what cost ?

Sky Q Silver is £54 rising in June to £56
Sky Sports is £25.50 rising in June to £27.50

£83.50 a month is getting a little silly just for TV

Sky is now offering different products for different markets. Sky doesn't expect everyone to get Sky Q Silver 4k but there are some who will buy it. Sky Plus is Sky's mainstream offering whilst Now TV appeals to the budget conscious who don't mind the absence of high definition services.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Have Sky now stopped giving discounts to get people to stay?

Not as far as I know. I got a new 50% off discount about 6 weeks ago.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Chad

Not as far as I know. I got a new 50% off discount about 6 weeks ago.

Cheers. Are you finding it poor value, even with the discount?

I know a fair few who have cancelled Sky and now get by with their own PVR along with Freeview, Freesat and Now TV.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

The channel guide (last updated Feb 2016) says that Nollywood is a premium channel, it doesn't say how much it is though.

I've known channels to be FTA on satellite, but in a pay package on VM eg Horror channel used to be in XL, but is FTA on satellite.

However, i've never known a premium channel go FTA on satellite and it remain premium on VM.

I don't think Nollywood is on Freeview*, so I doubt it'll go into M, possibly More TV , more likely M+.

*M package channels tend to mirror Freeview on VM, but if the channels that are FTA on satellite were to be included too, I think that this would be a really good selling point to get TiVo into more homes.

Now been advised that Nollywood will go into M+ from 1/4/16.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Sky is now offering different products for different markets. Sky doesn't expect everyone to get Sky Q Silver 4k but there are some who will buy it. Sky Plus is Sky's mainstream offering whilst Now TV appeals to the budget conscious who don't mind the absence of high definition services.

I'm well aware of that Andrew , even with Sky+ The Complete bundle after the rise will sell at £80. Value for money

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Cheers. Are you finding it poor value, even with the discount?

I know a fair few who have cancelled Sky and now get by with their own PVR along with Freeview, Freesat and Now TV.

They are all the same , VM are just as expensive and BT's offering is generally light on the ground with the pay channels most of which we rarely watch.

[Twig The Wonder]

All the things we know about that new TiVo box is still under DNP (Updated tonight).

which is convenient isn't it. I guess you'll give us an exclusive when it's already in the public domain.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

Does anyone know, if VM plan to have all the True channels on the system.

[Aguero9320]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Does anyone know, if VM plan to have all the True channels on the system.

Highly doubt it. Would be a welcome addition though.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Does anyone know, if VM plan to have all the True channels on the system.

Yes they do hopefully when new deal is in place, MB will know a bit more when current deal expires.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

MB. Can you please explain something.
Surely, if a new channel comes onto the True channel network, surely it must go onto the VM system.

I know for a fact that True Channels, now have TWO channels that are NOT on the VM system.

True Movies 2, and Crime.

These channels are on other networks. So l cannot why VM cannot put them on now. VM are quick enough to put on 'crap' channels, that no one will watch.

Keep up the good work MB

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

MB. Can you please explain something.
Surely, if a new channel comes onto the True channel network, surely it must go onto the VM system.

I know for a fact that True Channels, now have TWO channels that are NOT on the VM system.

True Movies 2, and Crime.

These channels are on other networks. So l cannot why VM cannot put them on now. VM are quick enough to put on 'crap' channels, that no one will watch.

Keep up the good work MB

In a nutshell no just because a network launches a new channel it doesn't mean vm or sky etc will automatically get it, it is all down to what contracts and deals are in place.
VM at the moment it seems clearly couldn't care less about their tv side of things and i think it will get worse before getting better.

[denphone]

Well that's a pretty pessimistic outlook on this stormy Easter Monday...