General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by denphone

And one suspects Virgin will justify their recent price rise by saying we have added this for you at no extra cost...

The price rise to that will come soon

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by denphone

According to this there will be no repeat of the BBC having up to 24 channels of Olympic sport in cable and satellite homes this summer.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...2012-games-nbc

What that is saying is that the BBC won't have the extra 24 broadcast channels

But I personally think it's likely that as internet connected devices are much more widely available then they were 4 years ago, that the iPlayer / BBC Sport apps will be where the content will be found as they can access the online streams that the BBC have said they will do

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

What that is saying is that the BBC won't have the extra 24 broadcast channels

But I personally think it's likely that as internet connected devices are much more widely available then they were 4 years ago, that the iPlayer / BBC Sport apps will be where the content will be found as they can access the online streams that the BBC have said they will do

I think you're right.

With regard to the statement "Alongside its coverage on TV and radio and an expanded digital offering through its interactive red button service, each individual sport will be streamed online." I wonder how extensive the enhanced red button service will be and how this fits with the iPlayer?

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

What that is saying is that the BBC won't have the extra 24 broadcast channels

But I personally think it's likely that as internet connected devices are much more widely available then they were 4 years ago, that the iPlayer / BBC Sport apps will be where the content will be found as they can access the online streams that the BBC have said they will do

Again, the fly in the ointment about this situation is the loss of the ability to record the live content. OK, the London Olympics being our "home" games deserved the treatment it got, & I wouldn't expect Rio to get the same treatment, but I hope we will see several additional streams for Euro 2016, Rio, Wimledon & Glastonbury over the summer.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by nodrogd

Again, the fly in the ointment about this situation is the loss of the ability to record the live content. OK, the London Olympics being our "home" games deserved the treatment it got, & I wouldn't expect Rio to get the same treatment, but I hope we will see several additional streams for Euro 2016, Rio, Wimledon & Glastonbury over the summer.

You won't need to record it if it's on the BBC I-Player. Presumably they will retain the recordings for a few months at least, maybe a year.

[Derekb108]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I think you're right.

With regard to the statement "Alongside its coverage on TV and radio and an expanded digital offering through its interactive red button service, each individual sport will be streamed online." I wonder how extensive the enhanced red button service will be and how this fits with the iPlayer?

Why would the BBC do anything special, they're getting rid of it like all sports. They reckon sports isn't the future, but then again so is the future of the BBC....

[BenMcr]

It's not that the BBC don't want to do Sport, it's that the costs involved in buying commercial Sports rights are going up to a point where the BBC can't compete.

[denphone]

And also that their overall budget has been cut severely does not help either..

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

We need more streaming additions on the TiVo...

But if the support that they need slows down the TiVo, I think that they should wait until the new TiVo comes out or give us the ability to decide how many we want to download.

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Yes - As far as we know.

I thought so, but the TiVo manuals seem to suggest that this is not the case.

I would like to be able to record some things out of XL, downgrade and then view them later.

Originally Posted by nodrogd

Again, the fly in the ointment about this situation is the loss of the ability to record the live content. OK, the London Olympics being our "home" games deserved the treatment it got, & I wouldn't expect Rio to get the same treatment, but I hope we will see several additional streams for Euro 2016, Rio, Wimledon & Glastonbury over the summer.

AFAIK, the old BBC3 capacity will be used, at least in the short term, for a red button service.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I thought so, but the TiVo manuals seem to suggest that this is not the case.

I would like to be able to record some things out of XL, downgrade and then view them later.

It is only the Sky channels that have the recording restriction on them

Why can't I play back some recordings?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by denphone

And also that their overall budget has been cut severely does not help either..

Totally agree - frozen licence fee but content costs especially sport growing hugely all the time.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You won't need to record it if it's on the BBC I-Player. Presumably they will retain the recordings for a few months at least, maybe a year.

Agreed but maybe not that long; the IOC will want to sell its Rio de Janeiro Olympics highlights DVDs at Christmas.

[mike_gain]

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes it would be nice to have that but its highly unlikely that would arrive one would say Andrew.

I'd be careful making Amazon Prime Video related predictions. What happens is usually the opposite of what is predicted.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by mike_gain

I'd be careful making Amazon Prime Video related predictions. What happens is usually the opposite of what is predicted.

We have not seen anything further on Amazon instant video as of yet, wuaki has been mentioned but we think this one is a wind up as it would collide with VMs own ppv movie service.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by mike_gain

I'd be careful making Amazon Prime Video related predictions. What happens is usually the opposite of what is predicted.

Yes predictions are one thing as we know but actual reality is another.

[mike_gain]

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes predictions are one thing as we know but actual reality is another.

Reality is all about perspective ;-)