General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well sadly they all put their prices up.

My response was in regard to new tv box mate.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

CNN HD is now testing on satellite in preparation for a full launch on the EPG.

The picture quality is said to be one of the best with regards to the HD channels.

CNN SD is FTA, I don't know if the HD variant will be pay or not, but I doubt it (the tests are certainly FTA).

Does anyone know if this new channel is coming to VM?

Edit: Just found out that ITVBe HD and CITV HD are testing on satellite too.

We already have ITVBe HD anyway don't we, so I wonder if we will get CITV HD too?

With virgin media we never know. Channels can launch at start or with exclusive deals can take 3 years. It also comes down to new carriage deals and when they are due.

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Originally Posted by 1701-e

Coming soon - a price hike for some.

Sky has increased the cost for Sky Movies and Sky Sports to their customers including us, and unfortunately this means we’re having to pass on the increase to our customers too, from June 1st 2016.

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...s/td-p/3093739

Sadly this is what happens and it affect sky customers as well, I think on sky it's a £3.50 increase but i could be wrong on this

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Anymore info on the software update

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

With virgin media we never know. Channels can launch at start or with exclusive deals can take 3 years. It also comes down to new carriage deals and when they are due.

Sadly this is what happens and it affect sky customers as well, I think on sky it's a £3.50 increase but i could be wrong on this.

I expect CNN is not part of a deal but has just paid market rates for the EPG slots and satellite capacity.

The Sky price increases are detailed in a table at the end of this article:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/new...a-year-for-sky

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

My response was in regard to new tv box mate.

lol.

[theone2k10]

Imo with bt now offering 55mbs on their infinity1 as a entry point vm need to start rethinking their prices, although vm is still cheaper than BT BT do provide much faster upload speeds on their entry fibre product and now faster download too.
BT upgraded my speeds today although i had to recontract but i kept the discount.

[denphone]

l would not touch BT with a bargepole but that's only my opinion as others might think differently.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by denphone

l would not touch BT with a bargepole but that's only my opinion as others might think differently.

Same here Den , had nothing but bad experiences with BT going back over many years.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by denphone

l would not touch BT with a bargepole but that's only my opinion as others might think differently.

I'm the same regarding vm i was going to resign up to vm but remembered way i was treated by them so decided not too.
So far not had any probs with BT.

[RichardCoulter]

Same here with Sky; I would genuinely do without pay television if they were the only provider and have used various methods to stop others from signing up too. They thought they were being clever; but it's cost them much, much more in the long run over the past 15 years.

I suppose it just shows that it depends which member of staff you get as to how it's dealt with.

I will never let Sky make a profit out of me again after the way I was treated following a bereavement, i've never had a problem with BT and have had some problems with VM which were quickly resolved by senior management.

To weed out the bad staff, perhaps companies should monitor who dealt with the customer (and how it was dealt with) in the period leading up to any cancellation??

[Media Boy UK]

Here an photo of CNN HD testing on Sky:

http://s31.postimg.org/82edcqny3/IMG...419_161811.jpg

Here an photo not in HD:

http://s31.postimg.org/42hbuqa4b/IMG...419_161858.jpg

[denphone]

Coming soon l gather to Virgins platform.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by denphone

Coming soon l gather to Virgins platform.

Only the new QVC Channels is set to launch soon on Virgin Media UK (Testing right now).

Also Sky Movies Greats will be back on April 26th (Info from What on TV).

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Here an photo of CNN HD testing on Sky:

http://s31.postimg.org/82edcqny3/IMG...419_161811.jpg

Here an photo not in HD:

http://s31.postimg.org/42hbuqa4b/IMG...419_161858.jpg

I believe there is also a Sky UHD test up also.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I believe there is also a Sky UHD test up also.

We only saw tests for CNN HD.

But does this really matter as this is for virgin media not what is coming or testing on sky

[Media Boy UK]

Just confirmed - Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol. 2 will launch on May 2nd after 4pm only on Cable Forum.