Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
28-12-2017, 13:46
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
A) We launch this thread due to Media Boy HQ not being online on New Years Day.
B) Our Sources told us Sky Atlantic may appear on Virgin Media UK by mid 2018 but NOT in HD.
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See post one.
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We feel some channels from Sony, UKTV, CBS and Discovery channels will be axe in 2018.
We also feel Discovery may relaunch Travel Channel and DMAX as an one channel brand called "Alaska TV" after the takeover passed of Discovery's takeover of Scripps Networks Interactive.
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Interesting, thank you!
It would be nice to get Sky Atlantic sooner rather than later, although I thought it may not be until the spring of 2019. I shall be glad to be proved wrong on that.
As for the channel being in SD only - what a bunch of prats Sky are!
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Not really sure what your point is here - regardless of whether they have been on before, they were worth watching, and not on BBC1.
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Sorry, Paul, I wasn't criticising your choice of viewing. They are good enough films. My point was that there was virtually no original material on the pay TV channels on Christmas Day.
It is right that there should always be repeats that people can watch, but that is all we had! Over all those channels, I expect better.
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28-12-2017, 14:30
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Is Freesports expected to launch sometime in 2018?
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28-12-2017, 14:43
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Is Freesports expected to launch sometime in 2018?
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We have not seen anything.
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28-12-2017, 15:12
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Is Freesports expected to launch sometime in 2018?
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Not seen anything our side as of yet.
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28-12-2017, 15:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
A) We launch this thread due to Media Boy HQ not being online on New Years Day.
B) Our Sources told us Sky Atlantic may appear on Virgin Media UK by mid 2018 but NOT in HD.
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See post one.
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We feel some channels from Sony, UKTV, CBS and Discovery channels will be axe in 2018.
We also feel Discovery may relaunch Travel Channel and DMAX as an one channel brand called "Alaska TV" after the takeover passed of Discovery's takeover of Scripps Networks Interactive.
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It's says the Irish rebrand is to be confirmed, so I was confirming it for you
If the new Virgin news, sport and childrens channels do start, I wonder what they will call their children's channel?
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28-12-2017, 16:37
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Not really sure what your point is here - regardless of whether they have been on before, they were worth watching, and not on BBC1.
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Not from my point of view, it has to be an exceptional film for me to watch it more than once - neither of those fall into that category.
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28-12-2017, 16:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Actually, I would say there has been very little worth watching over the Christmas period - and things I might watch I have seen before.
Broadcasters take the easy way out and show old programs or rubbish
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That's exactly how we feel in our house.
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28-12-2017, 17:13
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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That's exactly how we feel in our house.
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Agreed here too. As more and more people realise they are being sold short, they will ditch the broadcast channels in favour of streaming services, which give them much more choice and at less cost.
The broadcasters are indeed lazy. To be honest, I find that the main FREE terrestrial channels (BBC, ITV and Channel 4) have a better choice of programmes than any of the non-premium PAY TV channels. That is scandalous and it really makes me mad.
The only reason I continue to subscribe is because of the one or two good dramas that they spread thinly across the channels, but when I think of the money I could save by not having them...
I will give it another couple of years, I think, before I jump ship.
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28-12-2017, 18:16
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Agreed here too. As more and more people realise they are being sold short, they will ditch the broadcast channels in favour of streaming services, which give them much more choice and at less cost.
The broadcasters are indeed lazy. To be honest, I find that the main FREE terrestrial channels (BBC, ITV and Channel 4) have a better choice of programmes than any of the non-premium PAY TV channels. That is scandalous and it really makes me mad.
The only reason I continue to subscribe is because of the one or two good dramas that they spread thinly across the channels, but when I think of the money I could save by not having them...
I will give it another couple of years, I think, before I jump ship.
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I have access to Netflix and Amazon, which are very good and as time passes we are watching them more and more. I think in a few years the whole scene will be completely different. It will be then that I may be making dramatic changes. Sport is the Game changer for me. In 2019 there are lots of sport broadcasting rights up for grabs, so we shall see what happens.
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28-12-2017, 18:17
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Not from my point of view, it has to be an exceptional film for me to watch it more than once - neither of those fall into that category.
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He might not have seen them before! A repeat isn't a repeat unless you've seen it before; i'm finding lots of things I've not seen before as throughout my life i've previously been out socialising or working in the evenings.
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28-12-2017, 18:34
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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It's says the Irish rebrand is to be confirmed, so I was confirming it for you
If the new Virgin news, sport and childrens channels do start, I wonder what they will call their children's channel?
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That link you posted has been on Media Boy Blog since December 20th.
As of right now the only thing that been confirmed is TV3, e3 and be3 will be rebrand under the Virgin name in 2018.
That is why we have given it the working names of Virgin A, Virgin B and Virgin C right now.
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...v-ireland.html
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28-12-2017, 23:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
So all the customers in the UK are interested in the Irish rebrand......
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29-12-2017, 08:01
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
He might not have seen them before! A repeat isn't a repeat unless you've seen it before; i'm finding lots of things I've not seen before as throughout my life i've previously been out socialising or working in the evenings.
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That's right, but most of us are not complaining about having choice. A lot of people value the ability to see some of their favourite shows and films again.
It's the lack of good quality, original material during the peak viewing time of the year that is the issue here.
In the good old days, the season of good programmes started in September and lasted until about May or June before the summer season of repeats took over. The Christmas period was laden with really good programmes and we used to look forward to the double Christmas edition of the TV magazines.
Nowadays, the whole year has become rather bland, with just the odd good programme coming through here and there. It's not good enough, and if the broadcasters don't get their act together pretty soon, they will pay with a steadily declining audience.
Unfortunately, that is precisely what I think will happen. In my circles, I have friends who are still reliant on the broadcast channels and they have been very vocal this year and noticeably over the Christmas holidays that there is nothing for them to watch on TV.
It is only a matter of time now before all but the most complacent diehards who will watch anything start looking for another alternative. That is when the streaming services will really take off and the financial viability of our pay tv and traditional channels will be at crisis point as they grapple will a huge loss in audience share.
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So all the customers in the UK are interested in the Irish rebrand......
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Yes, I've always been of the opinion that the Irish changes should be on a separate thread as they have a completely different set of channels there that the rest of us cannot access.
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29-12-2017, 09:04
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
I've found plenty of new content to watch across the channels in December.
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29-12-2017, 09:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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I've found plenty of new content to watch across the channels in December.
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You have to look hard for it, though! It is true to say that there is new content to watch, some of which is good quality (eg Peaky Blinders and The Good Doctor).
But these programmes are few and far between, scattered amongst hundreds of channels, whereas there used to be an abundance of good programmes on the BBC alone.
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