General : Virgin TV (2024)

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Dave42

only thing that certain is price rises

I'm hoping for a few things more than that

1) A 360-software update that stops all the complaints

2) Virgin Media make deals to include other streaming services into packages such as paramount, MAX etc.

3) Sky Atlantic (finally) and Sky realise if people on cable haven't moved to sky by now or subscribed to Now TV they aren't gonna now(!)

4) Yank channels such as CBS News, Fox News and PBS

5) Premier Sports heads to the XL Package with LA Liga TV etc

All pie in the sky i know and I've mentioned a lot of these over the last 15 odd years but still...

glass half full haha.

Merry christmas folks!

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

I'm hoping for a few things more than that

1) A 360-software update that stops all the complaints

2) Virgin Media make deals to include other streaming services into packages such as paramount, MAX etc.

3) Sky Atlantic (finally) and Sky realise if people on cable haven't moved to sky by now or subscribed to Now TV they aren't gonna now(!)

4) Yank channels such as CBS News, Fox News and PBS

5) Premier Sports heads to the XL Package with LA Liga TV etc

All pie in the sky i know and I've mentioned a lot of these over the last 15 odd years but still...

glass half full haha.

Merry christmas folks!

If you think about it Virgin Media DON'T need to do any prices rises until after 2027 as Virgin Media are saving paying TNT Sports UK about £5 per head (Rumour I did hear when BT Sports UHD was launched) as TNT Sports UK is no longer on XL Package.

But I am all for Premier Sports coming to XL Package.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

If you think about it Virgin Media DON'T need to do any prices rises until after 2027 as Virgin Media are saving paying TNT Sports UK about £5 per head (Rumour I did hear when BT Sports UHD was launched) as TNT Sports UK is no longer on XL Package.

But I am all for Premier Sports coming to XL Package.

the shareholders want an increase MB!

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

I'm hoping for a few things more than that

1) A 360-software update that stops all the complaints

2) Virgin Media make deals to include other streaming services into packages such as paramount, MAX etc.

3) Sky Atlantic (finally) and Sky realise if people on cable haven't moved to sky by now or subscribed to Now TV they aren't gonna now(!)

4) Yank channels such as CBS News, Fox News and PBS

5) Premier Sports heads to the XL Package with LA Liga TV etc

All pie in the sky i know and I've mentioned a lot of these over the last 15 odd years but still...

glass half full haha.

Merry christmas folks!

1) isn’t going to happen because unless the 360 offers exactly the same as the V6, the usual suspects will always complain.

2) Virgin might offer ‘packages’ of streamers, but my guess is that these will be offers of the free ad-infested versions.

3) Sky Atlantic is becoming a spent force, and from 2026, all HBO material will be on Max. Negotiations for that are already underway.

4) and 5), good luck with them!

[TimeLord2018]

There is a CBS News 24/7 FAST channel on Pluto TV, at best that could get added to the EPG

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

1) isn’t going to happen because unless the 360 offers exactly the same as the V6, the usual suspects will always complain.

2) Virgin might offer ‘packages’ of streamers, but my guess is that these will be offers of the free ad-infested versions.

3) Sky Atlantic is becoming a spent force, and from 2026, all HBO material will be on Max. Negotiations for that are already underway.

4) and 5), good luck with them!

No, it doesn't. We've been through this repeatedly. Yes, some features are similar, but others are missing.

Someone did a very useful list comparison fairly recently and posted it in one of the threads.

[RobboEdin]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

No, it doesn't. We've been through this repeatedly. Yes, some features are similar, but others are missing.

Someone did a very useful list comparison fairly recently and posted it in one of the threads.

You missed the word ‘unless’ before you answered.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

You missed the word ‘unless’ before you answered.

Don't know what u mean.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Don't know what u mean.

He means that you should read my post again. I didn’t say the 360 ‘offered the same as the V6,’ I said ‘unless the 360 offers the same as the V6, the usual suspects will continue to complain’.

I could have worded it better to avoid that confusion, sorry.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

No, it doesn't. We've been through this repeatedly. Yes, some features are similar, but others are missing.

Someone did a very useful list comparison fairly recently and posted it in one of the threads.

Think 360 software is amazing but i understand some people don't like change!

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

He means that you should read my post again. I didn’t say the 360 ‘offered the same as the V6,’ I said ‘unless the 360 offers the same as the V6, the usual suspects will continue to complain’.

I could have worded it better to avoid that confusion, sorry.

I understand now, thanks for explaining. Yes, I hadn't taken the 'unless' into account which changed what you were saying completely. It's funny how one word or punctuation can do this, for example 'shall we eat, father' means something completely different without the comma

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Think 360 software is amazing but i understand some people don't like change!

It’s not necessarily they don’t like change, some people simply have different needs and requirements.

Originally Posted by vincerooney

some people don't like change!

Why should they like it, change is not always good, esp if it removes fetures you use.

[vincerooney]

Christmas listings for tv this year are looking fairly lacklustre. No real surprise there mind!

Wallace & Gromit is about all I'll be watching.
There isnt even a Chritmas Top of the Pops anymore, we used to have that on after dinner.