General : Virgin TV (2026)

[AdamDigital]

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

Media Boy UK on X sources say that Sky Atlantic is launching on Virgin TV on 1 April but not on V6 boxes.
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Grrrrr. I'm getting sick of VM penalising V6 customers. Not quite p***ed off enough yet to jump to $ky and certainly not willing to accept the downgrade that is 360. I love TiVo on my V6 boxes.

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

Prices from 1st April (new customers)

Sky bundle
£44 per month

- 300Mb/s fibre broadband
- Ultimate TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads
- Discovery+ Entertainment
- Disney+ Standard with Ads
- HBO Max Basic with Ads
- Hayu*

Includes Stream puck

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Virgin Media bundle
£32 per month

- 362Mb/s fibre broadband
- Mega TV (all Sky entertainment channels)
- Netflix Standard with Ads

Includes Stream box

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Sky is £12 more per month, but for that you also get:

- Discovery+ Entertainment (worth £3.99)
- Disney+ Standard with Ads (worth £5.99)
- HBO Max Basic with Ads (worth £4.99)

* Plus, from July:
- Hayu (worth £5.99)

So which service is the best value very much depends on how many of these apps you really want, as the majority of people won't need all of these.

Does look like Discovery content will available on Discovery+ and HBO Max
https://www.fremantle.co.uk/news/ed-...-series-from-a

Would explain why it's only mentioned in the new Sky press release for Sky Essential TV

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by AdamDigital

Grrrrr. I'm getting sick of VM penalising V6 customers. Not quite p***ed off enough yet to jump to $ky and certainly not willing to accept the downgrade that is 360. I love TiVo on my V6 boxes.

It’s not a downgrade, but yes, there can’t be an excuse for keeping any channel off a device they want to phase out on the basis that the older technology can’t cope with it. Blatantly now, they are trying to create a situation whereby people change over their kit voluntarily as they have less to watch on it.

[AdamDigital]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It’s not a downgrade, but yes, there can’t be an excuse for keeping any channel off a device they want to phase out on the basis that the older technology can’t cope with it. Blatantly now, they are trying to create a situation whereby people change over their kit voluntarily as they have less to watch on it.

From my point of view as a VM customer of 25 years, 360 is a downgrade. Many of the TiVo/V6 features I value are not available on 360. Just because something is new and shiny it is not automatically better than what came before. AI for example.... . If I hadn't recently entered into a very long contract with VM I'd be eyeing the $ky offerings with interest.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by AdamDigital

From my point of view as a VM customer of 25 years, 360 is a downgrade. Many of the TiVo/V6 features I value are not available on 360. Just because something is new and shiny it is not automatically better than what came before. AI for example.... . If I hadn't recently entered into a very long contract with VM I'd be eyeing the $ky offerings with interest.

The story about Sky Atlantic sounds very suspect, so I wouldnt worry. Even if it was true its not enough for me to downgrade to 360. Nothing on Atlantic I'm interested in.

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'?

[AdamDigital]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'?

Let's speculate on what VM might do to the Unbelievers...

Reduce broadband speeds
Increase On Demand prices
Make BBC ONE show Bargain Hunt continuously (oh, hang on...)

[Taz2k]

Originally Posted by Mr K

The story about Sky Atlantic sounds very suspect, so I wouldnt worry. Even if it was true its not enough for me to downgrade to 360. Nothing on Atlantic I'm interested in.

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'?

It would be a strange and unusual move, even for Virgin, to withhold channels from a device fully capable of handling them. Moving from the carrot to the stick as a motive to migrate customers away from their preferred device could backfire. Customers may prefer to move away from Virgin as they prefer not to be coerced into decisions they don't really want to make. I wonder what else April 1st will bring.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by Mr K

The story about Sky Atlantic sounds very suspect, so I wouldnt worry. Even if it was true its not enough for me to downgrade to 360. Nothing on Atlantic I'm interested in.

Wonder what they'll try next? Murder of your first born if you refuse to 'upgrade'?

SKY Atlantic isn't coming to VM.

[Taz2k]

Originally Posted by AdamDigital

Let's speculate on what VM might do to the Unbelievers...

Reduce broadband speeds
Increase On Demand prices
Make BBC ONE show Bargain Hunt continuously (oh, hang on...)

TV360 users get Sky Atlantic. On the V6 this channel is replaced by a 24/7 Bargain Hunt FAST channel. Hmmm! that could work.