General : Virgin TV (2026)

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by nomadking

Or as it costs money to develop and maintain the TV360 software, the money goes towards that.

Prior to TiVo there never was an extra fee, any development & maintenance was funded by the general subscriptions paid.

Also, if the costs to maintain/develop the 360 aren't any cheaper than the TiVo fee, there wouldn't have been any point in introducing it for such a relatively short time before it's discarded in favour of their streaming box.

[vincerooney]

not sure if its been mentioned but it appears the Paramount purchase of WBD has been approved by US officials

https://www.vulture.com/article/doj-...bd-merger.html

Only EU and UK to go it seems

[RichardCoulter]

That's TV is being replaced on Freesat (164) with Rewind TV on Thursday 25th June, so maybe it is closing on all platforms.

If so, I wonder if we will see Rewind TV being added to Virgin as a replacement??

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

That's TV is being replaced on Freesat (164) with Rewind TV on Thursday 25th June, so maybe it is closing on all platforms.

If so, I wonder if we will see Rewind TV being added to Virgin as a replacement??

But does anyone care? Viewing figures must be way down in the basement.

Vince’s news is far more significant. Paramount+ will become a giant amongst streamers.

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

But does anyone care? Viewing figures must be way down in the basement.

Vince’s news is far more significant. Paramount+ will become a giant amongst streamers.

I doubt getting added to Freesat has any bearing on whether it's added to Virgin, still isn't on Sky Stream either (closed platform) even though it's been streaming on Freely for 18 months.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

not sure if its been mentioned but it appears the Paramount purchase of WBD has been approved by US officials

https://www.vulture.com/article/doj-...bd-merger.html

Only EU and UK to go it seems

Fox has agreed a takeover of Roku in a deal worth $22bn (£16.4bn).

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

Sky don't seem to care considering it hasn't been added to Sky Stream (closed platform) despite being on Freely for 18 months.

AIUI channels have to pay extra if they want to join Sky Stream, so a lot of the poorer channels haven't joined yet. I suspect that, as Stream customers grow in popularity, some will eventually leave Sky Q in favour of Sky Stream, or for a time, be made available on both.

Though I personally doubt it with regards to this particular channel, it could be that Sky have refused to let them onto Sky Stream, something they're not allowed to do with Sky Q.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

But does anyone care? Viewing figures must be way down in the basement.

Vince’s news is far more significant. Paramount+ will become a giant amongst streamers.

Those that want to watch it will care, regardless of the number.

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Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

I doubt getting added to Freesat has any bearing on whether it's added to Virgin, still isn't on Sky Stream either (closed platform) even though it's been streaming on Freely for 18 months.

That's TV is on Virgin, but they are in financial difficulties. If it ends up that it closes altogether, my thoughts are that Virgin may add Rewind to replace That's TV as it's a similar channel.