Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) - Page 169

chris9991 · 29-07-2009, 21:48

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Originally Posted by frogstamper

Yes that would be bloody hilarious.

Sorry, just being a bit sarcastic but I do wonder whether Sky might have kept HD as an exclusive when they agreed to provide the footage which I think is possible. But that's just a theory as is whether Sky have other HD exclusives with other broadcasters

frogstamper · 29-07-2009, 21:50

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Originally Posted by chris9991

Sorry, just being a bit sarcastic but I do wonder whether Sky might have kept HD as an exclusive when they agreed to provide the footage which I think is possible. But that's just a theory as is whether Sky have other HD exclusives with other broadcasters

I'm just kidding yer Chris.

Nook29 · 29-07-2009, 21:52

Somebody asked if ESPN will be showing any Spanish La Liga games. The answer is no, unfortunately Sky hold the rights to La Liga.

And regarding Championship games on ESPN, again, no, they are primarily held by Sky, with the BBC holding 10 games a season, which will be shown on BBC HD.

The only major football ESPN can still get hold of is the FA Cup.

chris9991 · 29-07-2009, 21:53

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Originally Posted by Nook29

Somebody asked if ESPN will be showing any Spanish La Liga games. The answer is no, unfortunately Sky hold the rights to La Liga.

And regarding Championship games on ESPN, again, no, they are primarily held by Sky, with the BBC holding 10 games a season, which will be shown on BBC HD.

The only major football ESPN can still get hold of is the FA Cup.

And the BSP

Nook29 · 29-07-2009, 21:57

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Originally Posted by chris9991

And the BSP

Not really major, and I don't think ESPN are interested in it. If they had two channels then they may be.

Media Boy UK · 29-07-2009, 22:11

More news to come from Virgin Media - This week.

- News on what's happening with the remaining channels left from the old Setanta offer - like Racing UK and Arsenal TV.

- And, look out later in the week for more news on TV - including how Sky is changing their premium channel prices (For Sky Movies and Sky Sports) and how it will affect us.

Full story: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...8&postcount=44

Andrewcrawford23 · 29-07-2009, 22:13

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

More news to come from Virgin Media - This week.

- News on what's happening with the remaining channels left from the old Setanta offer - like Racing UK and Arsenal TV.

- And, look out later in the week for more news on TV - including how Sky is changing their premium channel prices (For Sky Movies and Sky Sports) and how it will affect us.

Full story: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...8&postcount=44

I have heard they might drop the prices to try stive off ofcom

saying we have reduce the wholesale price to a price we think will stillg ive us a good return not sure if it true though

keef319 · 29-07-2009, 22:48

Is there much coverage of NBA games in the UK? If so, anybody know who shows it? Ta.

AWESOME news about HD though, and a decent selection I'd say.

Rillington · 29-07-2009, 22:59

Setanta showed the NBA finals this year so maybe ESPN will do the NBA in 2010. It would fit in very well alongside MLB and NHL.

Excellent news about ESPN being in XL and also that ESPN Classic is finally going to appear on VM. It's been the biggest missing channel in the VM line-up. Am I right in assuming that ESPN Classic will launch on Monday when ESPN launches?

BenMcr · 29-07-2009, 23:05

Yes ESPN Classic will launch on Monday

And I have it on VERY good authority that ESPN just haven't updated their website properly yet

ESPN HD on Virgin is EXACTLY the same as ESPN HD on Sky

Andrewcrawford23 · 29-07-2009, 23:12

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Yes ESPN Classic will launch on Monday

And I have it on VERY good authority that ESPN just haven't updated their website properly yet

ESPN HD on Virgin is EXACTLY the same as ESPN HD on Sky

I trust what you are saying ben, you always have told the truth before (well nothign i have ever read has been proved to be a lie or false) is it possible you can try contatc someone you know higher up than yourself in virgin and ask them to try get it clarify and get edspn to update there site as this could be bad for virign if people think tghey wont get footie in hd

BenMcr · 29-07-2009, 23:14

I would expect the website will be update tomorrow (later today)

frogstamper · 29-07-2009, 23:34

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Yes ESPN Classic will launch on Monday

And I have it on VERY good authority that ESPN just haven't updated their website properly yet

ESPN HD on Virgin is EXACTLY the same as ESPN HD on Sky

I didn't even have to wait till the morning for Ben to allay my fears

nice one.

berty_buk · 29-07-2009, 23:52

What I would like to know is how can ESPN launch 2 channels on Monday ESPN and ESPN Classic, but have to remove ESPN America. Surely they can leave ESPN America alone and launch ESPN Classic at a later date.

SB_07 · 30-07-2009, 00:07

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Originally Posted by berty_buk

What I would like to know is how can ESPN launch 2 channels on Monday ESPN and ESPN Classic, but have to remove ESPN America. Surely they can leave ESPN America alone and launch ESPN Classic at a later date.

The new ESPN channel will show the stuff from the current one (i think)