General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by passingbat

ITV 4 showed a couple of seasons of that a few years ago and then abandoned it after moving the broadcast to the early hours of the morning. I remember not being that impressed and stoped watching season one after a few episodes. But I kept seeing good reviews so gave it another go when I saw season one going cheap on Amazon. I'm glad I did, as it is a really good show. I then bought each seasons from the US as soon as they were released because, at that time, only season one was available in the UK

I love it , one of my favourites at the moment. Sky have announced they'll show all seasons which I'm happy about , wasn't it shown once on VM On Demand (seasons 1 and 2)

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

wasn't it shown once on VM On Demand (seasons 1 and 2)

It may have been; I rarely check VM on demand. All 5 seasons are on US Netflix

[carmad]

Originally Posted by geordiechris

Something that doesn't bother me as I thought that G.O.T was rubbish

I also thought it was a load of absolute rubbish can not see what all of the hype was about it was the most boring program I have ever tried to watch and I did give it a chance watching 2 episodes before finally deleting the series record.

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by carmad

I also thought it was a load of absolute rubbish can not see what all of the hype was about it was the most boring program I have ever tried to watch and I did give it a chance watching 2 episodes before finally deleting the series record.

I stuck with the entire series because so many people told me it was the best thing ever, and Sky obviously thought it was the best way to sell Atlantic. All I can say is that I'm glad to find I'm not alone in thinking it was pretty poor.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by 1701-e

Anyone else not annoyed that BBC HD will become BBC2 HD?
This means that Borgen, The Killing etc will only be in SD from then.

Surely its better to have the current compromise channel.

Will the BBC also have to regionalise BBC2 HD as well?

The trouble is there are too many people who cant/wont deal with subtitles, regardless of how high the quality of programming is and I guess viewing figures are what counts when deciding what is shown in HD.

I guess you will be aware, but if you did not know The Killing has offically finished and (currently) there will no more made Lets hope we get more quality Scandinavian programs as a replacement

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Originally Posted by carmad

I also thought it was a load of absolute rubbish can not see what all of the hype was about it was the most boring program I have ever tried to watch and I did give it a chance watching 2 episodes before finally deleting the series record.

Was gonna give it a go myself, (mainly because of Sean Bean) but I found out happened at the end of the first series and decided not watch any of it. I may get round to reading the books at some point though.
Sky Atlantic (and it programs) simply do not appeal to me. As always though, I hope we get it for those who do want it though.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by 1701-e

Will the BBC also have to regionalise BBC2 HD as well?

"Launch a single version, with no variations in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, of BBC Two in HD in 2012 to replace the current BBC HD channel. Nations variations would continue in SD"

source

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

The trouble is there are too many people who cant/wont deal with subtitles, regardless of how high the quality of programming is and I guess viewing figures are what counts when deciding what is shown in HD.

I guess you will be aware, but if you did not know The Killing has offically finished and (currently) there will no more made Lets hope we get more quality Scandinavian programs as a replacement[COLOR="Silver"]

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I enjoy Scandinavian dramas , in particular Lilliehammer it had a bit of everything.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by nstokes

Lets see if they change it on Monday. I personally think its a bad move for them.

I think that renaming ITV1 back to ITV is a stupid idea too.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Maybe AJ were leading people on all along to get their hands on the channel- I really don't know, but Time Warner Cable have pulled the plug to stop them from broadcasting anything. It's now showing a blue screen with a "This channel is no longer available" caption.

A lot of America regard it as "Terrorist TV", so, as a result, much of Al Jazeera English was censored.

I'm shortly going to contact a friend at Dish TV to let him know, in case he hasn't heard of this secretive and rushed change of ownership. They may want to disconnect them too (assuming that they actually carry Current TV).

My friend no longer works for DirecTV (sorry, I got the name wrong), so no longer has any direct influence there.

Shareholders, however, are calling for it to be taken off the platform by putting pressure on the directors.

There are reports on the Current TV facebook page that Al Jazeera celebrated 9/11 and have broadcast footage of American troops being beheaded and marines being burnt to death.

If this is true, I think that this channel should be proscribed in this country.

It is believed that the Saudi royal family paid for Al Jazeera to go onto satellite, freeview and the channels recent additions to the Virgin Media platform.

Ultimately, no doubt, paid for by us all from their excessive oil profits.

I have asked a contact if we could see Al Jazeera coming off VM shortly.

I was told that this was doubtful, as they have paid to be there, it has not changed ownership, so VM cannot use that as a get out clause with the carriage agreement and many customers were actually asking for this channel.

[andy_m]

And also we're not improving the situation if we allow prejudices based on the events of 11+ years ago to decide who we want our television provider to do business with. Al Jazeera has earnt much capital from the way it covered the Arab spring, and has openly courted the American government. Things change, people move on, situations improve. Most people who've actually watched the channel consider it a decent place to get news.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I think that renaming ITV1 back to ITV is a stupid idea too.



My friend no longer works for DirecTV (sorry, I got the name wrong), so no longer has any direct influence there.

Shareholders, however, are calling for it to be taken off the platform by putting pressure on the directors.

There are reports on the Current TV facebook page that Al Jazeera celebrated 9/11 and have broadcast footage of American troops being beheaded and marines being burnt to death.

If this is true, I think that this channel should be proscribed in this country.

It is believed that the Saudi royal family paid for Al Jazeera to go onto satellite, freeview and the channels recent additions to the Virgin Media platform.

Ultimately, no doubt, paid for by us all from their excessive oil profits.

I have asked a contact if we could see Al Jazeera coming off VM shortly.

I was told that this was doubtful, as they have paid to be there, it has not changed ownership, so VM cannot use that as a get out clause with the carriage agreement and many customers were actually asking for this channel.

a) AJ is funded by Qatar, not Saudi
b) the rumours re beheadings are false - the Guardian had to apologise to AJ for printing those rumours

[Itshim]

If you want a balance of news you NEED to at least look at AJ now and then , as you should look at Euronews & CNN . Relying on BBC is - what word can I use that wont offend - ideal

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Itshim

If you want a balance of news you NEED to at least look at AJ now and then , as you should look at Euronews & CNN . Relying on BBC is - what word can I use that wont offend - idea

I prefer Sky News

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by nstokes

I prefer Sky News

Sorry left them off as I did Fox

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Sorry left them off as I did Fox

I also like Fox News as well

[carmad]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

The trouble is there are too many people who cant/wont deal with subtitles, regardless of how high the quality of programming is and I guess viewing figures are what counts when deciding what is shown in HD.

I for one find it very difficult to watch a subtitled film or program because I find that the text is at times not very legible or there is just to much and it has gone before I have read it all.
I therefore do not watch any subtitled programs.