General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1. - Page 51

kop32 · 25-01-2013, 16:12

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Media Boy, Any news on BT Vision sports.

Arthur,
I think you may be a little confused,there is no dedicated BT Vision Sports channel,what there is is a BT Vision service (from BT!!) and within that they offer sports channels ie Sky Sports 1&2,ESPN etc.,just like Virgin and Sky do on their platforms,hope this clears things up.

Horizon · 25-01-2013, 16:34

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Originally Posted by kop32

Arthur,
I think you may be a little confused,there is no dedicated BT Vision Sports channel,what there is is a BT Vision service (from BT!!) and within that they offer sports channels ie Sky Sports 1&2,ESPN etc.,just like Virgin and Sky do on their platforms,hope this clears things up.

Bt are lauching their own sports channels later in the year.

They won the premiership rights from ESPN amongst others. BT are just setting things up now, they've rented their studios at the Olympic site in East London and we'll find out other details soon.

kop32 · 25-01-2013, 16:38

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Originally Posted by Horizon

Bt are lauching their own sports channels later in the year.

They won the premiership rights from ESPN amongst others. BT are just setting things up now, they've rented their studios at the Olympic site in East London and we'll find out other details soon.

Ah!, ok, looks like it's me that stands corrected, thanks for the info.

paultrademark · 25-01-2013, 16:51

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to renumber some NBC Universal Channels on Thursday.

I can now reveal that the following channel renumbering are set to happen on Thursday:

Channels on the move:.
SyFy +1 from Virgin Channel 166 to Virgin Channel 136.
Universal Channel from Virgin Channel 162 to Virgin Channel 137.
Universal Channel +1 from Virgin Channel 163 to Virgin Channel 138.

-SyFy HD will stay on Virgin Channel 165.

Â©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

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Originally Posted by grahamf

is this all the channel changes?

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Yes.

I do not know why Virgin did not move SyFy HD to Channel 136 and keep Syfy +1 on Channel 166 I mean when Dave HD, Watch HD and Ailbi HD launch they move Dave Ja Vu, Watch +1 and Ailbi +1 to higher channels number to let the HD Channels use their old channels numbers.

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Originally Posted by ocav

As in every single channel change? No more to be revealed?

Is it me but do you feel like it was a bit too much hype for just 3 channel moves?

Not just you mate.

All the hype, secret reveal dates, polls and speculation for that??

denphone · 25-01-2013, 16:56

It seems whatever MB does there's no pleasing some forum members but alas if some were promised the keys to Fort Knox they would still moan even then that there was not enough money to go round.

paultrademark · 25-01-2013, 17:05

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Originally Posted by denphone

It seems whatever MB does there's no pleasing some forum members

If people are happy that 3 channels are set to move on the EPG then fair play to them, personally I don't care as do 60% of the people who voted in the poll.

That's not a dig personally at MB, as he does provide good info (at times) but I just don't think the build up to that was justified.

Superblade7 · 25-01-2013, 19:17

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Originally Posted by denphone

It seems whatever MB does there's no pleasing some forum members but alas if some were promised the keys to Fort Knox they would still moan even then that there was not enough money to go round.

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Originally Posted by paultrademark

If people are happy that 3 channels are set to move on the EPG then fair play to them, personally I don't care as do 60% of the people who voted in the poll.

That's not a dig personally at MB, as he does provide good info (at times) but I just don't think the build up to that was justified.

I'd have to agree with Paul on this one as whilst I always appreciate all the information provided by Media Boy (keep up the good work) this is a really damp squib as whilst channels number changes aren't the most exciting of topics, the build up by MB suggested wholesale changes so 3 channels moving is somewhat of a let down!

andy_m · 25-01-2013, 19:17

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Originally Posted by paultrademark

If people are happy that 3 channels are set to move on the EPG then fair play to them, personally I don't care as do 60% of the people who voted in the poll.

That's not a dig personally at MB, as he does provide good info (at times) but I just don't think the build up to that was justified.

And yet they voted in the poll!

25-01-2013, 20:47

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Originally Posted by paultrademark

Not just you mate.

All the hype, secret reveal dates, polls and speculation for that??

With such a big build up, I would have expected to see something more significant than 3 channels moving up the EPG to fill an empty slot. I think NBC Universal rained on MB's parade somewhat by starting to publicise the new channel positions, well before the date put forward for his exclusive announcement.

It's not really unusual for this thread though. Hyped up "coming soon" predictions followed with a sense of disappointment when the facts are finally made available. Something we should all be used to by now.

bamav · 25-01-2013, 21:19

Doesn't a channel shuffle mean possibly new channels coming in? Hence why it's significant enough to mention?

denphone · 25-01-2013, 21:28

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Originally Posted by bamav

Doesn't a channel shuffle mean possibly new channels coming in? Hence why it's significant enough to mention?

Indeed there could be a lot of truth in that assumption.

Superblade7 · 25-01-2013, 22:10

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Originally Posted by bamav

Doesn't a channel shuffle mean possibly new channels coming in? Hence why it's significant enough to mention?

We can but hope ...

Qtx · 25-01-2013, 22:51

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Originally Posted by denphone

Indeed there could be a lot of truth in that assumption.

Or they could be no truth to that assumption.

Am I the only who gets the impression TV providers leak bits if information to certain people so that customers get retained waiting for something that may not appear, but with deniability as it was never officially announced?

25-01-2013, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Qtx

Or they could be no truth to that assumption.

Am I the only who gets the impression TV providers leak bits if information to certain people so that customers get retained waiting for something that may not appear, but with deniability as it was never officially announced?

They have a cunning plan.

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Originally Posted by bamav

Doesn't a channel shuffle mean possibly new channels coming in?

It may be one of a series of "coming soon" channel reshuffles. As they have been adding new channels at the end of the 19x range and are at 197 there's only 2 slots left. After displaying the "channel has moved" captions in the cleared 16x block for a while, they will be able to move other channels into this range. And so on until space is cleared in the 19x range for new additions.

Chad · 26-01-2013, 01:53

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Originally Posted by Qtx

Or they could be no truth to that assumption.

Am I the only who gets the impression TV providers leak bits if information to certain people so that customers get retained waiting for something that may not appear, but with deniability as it was never officially announced?

ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD spring to mind. Suggestion is a powerful tool.