Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

[smallclone]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

How does mother nature prevetn sky?

She put a 150 foot cliff in front of my house.

[or at least sky wasnt invented when the house was built there]

[Rillington]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

I got no new info on when ESPN Classic will appear on Virgin.

I was reading the wikipedia article about ESPN Classic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_Classic_(UK) - and it said that On 27 April 2009, it was reviled that the channel will be added onto Virgin Media Network in May 2009.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Rillington

I was reading the wikipedia article about ESPN Classic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_Classic_(UK) - and it said that On 27 April 2009, it was revealed that the channel will be added onto Virgin Media Network in May 2009.

Guess we'll know for sure whether this is true by Sunday!

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Rillington

I was reading the wikipedia article about ESPN Classic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN_Classic_(UK) - and it said that On 27 April 2009, it was reviled that the channel will be added onto Virgin Media Network in May 2009.

The last time I look on that page (In March) it says ''Will launch in March.''

[braysoj1]

i heard 2 day when a vm engineer came 2 fix my v+ box he said itv hd will launching soon and i also asked him will we be getting espn classic and he said we mite be getting it

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Virgin testing out 7 new Channels off their EPG - update.

An Ex-C&W viewer has told me that Virgin Media has stop testing ''VMTest1'', ''VMTest2'', ''VMTest4'', ''VMTest5'', ''VMTest6'' and ''VMTest7''. And they all been removed from their Virgin Media box.

What do you think is the significance of this? Does it normally mean that they are ready to launch now, having tested, or does it mean the new channels they were going to roll out have been abandoned?

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by braysoj1

i heard 2 day when a vm engineer came 2 fix my v+ box he said itv hd will launching soon and i also asked him will we be getting espn classic and he said we mite be getting it

they tell oyu anything, i for a joke said when virign launch 1gb ftth they said sep 09, i asked about hd channel they said there 50 coming in august with laods of virign exculsive at which point i droppped with laughter. they tell you anything

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

they tell oyu anything, i for a joke said when virign launch 1gb ftth they said sep 09, i asked about hd channel they said there 50 coming in august with laods of virign exculsive at which point i droppped with laughter. they tell you anything

Absolutely spot on...if its HD channels you want, they are "coming soon" if its a certain channel you'd like to see on the network, "it could happen".
I'd take anything said by VM with a pinch of salt, hell if the CEO can't be trusted when he announces three to four HD channels in the next three months how on earth can you believe any-other VM statements??
They'll tell you what you want to hear to keep on receiving your cash...the exception being the few good VM employee's who post on CF.

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by frogstamper

Absolutely spot on...if its HD channels you want, they are "coming soon" if its a certain channel you'd like to see on the network, "it could happen".
I'd take anything said by VM with a pinch of salt, hell if the CEO can't be trusted when he announces three to four HD channels in the next three months how on earth can you believe any-other VM statements??
They'll tell you what you want to hear to keep on receiving your cash...the exception being the few good VM employee's who post on CF.

Hay i critised Virgin although apparntly i am pro virgin pusher as i have said many times i critise and defend virign and sky and other platforms if and when it due not meaning you said just you pointed out i critised them

[huxleypiguk]

Remember Wikipedia is updated by anyone. I can go on there now and add "it is doubtful that this channel will ever show on Virgin Media" and there it will be. Wikipedia is about 70-80% accurate and not a good source for news.

Also engineers do not know what is new. They may get some training on new boxes, technologies etc but only very very close to launch.

The test channels will probably be to ensure that the feeds work in place of close analogue channels. They don't necessarily mean that anything is actually launching.

[Andrewcrawford23]

Originally Posted by huxleypiguk

Remember Wikipedia is updated by anyone. I can go on there now and add "it is doubtful that this channel will ever show on Virgin Media" and there it will be. Wikipedia is about 70-80% accurate and not a good source for news.

Also engineers do not know what is new. They may get some training on new boxes, technologies etc but only very very close to launch.

The test channels will probably be to ensure that the feeds work in place of close analogue channels. They don't necessarily mean that anything is actually launching.

That s true but if it has a source to wher ehte information comes form then it might be true depends onteh source, but i updated the page anyway sinc eit aint true

[Media Boy UK]

List has been updated - see post one.

[frogstamper]

I think we should re-name this thread to "there's a very slim chance some of these things might come to VMTV", because as far as I can see not much mentioned ever seems to materialise on our TV's!!!
This isn't a criticism of Media Boy as I'm sure its equally frustrating for him also.

[Horizon]

By my own records there have been no new channel launches since the 7th October last year when UK Gold was replaced and split into two channels Watch and G.O.L.D. I am excluding the return of Sky's basic channels on the 13th November as they weren't "new".

Yes, On Demand is wonderful (when it works..) and there has been new developments such as ITV Player launching on it. But most people still prefer as wider selection of channels as possible and as usual throughout the whole era of cable tv, we are shortchanged. Even basic channels such as the ITV+1s which are available on Freeview are missing and VM have yet to restore removed channels such as More 4 +1 or UK History +1 (now Yesterday +1) which are channels I would really like to see return.

And with the announcement that VM is still shifting its debt around (my interpretation of a press release issued the other day) what should be a strong platform, is still bogged down in a sea of debt, an average EPG (I'm being kind here...) lacking even some basic functions and a poor choice of channels, things don't seem to be looking too good for VM. And I won't even go into the HD debate...

That said, I don't know anyone else who has rolled out 50mb broadband across the country, so VM are good at some things, just wish the same efforts were put on its tv platform too.

Originally Posted by Chris

Please do not try to avoid the swear filter, it's there for a reason.

Apologies!