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Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media
View Poll Results: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media.
Hope Virgin get Sky Atlantic. 200 65.57%
Do not care if Virgin carry Sky Atlantic. 94 30.82%
Will go to Sky if Virgin do not carry Sky Atlantic. 11 3.61%
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Old 05-01-2011, 12:56   #91
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

We aren't getting it, well not from launch anyway.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...ardwalk-empire

The guy who wrote the article, John Plunkett, who interviewed Stuart Murphy, the director of programmes for Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic posted the following comment later on the same page as his article.

"Thanks for comments. Re: distribution, Sky Atlantic will only be on Sky platform, not Virgin Media. At least, not yet, and certainly not for launch. Will be 108 in the newly rejigged EPG, beneath Sky 1 (which remains at 106) and Sky Living, at 107. Distraught Sky2 and Sky3 fans are going to have to trawl further down the EPG."
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

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According to Digital Spy Sky has confirmed that Sky Atlantic will begin 1st February:

The page mentions Sky EPG numbers, but makes no mention of Virgin EPG numbers, so looks like we might be missing out (if you can miss out on something you never had before...)

(http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...ext-month.html)
You seem shocked LOL :-(
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Old 05-01-2011, 13:06   #93
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

SKY's press release today about SKY Atlantic.

http://corporate.sky.com/media/press...ltantic_HD.htm

"Sky Atlantic HD to bring the very best in entertainment and drama exclusively to Sky customers from 1st February 2011
Sky today confirmed the eagerly awaited launch of Sky Atlantic HD – a brand new channel that will provide the very best in entertainment, drama and films to Sky customers across the UK and Ireland. Bringing together innovative and distinctive original productions from home and abroad, Sky Atlantic will be free and exclusive to all 10 million Sky customers from its launch on 1 st February 2011."

I think this is the first time SKY have referred to the channel as SKY Atlantic, not SKY Atlantic HD in any of their previous communications.

The evidence is beginning to build that we ain't getting this channel in either HD or SD. Until someone can post proof that we are, don't expect your new channel on the 01st February 2011
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Old 05-01-2011, 13:19   #94
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

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SKY's press release today about SKY Atlantic.

http://corporate.sky.com/media/press...ltantic_HD.htm

"Sky Atlantic HD to bring the very best in entertainment and drama exclusively to Sky customers from 1st February 2011
Sky today confirmed the eagerly awaited launch of Sky Atlantic HD – a brand new channel that will provide the very best in entertainment, drama and films to Sky customers across the UK and Ireland. Bringing together innovative and distinctive original productions from home and abroad, Sky Atlantic will be free and exclusive to all 10 million Sky customers from its launch on 1 st February 2011."

I think this is the first time SKY have referred to the channel as SKY Atlantic, not SKY Atlantic HD in any of their previous communications.

The evidence is beginning to build that we ain't getting this channel in either HD or SD. Until someone can post proof that we are, don't expect your new channel on the 01st February 2011
I've been sure for a while that we are not going to get this channel in any shape or form. You would think the content producers would do their best to make this content available to everybody who is willing to pay for it. There are after all ways of getting this content for free. Treating people with this comtempt just gives people a justification to obtain the content by other means. I've always thought that the government should clamp down on illegal downloading. Now I'm glad they haven't.
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

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SKY's press release today about SKY Atlantic.

http://corporate.sky.com/media/press...ltantic_HD.htm

"Sky Atlantic HD to bring the very best in entertainment and drama exclusively to Sky customers from 1st February 2011
Sky today confirmed the eagerly awaited launch of Sky Atlantic HD – a brand new channel that will provide the very best in entertainment, drama and films to Sky customers across the UK and Ireland. Bringing together innovative and distinctive original productions from home and abroad, Sky Atlantic will be free and exclusive to all 10 million Sky customers from its launch on 1 st February 2011."

I think this is the first time SKY have referred to the channel as SKY Atlantic, not SKY Atlantic HD in any of their previous communications.

The evidence is beginning to build that we ain't getting this channel in either HD or SD. Until someone can post proof that we are, don't expect your new channel on the 01st February 2011
???? They say both...that proves nothing...
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

Content producers aren't interested in how many viewers a programme gets, they are interested in how much they get paid by the TV channels for permission to air. OK TV channels recover that via income so it's in the channel's interest to have a wide audience. But digital TV works on small audience's anyway.
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I've always thought that the government should clamp down on illegal downloading. Now I'm glad they haven't.
Yet! However I can see Mr Murdoch leading the charge and persuading the government it's time to do so when he's got all the media resources he can in his hot little hands.
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

THIS is a little bit more empahtic...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...ext-month.html

On February 1, the channel will launch in standard and high definition in the UK and Ireland, available exclusively to all Sky's 10 million subscribers.

This seems to suggest exclusivity in both SD and HD... but we'll see.
Sky are spending a lot of one on this channel... expect to see the SD version on VM sooner rather than later i think.
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

To be Honset i am not surprised by the way this is going down Sky Buy out Virgin Media's channels close them Down and then decide to start a new channel just to rub salt in the wound of Loyal Virgin Media Costumers. But we will see what happens in the future i am sure that we'll get these channels at some stage. Sorry for sounding so Negative but thats just how i see it
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To be Honset i am not surprised by the way this is going down Sky Buy out Virgin Media's channels close them Down and then decide to start a new channel just to rub salt in the wound of Loyal Virgin Media Costumers. But we will see what happens in the future i am sure that we'll get these channels at some stage. Sorry for sounding so Negative but thats just how i see it
Realistic not negative I'm lucky in that of the HBO stuff i only watch True Blood and thats on FX for life
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

Very disappointed, but not surprised. It's only free to all Sky customers until August 31st, so may be the exclusivity on the Sky platform ends then, too?
I'm resigned to watching the next season on Mad Men on either my laptop or waiting for 2012's box set. A shame, as the announced programming for Atlantic is right up my street. Now I'll just have to get a life instead of watching US imports every evening...
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

It is very disappointing but not surprising,The way things are going vm are going to have a nice new tech (over priced/tivo)but sky`s gonna control the channels/programs we watch for the next 9 years of this long term carrage deal.
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

I can't believe there is this much fuss about a TV Channel - ymmv.
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I can't believe there is this much fuss about a TV Channel - ymmv.
Not really bothered about the channel myself,Its just annoying to see sky yet again showing there power and worse vm cant do a dam thing about it
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Not really bothered about the channel myself,Its just annoying to see sky yet again showing there power and worse vm cant do a dam thing about it
They could have done the exact same thing and launch Virgin Atlantic (Well that's already taken but...) and put it all exclusive to Virgin customers or made it available to all platforms but instead decided it was more in their interest to sell any content devision they had.
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