Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by SwgLee

Must admit i am seriously thinking of moving from Virgin TV to Sky. Im happy with Virgin broadband so ill keep that but i just got a new 3D TV at Xmas and the 3D content on Virgin compared to Sky is laughable.
Plus now losing these channels and more HD and new channels to Sky only.

I am not interested in the Viao or what ever its called and imho it seens Virgin has taken its eyes off the ball in regards to TV and is falling ever further behind.

Me too, pay £96 a month to virgin apparently this includes a £25 discount, called CS who said phone and broadband only would be £32.99. Sky offering half price to come back. Leaving it until end of March if no red button, sky atlantic confirmed and no more HD confirmed I'm off, if Mrs Ghost agrees

[muppetman11]

Come on guys why all the doom and gloom give VM a chance it's only 19 days into the New Year they no more HD and content is needed.

[devilincarnate]

Can I just say that if you are thinking of jumping ship over to the dark side just remember that if yo do not take out insurance on the box you will get charged for the call out ( so if you are going can. I just say goodbye and farewell )

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Come on guys why all the doom and gloom give VM a chance it's only 19 days into the New Year they no more HD and content is needed.

Thats a fair point personally i think new things will come this year but virgin already carry most of the channels worth having i am sure given time more content will arrive VM are working on their OD for the next month until mid feb must be a reason for that (Red Button could be work in preparation).

HD arriving is good but not at any price people will then be complaining about price rises.

[ncfc1902]

Originally Posted by mattboothers

Simply as £29.50 for XL TV and Sky Sports with HD 1 and 2 is already daylight robbery.

Sounds like a bargain to me! Where can I get it for that price?

[mattboothers]

Originally Posted by ncfc1902

Sounds like a bargain to me! Where can I get it for that price?

I think its dearer than that come to think of it.

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Im not jumping ship... well not until I leave college as my parents will force me to pay for Virgin Media myself then.

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MattitudE is here...beware

[pauldavies83]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Can I just say that if you are thinking of jumping ship over to the dark side just remember that if yo do not take out insurance on the box you will get charged for the call out ( so if you are going can. I just say goodbye and farewell )

After the warranty (12 months) expires

[DaMac]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

And we've gained around 17 Sky HD channels including the much requested Sky Sports HD, Sky Red Button, Sky VOD and soon the world's best PVR system.

And you do know that the only HD channels on Freesat are BBC HD, BBC 1 HD and ITV HD, yes? If cable is no longer an option,
you're better off with Freeview HD, at least then you'll get Five HD and C4 HD as well. In the longer run, YouView would be worth a look, if they ever launch the bloody thing.

Mmm, we only got half sky sports hd, and will we get full red button, and will this be available on sports 4?, we got smoked and mirrored with Sky Movies Classics Hd And Sky News HD / Sky Sports News Hd, we are no clearer if we are Getting Sky Arts HDwhich we were promised.
P.S. You dont get Five HD on Freeview, they passed up the chance of a licence which is why the BBC Launched BBC 1 HD as a simulcast.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by DaMac

Mmm, we only got half sky sports hd, and will we get full red button, and will this be available on sports 4?, we got smoked and mirrored with Sky Movies Classics Hd And Sky News HD / Sky Sports News Hd, we are no clearer if we are Getting Sky Arts HDwhich we were promised.
P.S. You dont get Five HD on Freeview, they passed up the chance of a licence which is why the BBC Launched BBC 1 HD as a simulcast.

You are right but who is to blame because all you've mentioned is Sky , just imagine VM had exact channel lineup as Sky people in cabled areas would choose VM as there broadband is far superior , this is why Sky like to keep the edge in TV. I personally think VM should pursue the none Sky channels harder first.

[greeninferno]

Virginmedia/ESPN should outbid Sky for thr EPL football rights next time they are up for auction.

Then we would see the fur fly.

sky would then be cap in hand to Virginmedia.

Might be expensive initially but it would turn the situation on its head.

[gadge]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

Virginmedia/ESPN should outbid Sky for thr EPL football rights next time they are up for auction.

Then we would see the fur fly.

sky would then be cap in hand to Virginmedia.

Might be expensive initially but it would turn the situation on its head.

I think ESPN could manage that on their own.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by gadge

I think ESPN could manage that on their own.

Yes. Sky will need to watch ESPN, they have a lot of money.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by greeninferno

Virginmedia/ESPN should outbid Sky for thr EPL football rights next time they are up for auction.

Then we would see the fur fly.

sky would then be cap in hand to Virginmedia.

Might be expensive initially but it would turn the situation on its head.

ESPN are in a position to outbid Sky for EPL rights they certainly have the financial muscle. Sky have cosyed up to ESPN since they arrived in the UK as they know full well they are a major player in world sports coverage. However, VM do not have the money they are in a considerable amount of debit which they have just finished re scheduling.
IMO rather than them going toe to toe over EPL they will split the rights to stop either of them over paying for rights. Which I am well aware is anti competitive, but who is going to stop them!

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by alwaysabear

ESPN are in a position to outbid Sky for EPL rights they certainly have the financial muscle. Sky have cosyed up to ESPN since they arrived in the UK as they know full well they are a major player in world sports coverage. However, VM do not have the money they are in a considerable amount of debit which they have just finished re scheduling.
IMO rather than them going toe to toe over EPL they will split the rights to stop either of them over paying for rights. Which I am well aware is anti competitive, but who is going to stop them!

VM do not want to be in the content owning business. They are placing themselves as a platform.

UKTV will be next to offload, with the proceeds of the sale going back in to their network/platform.

[Felim_Doyle]

Originally Posted by Mikey1981

The ad says free and exclusive to ALL sky customers, purely wishful thinking but could that mean its not free on virgin and you have to be on at least tv size XL to get it, I.e not free.

I've been tending to avoid watching the Sky ads. at all but, maybe on my third watch/listen, I too have noticed that extra bit of ambiguity in addition to what I mentioned in a previous post.

If we do get Sky Atlantic, it will likely be on a 'non-base' package such as XL and above. That counts as paying for it and so the exclusivity in the ad. may be valid if you take into account the 'free' clause. Wishful thinking, it will be free in SD to all Sky customers but potentially available in SD and, maybe at some stage, in HD to paying customers on other platforms.

Even my attempt at explaining it is clumsy, ambiguous and open to interpretation but hopefully it makes some degree of sense that BSkyB are trying to suggest that only their customers will have Sky Atlantic to the exclusion of all others, without actually saying that.