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

[Marcus125]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

You are forgetting the subsequent years:

SKY- £10.25X12=£123

VIRGIN ( After 1 year ) £7x12=£84

So a nice difference of £39 and that makes a lot of difference. So the activation charge is payed for in roughley 15 months from when you first paid it eg £50 / 15 months = £10 every 3 months.

You're quite correct a difference of £3.25 a month but you do get 1 or 2 more HD channels. I wonder if VM get the missing HD content will they be able to keep giving hd free. Lets not forget VM also give ESPN free which is £12 a month on sky or £9 is you have Sky sports.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Loved the way you slanted the most expensive comparison....

I have the XL TV package, and don't pay anything (including activation) for HD channels I have - there is always more than one option.

Nobody has mentioned VM give you ESPN free , it's 9.00 on Sky and that's only if you have Sky Sports if not it's 12.00.

Edit sorry Marcus125 hadn't read your post above LOL :-)

[passingbat]

I don'thave Sky sports or movies. All my HD channels are free. I'd be paying an extra 20 pounds per month with Sky as I have 2 HD boxes.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by Marcus125

You're quite correct a difference of £3.25 a month but you do get 1 or 2 more HD channels. I wonder if VM get the missing HD content will they be able to keep giving hd free. Lets not forget VM also give ESPN free which is £12 a month on sky or £9 is you have Sky sports.

Yes but what you are forgetting is that SKY jumped in with both feet as they thought that we will be able to show all the PL games one here. They seem to do the same for all the new channels.

VM held back and got the best deal for all of there top tier TV customers. VM may have looked at what ESPN had to offer at the time and said we will do this for you as you are a new provider in the UK.

Also lets not forget all the other HD channels that you have to pay for on SKY that are available for no extra monthly fee.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Chad

I'd say Virgin have done a great job in the last 6 months. Since SKY Sports HD and SKY Movies HD launched on the 02nd August 2010 we've had the launch of:

Comedy Central HD
SKY One HD
NBC Universal On Demand
Catch-up with Demand Five
Cinémoi
ESPN Classic On Demand
Plus Five HD launched on the same day Virgin announced the sale of VMTV, which confirmed SKY Sports & Movies HD would be coming in August.

If we look back at the past 12 months instead of the last 6 you can add the following to the list too:

Eurosport HD
Discovery HD
Film4 HD
ITV HD
Sci Fi HD

The loss of Bravo, Virgin 1 etc was a bit of a bummer however what's been added in the past 12 months more than makes up for it. Things have went a little quiet recently however Virgin are rolling out Tivo and 100Mb broadband.

Virgin have promised more channels soon, and staff have confirmed this also. We just need to wait until the new financial year. Virgin will find it hard to top what they delivered in 2010, but I'm sure they'll give it a good try.

Now I'm sounding like a Virgin fan boy, which isn't the case, however people seem to forget what we've received in just 12 months and tend to focus on what we've lost or what we haven't got yet. Lets give them a chance, and see what treats they have in store. Alternatively send your channel suggestions too them directly via this link:

https://help2.virginmedia.com/assets...ackformCZ.html

and share their replies with the rest of us. Media Boy does a great job with this thread however it's more filler than "Coming Soon" information these days. Maybe if we all pester Virgin for the channels we want, we can all add great coming soon news instead of relying on Media Boy all the time.

I can confirmed that Virgin have failed to reply to my recent e-mails and feedback asking if Premier Sports will be coming soon. Either they are ignoring me, or a deal is close and they can't reveal. Previously Virgin simply replied to me stating there was no plans to add the channel. Maybe I'm blacklisted for being a pest.

[jtaylor06]

What you have said is absolutely correct.

You also mentioned to pester Virgin to carry the channels we want; as far as I know, that does help as Virgin will provide a channel if there is demand for it (as the deal will be more effective)

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by brooza

Which 2 channels out of the 4 he listed are you counting?

Take your head out the sand matey! Five launched on the same day as HD movies so as I said in my post not since their launch!

Cinemoi?? You're havin a laugh so by process of elimination it would be the other two.

Two channels in months while losing how many? Adding on demand is not a new channel dontcha know

Blind loyalty my friend

Enjoy Cinemoi, I'm off to Sky

[Media Boy UK]

Here is the list of of channels that launch on Virgin TV since the year ago today. (New Channels only)

Channel name - Launch date
BBC One HD - 3rd Nov.
ITV HD (ITV1 HD, STV HD or UTV HD depending on regional station) - 2nd Apr.
ITV +1 (ITV1 +1, STV +1 or UTV +1 depending on regional station) 11th Jan.
ITV2 +1 - 25th Mar.
Sky1 HD - 1st Oct.
Comedy Central HD - 1st Sep.
E4 HD - 1st Apr.
Channel 5 HD - 13th Jul.
Fiver +1 - 13th Jul.
Five USA +1 - 13th Jul.
Syfy HD - 1st Apr.
Syfy +1 - 1st Apr.
ITV3 +1 - 25th Mar.
ITV4 +1 - 25th Mar.
Quest - 25th Mar.
Discovery HD - 1st Apr.
Military History - 25th Mar.
Film4 HD - 20th Jul.
Sky Movies Premiere HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Showcase HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Comedy HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Action & Adventure HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Family HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Crime & Thriller HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Modern Greats HD - 2nd Aug.
Sky Movies Indie HD - 2nd Aug.
Cinémoi - 1st Dec.
Sky Sports HD1 - 2nd Aug.
Sky Sports HD2 - 2nd Aug.
Eurosport HD - 1st Apr.
Cartoonito - 25th Mar.
Jewellery Maker - 8th Sep.
LBC News 1152 - 15th Nov.

We have says goodbye to: (But still broadcasting on other networks)

Animal Planet +1 - Removed in favour of Quest.
History +1 Ex-NTL only - Removed in favour of Military History.
Diva TV +1 - Removed in favour of Sci Fi +1.
NME Radio
MTV Shows (Now called MTV Music)
MTV +1
MTV Classic
Gems TV 2 (Now called Gems TV Extra) - Removed in favour of Jewellery Maker.
Red Hot 40+ Nightly - Removed in favour of UK Swingers Nightly.
Phoenix CNE Ex-NTL only.

All the rest (Channel One, Bravo and some more) has closedown on all networks.

Thanks to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_on_Virgin_TV

[Chad]

Much better than my list Media Boy, BRAVO!

Totally forgot about BBC One HD and E4 HD. Have the past 12 months been the best in Virgins history in terms of new channels?

[brooza]

Originally Posted by Henkesghost

Take your head out the sand matey! Five launched on the same day as HD movies so as I said in my post not since their launch!

Cinemoi?? You're havin a laugh so by process of elimination it would be the other two.

Two channels in months while losing how many? Adding on demand is not a new channel dontcha know

Blind loyalty my friend

Enjoy Cinemoi, I'm off to Sky

Why aren't you counting Cinemoi?

[beeman]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Here is the list of of channels that launch on Virgin TV since the year ago today. (New Channels only).......

So thats 7 new content channels (including 1 shopping channel), with a loss of 13 content channels. Most of the HD channels are symocast channels so no new contect (exept discovery which is almost a symocast channel).

[jamiec21]

Got to say that Virgin not carrying al-Jazeera in this unprecedented time in the Middle East is bad form, especially when it's on all other providers, Freeview and Freesat included and is free on their website.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

We have says goodbye to: (But still broadcasting on other networks)

Animal Planet +1 - Removed in favour of Quest.
History +1 Ex-NTL only - Removed in favour of Military History.
Diva TV +1 - Removed in favour of Sci Fi +1.
NME Radio
MTV Shows (Now called MTV Music)
MTV +1
MTV Classic
Gems TV 2 (Now called Gems TV Extra) - Removed in favour of Jewellery Maker.
Red Hot 40+ Nightly - Removed in favour of UK Swingers Nightly.
Phoenix CNE Ex-NTL only.

Of the channels we no longer have one that must be sorely missed is Red Hot 40+, how will those poor over forty "actors" make ends meet in the present financial climate??

[Big-Ted]

Originally Posted by beeman

So thats 7 new content channels (including 1 shopping channel), with a loss of 13 content channels. Most of the HD channels are symocast channels so no new contect (exept discovery which is almost a symocast channel).

13 lost......

4 of which were +1's

2 NTL only (one was +1)

1 shopping channel

one softcore porn channel

one radio

3 shut down so nothing VM could have donw.


Apart from Brovo and Virgin not a great deal lost.

What we got in its place is worth having plus all the HD channels, simulcast or not.......

[muppetman11]

Read this article

http://m.mirror.co.uk/article?a=m4:22930804

Berkett says best year ever, everybody knows the growth potential is in HD subscribers so more will come in my opinion.