22-05-2011, 18:54
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#1396
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The Invisible Woman
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re: sky sports red button
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Originally Posted by medianews
If you want your box to freeze PRESS RED NOW!! Bunch of amateurs
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How old is your box?Because mine hasn't stuck on the red button for at least the last 4 years.. 
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22-05-2011, 23:11
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#1397
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Inactive
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Glasgow
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Re: sky sports red button
I believe DF when he says will get the full red button but I think he needs to convince the VM Forum Team Members, another quote from them.
"We do not have the rights from sky for the red button on all programmes."
No mention of at the moment or will be getting them.
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23-05-2011, 14:40
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#1398
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telegramsam
Join Date: Dec 2010
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red button
Well there was no red button option for yesterdays premier league survival games `eh. Much as I expected though. What was on the red button on sky sports 2 was rugby. As it was the first time I`d seen the sky red button I pressed it to see it in action. Two problems occured, 1 I couldn`t get back to the main sports 2 channel (I ended up re-setting the box) and 2 the red button and `rugby sevens `stayed on the screen the whole time I watched the footy,which was very annoying. Anyone else had the 1st problem and is the red button(dot) supposed to stay on the screen all the time?
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23-05-2011, 14:58
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#1399
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Re: red button
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Originally Posted by telegramsam
Well there was no red button option for yesterdays premier league survival games `eh. Much as I expected though. What was on the red button on sky sports 2 was rugby. As it was the first time I`d seen the sky red button I pressed it to see it in action. Two problems occured, 1 I couldn`t get back to the main sports 2 channel (I ended up re-setting the box) and 2 the red button and `rugby sevens `stayed on the screen the whole time I watched the footy,which was very annoying. Anyone else had the 1st problem and is the red button(dot) supposed to stay on the screen all the time?
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You can usually remove the red button prompt by pressing the blue button.
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23-05-2011, 19:45
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#1400
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: red button
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Originally Posted by telegramsam
Well there was no red button option for yesterdays premier league survival games `eh. Much as I expected though. What was on the red button on sky sports 2 was rugby. As it was the first time I`d seen the sky red button I pressed it to see it in action. Two problems occured, 1 I couldn`t get back to the main sports 2 channel (I ended up re-setting the box) and 2 the red button and `rugby sevens `stayed on the screen the whole time I watched the footy,which was very annoying. Anyone else had the 1st problem and is the red button(dot) supposed to stay on the screen all the time?
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Yesterday's was the first time the Sky Red Button service crashed my box "Just a moment" for 5 minutes, then had to force a reset, which took another 3 or 4 minutes to complete. Seeing as how the service was nothing more than changing from one video channel to another, with maybe a line of digital text saying "Please press BACK to exit", this really shouldn't be happening, when more complicated interactive services have been on the platform for many years.
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24-05-2011, 10:32
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#1401
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Re: sky sports red button
What a cock up by VM, all the technology there is and they still cannot get it right.
I can see loads of problems coming up, l was under the impression that 'test' are carried out by engineers and the games on Sunday would have been perfect for it.
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24-05-2011, 13:01
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#1402
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Smeghead
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Re: sky sports red button
It will probably depend on the type of stb that was used?
Not a total cock up at all. Also testing will have been done way before the service went live. But things can end up being different outside of a testing situation.
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24-05-2011, 13:17
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#1403
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telegramsam
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Re: red button
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Originally Posted by Lew
You can usually remove the red button prompt by pressing the blue button.
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Thanks will try that next time.
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31-05-2011, 18:39
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#1404
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Re: sky sports red button
When is the next red button event?
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31-05-2011, 18:51
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Sceptic
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Re: sky sports red button
Did the test match v Sri Lanka have red button service for stats etc?
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01-06-2011, 23:39
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#1406
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cf.mega poster
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Re: sky sports red button
Not Technically red button , but could this mean the end for the 7.00 per box premium HD charge meaning 7.00 would be for all boxes if it's true
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...9&postcount=34
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01-06-2011, 23:45
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#1407
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Re: sky sports red button
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
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Or SKY insist Virgin still charge £7.00 per box for their Premium channels making their own £11.00 HD multiroom deal look fantastic.
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02-06-2011, 00:10
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#1408
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Virgin Media Staff
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Location: Manchester
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Re: sky sports red button
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chad
Or SKY insist Virgin still charge £7.00 per box for their Premium channels making their own £11.00 HD multiroom deal look fantastic.
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Not that fantastic
Virgin multiroom including Sky HD is £13.50 per box - so only £2.50 more (I know it's still more but not as big a jump as Sky would probably like)
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02-06-2011, 00:24
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#1409
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Re: sky sports red button
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Not that fantastic
Virgin multiroom including Sky HD is £13.50 per box - so only £2.50 more (I know it's still more but not as big a jump as Sky would probably like)
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 Okay so maybe fantastic was a bit over the top. My original post should have been:
Or SKY insist Virgin still charge £7.00 per box for their Premium channels making their own £11.00 HD multiroom deal look better.
As we all know SKY apparently believe in better 
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02-06-2011, 11:46
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#1410
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Re: sky sports red button
Personally, I think the £7 per box charge would be dropped on Virgin Media too, if Sky changed their pricing to per account.
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