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

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by denphone

Thats a good question and perhaps we can get the resident emailer and Twitterer HD boy to send another of his regular questions to them.

Not interested in Baby TV

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

i checked on the sky website and i worked out getting all the tv channels they had (only tv, not broadband and calls) come to about £64.

Thats about 2 quid less than I currently pay Virgin for TV, broadband and calls. I left sky because I didn't want to pay more than that for fewer services. I can't see myself ever going back and will be very disappointed if Virgin try to compete on channels with sky at the expense of value for money bundles which include the UK's fastest broadband and largest on demand library.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

Not interested in Baby TV

But l suspect there are some viewers out there who are.

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by denphone

But l suspect there are some viewers out there who are.

Probably

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

I was thinking that way too.

Could we get the ITV HD channels next month as part of ITV VOD advertising deal ?

[gcampbell]

Originally Posted by gba93

I'll pass - any takers?

I'd take it up for an extra tenner or so - wouldn't bother with boxnation though.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

Probably

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Could we get the ITV HD channels next month as part of ITV VOD advertising deal ?

Maybe.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Thats about 2 quid less than I currently pay Virgin for TV, broadband and calls. I left sky because I didn't want to pay more than that for fewer services. I can't see myself ever going back and will be very disappointed if Virgin try to compete on channels with sky at the expense of value for money bundles which include the UK's fastest broadband and largest on demand library.

even if they virgin do accept my XXL tv pack at £70-85, it will still be better value for money than the full sky tv service, you get a far more vod choice than sky, plus unlike sky, you can get, BBC iplayer, 4od, ITV player and Demand 5

last but not least you can get faster broadband on virgin media thank sky, so your VOD choices upload faster

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Originally Posted by HD Boy

Probably

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Could we get the ITV HD channels next month as part of ITV VOD advertising deal ?

unlikely, but we will get those channels, when is another matter

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

even if they virgin do accept my XXL tv pack at £70-85, it will still be better value for money than the full sky tv service, you get a far more vod choice than sky, plus unlike sky, you can get, BBC iplayer, 4od, ITV player and Demand 5

last but not least you can get faster broadband on virgin media thank sky, so your VOD choices upload faster

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unlikely, but we will get those channels, when is another matter

I disagree. Have you bothered to read the other posts or do just moan about some of the crap channels virgin media does not have ?

[Chad]

Can someone in the know please clarify the differences between an independant channel launching on SKY and Virgin. Let's take a channel like Scuzz or Dave purely for example purposes.

Does the new channel have to pay SKY for the EPG slot and satellite space whilst Virgin have to actually pay the new channel to join their platform?

Sorry I don't really fully understand the difference between a channel launching on SKY and Virgin. Any info would be great.

[Lew]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

Have you bothered to read the other posts

Pot, meet kettle.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by HD Boy

I disagree. Have you bothered to read the other posts or do just moan about some of the crap channels virgin media does not have ?

a lot of the channels i am suggesting are not crap

i am suggesting more hd channels (like itv 2/3/4 hd, sky news hd, sky sports hd3, hd4 and news hd)

i am suggesting more sports channels (boxnation, premier sports)

i am suggesting more entertainment channels (sky atlantic, cbs drama)

i am suggesting more news channels (nhk world, Al Jazeera English)

and many more good channels

and yes i do think that +1 channels are useful, and it will remain the case until virgin launch a TIVO 3TB 6 tuner set top box

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

a lot of the channels i am suggesting are not crap

i am suggesting more hd channels (like itv 2/3/4 hd, sky news hd, sky sports hd3, hd4 and news hd)

i am suggesting more sports channels (boxnation, premier sports)

i am suggesting more entertainment channels (sky atlantic, cbs drama)

i am suggesting more news channels (nhk world, Al Jazeera English)

and many more good channels

and yes i do think that +1 channels are useful, and it will remain the case until virgin launch a TIVO 3TB 6 tuner set top box

I meant to say some of the channels you are suggesting are crap for example Tiny Pop +1,DMAX +1, DMAX +2, ,Quest +1, , Diva TV +1, SAB, Sahara One, STAR Gold, STAR One, , MTV +1, ZEE Café, Zing,Russia Today,

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

a lot of the channels i am suggesting are not crap

i am suggesting more hd channels (like itv 2/3/4 hd, sky news hd, sky sports hd3, hd4 and news hd)

i am suggesting more sports channels (boxnation, premier sports)

i am suggesting more entertainment channels (sky atlantic, cbs drama)

i am suggesting more news channels (nhk world, Al Jazeera English)

and many more good channels

and yes i do think that +1 channels are useful, and it will remain the case until virgin launch a TIVO 3TB 6 tuner set top box

And who says Virgin will launch a TIVO 3TB 6 tuner set top box.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Also why do Virgin Viewers need to pay £3.50 for Baby TV when Sky Viewers can get it as part of their Family Pack.

Check out who owns it

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Check out who owns it

Fox International also known as News Corp