SD : TV price rises

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by Chad

SKY and BT Vision keep on adding new TV customers yet Virgin, with their TiVo box, just seem to have plateaued. It would appear TV customers are looking for the widest selection of content or really good value when choosing their TV provider at the moment.

Looks like Virgin need to up their game as their TV uptake has been stagnant for almost 12 months now. With YouView launching in the next few months with their own free 7 catch-up service for terrestrial TV, apps for the likes of Lovefilm and TV on demand content the market is only going to get tougher. By all intents and purposes, YouViews box will be able to do about 80% of what TiVo does without any monthly fee.

Virgin need to deliver all missing non-SKY HD channels, more linear channels and more exclusive on demand content if they want to continue their growth in 2012 - 2013.

what do you expect VM to do when sky are with holding the channels as proven by lack of sky sports 3+4HD and F1 HD and atlantic not VM fault sky are with holding channels

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Dave42

what do you expect VM to do when sky are with holding the channels as proven by lack of sky sports 3+4HD and F1 HD and atlantic not VM fault sky are with holding channels

I'd have liked to see VM keep hold of the VMTV channels they'd already done a good job with Living and introduced Living HD and their other channels had some decent shows meaning they could also have gone HD , it seems now they are too reliant on Sky.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'd have liked to see VM keep hold of the VMTV channels they'd already done a good job with Living and introduced Living HD and their other channels had some decent shows meaning they could also have gone HD , it seems now they are too reliant on Sky.

yes but VM would never have got the sky premium HD channels without the sale MM that what most VM customers complained about when we didnt have them

[nstokes]

i dont like the pay increase ethier but at the end of the day everything is going up no matter what it is. Yes they havnt added anything new yet but give them time and they may do. Its not worth saying its VM fault or saying there bad as it makes no difference. TBF how many of us actaully watch EVERY SINGLE channel we have now, i dont. So lets just take it all as it comes and deal with it. Pay increases are a way of life

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Dave42

yes but VM would never have got the sky premium HD channels without the sale MM that what most VM customers complained about when we didnt have them

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

totally agree but VM or anyone else don't have the money to compete with sky sadly MM so not much can be done to that changes

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

Exactly MM.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I believe they would have at some point , Smallworld customers now have access to them. Being too reliant for content from your leading competitor can't be a good situation.

TBF, I don't think they would have.. Sky wouldn't see SmallWorld as a major competitor like they do with VM.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

TBF, I don't think they would have.. Sky wouldn't see SmallWorld as a major competitor like they do with VM.

I respect your opinion DF , I suppose it's one thing none of us can be 100% sure on however I'd have liked VM to further develop the VMTV channels possibly taking them all to HD it would have also then allowed VM to have numerous channels content available on the go without lengthy expensive discussions and reliance on a big competitor.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I respect your opinion DF , I suppose it's one thing none of us can be 100% sure on however I'd have liked VM to further develop the VMTV channels possibly taking them all to HD it would have also then allowed VM to have numerous channels content available on the go without lengthy expensive discussions and reliance on a big competitor.

Yeah, there would have been benefits from having still owned the VMtv Channels, but I think VM saw more value in gaining the HD Sports/Movies/HD channels from Sky.

Oops! we are going off topic here!

[denphone]

One question for you DF and that is is the planned TV price rises planned for April paying for channels we have received in the past 6 to 12 months or are these price rises paying for planned TV channels launches in the next couple of months?.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Dave42

what do you expect VM to do when sky are with holding the channels as proven by lack of sky sports 3+4HD and F1 HD and atlantic not VM fault sky are with holding channels

What are you talking about? What I posted stated "Virgin need to deliver all missing non-SKY HD channels"

I'm asking for Virgin to deliver all the missing channels that are NOT owned by SKY. I fully understand that Virgin won't get certain HD channels from SKY.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by denphone

One question for you DF and that is is the planned TV price rises planned for April paying for channels we have received in the past 6 to 12 months or are these price rises paying for planned TV channels launches in the next couple of months?.

Not sure Den, but at a guess I'd say it was for future services.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Not sure Den, but at a guess I'd say it was for future services.

Now don't get our hopes up too high DF.

Hi i found this about the price increase

https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-...uspart=DMail_3