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Old 17-11-2012, 14:06   #1
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Streaming Restrictions

This is getting behond a joke,The streaming channels availble to view on your ipad are a totally disgrace and now after having a 2nd tivo installed the streaming between boxes is even worse.They have been banging on about this new tech for 12 months surely in all that time contracts should have been changed with providers
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Old 18-11-2012, 05:08   #2
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Re: Streaming Restrictions

This is terrible news for those of you who have brought into TiVo. This is just another one to add to list of things VM have failed to deliver properly and I can well understand your frustration Howard. VM never seem to do things the logical way.
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Old 18-11-2012, 11:16   #4
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This is getting behond a joke,The streaming channels availble to view on your ipad are a totally disgrace...
Unless you actually like and watch the channels available, of course

There's actually a nice cross-section of channels; from general entertainment to sport and music.

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...and now after having a 2nd tivo installed the streaming between boxes is even worse.They have been banging on about this new tech for 12 months surely in all that time contracts should have been changed with providers
A fair point but perhaps negotiations take longer than you or I think they do/should.

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This is terrible news for those of you who have brought into TiVo.
Why? My Tivo still works the way it always has and I'm perfectly happy with that. Any sort of streaming was neither guaranteed nor even mentioned when it was originally announced; so we've lost nothing.

We have, however, gained an app to control our Tivos and the ability to remotely manipulate Series Links and Recordings

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This is just another one to add to list of things VM have failed to deliver properly ...
Where was it promised or guaranteed that all channels would be available from launch? Go on. Provide a link please.

I agree that more channels and the ability to stream your own content would be good and yes, perhaps VM should have acted sooner to get more channels from launch, but none of these things are essential and they will get here eventually.
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Old 18-11-2012, 11:34   #5
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I still feel that this app is not much more than what we had working via a hack 2 years ago. I just hope it improves more over the next few months.
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Wasn't that the US version? If so, then it's not supposed to be any more than that, is it?

And you have to remember that the majority of people won't have had that anyway
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There's a piece over on Jason's Virgin Media TiVo Blog that suggests the networking function also needs some work. http://virgintivo.blogspot.co.uk/201...in-medias.html
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There's a piece over on Jason's Virgin Media TiVo Blog that suggests the networking function also needs some work. http://virgintivo.blogspot.co.uk/201...in-medias.html
It gets better folks - now VM are recommending that Netgear homeplugs be used for MRS:
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...1565534#M66845
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We have, however, gained an app to control our Tivos and the ability to remotely manipulate Series Links and Recordings


Where was it promised or guaranteed that all channels would be available from launch? Go on. Provide a link please.

I agree that more channels and the ability to stream your own content would be good and yes, perhaps VM should have acted sooner to get more channels from launch, but none of these things are essential and they will get here eventually.

What has the ipad app got to do with Tivo to Tivo streaming?


Whilst I do believe OFCOM need to get involved in such matters, VM have been planning box to box streaming since the beginning of their involvment with tivo; they knew the current restrictions regarding rights issues, so should have many, many more sorted out than they currently do.

Your constant defence of virtually anything VM or Tivo, never ceases to amaze me.
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It would be interesting to know how many channels Sky have that you can stream to computer or Apple device via their Sky Go

Is it a VM failure in negotiating the rights or the broadcasters restricting them ?
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It would be interesting to know how many channels Sky have that you can stream to computer or Apple device via their Sky Go

Is it a VM failure in negotiating the rights or the broadcasters restricting them ?
Info for that can be found below

http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sky-go/

The Sky planner sharing feature hasn't been launched yet so no ideas of the channels available etc.
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Info for that can be found below

http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/sky-go/

The Sky planner sharing feature hasn't been launched yet so no ideas of the channels available etc.

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so Sky has 38 channels on a laptop and 31 on the Apple device
and Virgin has 45 channels on a laptop and 25 on the Apple device

To me it looks like its not Virgin or Sky thats restricting streaming channels but the broadcasters themselves
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so Sky has 38 channels on a laptop and 31 on the Apple device
and Virgin has 45 channels on a laptop and 25 on the Apple device

To me it looks like its not Virgin or Sky thats restricting streaming channels but the broadcasters themselves
Pathetic isn't it.
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What has the ipad app got to do with Tivo to Tivo streaming?
My comment was in answer to Howards posting this....

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This is getting behond a joke,The streaming channels availble to view on your ipad are a totally disgrace...
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Whilst I do believe OFCOM need to get involved in such matters...
To what end?

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..VM have been planning box to box streaming since the beginning of their involvment with tivo; they knew the current restrictions regarding rights issues, so should have many, many more sorted out than they currently do.
Absolutely.

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Your constant defence of virtually anything VM or Tivo, never ceases to amaze me.
It would me too, if that's what I was actually doing

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Is it a VM failure in negotiating the rights or the broadcasters restricting them ?
Probably some of both.

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To me it looks like its not Virgin or Sky thats restricting streaming channels but the broadcasters themselves
That can't be right. It has to be VM's fault or the world would implode
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Thanks

so Sky has 38 channels on a laptop and 31 on the Apple device
and Virgin has 45 channels on a laptop and 25 on the Apple device

To me it looks like its not Virgin or Sky thats restricting streaming channels but the broadcasters themselves
You could well be right , its something I'm not well up on. Sky have also secured the rights to add Channel 4 , E4 , More 4 and Film 4 to Sky Go.

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/n...t-of-channel-4
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