General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1. - Page 41

denphone · 21-01-2013, 12:51

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Originally Posted by praxis

I always find the never ending demand for Sky Atlantic a bit of a joke has anyone ever looked at the show line up on that channel today listings

http://theguardiandev.tvgenius.net/t...ky-atlantic-hd

it is a re hash of Sky 1 and Sky Living ? and TBH with the new and exclusive shows they have do you see Sky parting with it any time soon ?
Anyone seen Blue Bloods , Boardwalk empire on any other channels ?

Having Sky Atlantic would give the viewer more choice and that cannot be a bad thing.

Media Boy UK · 21-01-2013, 13:07

Channel renumbering update.

I can confirmed that I do know what going to happen - I just cant say what going to happen until sometime next week.

Until next week I can only reveal what going to happen if it appeared online or in tomorrows Radio Times (Or other TV Listing books).

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Originally Posted by denphone

Having Sky Atlantic would give the viewer more choice and that cannot be a bad thing.

Well done Den for being the 600 post on this thread.

passingbat · 21-01-2013, 13:07

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Originally Posted by praxis

I always find the never ending demand for Sky Atlantic a bit of a joke has anyone ever looked at the show line up on that channel today listings

http://theguardiandev.tvgenius.net/t...ky-atlantic-hd

I think your point is irrelevant. On any channel that I watch, it's only a handfull of shows that I watch. If we had Sky Atlantic, it would still only be a handfull and therefore no different to any other channel. That is the nature of any digital channel; they have a few new shows each season and fill the rest of the time slots with repeats and fillers.

OLD BOY · 21-01-2013, 13:47

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Originally Posted by praxis

I always find the never ending demand for Sky Atlantic a bit of a joke has anyone ever looked at the show line up on that channel today listings

http://theguardiandev.tvgenius.net/t...ky-atlantic-hd

it is a re hash of Sky 1 and Sky Living ? and TBH with the new and exclusive shows they have do you see Sky parting with it any time soon ?
Anyone seen Blue Bloods , Boardwalk empire on any other channels ?

You can't just take one day's programming. We all know that Sky Atlantic has its fair share of rubbish, but there are also some good programmes on there, including Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, etc, and these series are currently denied to us.

Granted, they put Game of Thrones on Sky 1 recently, but there is no guarantee that they plan to do that with any other series of that programme. You may have noticed that the first series of Boardwalk Empire will be on Pick TV, but they are only showing the first three episodes. It's all designed to tempt you into getting Sky satellite so that you can tune into Sky Atlantic!

This channel, together with the missing HD channels, are the main things that we want from Virgin Media now, together with quicker development of the various apps on the TIVO box.

My antennae tells me that Sky Atlantic will at last come to our screens this year, hopefully before the impending price increase.

smallclone · 21-01-2013, 14:06

When the regional BBC 1 Wales HD goes to channel 108 on 29th January, will I still get the network BBC1HD that is currently on 108?

BenMcr · 21-01-2013, 14:06

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Originally Posted by smallclone

When the regional BBC 1 Wales HD goes to channel 108 on 29th January, will I still get the network BBC1HD that is currently on 108?

Sorry, but no you won't

smallclone · 21-01-2013, 14:11

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Originally Posted by BenMcr

Sorry, but no you won't

Thanks. This means some programmes will now be on much later at night unfortunately. But I'd prefer to get HD regional.

Media Boy UK · 21-01-2013, 14:17

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Originally Posted by smallclone

Thanks. This means some programmes will now be on much later at night unfortunately. But I'd prefer to get HD regional.

You can still view BBC One London after January 29th but only in SD on Virgin Channel 851,

Or you can watch BBC One from Scotland, London, Wales and N. Ireland on Virgin Channels 861 to 864.

Itshim · 21-01-2013, 14:43

What is anything will change on good old 101, my reading is nothing - am I correct. I take it that 851 is what I think of as BBC England ? will also remain the same. As stated I really prefer to watch "national" shows in an "early" slot than record them at "Midnight" to watch another day.

nicknewark · 21-01-2013, 14:57

I did catch the first series of Game Of Thrones when it was on Sky 1 and must admit I was hooked. I've just bought the secend series from Blinkbox for Â£11, got a Â£5 credit for joining up.

heavyside · 21-01-2013, 15:10

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

This channel, together with the missing HD channels, are the main things that we want from Virgin Media now, together with quicker development of the various apps on the TIVO box.

Very much my feelings.

Media Boy UK · 21-01-2013, 17:51

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Originally Posted by Itshim

851 is what I think of as BBC England ? will also remain the same. As stated I really prefer to watch "national" shows in an "early" slot than record them at "Midnight" to watch another day.

Channel 851 is called BBC One AD and is showing BBC One London that why I call it BBC One London for.

I will reveal the names of the channels that are moving next Tuesday (January 29th) from midday.

21-01-2013, 20:20

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

It was not Virgin Media who drop them.

It was Bauer Radio who drop them from Digital TV (Sky and NTL) due to costs.

I didn't say that VM dropped them, I said they were dropped. If Bauer didn't want to pay for carriage back then, it's not very likely that they will change that in the current economic climate. They seem happy just having their digital channels on the DTT platform.

kgollop · 21-01-2013, 20:49

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Originally Posted by passingbat

I think your point is irrelevant. On any channel that I watch, it's only a handfull of shows that I watch. If we had Sky Atlantic, it would still only be a handfull and therefore no different to any other channel. That is the nature of any digital channel; they have a few new shows each season and fill the rest of the time slots with repeats and fillers.

Spot on

Media Boy UK · 21-01-2013, 20:53

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Originally Posted by jj20x

I didn't say that VM dropped them, I said they were dropped. If Bauer didn't want to pay for carriage back then, it's not very likely that they will change that in the current economic climate. They seem happy just having their digital channels on the DTT platform.

I was just thinking on Friday that if the others Web Sites rumours are true Bauer will axe the Absolute Radio Brand and launch Planet Rock on 1215AM so Bauer may relaunch to other channels they own on Freeview to use them to broadcast until they deal with Sky and Virgin Media are up.