General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

Originally Posted by passingbat

Black and white TVs were good.... well, until colour came along


Seriosly, there is so much more functionality on Tivo, and with VM having vastly increased the number of HD channels, I don't see how many people can live with the 20 hours HD recording space that V+ limits you to.

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Yep, the cloud is the way to go and has massive advantages for people. But guess who is slowing things down? Content providers! I know, total surprise that one

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They seem reliable to me.

Neil Berkett said that VM were looking at a cloud approach at a recent event he spoke at. Said gets over the issue of lost content when a box goes faulty, gets content onto multiple devices simply and brings down CPE costs big time. His view was 2015. However he may of known he was stepping down when he made that comment :-)

Originally Posted by Top banana

gets over the issue of lost content when a box goes faulty

They could have just designed the boxes with snap out drives which would be easy to swap in those circumstances but... oh well!

Originally Posted by jj20x

They could have just designed the boxes with snap out drives which would be easy to swap in those circumstances but... oh well!

Not allowed by content providers, however a cloud solution linked to your account number is.

[DaMac]

My Viera TV lets you attach an external hard drive and then formats / encrypts the recorded footage so ONLY that set can watch it back. The Technology is there and it aint expensive.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by DaMac

My Viera TV lets you attach an external hard drive and then formats / encrypts the recorded footage so ONLY that set can watch it back. The Technology is there and it aint expensive.

Indeed, but it doesn't help. If your TV failed, you'd lose your content. If your hard drive failed, you'd lose your content.

A few years ago Scientific-Atlanta offered a PVR with a built-in DVD writer that would write encrypted DVDs only it could play back. AFAIK they didn't sell any.

[johnasimmons]

I think that the new channels we have received and are getting is great but I think it is now time VM had a chat with Sky about obtaining Sky Atlantic, even if it is only in sd.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by johnasimmons

I think that the new channels we have received and are getting is great but I think it is now time VM had a chat with Sky about obtaining Sky Atlantic, even if it is only in sd.

On suspects they have had a chat on a regular basis already John.

[heavyside]

Originally Posted by johnasimmons

I think that the new channels we have received and are getting is great but I think it is now time VM had a chat with Sky about obtaining Sky Atlantic, even if it is only in sd.

The new upcoming channels are welcome additions but the ones I really want to see are Sky Atlantic and the missing ITV HD channels. Sports fans would probably add Sky F1 HD, Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD and Eurosport 2 HD to that list. I wonder if any - or all - of these might be coming our way once the Liberty Global dust has settled?

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by heavyside

The new upcoming channels are welcome additions but the ones I really want to see are Sky Atlantic and the missing ITV HD channels. Sports fans would probably add Sky F1 HD, Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD and Eurosport 2 HD to that list. I wonder if any - or all - of these might be coming our way once the Liberty Global dust has settled?

Liberty Global (can I call them LG?) have no intention of changing VM's current relationship with Sky, who I'm sure would want to keep the HD versions of SS3, SS4 and SSF1 as unique selling points to potential Sky customers.

What might change is LG's ability to bid for content on a European basis - even then, the existing contracts for that content would have to expire, and I imagine that most of the 'good' ones are currently held by Sky.

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Originally Posted by Top banana

Neil Berkett said that VM were looking at a cloud approach at a recent event he spoke at. Said gets over the issue of lost content when a box goes faulty, gets content onto multiple devices simply and brings down CPE costs big time. His view was 2015. However he may of known he was stepping down when he made that comment :-)

Cloud PVRs are the future. One would hope that any long-term content deals that VM are considering/signing would take that into account. We don't want another MRS-style scenario where only a handful of channels can be recorded into the cloud.

[ncfc1902]

Originally Posted by heavyside

The new upcoming channels are welcome additions but the ones I really want to see are Sky Atlantic and the missing ITV HD channels. Sports fans would probably add Sky F1 HD, Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD and Eurosport 2 HD to that list. I wonder if any - or all - of these might be coming our way once the Liberty Global dust has settled?

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to add some new Channels - should launch on Tuesday.

I can now reveal that the following channels should launch on Tuesday on Virgin Media:

Channels to launch:
-Quest+1 to launch on Virgin Channel 173 on the M+, L and XL Packages.
-Investigation Discovery to launch on Virgin Channel 224 on the M+, L and XL Packages.
-British Eurosport 2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 526 on the XL Package.[/B]

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by eugene

Does anyone know when the Virgin deal with Viacom is due to be renewed?

No idea but when they do we may get some of the following channels:

-BET: Black Ent Tv
-BET: Black Ent Tv +1
-MTV CLASSIC
-MTV HD
-MTV LIVE
-MTV MUSIC
-MTV +1
-Nickelodeon HD
-Nick Jr. +1
-Comedy Central Extra +1

But I think the next pack of channels launching will be CSC Media Group with the following channels launching:

-Bliss
-BuzMuzik
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Kix!
-POP
-Pop Girl
-Pop Girl +1
-Scuzz
-The Vault
-Tiny Pop +1
-True Movies 2

All I know is the ESPN deal is up in July.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

can I call them LG?

LGI. Avoids confusion with the Korean electronics company.

[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

LGI. Avoids confusion with the Korean electronics company.

Good point, wouldn't want people thinking that VM are making their own TVs and phones.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

Good point, wouldn't want people thinking that VM are making their own TVs and phones.

Indeed as we have two LG TV's in our household.

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

Liberty Global (can I call them LG?) have no intention of changing VM's current relationship with Sky, who I'm sure would want to keep the HD versions of SS3, SS4 and SSF1 as unique selling points to potential Sky customers.

What might change is LG's ability to bid for content on a European basis - even then, the existing contracts for that content would have to expire, and I imagine that most of the 'good' ones are currently held by Sky.

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Cloud PVRs are the future. One would hope that any long-term content deals that VM are considering/signing would take that into account. We don't want another MRS-style scenario where only a handful of channels can be recorded into the cloud.

Looking at cable offerings on the content I'm beginning to think that it's Liberty Global's other operations which stand to benefit from the additional bargaining power of Virgin's 5 million subscribers, rather than the other way around.