General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1. - Page 92

OB81 · 11-02-2013, 00:54

Me too the baseball spring season starts end of the month then the main season end of April

Media Boy UK · 11-02-2013, 00:56

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Originally Posted by Lew

There are a few on those list that I wouldn't complain if they suddenly showed up on the VM EPG, but the one I really want is ESPN America HD.

ESPN America HD may appear in August when ESPN signs an new deal with Virgin Media.

OB81 · 11-02-2013, 01:01

Great but weren't you saying it might be going anyway?

Qtx · 11-02-2013, 01:03

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Sky unlikey to give anyone the HD Channels of Sky 3D, Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD and Sky Sports F1 HD

So Virgin can go after (Bar British Eurosport 2 HD and Animal Planet HD):

Animal Planet HD is a superb channel. The HD seems to look better than most other HD channels too. Very enjoyable to watch

Lew · 11-02-2013, 01:12

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Originally Posted by OB81

Great but weren't you saying it might be going anyway?

ESPN UK may be going, but I doubt ESPN America will. Don't forget that the version we get here covers more than just the UK and Ireland. Then there are two other versions (one for most of mainland Europe and one for the Middle East and Africa). As they don't have any local presenters and just take the entire US feed they don't have the same overhead that ESPN UK have, plus they don't have to worry about overpriced football contracts.

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Originally Posted by OB81

Me too the baseball spring season starts end of the month then the main season end of April

Thankfully I can watch the Spring Training games in HD via my Apple TV with an MLB.tv subscription.

11-02-2013, 01:18

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Originally Posted by Lew

Thankfully I can watch the Spring Training games in HD via my Apple TV with an MLB.tv subscription.

Did the UK Apple TV ever have NHL GameCenter? I swear I've seen it but it must have been a US screenshot.

OB81 · 11-02-2013, 01:21

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Originally Posted by Lew

ESPN UK may be going, but I doubt ESPN America will. Don't forget that the version we get here covers more than just the UK and Ireland. Then there are two other versions (one for most of mainland Europe and one for the Middle East and Africa). As they don't have any local presenters and just take the entire US feed they don't have the same overhead that ESPN UK have, plus they don't have to worry about overpriced football contracts.

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Thankfully I can watch the Spring Training games in HD via my Apple TV with an MLB.tv subscription.

Very good news then

Lew · 11-02-2013, 01:23

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Did the UK Apple TV ever have NHL GameCenter? I swear I've seen it but it must have been a US screenshot.

No, that's not on the UK model.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

ESPN America HD may appear in August when ESPN signs an new deal with Virgin Media.

If the rumours are true that ESPN UK will be closing by May then it might be sooner that VM get to negotiate a new deal.

braysoj1 · 11-02-2013, 02:05

i hope we get bt sport hd on the xl pack just like we got espn now

11-02-2013, 05:55

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

They could but they would be wasting their time. Every box has its own unique disc encryption keys.

If so then yes, they would. I would expect, if that was the case, that the encrypted recording would need the card and the box it was originally paired with to allow playback.

I'll take this with a pinch of salt however, as I just tested playing back a recording with the card removed. The recordings, including those from Sky basics played.

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I expect most broadcasters would be concerned if disc cloning was possible. Sky's extra restriction is to prevent viewing after unsubscribing,

Wouldn't copying the programmes with a DVD recorder or streaming them over a network or the internet be much simpler for anyone wishing to go down that route?

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Not possible. See above.

And yet the recordings play back without a card...

alwaysabear · 11-02-2013, 11:25

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Originally Posted by Lew

There are a few on those list that I wouldn't complain if they suddenly showed up on the VM EPG, but the one I really want is ESPN America HD.

And so would I after over two years of waiting .

Qtx · 11-02-2013, 11:43

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

And so would I after over two years of waiting .

Virgin customers should be used to waiting now

Did I head some news about ESPN not doing so well financially and might not last?

denphone · 11-02-2013, 11:53

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Originally Posted by Qtx

Virgin customers should be used to waiting now

Did I head some news about ESPN not doing so well financially and might not last?

ESPN is an profitable American global cable television network and as such will soak up any small losses in parts of its worldwide operations.

ken1234 · 11-02-2013, 12:15

Sky Movies gr8s this now Sky Movies 007 on epg 410 and 440 hd i dont kmow how long for my be till the end fo feb ?

Media Boy UK · 11-02-2013, 13:13

Quest+1 update.

My insider has today told me that Quest+1 will not be on M+ or L Packages on Virgin Media.

Quest+1 is going into XL FROM Tuesday on Virgin Channel 173.