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

[Nemesis]

Oh I'd love to see that defence in a court. "Yes m'lord he made me bully him because he voiced his opinion".

An opinion does not need to be fact, although I note others have referenced articles in support of the posts.

Personally I don't care who is right or wrong, fact or fiction, just stop the tone, it's unfair and uncalled for. If you feel you must belittle people due to your better education or knowledge or opinion, then maybe it's time you had a break from the topic.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

Oh I'd love to see that defence in a court. "Yes m'lord he made me bully him because he voiced his opinion".

An opinion does not need to be fact, although I note others have referenced articles in support of the posts.

Personally I don't care who is right or wrong, fact or fiction, just stop the tone, it's unfair and uncalled for. If you feel you must belittle people due to your better education or knowledge or opinion, then maybe it's time you had a break from the topic.

Nothing wrong with the tone imo, and no one is bullying either, we are entitled to reply to any comments made on here, especially ones with no real foundation, as long as people aren't being abusive then they should be able to respond to other posters, if we all took your stance there wouldn't be any debating.

Originally Posted by Hugh

Back on topic, boys and girls - Arthur is entitled to his opinion....

Of course he is but other posters are also entitled to show that opinion in the right perspective...

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I personally believe that IF VM gave customers ceratin channels that they are after, then the entire argument would be solved.

VM need to introduce more channels to quiten the customers who believe they are asecond rate company.

I would not agree that VM should just take every channel at whatever inflated price the supplier wishes to charge. They have to pass on these costs to the customer.

VM are probably well aware that they would lose far more customers to Sky by imposing massive price increases on their customers than they do from not carrying these overpriced channels.

[Doug P]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Link to said story?

There is no sign of any evidence that VM have turned down this channel at a reasonable price.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Thanks for info.

DS Posters 'Jimbo' thinks Sky Movies Classic may close

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...2&postcount=19

So I think any Sky Movies channel will become Sky Movies Disney and Sky Movies will also renumber the Sky Movies EPG Channel lineup.

If Movies Classic closes I close my Movies subscription.....

[nicknewark]

Yep, in anycase the movies are only on a monthly contract anyway.

[Itshim]

For the record Arthur .
I have no wish to "get" Atlantic if it is ever put on at NO cost so be it or as a stand alone channel fine/

Equally I have no wish to get BT sports channels in any shape or form.

Perhaps I am the only Virgin user that feels this way, but I am not looking to get ANY more channels. Be that +1 , HD or Cross eye. If they come I will look at them & then decide if it was of any interest. Some how I doubt it would be.
Unless it sucked shows I like from other channels

[spj20016]

Originally Posted by Itshim

For the record Arthur .
I have no wish to "get" Atlantic if it is ever put on at NO cost so be it or as a stand alone channel fine/

Equally I have no wish to get BT sports channels in any shape or form.

Perhaps I am the only Virgin user that feels this way, but I am not looking to get ANY more channels. Be that +1 , HD or Cross eye. If they come I will look at them & then decide if it was of any interest. Some how I doubt it would be.
Unless it sucked shows I like from other channels

I feel exactly the same, I know that a lot of customer's want certain channels but VM have to look at what is best for their overall customer base. I couldn't care less if I've got Sky Atlantic or not and sport doesn't interest me in the slightest. Yes it is nice when we do get new channels but I wouldn't want my subscription to go up in price just to get one channel that Sky have got. Also if VM pay top price to Sky, that gives Sky more cash to go out and buy more exclusive deals to withhold.

[Media Boy UK]

Confirmed: Sky Movies reveal new Sky Movies channel lineup from March 28th on Sky.

From Sky.com.

Sky Movies Classics & Indies are being withdrawn as separate channels, with their content being merged and will be replaced by a newly badged channel called Sky Movies Select and Sky Movies Modern Greats will be re-badged as Sky Movies Greats.

Here's the new channel line up as of 28th March;

301 - Sky Premier
302 - Sky Premier + 1
303 - Sky Showcase
304 - Sky Greats
305 - Sky Disney
306 - Sky Family
307 - Sky Action & Adventure
308 - Sky Comedy
309 - Sky Crime & Thriller
310 - Sky Drama & Romance
311 - Sky Sci-Fi & Horror
312 - Sky Select

(Info from DS Forum),

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...0&postcount=33

[Media Boy UK]

C21 Media: BT to buy ESPN’s UK and Ireland biz

UK telecoms company BT Group has confirmed that it’s to acquire ESPN’s UK and Ireland TV channels business, including ESPN and ESPN America.

The deal sees BT take on ESPN’s live sports rights package in the UK and Ireland, which includes live football matches from the FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, UEFA Europa League and German Bundesliga.

BT will take over the rights from July 31 this year and will continue to operate at least one ESPN-branded channel as part of its BT Sport package, which will launch in the summer.

Separately, ESPN has announced that it will wind down the operation of its ESPN Classic channel throughout the EMEA region, and the ESPN America business outside the UK.

http://www.c21media.net/archives/102359

[denphone]

No surprise there MB.

Wow, ESPN really screwing US sports fans over in Europe.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Wow, ESPN really screwing US sports fans over in Europe.

Wow they certainly are , we should count ourselves lucky that we will at least have the opportunity to watch. I assume that this will allow BT to bid for NFL and NHL rights in the future as this was always a problem in this Country as we shared a feed with Scandinavia.

[carmad]

Originally Posted by Itshim

For the record Arthur .
I have no wish to "get" Atlantic if it is ever put on at NO cost so be it or as a stand alone channel fine/

Equally I have no wish to get BT sports channels in any shape or form.

Perhaps I am the only Virgin user that feels this way, but I am not looking to get ANY more channels. Be that +1 , HD or Cross eye. If they come I will look at them & then decide if it was of any interest. Some how I doubt it would be.
Unless it sucked shows I like from other channels

I am very happy with what is already available at the moment, Universal HD would be a bonus.
I also have no wish to get BT Sports or Atlantic as there is very little on that channel that I might watch.
The only sports I am interested in is Motorsport & the NHL
There are not enough hours in the day to keep up with what I like now.

[undertakereddie]

Sky Living Have Picked Up The UK First Run Right To NBC's Hannibal Based on The Movie That Starred Sir Antony Hopkins. This Reboot Stars Lawerance Fishburne (The Matrix & CSI) & Gillian Anderson (The X Files & The Fall) etc.

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/02/sky-...nbcs-hannibal/

Originally Posted by Jameseh

Wow, ESPN really screwing US sports fans over in Europe.

It's pretty much what they indicated they were going to do, concentrate on their more profitable home market and wind down less profitable foreign operations. It's just a business decision for them.