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

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Mobes

Re: BT Sport. OK so we don't know how VM will play this price wise but here's my take on it. VM will simply have to look at the money BT want for the channel/s and weigh it against the amount of people who may leave XL because "free" ESPN is going.

If the amount of money they loose through exodus from XL they may feel it better to swallow up the BT costs and give it to XL free or if it doesn;t then we'll have to pay extra. They may even decide to err on the side of caution and charge an extra couple of quid a month and suck up the rest themselves.

With Liberty Media on the horizon they may have some extra cash to throw about.

Anyone have any ideas when we may find out?

We might not find out till July if we go by the dates when ESPN did their deal with VM in 2009.

[spankysmagicpian]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

I can see STV Group pulling out of channel 3 by 2016 if they win Local TV rights to Ayr, Dundee and Inverness.

STV Group will I think then sell Channel 3 to ITV plc to become know as ITV Scotland.

Why would STV sell when they are making a profit and concentrate on Local TV, which as far as I know, hasn't yet been made profitable (see Guardian Group / Channel M)

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

Why would STV sell when they are making a profit and concentrate on Local TV, which as far as I know, hasn't yet been made profitable (see Guardian Group / Channel M)

Are they???

In their 2012 results STV reveal that STV have got £45.3m of net debt.

So that why I was thinking 'If they sold Channel 3 to ITV plc' for.

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/e...entId=11494528

[gizuk]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Are they???

In their 2012 results STV reveal that STV have got £45.3m of net debt.

So that why I was thinking 'If they sold Channel 3 to ITV plc' for.

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/e...entId=11494528

A company can be profitable even though they have debt. In 2012 they made a pre-tax profit of £14.4 million.

[Doug P]

Originally Posted by gizuk

A company can be profitable even though they have debt. In 2012 they made a pre-tax profit of £14.4 million.

Severely doubt STV will abandon their high profile platform in Scotland for the risky business of local tv alone.

There is no chance things will be affected by the independence vote in Scotland as that is almost certainly going to be heavily defeated.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Doug P

Severely doubt STV will abandon their high profile platform in Scotland for the risky business of local tv alone.

There is no chance things will be affected by the independence vote in Scotland as that is almost certainly going to be heavily defeated.

STV is only ITV but not using the name.

STV only broadcast about 5 hours of local TV per week (STV News & Scotland Tonight)

All the rest comes from ITV plc.

[undertakereddie]

Just Been Confirmed By Sky 1 Brand New American Drama Revolution Starts on Friday 29th March 2013 at 9pm With a Double Bill on Sky 1 Co Created By JJ Abrams (LOST, Fringe & Alias) & Eric Kripke (Surpernatural).

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/03/sky1...or-revolution/

[Media Boy UK]

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

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

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

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

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

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

good news keep up great work MB

[johnasimmons]

WooHoo! The Holy Grail at last! thanks for the info MB

[heavyside]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

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

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

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

That's the best news I've heard on this thread in a long time. Only Sky Atlantic to add now as far as I'm concerned. Well done VM!

[johnasimmons]

I agree heavyside, only Sky Atlantic (even in SD) to go

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Are they???

In their 2012 results STV reveal that STV have got £45.3m of net debt.

So that why I was thinking 'If they sold Channel 3 to ITV plc' for.

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/e...entId=11494528

They have an operating profit with debt reducing year on year. It really depends what the debt was used for, debt can be used to fund investment to increase or maintain profitability. I wouldn't say there's anything in those figures that would suggest that STV would want to offload their ITV regional franchises.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

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

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

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Yippee ki-yay

Originally Posted by Media Boy

STV is only ITV but not using the name.

STV only broadcast about 5 hours of local TV per week (STV News & Scotland Tonight)

All the rest comes from ITV plc.

It is still part of the ITV Network contributing content to the network as well as its own regional content.