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			11-03-2013, 17:17
			
			
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				What about VM?. 
			
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 No idea.
 
I do not know when Disney deal with Virgin Media is up.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
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			11-03-2013, 17:43
			
			
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				New HD Channel to launch April 9th. 
 
Disney Jr. HD will launch on Sky on April 9th. 
			
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 ARISE News HD launched today on Sky channel 519 for HD subscribers.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			11-03-2013, 18:00
			
			
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				what about vm?. 
			
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 coming soon
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			11-03-2013, 18:11
			
			
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				coming soon 
			
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			12-03-2013, 09:00
			
			
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				New HD Channel to launch April 9th. 
 
Disney Jr. HD will launch on Sky on April 9th. 
			
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				ARISE News HD launched today on Sky channel 519 for HD subscribers. 
			
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 More HD channels for us Sky customers   
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 Coming soon i suspect    
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			14-03-2013, 14:53
			
			
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 That is great news.
 
BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, C&I , History, Nat Geo, SKY Atlantic, SKY One, SKY Living, SKY Arts and SKY Sports all now on catch up. 
 
Do people now consider SKY to be the most comprehensive supplier of catch up TV in the UK?
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			14-03-2013, 14:58
			
			
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				That is great news. 
 
BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, C&I , History, Nat Geo, SKY Atlantic, SKY One, SKY Living, SKY Arts and SKY Sports all now on catch up.  
 
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			14-03-2013, 15:31
			
			
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				That is great news. 
  
BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, C&I , History, Nat Geo, SKY Atlantic, SKY One, SKY Living, SKY Arts and SKY Sports all now on catch up.  
  
Do people now consider SKY to be the most comprehensive supplier of catch up TV in the UK? 
			
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 I hardly ever use catch up or on demand, to the point where I can almost say that I never use it. So I can't say really. But at one point VM were the King for on demand and catch up.
  
But I've been watching how Sky have addressed that situation and been really impressed with the amount of content they have added. This would be a guess, but I suspect that there is nothing between VM and Sky in this aspect and they are level pegging; Sky may even be nudging ahead?
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			14-03-2013, 15:49
			
			
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			VM have the luxury with their STB's that it doesn't require a seperate Internet connection and is available on non PVR boxes that said I would say Sky now probably has a more comprehensive range of catchup content , VM possibly has the edge when it comes to library content although Sky's is increasing all the time.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			14-03-2013, 16:20
			
			
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			14-03-2013, 18:52
			
			
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 Any ideas on when we will get film 4hd I would of thought that would be a part of the deal but may be wrong lol....
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			14-03-2013, 19:00
			
			
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				Any ideas on when we will get film 4hd I would of thought that would be a part of the deal but may be wrong lol.... 
			
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 All I can tell you is its defo coming its was part of the agreement signed between Sky and Channel 4 , I saw someone speculating on DS forum that VM's exclusive agreement for Film 4 HD was started in July 2010 if it was a three year deal that would mean the deal expired July this year however its all speculation.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			15-03-2013, 15:14
			
			
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			Film4 HD to launch on Sky in September?
Digital Spy is reporting that Film4 HD will launch on Sky in September.
 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...d-channel.html
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
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