General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2. - Page 70

devilincarnate · 03-05-2013, 14:54

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Originally Posted by johnasimmons

Lets hope there are more to come...

If I remember someone said that VM would be adding channels nearly all the time till August?

johnasimmons · 03-05-2013, 14:59

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

If I remember someone said that VM would be adding channels nearly all the time till August?

That would be great - even though I got a email saying the contrary I am still hoping for Universal HD

Media Boy UK · 03-05-2013, 15:00

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

If I remember someone said that VM would be adding channels nearly all the time till August?

Only The Active Channel has been confirmed by Virgin Media - but still no new launch date (Was set to launch on April 9th).

andy_m · 03-05-2013, 15:50

Excellent on demand additions. If anyone missed Hell On Wheels then please take the opportunity to watch it now.

mike_gain · 03-05-2013, 17:08

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Originally Posted by andy_m

Excellent on demand additions. If anyone missed Hell On Wheels then please take the opportunity to watch it now.

Itv4 will be showing it some time this summer from the begining. Really looking forward to it.

muppetman11 · 03-05-2013, 17:17

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Originally Posted by mike_gain

Itv4 will be showing it some time this summer from the begining. Really looking forward to it.

Why wait , its available to watch at your leisure On Demand.

paultrademark · 03-05-2013, 17:21

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Why wait , its available to watch at your leisure On Demand.

Not on VM its not since they removed all the ITV On Demand content.

muppetman11 · 03-05-2013, 17:35

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Originally Posted by paultrademark

Not on VM its not since they removed all the ITV On Demand content.

Cross wires , I was referring to Hell on wheels which is available in TCM on VM On Demand.

mike_gain · 03-05-2013, 18:05

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Why wait , its available to watch at your leisure On Demand.

Got a few other series to work through from last year, to be honest it's easier to set up a wishlist and then watch it when I get time in a few months. But I may sneak a peak at the first couple of episodes to see what it's like.

RichardCoulter · 03-05-2013, 18:19

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Originally Posted by denphone

Lets hope so but well we are still waiting for UKTV on demand stuff which was promised a while back.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Rumoured, not promised

In August 2011 Neil Berkett said that VM had the same deal to get the UKTV VOD and HD channels as Sky and that they would be rolling these out in the next few months. The missing linear channels and HD channels appeared, but not VOD.

johnasimmons · 03-05-2013, 18:27

I left a message on The Active Channels Facebook page asking when they were launching on VM and this is their reply...

Hi, we are still looking into this. We will keep you posted.

03-05-2013, 20:36

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

As I said in post 1021 it just my view.

Yes, I know that. My point was based on the UKTV press release which only states that the channel will be available on Freeview. Although the footnotes to the press release then go on to confuse the issue.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

In August 2011 Neil Berkett said that VM had the same deal to get the UKTV VOD and HD channels as Sky and that they would be rolling these out in the next few months.

Aha! the next few months... sounds similar to the Universal HD / E! HD rumour. I guess 2 or 3 years could be considered as the next few months, it's a little too vague.

andy_m · 03-05-2013, 21:16

So essentially, if UK TV drama doesn't launch on Sky and/or Virgin Media, it will be the only such channel in the entire UK TV stable of 10 channels plus HD and plus 1 variants.

spiderplant · 03-05-2013, 21:40

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

In August 2011 Neil Berkett said that VM had the same deal to get the UKTV VOD and HD channels as Sky and that they would be rolling these out in the next few months.

I agree he said the first bit. But the second?

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35282035-post834.html

Aguero9320 · 03-05-2013, 22:14

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Originally Posted by andy_m

So essentially, if UK TV drama doesn't launch on Sky and/or Virgin Media, it will be the only such channel in the entire UK TV stable of 10 channels plus HD and plus 1 variants.

True! But if UKTV perform a massive U-turn, and provide Sky and Virgin with Drama ((and possibly even Drama HD and Drama +1 (if we're lucky)), I feel Sky and VM will be more competitive than ever tolaunch new channels onto their platforms. But that is just me, though