General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.

[Henkesghost]

Fair play to the posters that have continued to trumpet the merits of Virginmedia if the rumours are true. Been very close to moving to Sky in the last 6 months only the hassle of changing providers held me back. A few have continued to post that Virgin will pull through in the end, looks like they may well have been right Have been heavily critical of the tv service from Virgin in the past, seems may have been the best decision not to move.

[Mad Max]

We'll see!

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

they haven't owned the company 5 min and strike a deal.

Content deals take months to sort out. If there is a new deal, it won't be down to LGI.

[Aguero9320]

I don't wish to spoil the party, but I'm shocked to see Sky Atlantic join Virgin soon. Sky signed an exclusive deal with HBO for Atlantic to be exclusively on Sky until 2016 (what I was told) and would not be distributed elsewhere until then. And the existing deal for Sky's basic channels does not expire until 2019. What is going on between Sky and Virgin!?

Originally Posted by Aguero9320

I don't wish to spoil the party, but I'm shocked to see Sky Atlantic join Virgin soon. Sky signed an exclusive deal with HBO for Atlantic to be exclusively on Sky until 2016 (what I was told) and would not be distributed elsewhere until then. And the existing deal for Sky's basic channels does not expire until 2019. What is going on between Sky and Virgin!?

Sky signed a deal with HBO for their shows to be on Atlantic and no other channel (excluding existing deals), what platform Sky Atlantic is on is entirely upto Sky.

[kgollop]

Personally I think it's pretty obvious that VM would want to get BT Sports into the XL pack to replace ESPN. I think if they had gone for the same deal as Sky things would have been done long ago. Whether or not they've been successful in their negotiations is another matter of course. I really hope so, as there's no way I'm going to pay an extra £15 a month on top of my VIP pricing. I'll go to the pub for the odd game I want to see if that turns out to be the case. This is eerily similar to the initial ESPN negotiations for those that remember it. Fingers crossed for a launch in XL, if that happens and Atlantic is confirmed I'll be extremely happy!

[sebastion]

I will wait till we get official confirmation before I get too carried away. But in the mean time, here we go, here we go, here we go.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by sebastion

I will wait till we get official confirmation before I get too carried away. But in the mean time, here we go, here we go, here we go.

Ya here we go, here we go, here we go, into disappointment ville for VM customers

[BexTech]

Tivo does a job, just not great at it.

Too slow and clunky compared to other boxes.

When I press a button I want instant response. Not let me think about it for a while.

Know it's not just my box, I've had 4 all the same, friends and family who have them or had them, all the same.

Hate the awful EPG too. Rarely updates on programme changes. Still get wrong EPG info on programmes, stats a programme is on, record it only to find it's something completely different.

Originally Posted by nstokes

Ya here we go, here we go, here we go, into disappointment ville for VM customers

Disappointment for the <0.1% of VM customers who actually read CableForum and the ~50% of those that actually believed the rumours anyway.

So about 4 people.

[freakgirl]

Said this before but virgin hasn't actually said anything official about espn leaving have they?

Yes, unless a deal is struck with BT in the next week or so, ESPN will leave Virgin and America/Classic will close regardless.

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by freakgirl

Said this before but virgin hasn't actually said anything official about espn leaving have they?

Yer they finally released a statement a couple of days ago

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Originally Posted by nstokes

Ya here we go, here we go, here we go, into disappointment ville for VM customers

You could be right,but if bt sports ends up in xl pack it will be us laughing at the sky fan boys again.remind me how much did a sky customer pay for espn whilst we got it for free

[denphone]

Originally Posted by nstokes

Ya here we go, here we go, here we go, into disappointment ville for VM customers

Oh Mr Stokes l shall have to prescribe something for you today as you sound most unwell young chap.

[johnasimmons]

Lets all hope we hear something good soon about BT Sport and Sky Atlantic