General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3. - Page 83

colin25 · 24-07-2013, 19:54

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Originally Posted by vincerooney

That's a confident smile!

confident smiley,

Dave42 · 24-07-2013, 19:56

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Originally Posted by johnasimmons

I feel that all will be revealed tomorrow

lets hope so John

spankysmagicpian · 24-07-2013, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

On July 17th Asian Channel posted that Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD was set to launch on Virgin Channels 119 and 120.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=491

and if you read it, it says not confirmed.

Frankly, it's all supposition.

I'm willing to look a fool if it comes off but honestly, all this second guessing, it gets a little monotonous.

Anyone at Sky reading this thread must be laughing their socks off.

PS - if this was a proper 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3' it would consist of about 4 posts.

denphone · 24-07-2013, 20:12

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Originally Posted by johnasimmons

I feel that all will be revealed tomorrow

ESPN was announced on the 29th of July 2009 and thus then arrived on the 3rd of August so perhaps the same will be announced with BT Sports.

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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian

and if you read it, it says not confirmed.

Frankly, it's all supposition.

I'm willing to look a fool if it comes off but honestly, all this second guessing, it gets a little monotonous.

Anyone at Sky reading this thread must be laughing their socks off.

PS - if this was a proper 'Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3' it would consist of about 4 posts.

Oh spanky don't be such a sourpuss as please remember banter and speculating is part and parcel of this thread.

OLD BOY · 24-07-2013, 20:18

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Originally Posted by JustaBloke

Adverts have aired on national TV explaining that VM customers will not be able to receive the service.

Well, that's true as things stand, isn't it? Things change. Watch this space....

nicknewark · 24-07-2013, 20:20

Just got a tweet back from VM, which says still in talks with BT, will update our customers as soon as we have more news!.

Media Boy UK · 24-07-2013, 20:21

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Originally Posted by JustaBloke

Adverts have aired on national TV explaining that VM customers will not be able to receive the service.

Name the channels then on where BT are broadcasting them.

The one on UKTV do not run them.

OLD BOY · 24-07-2013, 20:21

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

On July 5th 'BomberAF' says on Cable Forum that:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35592280-post194.html

On July 13th I got the following from an Insider:

On July 17th Asian Channel posted that Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD was set to launch on Virgin Channels 119 and 120.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=491

On July 18th Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services blog posted:

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...bt-sports.html

So how is that backtracks on confirmations?

I just cant get the Sky Atlantic channels confirmed.

I think the 'backtracking' may refer to your recent post in which you said there were no new channels coming anytime soon, or words to that effect, MB.

Gavin-D · 24-07-2013, 20:21

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Originally Posted by nicknewark

Just got a tweet back from VM, which says still in talks with BT, will update our customers as soon as we have more news!.

Probably a standard tweet they use now until they make a formal announcement

Media Boy UK · 24-07-2013, 20:22

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I think the 'backtracking' may refer to your recent post in which you said there were no new channels coming anytime soon, or words to that effect, MB.

I ask them on Channels being confirmed - That Insider has not seen any info.

nicknewark · 24-07-2013, 20:23

Yep, probably so.

Gavin-D · 24-07-2013, 20:32

scrap that wrong place

Bananaman_007 · 24-07-2013, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

That the way Virgin work.

The news I got about BT Sports on July 13th was from an new insider.

VM are not always quiet about launches.

They put those coming screen channel placeholders up. They have done it for a few channels of late. If the BT Sports deal was signed i would expect a channel placeholder to be there.

As for Atlantic, When VM got Sky 1 back and were gearing up for Sky on demand they were quite vocal about that too. If they had a deal for Atlantic to start next week they would be using this to get customers to renew and switch. The longer BT and Atlantic are off VM the more likely they are to have customers switch to Sky or take up the BT broadband offer.

denphone · 24-07-2013, 20:33

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Originally Posted by nicknewark

Just got a tweet back from VM, which says still in talks with BT, will update our customers as soon as we have more news!.

And that news will arrive in the next week in my humble opinion.

spiderplant · 24-07-2013, 20:36

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

when itv2,3 +4 hd started I was telling to people week after launch because they didn't know and it was nearly 3 weeks before they advertised it them on the TiVo box

It's called a soft launch and is all carefully planned. Whenever anything is announced or launched, some customers will call about it, and some may require tech visits. Staff need to be available to answer those calls and make those visits. By keeping the comms low-key, it spreads the load. You'd soon be complaining if they couldn't cope with the demand.

A lesson from history:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3704669.stm