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

[dougiemacc]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Nice to see the decent crew on tonight and not the clowns,nice to see the sky boys (muppetman/chad) not taking the mick out of us poor vm customers also

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Nope think sky are gonna end up being the winners out of this one

But is BT sport HD worth an extra £15 a month - dont think so

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by alwaysabear

Exactly we have seen this before . They are trying to keep customers hanging on until 17th then nothing.

Didnt get through to retentions but guy I spoke to to clarify the position said we are still in talks, pointed out you've been in talks for Atlantic for two years. He did seem to concede. Said I could hold for retentions but I may have to wait a while to get through as they were very busy. Had to go to football but think I'll call them Monday when I'm off work.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Nice to see the decent crew on tonight and not the clowns,nice to see the sky boys (muppetman/chad) not taking the mick out of us poor vm customers also

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Nope think sky are gonna end up being the winners out of this one

depend when the half price offers run out id say I was close earier this year to going to them but family didn't want that im glad it turned out that way would have lost lots just to gain few more HD channels so gained more staying on VM

[young_timbo]

Originally Posted by andy_m

People just won't be leaving in their droves over this. Let's take as an example the person most desperate to get the new Bt channels - you. You're not leaving, but instead are hooking up your old Sky box. From Virgin's point of view they keep you as a customer and save the money they were paying ESPN out of your monthly subs. So Virgin are quids in. Like I say, from a business point of view, this probably make sense - people like you are the reason why.

I was going to sign up to VIP though, as figured the daddy of all packages would have bt sport. but I won't be if they don't get it. I'll be doing a much lesser package. Probably just keep what we have now and add ss1 and ss2, plus a tivo box for my room. So they're actually losing quite a bit of money from me. Which i will be paying some of to BT Sport instead.

Nice try though. Almost worked.

[pk1]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Nice to see the decent crew on tonight and not the clowns,nice to see the sky boys (muppetman/chad) not taking the mick out of us poor vm customers also

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Nope think sky are gonna end up being the winners out of this one

It's a shame that Virgin do not seem to of fought harder for this to be resolved sooner, and give the people who want these channels what they want at the same time as Sky.

It's not like BT Sport was only announced last week, I would think it would of been a priority to make sure these were available at launch, as you obviously have the customers that want to watch the sports they will offer.

[Islandman]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Yer agree bud but they should have at least found other channels to replace them,universal hd,sky Atlantic.in Ireland they have sky sports news hd Disney hd and there owned by the same bleedin company and we ain't even got them and what they doing with the money there saving from not paying for espn ???

Are you serious? The channels we have lost are sports channels that included the EPL. Sky Atlantic, Unversal HD, etc cannot possibly replace them. As for Disney HD, and SSN HD, who cares? VM never had them, so no loss.

[johnasimmons]

Does anyone know what time during the night do VM add/remove channels?

[young_timbo]

Originally Posted by Islandman

Are you serious? The channels we have lost are sports channels that included the EPL. Sky Atlantic, Unversal HD, etc cannot possibly replace them. As for Disney HD, and SSN HD, who cares? VM never had them, so no loss.

hear hear. but i'll warn you you are wasting your time on these lot. they aren't sports fans, and they detest football. they don't get it. it's a pointless crusade.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by johnasimmons

Does anyone know what time during the night do VM add/remove channels?

there said they removing ESPN at midnight John not sure what time if any new ones come

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by dougiemacc

But is BT sport HD worth an extra £15 a month - dont think so

Nope

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by johnasimmons

Does anyone know what time during the night do VM add/remove channels?

12am - 3am 90% of the time.

[Islandman]

Originally Posted by johnasimmons

Does anyone know what time during the night do VM add/remove channels?

Between midnight and 3am usually.

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by Islandman

Are you serious? The channels we have lost are sports channels that included the EPL. Sky Atlantic, Unversal HD, etc cannot possibly replace them. As for Disney HD, and SSN HD, who cares? VM never had them, so no loss.

Maybe not everybody choice but at least it would be something to replace and justify keeping xl pack at same price

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by young_timbo

hear hear. but i'll warn you you are wasting your time on these lot. they aren't sports fans, and they detest football. they don't get it. it's a pointless crusade.

is big sports fan but wont be paying £15 a month just for 38 premier league games when sky sports much better

[Islandman]

Originally Posted by young_timbo

hear hear. but i'll warn you you are wasting your time on these lot. they aren't sports fans, and they detest football. they don't get it. it's a pointless crusade.

Regrettably, I suspect you're right. What is difficult to understand is that if they're not sports fans, why are they bleating so much about th loss of the ESPN channels?