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

[young_timbo]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

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

again with the same bizarre, bewildering logic. people don't want any old <mod edit - Chris - do not swear> just to say they've 'replaced'. they want their live Premier League, they want their Moto GP, and they want their UFC

[gba93]

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.

As a number of members have already observed a lot of us are sports fans and don't detest football, we just have a more realistic attitude to how and when (and at what cost) VM may be able to obtain BT Sports - VM aren't in the business of getting any channel at any price just because a vociferous minority want it, they are in the business of making a profit and will drive for the best deal they can, if they can't get it at the right price for them then you won't get it however much you moan.

[young_timbo]

Originally Posted by Islandman

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?

I've put this very same point to them, and they just ignored me and called me names instead. they only stopped when a moderator took my side.

Alot of them want channels replaced, that they admittedly didn't even watch. Night of the crazies in this place. Be on your guard.

One even compared the importance of reruns of 24, to live premier league football. and got tons of replies saying "yeah, spot on mate" et al.

[dougiemacc]

Originally Posted by Islandman

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?

I am a big football fan, but will not pay £15 for BT sports. Especially for the limited games they have.

[Islandman]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

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

No. Sky Atlantic, UNiversal HD, and especially SSN HD, etc cannot possibly replace what ESPN provided - sport - especially the EPL. I, for one, will not continue to pay the XL premium after having the only reason I pay for it is no longer available.

[nstokes]

60 mins till VM customers loose ESPN

[Richc1977]

An hour of ESPN to go ... will be watching with a tear in my eye

[mikes12345]

Personally I've never watched ESPN, and have no interest in football, however I hope Virgin get BT Sports and add it to the XL pack. I don't want to watch the channels, but for me they represent part of the diverse value proposition of the XL pack.

While these channels aren't interesting to me it would not seem fair for Virgin to add channels I like in preference to what other people want (I'm really not that important). So hopefully Virgin will get the channels soon... And then they can get channels I'm interested in. That said I don't know what channels I want other than more HD (e.g. if I must endure the Disney channel I might as well see Mickey in HD).

[Richc1977]

Originally Posted by nstokes

60 mins till VM customers loose ESPN

Or an hour until your late night hat supper!

[city3000]

Originally Posted by dougiemacc

I am a big football fan, but will not pay £15 for BT sports. Especially for the limited games they have.

I agree, for me they have the worst time slot of the weekend aswell. No chance I would pay for the channel when Sky Sports already show so many games.

[Islandman]

Originally Posted by gba93

As a number of members have already observed a lot of us are sports fans and don't detest football, we just have a more realistic attitude to how and when (and at what cost) VM may be able to obtain BT Sports - VM aren't in the business of getting any channel at any price just because a vociferous minority want it, they are in the business of making a profit and will drive for the best deal they can, if they can't get it at the right price for them then you won't get it however much you moan.

So do a deal and let us know the price. We can then make a personal choice on whether, or not, it represents value for money.

[VirginMediaPhil]

Originally Posted by Asian Channel

This is from my insider in Manchester. (C) 2013 Asian Channel

Why would people in a call centre be told about video conferences that have nothing to do with them?

Anyway, I'll believe it when I see it.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by nstokes

60 mins till VM customers loose ESPN

will you lose them till bt sports starts

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by Islandman

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?

Financially Virgin will be hit hard if they don't get BT sports, combined with no reduction in XL price they have made a lot of people very angry. If they don't pull this off there will be many leaving.

[dougiemacc]

Originally Posted by young_timbo

again with the same bizarre, bewildering logic. people don't want any old bollox just to say they've 'replaced'. they want their live Premier League, they want their Moto GP, and they want their UFC

Just join BT then. Let me know how it is in 12 months when your bills shoot up ?