General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Gloating is a sin..

but Maggy this is to good not to have a little gloat

[Jimi]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

As well as the VM team have done, should some credit go to the BT team too? It does take two to tango after all!

100% correct.

[Doug P]

Originally Posted by Dave42

but Maggy this is to good not to have a little gloat

Not sure is good, but SOME (nowhere near all) who were so angry and convinced that VM had goofed over BT Sport were not terribly nice to those who were calmly saying let us wait and see so am gloating in a non gloaty way....

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Parlyboy

BT Sport 1 & 2 now available on TV Anywhere on PC/Laptop

Showing on the EPG on iPhone and iPad but not yet available for streaming

ESPN not yet available

Should be soon though

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/.../1951120#M4624

Hi following the signing of the deal for BT Sport and ESPN we're now working on getting all the channels live on TV Anywhere:

BT Sports 1 and 2 should be live on the online version of TV Anywhere now, and ESPN will be live there this afternoon.
BT Sports 1 and 2 and ESPN will be live on the iOS app either this afternoon or tomorrow morning.
Thanks

So ESPN America programming has just shifted to ESPN, what other sports will be shown on the channel if any?

[geordiechris]

Do Sky or BT have a cooling off period? I wonder how many VM customer who jumped ship will use that as an excuse to come back to VM if they do?

[Catesby]

I don't see why some people are surprised at it being on XL. BT would have lost out on millions without giving it to Virgin and will be getting much more money on a guaranteed 3 year contract on the XL package than they would as a stand alone subscription, as well as the extra ad revenue from the additional viewers.

All the delays were purely to get as many customers to switch to BT as possible. Praise Virgin all you want but I reckon BT had them in the palm of their hands all along and probably got exactly what they wanted.

[Doug P]

Most of the old ESPN programming like MLS Ligue 1 Serie A etc is on BT Sport now...

[Coventrywoo]

Originally Posted by geordiechris

I called them

did they offer you it when you phoned...

[ocav]

Originally Posted by geordiechris

Do Sky or BT have a cooling off period? I wonder how many VM customer who jumped ship will use that as an excuse to come back to VM if they do?

Yeah UK Law states 28 days

[Doug P]

Not true BT had the upper hand. They wanted a subscription system on VM as they keep trumpeting their desire to sell their broadband. Quote from Telegraph in late July:

"On top of its historic strength in landlines, BT is investing £2.5bn to upgrade its broadband network to fibre, and has made a foray into TV, through YouView. BT Sport is designed to help attract and retain broadband customers. “Fibre is the absolute heart of our strategy,” says Petter, whose remit covers telephony, broadband and TV."

Or they didn't have VM in any palm anyway. This deal smacks of a climbdown to get more advertising money and viewers rather than the oft stated aim (which doesn't seem to be working if figures are to be believed) of using the sport to sell fibre....

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by ocav

Yeah UK Law states 28 days

Actually it's 7 working days if sold over the phone or online (technically it can be less if the services are activated before the end of that period). Anything more is down to the company you are dealing with

[freakgirl]

Woah i should have come on earlier, only just found out via a tweet by digital spy

[Jimi]

Originally Posted by Catesby

I don't see why some people are surprised at it being on XL. BT would have lost out on millions without giving it to Virgin and will be getting much more money on a guaranteed 3 year contract on the XL package than they would as a stand alone subscription, as well as the extra ad revenue from the additional viewers.

All the delays were purely to get as many customers to switch to BT as possible. Praise Virgin all you want but I reckon BT had them in the palm of their hands all along and probably got exactly what they wanted.

It takes two to tango,let's just thank both sides for using common sense,it does prevail sometimes.

[Henkesghost]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Well Done Stokesy for fronting up

Well done Den for keeping the cheer leading going.

Well done Howardmicks, who hinted that he knew the facts (turned out he did)

Well done Virgin, best ever, excellent