General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5. - Page 56

denphone · 14-10-2013, 11:57

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

New Rumour:

My Rumour poster has told me a deal has been struck between Sky and Virgin for Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD.

Both are expected to launch at some point in the Autumn possibly as early as end of October.

Sky Atlantic will be in the M+ package with Sky Atlantic HD being in the XL pack.

These will launch at same time as the other Sky channels aka Sky News HD etc.

No surprise with this news as it has been in the offing for months.

Dave42 · 14-10-2013, 12:01

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Originally Posted by denphone

No surprise with this news as it has been in the offing for months.

well lets hope it happens Den like I have always said I be very happy to be proved wrong on this

Media Boy UK · 14-10-2013, 12:06

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

New Rumour:

My Rumour poster has told me a deal has been struck between Sky and Virgin for Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD.

Both are expected to launch at some point in the Autumn possibly as early as end of October.

Sky Atlantic will be in the M+ package with Sky Atlantic HD being in the XL pack.

These will launch at same time as the other Sky channels aka Sky News HD etc.

Updates an other Rumour poster think Sky Atlantic will only launch on Virgin Media when Sky Atlantic launches on 'Now TV'.

14-10-2013, 12:13

Sky have agreed to let BT have access to their movie channels apparently, so looks like they are starting to relax a bit in terms of allowing other approaches

Media Boy UK · 14-10-2013, 12:28

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Originally Posted by Top banana

Sky have agreed to let BT have access to their movie channels apparently

From October 26th.

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I am thinking about launching an 'Virgin Media rumours thread' later today.

anap · 14-10-2013, 12:30

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

New Rumour:

My Rumour poster has told me a deal has been struck between Sky and Virgin for Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD.

Both are expected to launch at some point in the Autumn possibly as early as end of October.

Sky Atlantic will be in the M+ package with Sky Atlantic HD being in the XL pack.

These will launch at same time as the other Sky channels aka Sky News HD etc.

That will be January now that you've mentioned it!

ocav · 14-10-2013, 12:33

Good news on the Sky Atlantic rumour. If movies are to launch on BT on 26th, it would be a good time for a Now TV Entertainment and Atlantic on VM launch. Especially for Sky as both companies will make a song and dance about Movies and Atlantic, while Sky can just sit back and watch consumers see the prices while flogging 50% off coupons at them!

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

From October 26th.

---------- Post added at 11:28 ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 ----------

I am thinking about launching an 'Virgin Media rumours thread' later today.

No point in a new thread, maybe just when the next coming soon thread launches maybe add rumour in the title. What's the new thread going to be for? To me it will be a duplicate of this one

muppetman11 · 14-10-2013, 12:42

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Originally Posted by ocav

while Sky can just sit back and watch consumers see the prices while flogging 50% off coupons at them!

Sounds a brilliant business model chuck everyone a 50% off voucher

blue666666 · 14-10-2013, 12:48

any news on sky 3D media boy. keep up the good work

passingbat · 14-10-2013, 12:53

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

From October 26th.

---------- Post added at 11:28 ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 ----------

I am thinking about launching an 'Virgin Media rumours thread' later today.

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Originally Posted by ocav

No point in a new thread, maybe just when the next coming soon thread launches maybe add rumour in the title. What's the new thread going to be for? To me it will be a duplicate of this one

Agreed IMHO, no point in launching a new thread; it would just be a duplicate of this one.

Media Boy UK · 14-10-2013, 12:57

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Originally Posted by blue666666

any news on sky 3D media boy. keep up the good work

I really do not know what channels Virgin and Sky are in talks over.

Rumours now say deal has been signed.

freakgirl · 14-10-2013, 12:58

I wonder if sky atlantic is coming if it will launch the same day as netflix rolls out to everyone

blue666666 · 14-10-2013, 12:59

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

I really do not know what channels Virgin and Sky are in talks over.

Rumours now say deal has been signed.

fingers crossed then.

Media Boy UK · 14-10-2013, 13:08

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Originally Posted by ocav

No point in a new thread, maybe just when the next coming soon thread launches maybe add rumour in the title. What's the new thread going to be for? To me it will be a duplicate of this one

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Originally Posted by passingbat

Agreed IMHO, no point in launching a new thread; it would just be a duplicate of this one.

Just thinking about it.

andy_m · 14-10-2013, 13:15

WSJ is reporting that Netflix are now in talks with several US cable operators to put their app on stbs in deals similar to those they've announced with Virgin and Com hem in Sweden. An interesting point to note is that there appears to have been a recent carriage dispute between one of the cable companies (comcast I think) and cbs. The report suggests that if a deal with Netflix had already been in place it would have given the cable company greater leverage in the negotiations because they would have been able to point their customers in the direction of all the cbs content they carry through their association with Netflix.

It's something I hadn't considered, but I wonder if the inclusion of Netflix on Virgin's platform will put them in a stronger position when it comes to negotiating carriage agreements with channels who's content is also available through the app?