General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by ocav

Premier Sports and Fox+ are out the question for the DNP

Sorry, bit thick today, DNP??

[Chad]

Originally Posted by johnathome

From Twitter

@Paul_Vikings trying to find out when something "official" is coming out. Believe that XL TV customers will start receiving Fri channel 551

He's talking about Premier Sport

Very interesting indeed.

Noticed the guy, James Gordon, who has tweeted is the managing director of Sportbox Media. Why would this be of interest I hear you ask. Well Sportbox Media appear to be in charge of selling advertising on Premier Sports during the rugby world cup!

Sportbox Media have put feelers out on their Twitter feed:

"Want to advertise your company during television coverage of @RLWC2013 on Premier Sports? Contact us for details."

So I'm pretty sure James Gordon will have a good idea of what is happening behind the scenes, and will be desperate for confirmation that the channel will be on Virgin Media real soon. More potential viewers will make it easier for him to sell advertising slots. I think Premier Sports being free on Virgin Media during the Rugby World Cup is a very real possibility.

[ocav]

Originally Posted by johnathome

Sorry, bit thick today, DNP??

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[cityfan247]

So we think Premier Sports is coming to VM. If its a standalone subscription i cant see many signing up. Is it £9.99 pm on Sky for ONE SD channel? doesnt represent good value to me.

Netflix is coming but again the feeling is this will be subscription based- £5.99 pm we assume. This is the same price as Netflix on other platforms - i have Netflix available on my Roku and my Blu-Ray but have never tried it as i am put off by the price. Again i wonder how many VM subscribers will pay for this service and how many NEW subscribers Netflix will attract ?

To me it would be far more sense to have a deal to include them in a higher pack like XL. the channels would have more viewers, the channels get greater revenue and VM increase the value of its top tier packages and get better subscriptions.

Now dont get me wrong - i dont expect everything at no extra cost but if these services were added to XL for example- also add the other channels rumoured to be coming soon:

Sky1 +1
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic +1
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky News HD
Sky Sports F1 HD
Sky Sports 3 HD
Sky Sports 4 HD
Sky Sports News HD

Channel 4 +1 HD

Disney Channel HD
Disney XD HD

FOX +

MGM HD

Sony Movie Channel

News 18

Universal Channel HD

Then if VM increased the price of XL by say i dont know £5pm for many it would still represent good value - i think it would. And VM may find more people 'trade up' to XL in turn increasing their revenue and therefore making the deal for Netflix/Premier Sports etc better.

[ocav]

Originally Posted by cityfan247

So we think Premier Sports is coming to VM. If its a standalone subscription i cant see many signing up. Is it £9.99 pm on Sky for ONE SD channel? doesnt represent good value to me.

Netflix is coming but again the feeling is this will be subscription based- £5.99 pm we assume. This is the same price as Netflix on other platforms - i have Netflix available on my Roku and my Blu-Ray but have never tried it as i am put off by the price. Again i wonder how many VM subscribers will pay for this service and how many NEW subscribers Netflix will attract ?

To me it would be far more sense to have a deal to include them in a higher pack like XL. the channels would have more viewers, the channels get greater revenue and VM increase the value of its top tier packages and get better subscriptions.

Now dont get me wrong - i dont expect everything at no extra cost but if these services were added to XL for example- also add the other channels rumoured to be coming soon:

Sky1 +1
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic +1
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky News HD
Sky Sports F1 HD
Sky Sports 3 HD
Sky Sports 4 HD
Sky Sports News HD

Channel 4 +1 HD

Disney Channel HD
Disney XD HD

FOX +

MGM HD

Sony Movie Channel

News 18

Universal Channel HD

Then if VM increased the price of XL by say i dont know £5pm for many it would still represent good value - i think it would. And VM may find more people 'trade up' to XL in turn increasing their revenue and therefore making the deal for Netflix/Premier Sports etc better.

I agree it would give Virgins XL pack better value having them included, however if they increase it by £5 I can see Sky running an advert with the following headline;

Sky's Top Package is £5 cheaper than the equivalent package on Virgin Media

Yes a few will know that it includes these things but most people will go "oh £5, I'll switch as that's £60 a year"

[Chad]

Premier Sports to be added tonight, going live on Friday on Channel 551. Going into XL but free for everyone until 6am on the 25th of November.

Does that sound about right for those in the know?

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by ocav

I agree it would give Virgins XL pack better value having them included, however if they increase it by £5 I can see Sky running an advert with the following headline;

Sky's Top Package is £5 cheaper than the equivalent package on Virgin Media

Yes a few will know that it includes these things but most people will go "oh £5, I'll switch as that's £60 a year"

I think there would be a few complaints to the ASA if that ever happened.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Chad

Premier Sports to be added tonight, going live on Friday on Channel 551. Going into XL but free for everyone until 6am on the 25th of November.
Does that sound about right for those in the know?

News to me.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by Chad

Premier Sports to be added tonight, going live on Friday on Channel 551. Going into XL but free for everyone until 6am on the 25th of November.

Does that sound about right for those in the know?

I don't know but me like if that's the case

[cityfan247]

Originally Posted by ocav

I agree it would give Virgins XL pack better value having them included, however if they increase it by £5 I can see Sky running an advert with the following headline;

Sky's Top Package is £5 cheaper than the equivalent package on Virgin Media

Yes a few will know that it includes these things but most people will go "oh £5, I'll switch as that's £60 a year"

i take on board what you are saying and agree. A lot of people would just look at the 'headline'. But VM could simply do their own promotional and state they are cheaper than Sky as they would have BT/ESPN sports HD/ Netflix and Premier Sports included at substantial saving.

i just think this would be a win win. i think the likes of Netflix and Premier Sports would get more £ as a % of XL subscriptions compared to being standalone subscriptions , VM potentially attract more subscriptions to its top tier pack even at a higher price and VM customers feel theyre getting better value.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

News to me.

I may have misunderstood. It's maybe just free to XL and VIP customers until 6am on the 25th November. Essentially the first month free from the point they go live. That period covers through to the semi final stage of the tournament.

[Media Boy UK]

New Rumour:

GINXTV to launch on demand service next month.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Chad

Premier Sports to be added tonight, going live on Friday on Channel 551. Going into XL but free for everyone until 6am on the 25th of November.

Does that sound about right for those in the know?

That's a new one to me bud.

[blue666666]

Chad how did you find out,not even the one's in know err know

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by Chad

I may have misunderstood. It's maybe just free to XL and VIP customers until 6am on the 25th November. Essentially the first month free from the point they go live. That period covers through to the semi final stage of the tournament.

going live on friday is right,testing at the moment.but the rest is news to me