General Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014 - Page 120

denphone · 27-03-2014, 13:01

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Originally Posted by Richc1977

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ghts-channel-5

Could Discovery team up with Virgin Media for the next round of Premier League rights?

Hope so that will give them something barter with when dealing with Sky/BT.

Not in a millions years.

muppetman11 · 27-03-2014, 13:10

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Originally Posted by passingbat

You would think replacewd extra, wouldn't you, but I was surprised to find that it was cheaper!

I had XL TV XL BB and XL Phone and two Tivos.

I rang up to cancel TV completely and just have XL Phone and XL BB and to pay the line rental up font.

The price they quoted for XL Phone and XL BB was cheaper than the price advertised on the VM website for those services and I accepted that price. Then the CS agent said that if I kept one Tivo with M TV, they could reduce the price by a further £5 or six months and then by 50 pence for a further 12 months.

I guess that since I already had a Tivo installed, it wasn't costing them to leave it in my home and they were hoping I would see a show only available on a higher TV package and up my TV package to be able to watch it.

Also, I suppose it's possible that they want to keep as many TV subscribers for end of year sales figures.

You've hit the nail on the head , traditional TV sub's are becoming harder and harder to replace , why do you think Sky now reports Now TV subscribers in with its satellite customer base.

OLD BOY · 27-03-2014, 14:20

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Originally Posted by Richc1977

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ghts-channel-5

Could Discovery team up with Virgin Media for the next round of Premier League rights?

Hope so that will give them something barter with when dealing with Sky/BT.

No, because Virgin Media/Liberty have made it clear that they are not interested in bidding rights to broadcast content.

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Only a rumour i've heard. To combat the growing success of BT Sports and Netflix Sky may reduce the wholesale costs of their movies and sports packs across all platforms.

Or they could just let us have Sky Atlantic, that would bring in a few pennies.

denphone · 27-03-2014, 14:31

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

No, because Virgin Media/Liberty have made it clear that they are not interested in bidding rights to broadcast content.

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Or they could just let us have Sky Atlantic, that would bring in a few pennies.

Somehow this scenario is as likely to happen as of the great master ever deserting his great fortress of Skydor.

theone2k10 · 27-03-2014, 16:12

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Originally Posted by Richc1977

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ghts-channel-5

Could Discovery team up with Virgin Media for the next round of Premier League rights?

Hope so that will give them something barter with when dealing with Sky/BT.

As far as i'm aware Virgin Media have no interest in bidding for any football rights as they wish to focus their attention on faster speeds and on demand at the moment.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

No, because Virgin Media/Liberty have made it clear that they are not interested in bidding rights to broadcast content.

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Or they could just let us have Sky Atlantic, that would bring in a few pennies.

SA isn't in lgs current plans bud.

Dave42 · 27-03-2014, 16:13

see OB is still dreaming about something that never gonna happen

theone2k10 · 27-03-2014, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Dave42

see OB is still dreaming about something that never gonna happen

It will happen just not anytime soon.

Dave42 · 27-03-2014, 16:15

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

It will happen just not anytime soon.

no chance they will not let anyone have it more chance of snowing in hell forever

theone2k10 · 27-03-2014, 17:06

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Originally Posted by Dave42

no chance they will not let anyone have it more chance of snowing in hell forever

Definition of Hell "your own nightmare" so if you nightmare is snow then there is snow in Hell.

muppetman11 · 27-03-2014, 17:08

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Originally Posted by bamav

This is the kind of news might be steering VM's decisions down a certain path...

http://www.whathifi.com/news/digital...me-watching-tv

Times are changing - VM aren't going to spend money on what they don't have to.

Hence why pay TV operators are investing so much in mobile , YouTube in 2011 reported 6% of viewing was on mobiles this increased in 2012 to 25% and by 2013 was an astonishing 40% so clearly the appetite for video on mobile is there.

denphone · 27-03-2014, 17:15

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Originally Posted by Dave42

see OB is still dreaming about something that never gonna happen

There is nothing wrong with dreaming Dave as you know only too well.

greyposter · 27-03-2014, 17:18

Except when your driving.

gba93 · 27-03-2014, 17:38

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Originally Posted by Dave42

no chance they will not let anyone have it more chance of snowing in hell forever

You may be right but I'm sure most of us lost interest in this particular will it/won't it story a long time ago

vincerooney · 27-03-2014, 17:55

Erm anyone get an email today off VM saying they've been supercharged?? The email says "youve recently been in touch with us to increase your broadband speed, so youre now up to 100MB one of our new supercharged broadband speeds"

i havent called virgin media...

i've logged into my online account and it is now saying 100MB! Bizarre. Why on earth would they do this without me asking for it?? Better call them up?????

BenMcr · 27-03-2014, 17:57

Because you would have pre-registered. All pre-registered customers who have compatible kit have had their speed upgraded