General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2

[martin201002]

I think it will be a foreign channel.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor

Notts TV is now on the epg on channel 159. It is showing a rolling promo video until programmes begin at 4pm

Thanks for info.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor

Notts TV is now on the epg on channel 159. It is showing a rolling promo video until programmes begin at 4pm

Has Notts TV already started elsewhere, or was it's start date delayed on all platforms?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Has Notts TV already started elsewhere, or was it's start date delayed on all platforms?

Launch on Freeview on Tuesday.
Launch on Virgin Media today.
Launch on Sky - later this year.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by martin201002

I think it will be a foreign channel.

Whatever it is, i'm assuming by the name that it is an HD channel. My money would go on a shopping channel too

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Whatever it is, i'm assuming by the name that it is an HD channel. My money would go on a shopping channel too

Maybe an new HD channel from Sony for Sony MAX.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Launch on Freeview on Tuesday.
Launch on Virgin Media today.
Launch on Sky - later this year.

Cheers MB. I wonder what "technical issues"prevented them from launching on VM on time.

I ask because, in my experience, this catch all term is often used by industry (not just TV channels) as a cover up for incompetence or to mask more serious problems.

I remember when Pricedrop/Bid TV broadcast that they just had a few "technical problems", before going off air for good!

Another example is of a former competitor of ours that didn't open one weekend as they couldn't afford to buy any stock to sell, but, of course, the notice on the door referred to the reason as "technical issues"

[gba93]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Just got a memo from a source of a channel called MAXHD1 coming to Virgin media soon, anyone have any idea what it is?

It's not a shopping nor a foreign channel - it's the new MaxDev channel to be transmitted across the border to Scotland to show them what they missed by voting for independence (to start after 14th September - so coming soon)

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by blue666666

Hope your wrong theone2k10 we don't need more shopping channels

Done a bit of digging around and found this http://www.max.tv/

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Could be but don't think Cinemax would launch anything in uk at the moment due to HBOs Sky deal, i have a bad feeling it's a shopping channel.

I wouldn't discount an HBO channel or app launching on Virgin Media. Sky's exclusivity deal only applies to first run shows, and given how far behind we are now with the worthwhile stuff on Sky Atlantic such as Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, getting SA now would be of limited benefit to us.

If such a channel launched this year, we could have a lot of older HBO material, and there must be quite a lot of this as they have been broadcasting in the States for many years. Added to this, we would have the prospect of getting those SA programmes we've been hankering for in the near future - some of them like Treme may be available immediately. Game of Thrones, however, may still be about two years off before we can get it if an HBO channel/streaming service is what is coming.

It would certainly explain why VM have still not agreed with Sky to launch SA on cable. This was looking like a very real prospect eight or nine months ago, when both sides were reported as being much more realistic about the situation.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I wouldn't discount an HBO channel or app launching on Virgin Media. Sky's exclusivity deal only applies to first run shows, and given how far behind we are now with the worthwhile stuff on Sky Atlantic such as Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, getting SA now would be of limited benefit to us.

If such a channel launched this year, we could have a lot of older HBO material, and there must be quite a lot of this as they have been broadcasting in the States for many years. Added to this, we would have the prospect of getting those SA programmes we've been hankering for in the near future - some of them like Treme may be available immediately. Game of Thrones, however, may still be about two years off before we can get it if an HBO channel/streaming service is what is coming.

It would certainly explain why VM have still not agreed with Sky to launch SA on cable. This was looking like a very real prospect eight or nine months ago, when both sides were reported as being much more realistic about the situation.

I've heard a whsiper that Channel 5 intend to bid for 2nd run rights of Game of thrones, not sure if to believe it or not yet.

[blue666666]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Done a bit of digging around and found this http://www.max.tv/

hav god forsaken us bloody more shopping channels

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by blue666666

hav god forsaken us bloody more shopping channels

Well they need the money from somewhere they lost from the Bid Shopping channels.

Do Max (Shopping channel) still broadcast on Sky?

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

I've heard a whsiper that Channel 5 intend to bid for 2nd run rights of Game of thrones, not sure if to believe it or not yet.

Well, the new owners of Channel 5 may be seeking to make an impression! I would have thought it would have been a bit expensive for a non-subscription channel, though, unless this is a loss leader.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

I've heard a whsiper that Channel 5 intend to bid for 2nd run rights of Game of thrones, not sure if to believe it or not yet.

Its a load of baloney Sir.