General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Then why don't you befriend someone with access to the right equipment? There must be many people on the various forums you could ask. You could then risk upsetting your sources by posting sensitive info.

MB still does a lot to keep us informed as and when he can. Currently he is just keeping his word and protecting his sources. Nothing wrong with that in the slightest!

MB is perfectly capable of speaking for himself without you stirring things up (and indeed has done).

There has never been any suggestion that MB should abuse the trust that someone has placed in him (indeed I have kept quiet or not posted things until a given date at the request if sources).

The issue here is that the "confidential" information is available anyway to anybody with the right equipment. VM obviously want to keep the names of the channels that are testing private as they have taken the unprecedented step of giving them code names; revealing how many channels are testing will not change this.

[Anypermitedroute]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

MB is perfectly capable of speaking for himself without you stirring things up (and indeed has done).
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Where on earth has Harry attempted to "stir" things up?

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute

Where on earth has Harry attempted to "stir" things up?

I can see that you're the type to light the fireworks and then stand back and enjoy the display.

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201504103...#axzz3WvJX7RmI

What on earth did HBO expect after limiting their content to a contract with Sky? Whilst it's not a series that i'm particularly interested in, I would investigate alternative ways of availing myself of it if Sky/HBO directly or indirectly refused to supply the material to my Pay TV provider.

Originally Posted by Media Boy

I was just look up VIVA on the Freeview TV Set to see what Spike TV was going to broadcast.

Indeed. Spike's schedule is listed on Digiguide, it looks pretty much like a 5* clone with a few extra programmes and minus the Australian soaps. 5*, going forward, keeps the Australian soaps and gains new material from Viacom, such as Catfish.

The Freeview EPG is notoriously unreliable when slots change hands. Although the 2 hour slot you have noticed could be an indication of Viva being used for an EPG squatting exercise on Freeview. Viacom/Channel 5 certainly have enough spare capacity (teleshopping) to take a couple of hours out of one of their other channels on Freeview to create a new slot.

Viva's schedules, going forward, show it reverting to a basic music video channel and losing the "entertainment" shows. Music video channels don't bring in enough revenue to fund carriage on the national Freeview multiplexes, so it is unlikely that Viva would be used for anything other than an EPG "placeholder" on Freeview.

[muppetman11]

Sky Living to focus on US Acquisitions with homegrown moving to Sky One.

Stuart Murphy director of Sky entertainment channels, outlined his plans in a note to staff.

“As part of a strategic realignment of the entertainment portfolio we have decided to supersize Sky 1, dramatically increasing the investment in home-grown shows on our main entertainment channel,” he said.

“As part of this reallocation of budget, the majority of home-grown shows on Sky Living will move over to our main entertainment channel from next fiscal, with Sky Living focusing almost exclusively on US dramas going forward.”

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky Living to focus on US Acquisitions with homegrown moving to Sky One.

I saw this too. Perhaps SA content is being moved onto Sky One to enable other platforms to enjoy the programming- their again pigs might fly!!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I saw this too. Perhaps SA content is being moved onto Sky One to enable other platforms to enjoy the programming- their again pigs might fly!!

l had a dream last night but that was not it.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I saw this too. Perhaps SA content is being moved onto Sky One to enable other platforms to enjoy the programming- their again pigs might fly!!

Nothing to do with Sky Atlantic , Sky Living already shows a considerable amount of US content , no doubt some of the current US series shown on Sky One will move over to Sky Living also.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Nothing to do with Sky Atlantic , Sky Living already shows a considerable amount of US content , no doubt some of the current US series shown on Sky One will move over to Sky Living also.

I was only joking about Sky Atlantic, they'd never do that

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

MB is perfectly capable of speaking for himself without you stirring things up (and indeed has done).

There has never been any suggestion that MB should abuse the trust that someone has placed in him (indeed I have kept quiet or not posted things until a given date at the request if sources).

The issue here is that the "confidential" information is available anyway to anybody with the right equipment. VM obviously want to keep the names of the channels that are testing private as they have taken the unprecedented step of giving them code names; revealing how many channels are testing will not change this.

Lol, very funny first sentence. Not quite sure how that was stirring things up, but there we go. Apologies mods if I was/am stirring things up.

Of course, he can speak for himself. It does not preclude me from suggesting a way for you to the find the info out for your self and then gaining a better understanding of why the his DNP's are in place.

Ultimately, we are talking about peoples jobs here, and there is a real possibility of someone receiving very serious reprimands for disclosing sensitive information, if it is let slip online.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Ultimately, we are talking about peoples jobs here, and there is a real possibility of someone receiving very serious reprimands for disclosing sensitive information, if it is let slip online.

The saliant point is that the information is in the public domain for those with the capability of tuning into off EPG broadcasts.

You're right in that some 'leaks' can be traced back to the individual concerned and that it's not worth someone losing their job over, but I can't see it being possible in this instance.

All we know is that a number of unamed channels are testing on the system and that a sizeable number of people have access to this information. I doubt VM are particularly bothered, particularly as the channel names have been coded and the broadcasts encrypted.

That's not to say that I would encourage anybody to breach a trust on information passed to them.

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky Living to focus on US Acquisitions with homegrown moving to Sky One.

Good - they've needed a bit of a tidy up for a while.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Good - they've needed a bit of a tidy up for a while.

Totally agree , there has been very little consistency to the scheduling with each channel not having any real identity.

[johnasimmons]

The VM channel listing needs a tidy up as well...

[theone2k10]

If anyone wants to watch the masters today and you don't have Sky sports it's free to stream yes it is legal as it's Sky who is streaming it lol. http://www1.skysports.com/masters/ne...ble-from-345pm