General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)

[Anypermitedroute]

Originally Posted by 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

Wow, free golf and f1 on sky one, makes me ponder why I bother to pay for sky sports

[Bananaman_007]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

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

Seems odd to me as they will never move The Simpsons to Sky Living (or will they?) Also Sky Living does not scream US shows in its name does it?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Bananaman_007

Seems odd to me as they will never move The Simpsons to Sky Living (or will they?) Also Sky Living does not scream US shows in its name does it?

I take your point but lets be honest they are an even bigger mess at the moment , who knows maybe we'll see a complete rebrand.

Wasn't Sky Living originally aimed at a female audience hence why its logo was once a pink colour , Sky needs to go back to the drawing board with both channels in my opinion as they are a complete mess.

[telegramsam]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I take your point but lets be honest they are an even bigger mess at the moment , who knows maybe we'll see a complete rebrand.

Wasn't Sky Living originally aimed at a female audience hence why its logo was once a pink colour , Sky needs to go back to the drawing board with both channels in my opinion as they are a complete mess.

Agree with you regarding the sky channels being a bit of a mess. I can`t understand why they don`t do more with sky 2,which at present is no more than a repeats channel. As you also point out the Living channel was originally aimed at women but as somehow lost it`s way these days.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

As you also point out the Living channel was originally aimed at women but as somehow lost it`s way these days.

Sky have been consciously moving Sky Living away from the Female slant for quite some time now.

Like others, I like the idea of the new proposed focus of Sky One and Living.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I take your point but lets be honest they are an even bigger mess at the moment , who knows maybe we'll see a complete rebrand.

Wasn't Sky Living originally aimed at a female audience hence why its logo was once a pink colour , Sky needs to go back to the drawing board with both channels in my opinion as they are a complete mess.

Agreed.

[Aguero9320]

Originally Posted by johnasimmons

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

Sure thing. The VM channel listing has been needing some "TLC" for some time now. It simply looks stupid; the news channels have as much space than the docs and lifestyle (combined). I think Virgin should employ Sky's HD swap system by moving HD/SD variations to the bottom of each section.

[Bananaman_007]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

Agree with you regarding the sky channels being a bit of a mess. I can`t understand why they don`t do more with sky 2,which at present is no more than a repeats channel. As you also point out the Living channel was originally aimed at women but as somehow lost it`s way these days.

That was the reason for Sky purchasing the Flextech channels they had been trying for years to get a female focused channel which was a hit with viewers and after 2 failed attempts decided to just buy Living. However if the plan was to just morph it into Sky 1 lite why pay the money for it?

Whoever is looking after Sky1 needs the sack IMO they are doing an awful job and some of the commissions dreadful. The same needs to be said for whoever is looking after Sky Living.

[nicknewark]

perhaps Sky Living will be rebranded as Bravo?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by nicknewark

perhaps Sky Living will be rebranded as Bravo?

Somehow l don't think so Nick.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Aguero9320

Sure thing. The VM channel listing has been needing some "TLC" for some time now. It simply looks stupid; the news channels have as much space than the docs and lifestyle (combined). I think Virgin should employ Sky's HD swap system by moving HD/SD variations to the bottom of each section.

Or at least put the HD variant next to the SD channel as in some cases(ITV) they are miles away and many people probably just watch the SD instead of going looking for the HD ones.

[undertakereddie]

Why Don't Sky Give Brand New Names For There Entertainment Channels Such as:

Rename Sky 1 into Sky Family

Rename Sky Living into Sky Crime

Rename Sky Atlantic into Sky Exsclusive

Rename Pick TV into Sky Free Range

Rename Challenge into Sky Entertainment

Rename Sky Arts 1 into Sky Performance

Rename Sky Arts 2 into Sky Lifestyle

Thats what i would do if i was BskyB.

[muppetman11]

Sky Free Range....................are they branching into food ?

Scrambled or poached anyone

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky Free Range....................are they branching into food ?

Scrambled or poached anyone

I think Sky would end up with egg on their face if they went for those names.

[Gavin-D]

Any news on spike TV coming to VM? launches on Wednesday on Freeview, Freesat, Sky & Talk Talk but typically nothing agreed with VM by the looks of it