General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)

[spiderplant]

So what's your spin on this, OB?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f92e8ff4-f...#axzz3a7Txz1mS

[denphone]

Adopting his usual politicians which clothes shall l wear today face l await his answer with relish.

[Media Boy UK]

V0-- Channels update.

No real update on channels (Virgin still to give them real names) but some channels are still testing.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

Please don't say +1 or HD, as these channels are NOT NEW channels, And for what the sub is paying, we deserve better

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

So there we have it, the beginning of the end of linear TV, and even ahead of the timescale I had envisaged!

And what's not to like? Movies there when you want to watch them, no pesky ads and cheaper to boot.

Nice to see Sky keeping up, even though this arrangement will bring in less income from the advertisers.

Pretty sure they would not do it if it lost them revenue.

Also, aren't the majority of Sky Movies already available On Demand anyway?

The ads will come with it though. Do you seriously think there will be no more ads ever on the Sky Movie service?

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

No sign of this happening yet, though...

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Well, Sky seem to have got the message and I thought they would be one of the last broadcasters to admit defeat, given advertisement saturation on their channels.

No, that is so can delude people into thinking they are going to get a better deal by potentially going On Demand. The non-skippable ads would the potentially come when enough people are stupid enough to believe there is a "better alternative" and (potentially) take up On Demand. All the ads will be forced on those who go On Demand.

Long live linear the fast forward button!!

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

So what's your spin on this, OB?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f92e8ff4-f...#axzz3a7Txz1mS

I could not read the article, but the headline was very interesting!

I look forward to the answer he is going to give shortly.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

So what's your spin on this, OB?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f92e8ff4-f...#axzz3a7Txz1mS

There's a charge to read that article, spiderplant!

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Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Pretty sure they would not do it if it lost them revenue.

Also, aren't the majority of Sky Movies already available On Demand anyway?

The ads will come with it though. Do you seriously think there will be no more ads ever on the Sky Movie service?

Long live linear the fast forward button!!

Yes they are, but we are talking here about Sky Movies channels closing down so that On Demand is the only option.

As for advertisements being tacked on to On Demand, well that hasn't happened yet. Unless you can fast forward them, it will be a disincentive for people to use on demand to access their films. I will never watch ads if I can avoid them.

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Originally Posted by denphone

Adopting his usual politicians which clothes shall l wear today face l await his answer with relish.

Are you accusing me of being a cross dresser, Den?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes they are, but we are talking here about Sky Movies channels closing down so that On Demand is the only option.

But nobody has said Sky Movies are getting rid of all their linear channels its you jumping to conclusions AGAIN.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

There's a charge to read that article, spiderplant!

The popularity of the iPlayer TV service has fallen for the first time, raising questions about the BBC’s ability to maintain its position as a pioneer of online video.
The iPlayer — which gives users access to the BBC’s radio and TV programmes — has been one of the broadcaster’s biggest success stories, and has become one of the UK’s biggest brands since its launch in 2007.
But the number of requests to watch TV shows fell 7 per cent in March, compared with the same month in 2014. The decline came despite hit shows such as Top Gear and The Voice, and contrasts with booming online video statistics at other media companies.
William Perrin, director of internet consultancy Talk About Local, said “by comparative standards the iPlayer is struggling”.
The new Conservative government has promised to “sort out the BBC”, which it accuses of biased coverage during the recent election campaign. It is thought unlikely to increase the licence fee, which generates about £3.7bn a year for the BBC, and which is currently frozen, requiring the BBC to undertake significant cost cuts.
The iPlayer’s falling growth casts questions on one of the broadcaster’s biggest cost-cutting measures — to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel and make it online-only. Critics of that proposal have said the iPlayer, and a new dedicated online presence, would not give BBC Three sufficient prominence.
Requests for TV programmes on iPlayer sharply dropped to about 230m in March. Overall the service grew about 2 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2015, the slowest growth on record.
The BBC said the iPlayer “continues to perform strongly”, with the number of TV programmes requested reaching highs in January and February. “Variations of factors influence viewing figures,” it said.
Mr Perrin said the iPlayer may have become “too conservative”, focused on putting TV shows online rather than embracing shorter video formats, as popularised by platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. “It’s possible that the iPlayer represented a generation of internet video that is now being overtaken,” he said.
This week the BBC confirmed the closure of its Global iPlayer — a Netflix-style subscription service that meant overseas viewers could enjoy much of its content. Instead the BBC’s commercial arm will focus on distributing its shows via other broadcasters.
Among the iPlayer’s admirers is the chief executive of Netflix, Reed Hastings, who said the service would eventually become the core of the public broadcaster. “The BBC will be the iPlayer. They will name it the BBC player,” he said.
That thinking has been echoed by the BBC’s new technology chief, Matthew Postgate, who has promised to make the BBC “internet-centric”.

[Mad Max]

Mr Perrin said the iPlayer

Reggie??

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Mr Perrin said the iPlayer may have become “too conservative”, focused on putting TV shows online rather than embracing shorter video formats, as popularised by platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. “It’s possible that the iPlayer represented a generation of internet video that is now being overtaken,” he said.

Oh, my goodness! You are now 'conservative' if you have an attention span of more than a few minutes?

The world has gone nuts!

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

[/COLOR]Yes they are, but we are talking here about Sky Movies channels closing down so that On Demand is the only option.

As for advertisements being tacked on to On Demand, well that hasn't happened yet. Unless you can fast forward them, it will be a disincentive for people to use on demand to access their films. I will never watch ads if I can avoid them.[COLOR="Silver"]

No they have not tacked ads on yet, but they will. And still, you seem to champion the cause of the companies that will gain most from using non skipable ads. Odd.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

But nobody has said Sky Movies are getting rid of all their linear channels its you jumping to conclusions AGAIN.

#2194

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Originally Posted by harry_hitch

No they have not tacked ads on yet, but they will. And still, you seem to champion the cause of the companies that will gain most from using non skipable ads. Odd.

I didn't know that Netflix and Amazon had non skippable ads. What are you referring to? I have never promoted this practice. I want streaming services that are funded by subscription.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

There's a charge to read that article, spiderplant!

Isn't that what you want?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

#2194

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I didn't know that Netflix and Amazon had non skippable ads. What are you referring to? I have never promoted this practice. I want streaming services that are funded by subscription.

#2194 Mentions an option of having just the movies On Demand rather than access to the linear channels as well , not that they are scrapping all the linear channels.

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Please don't say +1 or HD, as these channels are NOT NEW channels, And for what the sub is paying, we deserve better

I'm afraid i have some bad news for you, my sources indicate that they are HD variants of nat geo wild, history and lifetime and a unnamed hd and sd channel (itv encore maybe?).
These are just rumours until they either appear on the epg or vm announce them but this source is reliable.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

#2194

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I didn't know that Netflix and Amazon had non skippable ads. What are you referring to? I have never promoted this practice. I want streaming services that are funded by subscription.

Netflix doesn't have any ads, Amazon are launching a stripped down version of instant videos that will be free but have adverts.