General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)

[jobbie8]

Viceland replaced H2 in the US. Wonder if the same is happening here?

We've only recently got H2 HD, is this still a VirginMedia exclusive?

Well I heard a rumour about the new superhub 3. Well it's defo for real, I have just ordered mine for only £9.99 postage, its capable of speeds up to 500 Mb the current superhub won't go over 230 mb. What is more interesting is the rumoured images of the new TiVo is white and so is the new superhub 3 which arrives Saturday m

[Media Boy UK]

KINGDOM TV SERIES exclusively on Virgin Media on Demand.

http://advanced-television.com/2016/...endemol-shine/

We have been told by Media Boy Sources that more more EXCLUSIVE things set to appear on Virgin on Demand before 2017.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

Motors Tv, must have paid Skys bill. to get back onto the Sky EPG

Good question to ask.
When Channels appear on VM, Does VM pay the channel, or Sky. As l assume that, the channels that we get. Come from the Sky packages.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

KINGDOM TV SERIES exclusively on Virgin Media on Demand.

http://advanced-television.com/2016/...endemol-shine/

We have been told by Media Boy Sources that more more EXCLUSIVE things set to appear on Virgin on Demand before 2017.

Very interesting comment at the end of that article which should hopefully convert the last few remaining pessimists on this forum.

David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media said: ...“We’ve got huge plans for Virgin TV this year and there’s no better way to start than with a Kingdom-sized roundhouse kick.”

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Motors Tv, must have paid Skys bill. to get back onto the Sky EPG

Good question to ask.
When Channels appear on VM, Does VM pay the channel, or Sky. As l assume that, the channels that we get. Come from the Sky packages.

Some pay VM eg the religious channels. Some VM pay the channels eg Sky Sports. Some are cash neutral I think eg BBC. Whether these channels are in the Sky Entertainment Pack etc is not relevant to cable, VM deals with the channel owners directly.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Do you have any other friends who work for VM? This one seems rather unreliable.

BTW, there is nothing wrong with the current Tivo. Not to say that a new one won't be better; it will, but I'd keep my Tivo over the current Horizon box any day of the week. The Horizon bit sounds strange to me, because as you say, the Tivo contract was extended.

Don't know what she does, but it's not management or anything.

Just thought i'd post what she said in case it tied up with any of the rumours flying about.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Very interesting comment at the end of that article which should hopefully convert the last few remaining pessimists on this forum.

Its alright him talking the talk as we have seen all that before as some of us want to see more walk the walk on this forum.

Anybody else ordered new superhub3

[Stop It]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Well I heard a rumour about the new superhub 3. Well it's defo for real, I have just ordered mine for only £9.99 postage, its capable of speeds up to 500 Mb the current superhub won't go over 230 mb. What is more interesting is the rumoured images of the new TiVo is white and so is the new superhub 3 which arrives Saturday m

A rumour? Where have you been for the last 6 months?

To answer your second post about this, it has been on release for selected new customers for a few months and on trial for a lot longer than that.

And yes, it is capable of at least 16x4 DS/US and potentially higher so would be future-proofed for any new VM speed tiers like the 300mb currently available to VM Business customers (Who use a different LG sourced Modem/Router).

As for the device itself? Good luck.

[MutleyF]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Anybody else ordered new superhub3

The SH3 is still in trial mode and has been released to Beta testers and selected new customers only.

I can tell you not to go down this route yet ... the firmware is still very much in Beta and is riddled with problems.

Yes it works, but if you want advanced settings such as port forwarding with the firewall, forget it ....

(and yes, I do have first hand experience of this)

[trickytree]

If you are on a SH2 AC then I would recommend you stick to it.
That is at least stable and works well to a point.

I have a SH3 and the gui is a mess, slow to respond, various tech issues.
Appears to have been rushed out for no apparent reason when the trialists were still reporting bugs.

[Stephen]

Please remember, this thread is about VM TV and not the Superhub. there are other reads for that.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

We have been told viewers with Sky Sports HD in will still need to pay extra for them.

Also Media Boy Sources say Virgin Media UK have started to test "Formula E" - No news on if this will be an app or an channel was know at time of posting.

It's a linear channel for one day only on 12/3/16:

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2...in-the-uk.aspx

It will be made available to all subscribers on channel 996 due to a scheduling conflict with ITV4.

[G4DDS]

Originally Posted by MutleyF

The SH3 is still in trial mode and has been released to Beta testers and selected new customers only.

I can tell you not to go down this route yet ... the firmware is still very much in Beta and is riddled with problems.

Yes it works, but if you want advanced settings such as port forwarding with the firewall, forget it ....

(and yes, I do have first hand experience of this)

Completely agree. As a trialist I've had mine for several months as well.

If you are an average punter who just plugs it and leaves at default settings then most things are working but for those of use who need to delve in and set port forwarding, fix IP addresses etc. you really struggle to workaround the bugs and GUI anomalies.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Please remember, this thread is about VM TV and not the Superhub. there are other reads for that.

Ooops. Sorry

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

It's a linear channel for one day only on 12/3/16:

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2...in-the-uk.aspx

It will be made available to all subscribers on channel 996 due to a scheduling conflict with ITV4.

Nice one, that's my evening and night viewing sorted (assuming it is in HD).

[jobbie8]

Just received a letter telling me that VirginMedia Cloud app on Tivo will close in April.
This is another Grrr... to me, as I have music on there which is not available on Spotify and listen to it through my amp.
Music OnDemand gone and now this. Seems like Virgin are getting rid of their own offerings bit by bit, but the price keels going up.