General : Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2

[Aguero9320]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media UK testing new broadcasting streams.

Media Boy Sources has told us today:



No new channels are testing on them yet but new stream are testing.

But we can confirmed that BBC Red Button stream are ready for broadcast as the never removed last summer.

©copyright 2016 Media Boy 2006 - 2016. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

About time. Time for new streamed services and TV/radio channels.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Yet again loads of third parties released info today still nothing official from virgin,

Most of the reports have come from the Liberty Global results so it doesn't get more official than that. In some instances the media have contacted VM for additional information; again official.
http://www.libertyglobal.com/ir-pres...-webcasts.html

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Most of the reports have come from the Liberty Global results so it doesn't get more official than that. In some instances the media have contacted VM for additional information; again official.
http://www.libertyglobal.com/ir-pres...-webcasts.html

Cant see where in the link

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

Cant see where in the link

Sorry, this is the first link.
Page 4 " Of note, Virgin Media is preparing for the launch of a new set-top box."

And this is the second.
Page 2 "Enhancing our TV platform in the U.K.:
* Added new on-demand programming in Q1
* Working on further improvements to user-interface in the second half of 2016
* Preparing to launch new set-top box platform"

Note that one release says "set-top box" and the other says "set-top box platform". Is "platform" a mistake?

When considering the Tivo v Horizon argument, I think it's important to consider two things. Firstly, the UK is LGI's largest market. Secondly, there are 3m Tivos installed by VM v 2m Horizon. So Tivo is currently LGI's most popular platform.

[Horizon]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Most of the reports have come from the Liberty Global results so it doesn't get more official than that. In some instances the media have contacted VM for additional information; again official.
http://www.libertyglobal.com/ir-pres...-webcasts.html

Been waiting for that webcast,looks like they've just uploaded it. Thanks for highlighting it.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Sorry, this is the first link.
Page 4 " Of note, Virgin Media is preparing for the launch of a new set-top box."

And this is the second.
Page 2 "Enhancing our TV platform in the U.K.:
* Added new on-demand programming in Q1
* Working on further improvements to user-interface in the second half of 2016
* Preparing to launch new set-top box platform"

Note that one release says "set-top box" and the other says "set-top box platform". Is "platform" a mistake?

When considering the Tivo v Horizon argument, I think it's important to consider two things. Firstly, the UK is LGI's largest market. Secondly, there are 3m Tivos installed by VM v 2m Horizon. So Tivo is currently LGI's most popular platform.

That's the million dollar question, which, I think Liberty/VM has answered at the end of the webcast. EVERYONE should listen to it. I'll state the facts, then give my opinion.

Facts:

Tom Mockbridge, VM boss says this, "we are committed to the 2nd half of this year to deploy EOS in the United Kingdom. We'll put some tivo software on it, that'll give us a lot more functionality for our customers."

"We're very confident that with the tv launch/relaunch that we have coming through this year, that we'll remain very competitive with Sky."

"So far we've seen very little impact from the Sky Q which is of course a very expensive decoder and we're very focussed on improving the offer we have there and EOS is going to be a big part of that."

And to finish the webcast, another Liberty exec says, "...this new box is going to be a 4k box, a pretty high powered box that will get a refreshed tivo UI on it later this year. And then in following years our goal is to get Horizon across all of Europe and the EOS box, this new 4k box is going to be the engine for next generation for video for Liberty."


Opinion:

Mike Fries said at the beginning of the webcast that EOS is a project name for a cloud based set top box. At the end of the webcast, Tom Mockbridge states that SkyQ is a expensive decoder.

VM will NOT launch a new physical 4k box, it'll be cloud based!!.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Horizon

Been waiting for that webcast,looks like they've just uploaded it. Thanks for highlighting it.

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That's the million dollar question, which, I think Liberty/VM has answered at the end of the webcast. EVERYONE should listen to it. I'll state the facts, then give my opinion.

Facts:

Tom Mockbridge, VM boss says this, "we are committed to the 2nd half of this year to deploy EOS in the United Kingdom. We'll put some tivo software on it, that'll give us a lot more functionality for our customers."

"We're very confident that with the tv launch/relaunch that we have coming through this year, that we'll remain very competitive with Sky."

"So far we've seen very little impact from the Sky Q which is of course a very expensive decoder and we're very focussed on improving the offer we have there and EOS is going to be a big part of that."

And to finish the webcast, another Liberty exec says, "...this new box is going to be a 4k box, a pretty high powered box that will get a refreshed tivo UI on it later this year. And then in following years our goal is to get Horizon across all of Europe and the EOS box, this new 4k box is going to be the engine for next generation for video for Liberty."


Opinion:

Mike Fries said at the beginning of the webcast that EOS is a project name for a cloud based set top box. At the end of the webcast, Tom Mockbridge states that SkyQ is a expensive decoder.

VM will NOT launch a new physical 4k box, it'll be cloud based!!.

I haven't yet heard the video, but from what you report it sounds as though the new box will be an updated Tivo, and the box after that will be a Horizon box.

I hope I am right about this because it sounds to me that the Horizon box does not function very well, is slower than the current Tivo and needs a lot more work on it.

Originally Posted by Horizon

Been waiting for that webcast,looks like they've just uploaded it. Thanks for highlighting it.

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That's the million dollar question, which, I think Liberty/VM has answered at the end of the webcast. EVERYONE should listen to it. I'll state the facts, then give my opinion.

Facts:

Tom Mockbridge, VM boss says this, "we are committed to the 2nd half of this year to deploy EOS in the United Kingdom. We'll put some tivo software on it, that'll give us a lot more functionality for our customers."

"We're very confident that with the tv launch/relaunch that we have coming through this year, that we'll remain very competitive with Sky."

"So far we've seen very little impact from the Sky Q which is of course a very expensive decoder and we're very focussed on improving the offer we have there and EOS is going to be a big part of that."

And to finish the webcast, another Liberty exec says, "...this new box is going to be a 4k box, a pretty high powered box that will get a refreshed tivo UI on it later this year. And then in following years our goal is to get Horizon across all of Europe and the EOS box, this new 4k box is going to be the engine for next generation for video for Liberty."


Opinion:

Mike Fries said at the beginning of the webcast that EOS is a project name for a cloud based set top box. At the end of the webcast, Tom Mockbridge states that SkyQ is a expensive decoder.

VM will NOT launch a new physical 4k box, it'll be cloud based!!.

He says sky q is a expensive decoder that is will interesting when he sets new TiVo price

[trickytree]

Will the new streams mean we finally get our HD Sky Movies On Demand back to what it was and should be?

It's been something like 6 months that service has been dwindled away and the forum just say it is temporary due to testing and the phone lines just go oooh I've not heard of that before.
No one ever offering a fix date or anything though and the £2.50 rise is coming in for this tremendous offering...

Originally Posted by trickytree

Will the new streams mean we finally get our HD Sky Movies On Demand back to what it was and should be?

It's been something like 6 months that service has been dwindled away and the forum just say it is temporary due to testing and the phone lines just go oooh I've not heard of that before.
No one ever offering a fix date or anything though and the £2.50 rise is coming in for this tremendous offering...

Sadly the sky sports and movies increase we don't have a choice as sky put up the prices but to lock away the 4K movies and sports and bt lock away by sport UHD. It will be a 4K box with customers having to pay £8.99 a month for Netflix UHD, £79 for Amazon prime UHD but what customers pay nearly £80 - £120 a month for has all upcoming sky 4K unavailable

[trickytree]

As I pointed out to the woman on the phone I totally understand the £2.50 rise if I was getting the same service as Sky.
If I had Sky I could get all of their films in HD like Virgin had 6 months ago.
Now due to Virgin's infrastructure we get punished by having a very limited choice of HD films available through on demand through no fault of the customers.

Originally Posted by trickytree

As I pointed out to the woman on the phone I totally understand the £2.50 rise if I was getting the same service as Sky.
If I had Sky I could get all of their films in HD like Virgin had 6 months ago.
Now due to Virgin's infrastructure we get punished by having a very limited choice of HD films available through on demand through no fault of the customers.

Maybe this is what the increased streams are forv

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by trickytree

Will the new streams mean we finally get our HD Sky Movies On Demand back to what it was and should be?

No, but the new VOD servers might.

Originally Posted by spiderplant

No, but the new VOD servers might.

Any info on the new VOD streams like dates and what they mean

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Horizon

Been waiting for that webcast,looks like they've just uploaded it. Thanks for highlighting it.

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That's the million dollar question, which, I think Liberty/VM has answered at the end of the webcast. EVERYONE should listen to it. I'll state the facts, then give my opinion.

Facts:

Tom Mockbridge, VM boss says this, "we are committed to the 2nd half of this year to deploy EOS in the United Kingdom. We'll put some tivo software on it, that'll give us a lot more functionality for our customers."

"We're very confident that with the tv launch/relaunch that we have coming through this year, that we'll remain very competitive with Sky."

"So far we've seen very little impact from the Sky Q which is of course a very expensive decoder and we're very focussed on improving the offer we have there and EOS is going to be a big part of that."

And to finish the webcast, another Liberty exec says, "...this new box is going to be a 4k box, a pretty high powered box that will get a refreshed tivo UI on it later this year. And then in following years our goal is to get Horizon across all of Europe and the EOS box, this new 4k box is going to be the engine for next generation for video for Liberty."


Opinion:

Mike Fries said at the beginning of the webcast that EOS is a project name for a cloud based set top box. At the end of the webcast, Tom Mockbridge states that SkyQ is a expensive decoder.

VM will NOT launch a new physical 4k box, it'll be cloud based!!.

Many thanks for presenting this information on the new set top box and giving your opinion.
A further question comes to mind - will EOS have Tivo or Horizon software on it outside the UK?
You could be right on the box being cloud-based. I note that the press releases talk of "set-top box" not "PVR" though I don't know what terminology they have used in the past.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I haven't yet heard the video, but from what you report it sounds as though the new box will be an updated Tivo, and the box after that will be a Horizon box.

I hope I am right about this because it sounds to me that the Horizon box does not function very well, is slower than the current Tivo and needs a lot more work on it.

Don't worry about Horizon, that's just the same generation as the current Tivo. LGI are talking about their new generation 4K box.
The new box has a working title of EOS.
It will have Tivo software on it in the UK.
We don't know what software it will have outside the UK.
The new EOS box will be rolled out globally as LGI's next generation offering.
Sounds very positive to me.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Horizon

No new streams in my area yet, still on the 48 and its been that way since the last upgrade just before the London Olympics in 2012. But if these upgrades are nationwide, then yes, that is a very significant upgrade.

The new streams are still testing off the EPG.

With the two shopping channels from QVC.

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Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

He says sky q is a expensive decoder that is will interesting when he sets new TiVo price

We have the new TiVo boxes prices info.

We also have 100% confirmed info on what you can do (apps and so on) with the new TiVo boxes.