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

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

What happened to Hum Masala?

No Idea.

Originally Posted by passingbat

For channel choice, VM will never match Sky IMHO.

The only significant channel missing from Sky, is Atlantic, and that's been the case for the last five years.

Sky grabbed Showtime recently. Why didn't VM previously do a deal on that? You can't blame Sky for making deals whilst the pay TV opposition is showing no interest in content. Amazon and Netflix have taken the rights to other quality shows, on a show by show basis, or with smaller distributors.

Quite frankly, the situation as it currently is, works very well for me, giving me quality shows via Now TV, Prime and Netflix, coupled with a minimal Pay TV sub.

VM may have missed the boat for obtaining a significant amount of quality content.

Here is something anybody got any new TiVo box specs

[denphone]

l hear Chads crystal ball is rather useful Andrew.

Originally Posted by denphone

l hear Chads crystal ball is rather useful Andrew.

What does his crystal ball say

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Horizon

.... they can still do deals as and when current ones expire. But I think the next battleground will be between Netflix/Amazon and establised pay tv companies such as HBO and Sky.

I was just reading an older article from 2011 stating that Netflix may well bid for some first run film rights when the current deals with Sky are up for renewal.. Netflix's boss wants to poach new film rights from one or two Hollywood studios and sees Sky as his biggest competition in the UK.

Good points. But since that 2011 article, Sky has renewed all its contracts with the Hollywood studios so that threat has yet to prove itself. Sky's content threats seem to be from BT on sports rights and content providers like Disney setting up their own streaming services.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by andrewstevenson

What does his crystal ball say

You better ask thy most revered CF poster.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by denphone

l hear Chads crystal ball is rather useful Andrew.

The crystal ball has gone into retirement. It was telling me too many un-truths

[denphone]

The trouble is you listen to your master too much.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by denphone

The trouble is you listen to your master too much.

Monkey see, monkey do

[Aguero9320]

I bet A+E's new Freeview channel is the transfer of Lifetime from behind the paywall. Or are Freeview going to surprise us?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Aguero9320

I bet A+E's new Freeview channel is the transfer of Lifetime from behind the paywall. Or are Freeview going to surprise us?

You might be onto something with Lifetime

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...eview-channel/

"The identity of the channel remains under wraps until the summer, though in Turkey A+E has launched its Lifetime brand – already in the UK – as a free-to-air service."

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

No Idea.

It looks like Hum Masala was taken out of testing mode, but not put onto the EPG.

This happens fairly regularly on satellite, but I've never known it to happen on VM before.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

It looks like Hum Masala was taken out of testing mode, but not put onto the EPG.

This happens fairly regularly on satellite, but I've never known it to happen on VM before.

Is this a friggin joke?? seriously any right thinking person couldn't give a flying **** about these channels

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Is this a friggin joke?? seriously any right thinking person couldn't give a flying **** about these channels

I'm interested in the reasoning behind this rather than the channel itself.

I can't see VM going to the trouble of adding a channel to the cable system without some sort of contractual agreement in place.

Perhaps the technical standards didn't meet with VM expectations??

[Media Boy UK]

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Two more channels starts tests on Virgin Media UK.

Media Boy Sources has confirmed today (May 19th) that truTV and S4C HD are now testing on Virgin Media UK.

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Channels testing as of May 19th:

What is testing (Confirmed names only):
-Arabic Hafla (No set launch date).
-NDTV India (No set launch date).
-NDTV Spice (No set launch date).
-QVC Beauty (No set launch date).
-QVC Style (No set launch date).
-S4C HD (No set launch date).
-TruTV (No set launch date).
-That's Solent (No set launch date).