General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2 - Page 96

theone2k10 · 26-07-2016, 12:13

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Spot on. Go in with the right attitude and you'll get the right results. No harm in charm.

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Yes, your current provider has a really bizarrely extreme range of views ranging from excellent to poor. http://www.broadband.co.uk/broadband...s/sse/reviews/

They are ok but their traffic management is awful found myself down to a crawl of 4mbs yesterday through their traffic management, well it's daisy communications who are throttling.
Had a word with SSE am waiting for their ceo office to contact me as i hae been throttled that badly quite a few times.

Media Boy UK · 26-07-2016, 12:38

Radio Times: Sky Cinema to go undercover from Monday.

Sky Cinema will launch an Sky Cinema Spies channel from Monday on Virgin Media UK Channel 404 and Virgin Media Ireland Channel 307.

Sky Cinema Spies HD will also launch on Virgin UK Channel 434 and Virgin Ireland Channel 337.

Information on how long Sky Cinema will go undercover for is on the need to know basis.

heavyside · 26-07-2016, 13:29

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You mean things like VOD, HD, search across multiple providers, and multi-room streaming?

Oh, wait...

Fair point.

theone2k10 · 26-07-2016, 13:41

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Radio Times: Sky Cinema to go undercover from Monday.

Sky Cinema will launch an Sky Cinema Spies channel from Monday on Virgin Media UK Channel 404 and Virgin Media Ireland Channel 307.

Sky Cinema Spies HD will also launch on Virgin UK Channel 434 and Virgin Ireland Channel 337.

Information on how long Sky Cinema will go undercover for is on the need to know basis.

I could tell you but i'd have to kill you if i did

passingbat · 26-07-2016, 13:59

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You mean things like VOD, HD, search across multiple providers, and multi-room streaming?

Oh, wait...

And not forgetting the third tuner (as said, very useful) and Whishlists.

Sky Q beats Tivo re tuners on the current Tivo, but I'm guessing Sky Q is a niche market ATM.

telegramsam · 26-07-2016, 14:37

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

The biggest problems that l have with VM.Is pure and simple.

There staff are rude and pathetic. The CS, is one of the worst departments that l have ever had to deal with.

There Engineers, are poor. And when my mother In Law, had trouble with her box. The guys that turned up didn't have a clue at what to do.

And l have seen some of there handiwork.

And VM treat customers as if we had bottomless pockets. And give us crap channels. Instead od channels that the customer wants.

Each day l go to Hounslow, l see the Sky guys offering deals. I always try and get my wife to switch back to Sky.

Can`t say I agree with you there sir. On the whole i`ve found customer services to be good,only really had one bad experience. Never had an issue with there engineers at all.
To be fair when I was with Sky I never had any problems with their customer services either.

OLD BOY · 26-07-2016, 19:01

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You mean things like VOD, HD, search across multiple providers, and multi-room streaming?

Oh, wait...

I think that if the new Tivo sorts out the speed issues, we will be well on the way to where we need to be, spiderplant. It will just be a content issue then.

RichardCoulter · 26-07-2016, 19:12

Indeed. Even long time customers and vehement supporters of VM are now beginning to feel like they are being taken for granted as mugs.

Media Boy UK · 26-07-2016, 19:17

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Originally Posted by jj20x

A screenshot of actual video content or was it just EPG details? What Virgin Media region was the photo taken in?

Sorry for being late we just saw this post.

It was an sreenshot of one of them you listed.

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Virgin Media has hired a former content chief at BT TV as it pushes further into original and exclusive programming.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/57393...content-chief/

denphone · 26-07-2016, 19:17

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Indeed. Even long time customers and vehement supporters of VM are now beginning to feel like they are being taken for granted as mugs.

Well talk for yourself Richard.

RichardCoulter · 26-07-2016, 19:57

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Originally Posted by denphone

Well talk for yourself Richard.

Take it that you are happy with the sluggish TiVo, useless VOD, lack of content and price rises then.

Most don't seem to be which has been reflected in the churn- maybe this is why VM was sold, as the former owners didn't want to/couldn't invest in the company.

I appreciate that steps are now being taken, but for many it's too late.

I will never use Sky, but VM are pushing it, especially now that there are many, many other ways to obtain content.

Malone is well known for sweating his assets.

denphone · 26-07-2016, 20:10

Our TiVo goes at a very reasonable speed and we are saving £31 of our monthly bill so our household is pretty happy with our lot as it stands..

26-07-2016, 20:15

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Sorry for being late we just saw this post.

It was an sreenshot of one of them you listed.

Oh it's okay, I hadn't expected a reply as you admitted in the earlier post that these tests are only placeholders being picked up from SDT entries.

The vague reply to this question, however, does suggest a deliberate attempt to mislead. Which isn't very good form.

As Fox News is encrypted, even on satellite, it certainly isn't going to be running FTA as a VM "test". That would rule out the possibility of the screenshot being of actual video content. In confirming that the screenshot was one of the ones I had listed, the only remaining possibility is that it was a screenshot showing EPG details.

Nice try though.

Horizon · 26-07-2016, 21:25

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I think that if the new Tivo sorts out the speed issues, we will be well on the way to where we need to be, spiderplant. It will just be a content issue then.

But..... when have they ever produced a box that has ever worked properly and is fast?

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Originally Posted by jj20x

Oh it's okay, I hadn't expected a reply as you admitted in the earlier post that these tests are only placeholders being picked up from SDT entries.

The vague reply to this question, however, does suggest a deliberate attempt to mislead. Which isn't very good form.

As Fox News is encrypted, even on satellite, it certainly isn't going to be running FTA as a VM "test". That would rule out the possibility of the screenshot being of actual video content. In confirming that the screenshot was one of the ones I had listed, the only remaining possibility is that it was a screenshot showing EPG details.

Nice try though.

I don't think we can be reassured that because a new channel is listed in the SDT that it means it will actually launch.

For those that recall, didn't we have the same thing with History HD? Probably me that said it was going to launch and that was four years ago...

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Take it that you are happy with the sluggish TiVo, useless VOD, lack of content and price rises then.

Most don't seem to be which has been reflected in the churn- maybe this is why VM was sold, as the former owners didn't want to/couldn't invest in the company.

I appreciate that steps are now being taken, but for many it's too late.

I will never use Sky, but VM are pushing it, especially now that there are many, many other ways to obtain content.

Malone is well known for sweating his assets.

This is why I'm so keen on streaming services as it gives genuine choice.

I've got to have a uninterrupted tv service for my house (without going into personal details) and I have had Sky, which is excellent, until severe weather happens and you get the no signal come up. Freeview can also be ropey in really bad weather. The only service that's not, is cable.

I wish there were a choice of cable companies and perhaps in the near future, there may be a choice of fibre companies. But for now if you want pay tv its pretty much either Sky with the dish, or VM and their crappy boxes.

26-07-2016, 21:29

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Originally Posted by Horizon

]I don't think we can be reassured that because a new channel is listed in the SDT that it means it will actually launch.

For those that recall, didn't we have the same thing with History HD? Probably me that said it was going to launch and that was four years ago...

Oh I agree, I don't find it reassuring at all. It is worth a mention but certainly isn't a guarantee that a channel will actually launch.