General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2 - Page 179

denphone · 27-10-2016, 20:19

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Oh good grief I hope not , isn't the current high pricing of pay tv thanks in part to the Sports bidding war between Sky and BT.

And personally l cannot see it changing anytime soon MM.

alwaysabear · 27-10-2016, 20:25

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Oh good grief I hope not , isn't the current high pricing of pay tv thanks in part to the Sports bidding war between Sky and BT.

The last thing we need!

Arthurgray50@blu · 27-10-2016, 20:38

Its true that VM want channels on the cheap. Sky offered VM SA at a reasonable prise. But VM turned this down.

At the end of the day - ITS US that end up paying for it. So why doesn't VM let us decide

Chad · 27-10-2016, 20:40

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Oh good grief I hope not , isn't the current high pricing of pay tv thanks in part to the Sports bidding war between Sky and BT.

I think it is pushing up the price of TV but it's great news for consumers who are prepared to shop around. SKY and Virgin have been offering some crazy deals to new customers. I've had my TV for SKY for nearly 4 years at 50%, or more, off. Look at this mental offer they e-mailed me earlier today.

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50% off my TV package for the next 5 years without any contract. Cancel when I want and I don't even have to confirm I accept the offer, it's already applied to my account. I don't currently have SKY Sports or SKY Cinema but if I add them, they automatically go on at 50% off too. The only TV things that are not 50 % off are HD and multiroom.

I'm not the only person to receive this offer. A woman at my work got the same e-mail last week. She's had 50% off her TV for the past 10 months. I thought she must have read it wrong as I hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere else.

muppetman11 · 27-10-2016, 20:55

I've seen that posted in another thread on a different forum. I agree if you'll shop around there's bargains to be had but in my opinion its even more evidence that more and more are ringing to cancel or downgrade. I've never not had an offer in my account for Sky Cinema and Sky Sports when I've been without them.

Arthurgray50@blu · 27-10-2016, 21:01

IF its Sky that this agreement is saying the price will stay the same for FIVE years. IS that new customers or existing ones.

Chad · 27-10-2016, 21:16

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

IF its Sky that this agreement is saying the price will stay the same for FIVE years. IS that new customers or existing ones.

Existing customers who are already on a deal. I posted here a few weeks ago that something looked funny on my SKY account:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...3697840&page=2

The interesting thing is, as posted in the above thread, when SKY announced their price increases this year my package didn't go up in price. I received a letter confirming price increses but my letter said my package was going up by £0.00. My price didn't budge. I don't know if that will be the same over the next 5 years but it looks promising.

muppetman11 · 27-10-2016, 21:21

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Originally Posted by Chad

Existing customers who are already on a deal. I posted here a few weeks ago that something looked funny on my SKY account:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...3697840&page=2

The interesting thing is, as posted in the above thread, when SKY announced their price increases this year my package didn't go up in price. I received a letter confirming price increses but my letter said my package was going up by £0.00. My price didn't budge. I don't know if that will be the same over the next 5 years but it looks promising.

They probably got sick of speaking to you.

Chad · 27-10-2016, 21:26

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

They probably got sick of speaking to you.

Yeah, I've not been shy over the years.

I don't think this discount will remain if I upgrade to SKYQ. Not too fussed at the moment as I don't have a 4k TV.

I remember earlier this year a poster confirming that SKY where going to finish offering their retention deals when people on offers came to the end of their 12 month deal. I wonder if their doing this across the board instead of having to haggle with people on the phone who are trying to get another years worth of TV on the cheap?

RichardCoulter · 27-10-2016, 21:30

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Originally Posted by 1701-e

Weren't they HD on 100 and SD on 548 last week?

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Its true that VM want channels on the cheap. Sky offered VM SA at a reasonable prise. But VM turned this down.

At the end of the day - ITS US that end up paying for it. So why doesn't VM let us decide

VM were not offered Sky Atlantic at a reasonable price, I can't remember what it was (I did post it in this thread yonks ago), but it was a lot more than the usual price for a basic channel.

Russia Today is currently off air on satellite and broadcasting a caption saying "scheduled maintenance GMT 9:00pm-7:00am" along with some music.

I think something is afoot, it's highly unusual for a channel to go off air for hours due to "maintenance"!!

Whilst it's off air on satellite, I'm not sure about VM Ireland & Freeview- could somebody with these platforms check please?

spiderplant · 27-10-2016, 21:43

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Whilst it's off air on satellite, I'm not sure about VM Ireland & Freeview- could somebody with these platforms check please?

It's working on Freeview

RichardCoulter · 27-10-2016, 22:21

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

It's working on Freeview

Cheers SP, perhaps it's nothing ominous then.

theone2k10 · 27-10-2016, 22:27

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Oh good grief I hope not , isn't the current high pricing of pay tv thanks in part to the Sports bidding war between Sky and BT.

It is stupid the cost of sports these days even football matches for my team tickets are between £25 and £40 and we're in the championship lol.

vincerooney · 27-10-2016, 22:39

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

It is stupid the cost of sports these days even football matches for my team tickets are between £25 and £40 and we're in the championship lol.

as a newcastle fan i feel your championship pain.

28-10-2016, 00:01

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Russia Today is currently off air on satellite and broadcasting a caption saying "scheduled maintenance GMT 9:00pm-7:00am" along with some music.

I think something is afoot, it's highly unusual for a channel to go off air for hours due to "maintenance"!!

Not highly unusual for RT, it's just something they do, fairly often.