Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
26-07-2017, 19:46
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Ballers S3 Ep 1 on tonight 24 hours before it airs tomorrow on Sky Atlantic
Rock and a Hard Place was on yesterday 24 hrs before it airs on Sky Atlantic.
Checking the app tells you this. Chad has already stated how much content will be on. I don't mean it's a channel showing all Sky Atlantic content 24hrs before it airs just selected content.
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Thanks for clarifying.
A new sports channel is said to be launching on one of the temporary Freeview muxes on 31/8/17.
It is to be called 'Freesports' and designed "to bring all your favourite sports to Freeview".
Setanta are believed to be behind this. Aren't they owned by Eir Sport now?
Wonder if VM will pick this up?
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26-07-2017, 20:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Thanks for clarifying.
A new sports channel is said to be launching on one of the temporary Freeview muxes on 31/8/17.
It is to be called 'Freesports' and designed "to bring all your favourite sports to Freeview".
Setanta are believed to be behind this. Aren't they owned by Eir Sport now?
Wonder if VM will pick this up?
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Wikipedia (Only info we can find) say that Premier Sports is own by Premier Media.
Setanta was took over by Eir some years ago (Eir is something like BT).
We found that Premier Sports do broadcast Eir Sport (With Irish ads) when broadcasting live football.
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Maybe Freesports will launch on Virgin TV later this year with Premier Sports HD.
We think due to Premier Sports launching on Virgin Media in October 2013.
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...l-premier.html
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26-07-2017, 21:01
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Wikipedia (Only info we can find) say that Premier Sports is own by Premier Media.
Setanta was took over by Eir some years ago (Eir is something like BT).
We found that Premier Sports do broadcast Eir Sport (With Irish ads) when broadcasting live football.
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Maybe Freesports will launch on Virgin TV later this year with Premier Sports HD.
We think due to Premier Sports launching on Virgin Media in October 2013.
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...l-premier.html
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Cheers MB. I wonder if Premier Media is a trading name for Setanta?? They may have wished to distance themselves from the Setanta branding following the collapse of Setanta UK.
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26-07-2017, 21:12
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Cheers MB. I wonder if Premier Media is a trading name for Setanta?? They may have wished to distance themselves from the Setanta branding following the collapse of Setanta UK.
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If Television is like the real world. The owners can go into administration one day then buy an channel number on Sky from an administrator and relaunch under an new name that an later date.
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27-07-2017, 00:47
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ITV Channels maybe set to be drop by Virgin Media.
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The Telegraph reports that negotiations with Virgin Media over carriage of ITV2 in August could be extended to cover the main ITV channel. A failure to reach an agreement could lead to Virgin Media viewers having to switch to Freeview, satellite or online streaming to continue watching ITV channels.
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http://www.a516digital.com/2017/07/i...drop-with.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...ll-ad-revenue/
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27-07-2017, 02:40
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Thanks for clarifying.
A new sports channel is said to be launching on one of the temporary Freeview muxes on 31/8/17.
It is to be called 'Freesports' and designed "to bring all your favourite sports to Freeview".
Setanta are believed to be behind this. Aren't they owned by Eir Sport now?
Wonder if VM will pick this up?
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Looks like we will be getting Freesports on VM:
http://www.a516digital.com/2017/07/n...to-launch.html
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27-07-2017, 07:50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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That will not happen MB.
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27-07-2017, 08:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Given that advertising revenues are falling, any closure of the ITV channels on VM will surely reduce them further. Not the best strategy for ITV I've ever heard.
Maybe VM need to add TV Player to their apps, or maybe You View, to avoid these charges and ensure that Virgin viewers without an aerial can still receive ITV programming.
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That will not happen MB.
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I wouldn't bet on it, Den, but I think if such a move significantly dented audience share, ITV would do an embarrassing retreat.
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27-07-2017, 09:09
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ITV delude themselves of their own inflated importance OB.
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27-07-2017, 10:09
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Thanks for clarifying.
A new sports channel is said to be launching on one of the temporary Freeview muxes on 31/8/17.
It is to be called 'Freesports' and designed "to bring all your favourite sports to Freeview".
Setanta are believed to be behind this. Aren't they owned by Eir Sport now?
Wonder if VM will pick this up?
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The choice of name is amusing because back in 2003/4 a company called CBM said they were going to launch a channel on Freeview devoted to lower profile sports called Freesport which clearly never launched despite the talk.
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27-07-2017, 11:28
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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That will not happen MB.
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It's happened before with the Sky channels so it could easily happen again
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27-07-2017, 11:52
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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ITV delude themselves of their own inflated importance OB.
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Agreed, itv is not the quality it once was.
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27-07-2017, 12:05
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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It's happened before with the Sky channels so it could easily happen again
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Not here it won't...
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27-07-2017, 12:17
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Didnt the article say Liberty Global are major shareholders of ITV if thats the case surely they would not want to upset their shareholders by forcing Virgins hand or would it not be take the money out of one hand and give it to the other??
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27-07-2017, 12:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Not here it won't...
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Borrowed Chad's Crystal Ball have we
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