General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019) - Page 146

cheekyangus · 01-11-2019, 18:49

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus

JJ20X on Forumbox has said the following have "Changes to channel codes and subscription packs".

Boomerang, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, Nick Jr Too, Nick Junior, Nick +1, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon, Turner Classic Movies.

As I'm on the Fun tier I could already get all but one of these, so I can only confirm Nick Jr Too has changed, but not which tiers except Fun.

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Actually as an old channel guide confirms Boomerang, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito and Turner Classic Movies were already on Mix, so unless they have been made available on Player/Mixit, which is unlikely, I doubt anything visible to the average customer has happened with regards to them.

So the obvious changes to most will be the Nick channels, which should be on Mix now.

JJ20X has now clarified on Forumbox the changes made.

Basics are:
The Turner channels and Nickelodeon are all Free To All customers for a period.
So that explains why the Turner channels were in the list given this morning. No indication how long everyone gets them for though.

5 Nick channels are being added to Mix tier and 1 to Fun tier.

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Further clarification: only the main Nickelodeon channel is Free To All customers for a period, not all the ones changing tiers today.

Thanks again to JJ20X on Forumbox.

SonicMaster · 01-11-2019, 18:55

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus

JJ20X has now clarified on Forumbox the changes made.

Basics are:
The Turner channels and Nickelodeon are all Free To All customers for a period.
So that explains why the Turner channels were in the list given this morning. No indication how long everyone gets them for though.

5 Nick channels are being added to Mix tier and 1 to Fun tier.

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Further clarification: only the main Nickelodeon channel is Free To All customers for a period, not all the ones changing tiers today.

Thanks again to JJ20X on Forumbox.

It's an interesting change, as it gives yet another good reason for Mix TV customers not to change to Mixit TV as they would lose so many channels, now even more.

cheekyangus · 01-11-2019, 20:20

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It's an interesting change, as it gives yet another good reason for Mix TV customers not to change to Mixit TV as they would lose so many channels, now even more.

I think VM are gradually try to align Mix with Fun and Fun with XL so that effectively anyone on a middle tier is upgraded to the top one, so that the middle tier disappear gradually. Else they opt to move to Mixit and add Personal Picks.

Mad Max · 01-11-2019, 20:54

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Well La Liga president Javier Tebas has not exactly got a great track record in making the right decision as his now defunct Eleven Sports deal was a clear and unmitigated disaster from start to finish which he had clear and prior warning about but when one chases the false rainbow one inevitably comes unstuck.

Now only one man and his dog watches it when at least when it was on Sky Sports it was getting far more coverage and a far superior coverage.

Amazon well we have been there before with your much heralded Nostradamus predictions if my poor memory serves me right and there l will end it as sadly that chapter did not end well and l do like to finish my book with a good ending.

Den, have you ever watched the tennis that Amazon have shown? It's really very good!

denphone · 01-11-2019, 21:02

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Den, have you ever watched the tennis that Amazon have shown? It's really very good!

But we are talking about the failure of Eleven Sports and the poor business decisions of the La Liga president MM.

Mad Max · 01-11-2019, 21:14

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But we are talking about the failure of Eleven Sports and the poor business decisions of the La Liga president MM.

Maybe so, but it's Amazon who is vying for the rights to La Liga, now, Spanish football is very watchable, and IMO this would be a big gain for Amazon, and another way to show that they are indeed interested and capable of showing top football games.

denphone · 01-11-2019, 21:25

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Maybe so, but it's Amazon who is vying for the rights to La Liga, now, Spanish football is very watchable, and IMO this would be a big gain for Amazon, and another way to show that they are indeed interested and capable of showing top football games.

If they can get them cheaply then yes l don't see anything wrong with that but my sentiments about the far more expensive football rights from a business point of view still stand as the business sums have never added up for Amazon there.

Legendkiller2k · 01-11-2019, 22:55

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Originally Posted by denphone

But we are talking about the failure of Eleven Sports and the poor business decisions of the La Liga president MM.

Correction Eleven sports uk, eleven sports global is quite succesful.
The uk just isn't big enough imo for so many players in the streaming world.
Amazon are a different fish entirely they won't make the same mistakes Eleven sport uk made.

OLD BOY · 02-11-2019, 01:34

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If they can get them cheaply then yes l don't see anything wrong with that but my sentiments about the far more expensive football rights from a business point of view still stand as the business sums have never added up for Amazon there.

Source?

denphone · 02-11-2019, 05:00

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Source?

l and others have posted plenty of sources on why this won't happen and if you take your rose tinted glasses off for once there might find reality is often different from fantasy OB.

SonicMaster · 02-11-2019, 10:15

If all the Turner channels and Nickelodeon are now free to all customers for a unspecified period of time, surely it would be logical for VM to promote this to viewers in the Customer News section of their website, Virgin TV Edit or Virgin Media Community?

OLD BOY · 02-11-2019, 11:06

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Originally Posted by denphone

l and others have posted plenty of sources on why this won't happen and if you take your rose tinted glasses off for once there might find reality is often different from fantasy OB.

The fantasy is believing that Sky has bigger pockets than Amazon, Den.

cheekyangus · 02-11-2019, 11:22

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Originally Posted by SonicMaster

If all the Turner channels and Nickelodeon are now free to all customers for a unspecified period of time, surely it would be logical for VM to promote this to viewers in the Customer News section of their website, Virgin TV Edit or Virgin Media Community?

They'd only use TV Edit if it were permanent. As for the other ways, yeah you'd think.

Mad Max · 02-11-2019, 13:02

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The fantasy is believing that Sky has bigger pockets than Amazon, Den.

Indeed, OB, and we all know the answer to that one.

SonicMaster · 02-11-2019, 14:03

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Originally Posted by cheekyangus

They'd only use TV Edit if it were permanent. As for the other ways, yeah you'd think.

What makes you think they would only use Virgin TV Edit if it were a permanent change? It's VM's primary editorial communications platform, they have articles about most things including temporary rebrands of channels and the limited time access to certain services on channel 100. I know they've used used the Channel Guide page and the PDFs to show 'freview' periods for channels in the past.