General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I wonder if they might tie up with an existing provider as oppose to launching a stand-alone service? Perhaps Now TV, Paramount + or Amazon Prime?

Either way, the demise of AMC UK is not unexpected. It's been on the cards ever since the BT Sport-EuroSport announcement.

AMC Networks have been in talks with SKY for quite awhile, so we may see a AMC+ service show up on SKYQ,Stream,Glass.

[1701-e]

Looks like Sky sports arena changing to Tennis as the guide showing only Tennis from 28 August. Action being used for alternative courts though all courts will be on the red button.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

AMC Networks have been in talks with SKY for quite awhile, so we may see a AMC+ service show up on SKYQ,Stream,Glass.

Do they have enough content for a UK streaming service? The AMC channel was a bit light on the content front and it was effectively a value-added freebie, not a stand-alone offering.

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Do they have enough content for a UK streaming service? The AMC channel was a bit light on the content front and it was effectively a value-added freebie, not a stand-alone offering.

AMC+ would presumably content from Acorn TV (aswell as Shudder and Sundance Now) for 1 price which already exist in the UK

Also certain AMC content has been held back in the last year despite being renewed Interview With The Vampire and Mayfair Witches haven't appeared elsewhere, the lack of any news on The Walking: Dead City either.

AMC Studios programming until 2019/2020 was distributed by Entertainment One , that ended for new productions.

[Phunkenstein]

I think the saturated market doesn’t help AMC if they go OTT… there’s a nice bench of shows there to build a modest SVOD service in the Lionsgate Plus mould but even if you pull in some of the Shudder & Acorn stuff into a theoretical AMC Plus service I still don’t know if it’s really enough to truly cut through in the U.K. market? Couldn’t say to be honest!

If they keep it cheap and perhaps like in Spain opt to have others carry it on their backends, it may be viable? (But given how often L+ seem to have promo deals across Prime and their own app it does beg the question how are they really doing!)

Maybe this may ignite the furore of the anti linear brigade but part of me thinks they should side-step the normal D2C approach and instead re-launch the linear channel (much bolstered however) with a strong VOD component and get it onto Sky, Now and Virgin instead… doesn’t stop you launching a Prime/Apple channel either but that way you get some marketing muscle behind you, a bit of financial certainty and a couple of partners who’ll benefit from a regular cadence of premium programming on their platforms?

Whatever they do, whether it’s D2C, linear, slate deals or selling shows the old fashioned way they have options so curious to see what they opt to do.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Do they have enough content for a UK streaming service? The AMC channel was a bit light on the content front and it was effectively a value-added freebie, not a stand-alone offering.

AMC networks would most likely combine content from their CBS partnership channels aswell as AMC+, Shudder an d Sundance content.
AMC was light because AMC saw no value with it being on the smallest tv platform if AMC had been on VM and SKY then it may have been a different story.
Also as Timelord stated there is a bit of AMC content that hasn't been picked up yet too.

[Media Boy UK]

Virgin Media's EPG has confirmed that ITV's CITV Channel will close at 9pm on September 1st.

[Media Boy UK]

Digital Bit Rates is reporting that Virgin Media UK are testing in Virgin Media HQ the following channels for the US Tennis open:

*Sky Sports Tennis HD 1 to Sky Sports Tennis HD 16

My sources say the extra Sky Sports Tennis HD Channels will appear on the EPG from 561.

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by Phunkenstein

Whatever they do, whether it’s D2C, linear, slate deals or selling shows the old fashioned way they have options so curious to see what they opt to do.

I don't think entirely rule out The Walking Dead spin offs being licensed to Disney+ UK perhaps they couldn’t because of contract with BT in the UK, I found out recently Tales Of The Walking Dead was licensed to Disney+ in Italy.

I will be suprised The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon don’t appear somewhere by end of the year.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

I don't think entirely rule out The Walking Dead spin offs being licensed to Disney+ UK perhaps they couldn’t because of contract with BT in the UK, I found out recently Tales Of The Walking Dead was licensed to Disney+ in Italy.

I will be suprised The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon don’t appear somewhere by end of the year.

Disney+ are making cutbacks so TWD spinoffs might not be in their plans.

[TimeLord2018]

It's hard to know exactly where they would end up if AMC+ doesn't launch in the UK.

AMC+ was supposed to launch in Central and Eastern Europe at the start of the year but doesn't appear to happened, Definitely won't be launching in Germany anytime soon.
https://www.4kfilme.de/the-walking-d...auf-magentatv/

[1701-e]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Disney+ are making cutbacks so TWD spinoffs might not be in their plans.

However with production halted on many shows they might want the option to buy especially with the pending price rises

[vincerooney]

Happy September all. Anything on the horizon?

[Kevc69]

Wall to wall Christmas movies on channel 424 from the end of next week to really dispirit those of us who are not lovers of Christmas.
I did wonder since these now take up 5 months of space already whether VM would go to 11 months with a 1 month break for valentines

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Happy September all. Anything on the horizon?

Excitement before Christmas is probably around the Premier League auction - will DAZN win any matches? Plus what will happen to Viaplay UK? Otherwise, I expect things to be business as usual.