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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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Originally Posted by 1701-e
TNT Winter Olympics 1 & 2 have arrived on 140/141 (527/528) for all viewers
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The broadcast on TNT 140 is about 10 seconds behind the BBC broadcast on 991.
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04-02-2026, 20:03
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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Originally Posted by 1701-e
The broadcast on TNT 140 is about 10 seconds behind the BBC broadcast on 991.
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Their Ashes cricket coverage was 19 seconds behind the BBCs radio commentary. With streaming this will get worse. There will be a point where sports coverage can no longer claim to be 'live'.
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04-02-2026, 20:05
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
Actually, Sky Sports now do streaming down to less than ten seconds delay. BBC iPlayer has been trialling as well.
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Their Ashes cricket coverage was 19 seconds behind the BBCs radio commentary. With streaming this will get worse. There will be a point where sports coverage can no longer claim to be 'live'.
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04-02-2026, 20:12
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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Actually, Sky Sports now do streaming down to less than ten seconds delay. BBC iPlayer has been trialling as well.
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Still not 'live' though is it? Radio and freeview are always going to quicker than streaming.
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04-02-2026, 20:27
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
Freeview was never live - when you compared it to analogue tv
When you watch football on tv - you often notice the screens in the stadium are not even live
The only place it is truly live - is at the event itself
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Still not 'live' though is it? Radio and freeview are always going to quicker than streaming.
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Yesterday, 01:20
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
I thought the delay was deliberate, so they could cut out things that should not be broadcast (if necessary) ?
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Yesterday, 11:38
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
It’s latency, one of the big problems associated with live streaming. Happily, they’ve been working on this for some time, and the time lag has improved significantly with time.
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Yesterday, 16:18
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
It’s noticeable that for some reason, the TNT 4K channel on VM is a few seconds ahead of their HD channels when showing the same events
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Yesterday, 16:35
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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It’s noticeable that for some reason, the TNT 4K channel on VM is a few seconds ahead of their HD channels when showing the same events
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Takes a longer time to encode and compress a 4K picture. Not a simple process. To start with, 4 times the amount of data to process.
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Yesterday, 18:05
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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Originally Posted by nomadking
Takes a longer time to encode and compress a 4K picture. Not a simple process. To start with, 4 times the amount of data to process.
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If that’s correct, it suggests they’re adding a delay on the HD.
I’m currently watching USA Vs Czechia women’s Ice Hockey. It’s being shown simultaneously on TNT Sports 2, TNT Sports 4, TNT Sports Ultimate, TNT Winter Olympics 1, and TNT Winter Olympics 2.
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Yesterday, 23:52
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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It’s noticeable that for some reason, the TNT 4K channel on VM is a few seconds ahead of their HD channels when showing the same events
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If they are filming in 4K, they then need to downscale that to get the HD version. So it's entirely reasonable that the 4K arrives first.
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Today, 09:15
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
Sports betting will become pointless if streaming doesn't improve. You can be a whole minute behind.
They are working on fixing it
https://blog.cloudflare.com/moq/
https://moq.dev/publish/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgcXli8NxHw
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
I'm going out of a limb here, but I'm going to predict Sky Atlantic will finally arrive on Virgin Media on 24th February.
Sky Max will move to 109 when it rebrands to Sky One. This opens up slot 111 on the EPG, which is ideal for Sky Atlantic to sit next to Sky Witness, just like it does on Sky.
Sky Original drama on Sky Atlantic typically gets shown on Virgin Media anyway via Sky Showcase, and as Sky Showcase is closing down, they need a different channel to show it on that's accessible to us.
Without all the newer HBO content, Sky Atlantic is now of considerably less value, so this gives them less justification to withhold it from Virgin Media.
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Today, 20:53
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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Originally Posted by TMLeafs
Sports betting will become pointless if streaming doesn't improve. You can be a whole minute behind.
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Not really.
Sometimes I'll bet on a football match.
I also bet on the Grand National every year.
I currently have a bet on the winner of the Superbowl.
Streaming has no effect on any of these.
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Today, 20:56
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Re: Virgin TV (2026)
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster
I'm going out of a limb here, but I'm going to predict Sky Atlantic will finally arrive on Virgin Media on 24th February.
Sky Max will move to 109 when it rebrands to Sky One. This opens up slot 111 on the EPG, which is ideal for Sky Atlantic to sit next to Sky Witness, just like it does on Sky.
Sky Original drama on Sky Atlantic typically gets shown on Virgin Media anyway via Sky Showcase, and as Sky Showcase is closing down, they need a different channel to show it on that's accessible to us.
Without all the newer HBO content, Sky Atlantic is now of considerably less value, so this gives them less justification to withhold it from Virgin Media.
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VM would've announced it long before now.
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