Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
05-03-2011, 10:07
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
Cheers for the above guys.
I think that makes it crystal clear. I suspected the quotes would be along those lines but I just wanted to read if for myself.
The main thing is Virgin are making ever effort to future proof their business.
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05-03-2011, 10:09
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
VM always said they would launch more HD channels when the time was right, which is exactly what they did.
Despite what you may think from reading forums like this, people simply weren't watching HD then. Take a look at the BBC HD figure in Sept 2008. Compare with the likes of Dance Nation and Horse&Country.
Even now, the HD simulcasts only get about a quarter the viewers of their SD equivalent. (Far less in the case of BBC1 and ITV1). |
To be honest like most of us I am not too interested in back then, i'm more intersted in now which is why I acknowledged that VM acknowledged it and got moving with HD, I was actually rather complimenting them.
I would be astonished if the HD simulcasts didn't get way less viewers than their SD counterpart as the vast majority of homes even now do not have an HD service do they? One way of encouraging people to switch is to launch more services I suppose.
I noticed Sky Atlantic's ratings are picking up, their reach is higher than all the movie channels individually and SSP 3 & 4 which maybe isn't surprising as they are premium channels but it's also considerably higher than FX and very nearly the same as Comedy Central too.
Mind you I guess it should given the money they have thrown at it!
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05-03-2011, 12:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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That is changing fast though.
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It's interesting though even though my parents have HD enabled on the V+ box they still watch the SD version. Mainly because of the SD channel being prominent in the EPG ITV SD 103 and ITV HD 113 see what I mean!
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05-03-2011, 12:26
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Originally Posted by mlayzell
It's interesting though even though my parents have HD enabled on the V+ box they still watch the SD version. Mainly because of the SD channel being prominent in the EPG ITV SD 103 and ITV HD 113 see what I mean!
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Exact same with my parents, man it bugs my happiness.
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05-03-2011, 12:40
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Originally Posted by mlayzell
It's interesting though even though my parents have HD enabled on the V+ box they still watch the SD version. Mainly because of the SD channel being prominent in the EPG ITV SD 103 and ITV HD 113 see what I mean!
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That's a very good point actually.
I didn't always bother either up until christmas when we got a much bigger TV.
But the very recent HD/SD EPG swapover on Sky will provide a very rapid jump in those figures that were referred to, at least for a lot of the pay channels anyway.
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05-03-2011, 12:42
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
What day in april does the the Sky red button launch and when are their more channel releases coming.
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05-03-2011, 12:43
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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What day in april does the the Sky red button launch and when are their more channel releases coming.
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What are tonight's lottery numbers? 
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05-03-2011, 12:45
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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What are tonight's lottery numbers? |
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05-03-2011, 12:46
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Originally Posted by mersey70
That's a very good point actually.
I didn't always bother either up until christmas when we got a much bigger TV.
But the very recent HD/SD EPG swapover on Sky will provide a very rapid jump in those figures that were referred to, at least for a lot of the pay channels anyway.
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It's worth noting though, the terrestrial channels have opted out of channel swaps on Sky HD.
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05-03-2011, 12:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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It's worth noting though, the terrestrial channels have opted out of channel swaps on Sky HD.
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That's why I said pay channels!
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05-03-2011, 12:48
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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What day in april does the the Sky red button launch and when are their more channel releases coming.
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as soon as we are told, we'll let you know.
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That's why I said pay channels!
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ok, chill 
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05-03-2011, 12:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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What day in april does the the Sky red button launch and when are their more channel releases coming.
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Sky Red Button launches April 1st before midday.
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05-03-2011, 12:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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as soon as we are told, we'll let you know.
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ok, chill |
I'm very chilled now!
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05-03-2011, 13:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Exact time if you don't mind LOL
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05-03-2011, 13:01
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.
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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic
as soon as we are told, we'll let you know.
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ok, chill |
I suspect you already know but you are not telling us yet.
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