General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Chad

SKY 1 and SKY Living are long established brands. SKY 1 has been on the air for 25 years and SKY Living a little less with 21 years. SKY Atlantic is still very much in it's infancy and will need time to grow. SKY 1 and SKY Living have shows that have been running for years, have dedicated fan bases and tend to span 20 to 25 episodes such as Greys Anatomy, Criminal Minds, The Simpsons and Modern Family. These will undoubtedly help keep the viewing figures high. Ironically I don't think any of these shows draw the viewing figures that Game of Thrones does.

Sky1 as we know it launch before Channel 4 did in 1982.

-Sky 1 started on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television Ltd. Channel 4 was launch that following November.
-On 27 June 1983, the shareholders of Satellite Television agreed a £5 million offer to give News International 65% of the company. On 16 January 1984 the channel was renamed Sky Channel.
-On 31 July 1989, Sky Channel was rebrand as Sky One.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_1

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Dave42

so that the only show you watch on there chad

There's only really a bunch of shows we watch religiously in our house. Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, Boardwalk Empire, Banshee, The Following and The Borgias........ before it got cancelled. I watch Mr. Sloane and my wife watches Seinfeld and The Sopranos. We give most new things a try on the channel but not everything is to our taste and there is a lot of filler. The quality of the shows is top notch but alternatives can be found on other channels. Vikings, Ripper Street, Dracula, The Blacklist, Sons of Anarchy and the Walking Dead are just as good or better than the majority of stuff on SKY Atlantic.

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Or Sky News.

I hear that Sky are set to launch an '24 hour reading news papers channel' called Sky News Press due to it ratings winner for Sky News.

And that's my least favourite "show" on SKY News.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Chad

My understanding is the next live game will be Feyenoord Vs. Heerenveen on the 15th of August.

Update:

Sky have confirmed that the Eredivisie games of ADO Den Haag VS Feyenoord and Ajax VS Vitesse Arnhem will be shown on August 10th on Sky Sports 4 from 11.30am before moving to Sky Sports 5 the week after.

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Bit of news for you all Discovery Science HD is on the way to all major pay tv providers in uk.
No date given as of yet.

Digital Spy poster think ID HD is maybe testing on Sky right now.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...2&postcount=49

[denphone]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Do TiVo owners not find TiVo suggestions, wishlists etc adequate for this job (or does it often miss material that you would want to watch)?

First of all Richard we are not really a fan of suggestions as such and yes we do set up wishlists for quite a few different things but even with that there are still many interesting series and programmes you can pick up by trawling through certain parts of the EPG.

[denphone]

BBC receives £500m offer for UKTV.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...old-dave-watch

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by denphone

BBC receives £500m offer for UKTV.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...old-dave-watch

Thanks for link and that info.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Chad

So on average SKY Atlantic gets a daily reach of 899,500. With 10,600,000 TV customers that means 8.5% of SKY viewers tune in on a regular basis.

OK. My supplementary calculations:
Ireland accounts for 700,000 of those Sky TV customers ao the UK base figure should be 9.9m making 9.08% of Sky TV customers regular Atlantic viewers.

If we assume that Sky Atlantic would get similar viewing figures if it were on VM and TT then the viewing figures would be:
Sky 9.9m TV customers
VM 3.8m TV customers
TT 0.5m TV customers (Estimated and excludes those just those taking the Freeview channels)
Total 14.2m

14.2m x 9.08% = 1.3m

So if Sky Atlantic were available on the VM and TT platforms it would have a daily reach of 1.3m viewers in the UK making it the joint second largest pay-tv channel with Sky Living. Not bad for a fairly new channel.

[Media Boy UK]

Freeview: Channel 4 +1 HD and 4seven HD available on Freeview.

On Tuesday 1 July Channel 4 will launch two new HD channels, Channel 4 +1 HD and 4seven HD, on Freeview.

The channels are available to over 70% of the UK population from our newly launched Freeview HD multiplex.

http://www.arqiva.com/news/press-rel...ew-hd-channels

Info from Arqiva/Channel 4.

THIS POST IS ONLY ON HERE DUE TO SOME VIRGIN MEDIA VIEWERS MAY ALSO HAVE FREEVIEW SOMETHERE IN THEY HOMES.

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SONY PICTURES TELEVISION TO ACQUIRE CSC MEDIA GROUP

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire CSC Media Group (CSC) in the UK.

Under the agreement, SPT will own and operate the 16 ad-supported channels in the company’s portfolio, pending regulatory approval.

https://www.onlinespt.com/aboutspt/viewPR.php?id=231

SPT will now own (* mean on Virgin Media right now):

-True Entertainment*
-SONY TV*
-True Movies 1*
-Tiny Pop*
-SONY TV Asia*
-SONY MAX*
-SONY SAB*
-Bliss
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Kix
-Kix +1
-POP
-Pop Girl
-Scuzz
-Starz TV
-The Vault
-Tiny Pop +1
-True Drama
-True Entertainment +1
-True Movies 2
-More>Movies
-More>Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).
-Movies 4 Men +1
-Sony Entertainment Television +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

©copyright 2014 Media Boy 2006 - 2014. An "Keep it real and free" Production.

[blue666666]

Wonder if we will get more channels then.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

OK. My supplementary calculations:
Ireland accounts for 700,000 of those Sky TV customers ao the UK base figure should be 9.9m making 9.08% of Sky TV customers regular Atlantic viewers.

If we assume that Sky Atlantic would get similar viewing figures if it were on VM and TT then the viewing figures would be:
Sky 9.9m TV customers
VM 3.8m TV customers
TT 0.5m TV customers (Estimated and excludes those just those taking the Freeview channels)
Total 14.2m

14.2m x 9.08% = 1.3m

So if Sky Atlantic were available on the VM and TT platforms it would have a daily reach of 1.3m viewers in the UK making it the joint second largest pay-tv channel with Sky Living. Not bad for a fairly new channel.

But not justifying the price that VM are expected to pay for it! Otherwise, why not charge the same for Sky Living? The whole thing is just a ruse to enable Sky to claim that they have exclusive channels and that they have the best choice for viewers.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Do TiVo owners not find TiVo suggestions, wishlists etc adequate for this job (or does it often miss material that you would want to watch)?

The box is not capable of doing this for new series that haven't been on before, and we can't second guess what might come up that's new every week. For me, a trawl through the TV and Satellite Week before Saturday is essential to ensure I don't miss anything.

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Originally Posted by Chad

I've always been suspicious that +1 channels are for revenue, rather than customer needs.

SKY Atlantic is only on SKY and Now TV at the moment. You need to stop eating cheese before going to bed

They are both, Chad. Clearly, the +1 channels increase revenue, but they are also useful for those of us who record or watch a lot and frequently find programme clashes. Both sides win!

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

But not justifying the price that VM are expected to pay for it! Otherwise, why not charge the same for Sky Living? The whole thing is just a ruse to enable Sky to claim that they have exclusive channels and that they have the best choice for viewers.

Sure, the purpose of my post is to demonstrate to those who may believe otherwise that Sky Atlantic is performing well.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Sure, the purpose of my post is to demonstrate to those who may believe otherwise that Sky Atlantic is performing well.

Yes, thank you for putting that in context, it needed to be said.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Sure, the purpose of my post is to demonstrate to those who may believe otherwise that Sky Atlantic is performing well.

doing well your kidding right over 90% don't watch it

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by blue666666

Wonder if we will get more channels then.

CSC deal with Virgin is maybe up this year last one was in March 2011.

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MB Views: What may happen to CSC Media and Sony channels after takeover!

-SONY TV may become know as SONY TV 1
-SONY TV +1 may become know as SONY TV 1 +1
-SONY may reuse True Drama channel slot for SONY TV 1 HD
-True Entertainment +1 may become know as SONY TV 2 +1
-True Entertainment and True Drama may become know as SONY TV 2
-True Movies 1 may become know as SONY Reallife Movies
-True Movies 2 may become know as SONY Reallife Movies +1*
-Tiny Pop may become know as SONY Kids Jr.
-Tiny Pop +1 may become know as SONY Kids Jr. +1
-POP may become know as SONY Kids
-POP +1 may become know as SONY Kids
-Kix and Pop Girl may become know as SONY Kids 2
-Kix +1 may become know as SONY Kids 2 +1

Sell Sky EPG Slots off:
-Pop Girl

Keep as now:
-SONY TV Asia*
-SONY MAX*
-SONY SAB*
-Bliss
-Chart Show TV
-Chart Show TV Dance
-Flava
-Scuzz
-Starz TV
-The Vault
-More>Movies
-More>Movies +1
-Movies 4 Men (Broadcasts in Smallworld areas right now).
-Movies 4 Men +1
-Sony Movie Channel
-Sony Movie Channel +1

©copyright 2014 Media Boy 2006 - 2014. An "Keep it real and free" Production.

[theone2k10]

Eurosport player maybe coming to Virgin media via Tivo according to a source i'm at 45% chance of this happening.