General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3 - Page 14

muppetman11 · 13-07-2014, 15:49

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Originally Posted by denphone

Sky's core television business has totally reached saturation point so they have much more to gain if they agree carriage terms with other providers in my book.

Haven't they already done that ?

The only Sky channel exclusive to the Sky platform is Sky Atlantic all the rest are avalble on VM or will be soon

denphone · 13-07-2014, 15:50

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Haven't they already done that ?

The only Sky channel exclusive to the Sky platform is Sky Atlantic.

That's the channel l am talking about MM.

trevrpb · 13-07-2014, 15:51

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Originally Posted by Dave42

be same price until sky put prices up in September VM will put sports up in October

Cheers.

telegramsam · 13-07-2014, 15:52

[QUOTE=Dave42;35713831]as you well know Howard mate that a sky inforced charge not a VM so cant blame VM for that as for not paying extra for SA that's a basic channel as you well know as well and Sports is Premium so yes that's a extra charge

But didn`t I read on here somewhere that virgin also add a couple of quid on for themselves?

muppetman11 · 13-07-2014, 15:56

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Originally Posted by denphone

That's the channel l am talking about MM.

The powers that be within BSKYB obviously deem it more beneficial as exclusive currently , no doubt over time this will change.

azbazlol · 13-07-2014, 16:01

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

All will be reveal in the coming days.

When are these dnp orders going to be revealed mb??

Dave42 · 13-07-2014, 16:02

[QUOTE=telegramsam;35713889]

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Originally Posted by Dave42

as you well know Howard mate that a sky inforced charge not a VM so cant blame VM for that as for not paying extra for SA that's a basic channel as you well know as well and Sports is Premium so yes that's a extra charge

But didn`t I read on here somewhere that virgin also add a couple of quid on for themselves?

for sports yes think so not sure if they did that with the £7 HD premium charge though

spankysmagicpian · 13-07-2014, 17:37

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Originally Posted by azbazlol

When are these dnp orders going to be revealed mb??

The DNPs are still under NDAs and quite possibly ALOOB

Superblade7 · 13-07-2014, 18:23

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Rumour: I hear that Virgin Media are set to launch an new offer soon.

Was the Sky Sports season ticket the offer you alluded to MB?

Full details - https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-...on-ticket.html

Itshim · 13-07-2014, 18:48

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Was the Sky Sports season ticket the offer you alluded to MB?

Full details - https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-...on-ticket.html

It could not be this

neilo · 13-07-2014, 19:02

That's a really good deal over the 10 months.

theone2k10 · 13-07-2014, 19:37

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Originally Posted by neilo

That's a really good deal over the 10 months.

It is a very good deal as it's only £40 more than the Bein sports service i use.

ps i think a lot of you will be very disappointed Tuesday a 3rd source has now said the Skysports hd channels aren't launching this week they will be here before the new season.
I really hope they are wrong.

OLD BOY · 13-07-2014, 19:44

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

It is a very good deal as it's only £40 more than the Bein sports service i use.

ps i think a lot of you will be very disappointed Tuesday a 3rd source has now said the Skysports hd channels aren't launching this week they will be here before the new season.
I really hope they are wrong.

Yes, well they are not listed for Virgin in the TV magazines, and given the lead in time, you would have thought the channel numbers would be there. So I'm not optimistic it is going to be this week, but wouldn't rule it out.

theone2k10 · 13-07-2014, 19:52

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, well they are not listed for Virgin in the TV magazines, and given the lead in time, you would have thought the channel numbers would be there. So I'm not optimistic it is going to be this week, but wouldn't rule it out.

I've been told end of july but one has said middle of august.

OLD BOY · 13-07-2014, 19:56

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Curiously you said otherwise then. When did the doubts set in?
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post3107.html

The contract was signed the evening before the channels launched. I got a call at 22:15 to say "go".

I don't doubt that the contract was signed when you say it was, Spiderplant, but the sneaking suspicion I had was that there was already a gentleman's agreement between VM and BT that the channel would be made available. That's not to say either that there weren't further discussions taking place over the detail, based on how many people were subscribing to BT and VM trying to push down the asking price right up until the last minute.

Obviously, I don't know the precise detail because I was not involved in the discussions and don't know anyone with inside knowledge. However, you may recall that there were indications from VM that BT Sport was coming and VM had to take down information quite quickly after putting them up on our TV screens. There are a number of posts about this on the Forum that were added at around about that time.

It was always clear in my mind that VM were going for a Setanta-type deal and it was only a question of the price.