Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III. - Page 16

denphone · 10-07-2011, 22:00

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

Love to know where you get yer info regarding sky will eventually come to vm to negotiate the price (where you in the meetings) vm lost customers due to losing the sky basic channels,They needed them back as much as sky for advertising.As for grossly inflated price thats vm opinion,We dont know the true facts and never will.Peeps are quick to blame sky for vm not having new content,But where`s the others then are they also offered at inflated prices (eg universal hd,Disney channels?)

Sky overestimate the prices that they believe they can get for their channels and remember it was Sky feeling the pain when it came to the Sky Basics fiasco as when the deal was eventually done Sky had to back down on the money they got from Virgin quite a bit.
On the issue of Disney and Universal HD l am sure they will come soon to the Virgin platform and you have to remember it takes longer for channels to come to Virgin because both companies have to agree a price.

alwaysabear · 10-07-2011, 22:04

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Originally Posted by denphone

Sky overestimate the prices that they believe they can get for their channels and remember it was Sky feeling the pain when it came to the Sky Basics fiasco as when the deal was eventually done Sky had to back down on the money they got from Virgin quite a bit.
On the issue of Disney and Universal HD l am sure they will come soon to the Virgin platform and you have to remember it takes longer for channels to come to Virgin because both companies have to agree a price.

Just like ESPN America HD that we have been waiting for a year now, with VM it is always coming soon

denphone · 10-07-2011, 22:10

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

Just like ESPN America HD that we have been waiting for a year now, with VM it is always coming soon

Why are you blaming Virgin as for all we know ESPN could be asking a silly price for this channel and remember your current ESPN channels are on the XL pack and with Sky you have to pay a extra Â£9 to have ESPN on top of your Sky Sports sub.

10-07-2011, 22:11

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

Just like ESPN America HD that we have been waiting for a year now, with VM it is always coming soon

We waited nearly 9 months for Sky arts HD after they were announed,heres hoping they get ESPN America HD for you "soon".not just "coming soon"

howardmicks · 10-07-2011, 22:14

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Originally Posted by denphone

Sky overestimate the prices that they believe they can get for their channels and remember it was Sky feeling the pain when it came to the Sky Basics fiasco as when the deal was eventually done Sky had to back down on the money they got from Virgin quite a bit.
On the issue of Disney and Universal HD l am sure they will come soon to the Virgin platform and you have to remember it takes longer for channels to come to Virgin because both companies have to agree a price.

I agree with a lot you are saying,I have both products and that is due to great discount deals.But we are the customers who pay in order for both these companies to keep going.I just wish both companies could work to together better and supply all content on both formats then we could decide which to opt with like utility companies.
Sadly that looks like it will never happen

denphone · 10-07-2011, 22:18

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Originally Posted by howardmicks

I agree with a lot you are saying,I have both products and that is due to great discount deals.But we are the customers who pay in order for both these companies to keep going.I just wish both companies could work to together better and supply all content on both formats then we could decide which to opt with like utility companies.
Sadly that looks like it will never happen

And not being bias but Sky are a very difficult and greedy company to deal with in negotiations as they always seem to want one over on Virgin and l cannot see their attitude changing any time soon.

alwaysabear · 10-07-2011, 22:20

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Originally Posted by denphone

Why are you blaming Virgin as for all we know ESPN could be asking a silly price for this channel and remember your current ESPN channels are on the XL pack and with Sky you have to pay a extra Â£9 to have ESPN on top of your Sky Sports sub.

I just wish they would deliver some new content, it is becoming rather boring on here for us non TiVo users.

denphone · 10-07-2011, 22:22

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

I just wish they would deliver some new content, it is becoming rather boring on here for us non TiVo users.

l am sure your patience will be rewarded in the coming months and you don't know what you are missing with not having a tivo.

alwaysabear · 10-07-2011, 22:25

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Originally Posted by denphone

l am sure your patience will be rewarded in the coming months and you don't know what you are missing with not having a tivo.

Its not for me. I do not record enough to make use of it.

denphone · 10-07-2011, 22:27

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear

Its not for me. I do not record enough to make use of it.

The tivo is more then just a recording box and that will be shown in the next year.

Lew · 10-07-2011, 22:30

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Originally Posted by denphone

Why are you blaming Virgin as for all we know ESPN could be asking a silly price for this channelâ€¦

I have a feeling that's probably the case, considering how few providers across Europe are carrying the HD channel.

10-07-2011, 22:35

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Originally Posted by denphone

The tivo is more then just a recording box and that will be shown in the next year.

I think you are right denphone,but its not for me until it gets reminders and red button services,the recording space i am not too bothered about as i live on my own and do not need lots of hours of it.

Chad · 10-07-2011, 22:38

Does anyone know what the viewing figures for ESPN America are on Virgin? Could it be the channel doesn't attract enough viewing figures to justify Virgin shelling out more to land the HD variant?

For the sake of our American sports fans I hope it does come soon however I'm really beginning to doubt it. Let's wait and see if ESPN 2 and ESPN News launches in the next 8 to 10 weeks. If these channels launch then a new carriage deal will be needed, which might signal the arrival to ESPN America HD.

10-07-2011, 22:44

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Originally Posted by Chad

Does anyone know what the viewing figures for ESPN America are on Virgin? Could it be the channel doesn't attract enough viewing figures to justify Virgin shelling out more to land the HD variant?

For the sake of our American sports fans I hope it does come soon however I'm really beginning to doubt it. Let's wait and see if ESPN 2 and ESPN News launches in the next 8 to 10 weeks. If these channels launch then a new carriage deal will be needed, which might signal the arrival to ESPN America HD.

Have been told to expect it in time for new season along with red button.

alwaysabear · 10-07-2011, 22:45

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Originally Posted by denphone

The tivo is more then just a recording box and that will be shown in the next year.

I have read Tivo can be loaded onto my Cisco VHD box so we shall see. Also no red button and reminders are a bit of a turn off. I also like to give new Tech time to bed in as I have been caught out in the past with teething problems. As I have seen from here and other forums I was not wrong in staying clear.