General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) - Page 191

Superblade7 · 25-06-2015, 20:29

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

BT Sport Europe to be available on Virgin Media

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...e/td-p/2843866

Great news for you VM guys

Be interesting to see if it'll be included with XL or an additional charge.

theone2k10 · 25-06-2015, 20:33

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Great news for you VM guys

Be interesting to see if it'll be included with XL or an additional charge.

It will be £5p/m extra for xl and £20p/m extra for none xl i think.
Plusnet still have no idea if we're getting it lol.

denphone · 25-06-2015, 20:45

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Great news for you VM guys

Be interesting to see if it'll be included with XL or an additional charge.

That is the 64 million dollar question and we might have to wait a little while before all is revealed.

Dave42 · 25-06-2015, 21:10

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Great news for you VM guys

Be interesting to see if it'll be included with XL or an additional charge.

fingers crossed VM have pulled another rabbit out of the hat and it be same as bt sports 1+2 remember everyone thought that be extra too

muppetman11 · 25-06-2015, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Dave42

fingers crossed VM have pulled another rabbit out of the hat and it be same as bt sports 1+2 remember everyone thought that be extra too

To be fair Dave whether it's included in XL or not you'll end up paying for it , the only plus for sports fans with it being included in a package it generally makes it better value for those who want it as opposed to having to pay for it as a standalone option.

Superblade7 · 25-06-2015, 21:38

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

It will be £5p/m extra for xl and £20p/m extra for none xl i think.
Plusnet still have no idea if we're getting it lol.

Based on the prices announced so far on other platforms, I wouldn't be surprised if it is something like that theone.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

To be fair Dave whether it's included in XL or not you'll end up paying for it , the only plus for sports fans with it being included in a package it generally makes it better value for those who want it as opposed to having to pay for it as a standalone option.

Too right MM, it'd be £23.99 per month for me to add the BT Sports HD channels to my Sky package which is way overpriced for what you get in my opinion. I'm sure, like you say, VM customers will pay for it in some way but can't imagine it'll be as steep as the Sky price.

muppetman11 · 25-06-2015, 21:46

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Based on the prices announced so far on other platforms, I wouldn't be surprised if it is something like that theone.

Too right MM, it'd be £23.99 per month for me to add the BT Sports HD channels to my Sky package which is way overpriced for what you get in my opinion. I'm sure, like you say, VM customers will pay for it in some way but can't imagine it'll be as steep as the Sky price.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if it was included in XL however if so I'd expect to see rises on packages at the next annual increase to reflect this. Just my opinion of course.

denphone · 25-06-2015, 21:52

l suspects your hunches are probably right MM.

Media Boy UK · 25-06-2015, 22:17

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

A source has hinted at july 14th 2015 for history hd to launch on vm. This is ofcourse just a rumour until it shows up on the EPG.

Thanks for rumour.

Richardr · 25-06-2015, 23:06

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Great news for you VM guys

Be interesting to see if it'll be included with XL or an additional charge.

The link states:

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Full details of how it will be incorporated into Virgin Media sports packages will be announced soon.

That does imply it will be part of a sports package, and not the general XL package, but as usual may just be badly worded.

Media Boy UK · 26-06-2015, 00:03

The new DNP was news on BT Sport Europe given to us early this week.

We seen info on two ideas.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-signs-bt.html

johnathome · 26-06-2015, 00:18

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

The new DNP was news on BT Sport Europe given to us early this week.

We seen info on two ideas.

http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...-signs-bt.html

I would be extremely surprised if this isn't included in the XL package.

Media Boy UK · 26-06-2015, 00:23

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Originally Posted by johnathome

I would be extremely surprised if this isn't included in the XL package.

We know what Virgin Media was in talks for.

Chad · 26-06-2015, 00:36

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Originally Posted by johnathome

I would be extremely surprised if this isn't included in the XL package.

About 2 weeks ago I would have agreed with you but since then BT have released their pricing info for other platforms.

Under the current deal Virgin pay BT £75 million pounds per year to carry their channels. If the new channel is to be included in XL Virgin will need to renegotiate the deal. How much will BT be looking for? £85 million per year? £100 million per year? That's crazy money.

Virgin, in my humble opinion, would be better dropping BT Sports from XL and reinvesting some of the money saved in beefing XL up in other areas i.e SKY Atlantic, all missing HD channels, Netflix included in XL and the likes of Premier Sports and Boxnation for the sports fans. That for me would make XL a much better rounded package making if much more attractive to a wider spectrum of customers.

johnasimmons · 26-06-2015, 06:14

Do we get BT Sports Europe in SD & HD?