Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
21-12-2018, 22:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
We will still get the channel in HD. Don't be fooled. It's just a change of name. Nothing else changes except that the channel will be devoted to US sports for the designated period.
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No I was talking about Sky Sports Racing not the Action rebrand
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21-12-2018, 22:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Richc1977
No I was talking about Sky Sports Racing not the Action rebrand
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Ah, right! Well, it's being described as a 'new channel', so I guess we will need to wait for the details, although I would have thought that HD was a given.
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22-12-2018, 01:17
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by denphone
It seems apps are decreasing in quantity on Virgins platform rather then increasing..
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World Box is a poor example, Den! Very poor quality indeed!
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22-12-2018, 16:52
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by devilincarnate
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Some of the Russian channels will disappear at the end of December.
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Originally Posted by denphone
It seems apps are decreasing in quantity on Virgins platform rather then increasing..
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True, the Clubland / NOW app also seems to have gone the way of the dodo.
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22-12-2018, 17:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by epsilon
True, the Clubland / NOW app also seems to have gone the way of the dodo.
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All these oodles of forthcoming streaming apps predicted by some have not transpired at all...
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22-12-2018, 18:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by denphone
All these oodles of forthcoming streaming apps predicted by some have not transpired at all...
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But both are examples of streamed linear TV, Den. That just wasn't going to fly - it was the worst of all worlds. Scheduled TV which you couldn't record, and poor quality at that.
If you think this is anywhere near a justification for the view expressed by some who think that nowt will ever change and that that streamed services won't be taking over, you have picked two very bad examples!
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Originally Posted by denphone
All these oodles of forthcoming streaming apps predicted by some have not transpired at all...
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Starzplay is coming soon and that will not be the only new SVOD service to appear on Virgin Media in the foreseeable future.
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22-12-2018, 18:33
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by denphone
Well you explain to me why its not showing up on Virgins platform? unless they have delayed it for reasons other then technical?
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Non-appearance is either technical, regulatory or commercial. I would guess commercial in this case taking the hint that it is not technical.
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22-12-2018, 21:33
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Non-appearance is either technical, regulatory or commercial. I would guess commercial in this case taking the hint that it is not technical.
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There was no hint. I know nothing about this alleged app. I was just interested in why Den assumes a non-launch is for technical reasons.
Incidentally, I see the webpage has now gone.
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23-12-2018, 06:13
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
There was no hint. I know nothing about this alleged app. I was just interested in why Den assumes a non-launch is for technical reasons.
Incidentally, I see the webpage has now gone.
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That was the first thing that came into my head l have to agree but obviously what has transpired since suggest a wholly different reason for the non launch.
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23-12-2018, 09:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Virgin getting to test out 8 HD channels per frequency at the minute with Sky and BT pay per view events at the same time. I wonder if anyone noticed a dip in picture quality on the other six channels or felt that for £20 the picture quality was poor on the PPV.
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23-12-2018, 14:43
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
It seems the promises of lots of apps on the V6 has gone the same way as the promises of new apps when the Tivo launched
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23-12-2018, 15:03
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor
It seems the promises of lots of apps on the V6 has gone the same way as the promises of new apps when the Tivo launched
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Not true. Virgin Media see themselves as being aggregators of content. The rubbish linear apps have gone, but we are set to get Starzplay and others look likely to arrive in 2019 as well. Hopefully, Prime may be one of them, given that this has now arrived on BT.
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23-12-2018, 15:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Not true. Virgin Media see themselves as being aggregators of content. The rubbish linear apps have gone, but we are set to get Starzplay and others look likely to arrive in 2019 as well. Hopefully, Prime may be one of them, given that this has now arrived on BT.
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Your optimism knows no bounds it seems.
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23-12-2018, 16:20
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Not true. Virgin Media see themselves as being aggregators of content. The rubbish linear apps have gone, but we are set to get Starzplay and others look likely to arrive in 2019 as well. Hopefully, Prime may be one of them, given that this has now arrived on BT.
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Maybe NOW tv App
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23-12-2018, 18:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Not true. Virgin Media see themselves as being aggregators of content. The rubbish linear apps have gone, but we are set to get Starzplay and others look likely to arrive in 2019 as well. Hopefully, Prime may be one of them, given that this has now arrived on BT.
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Starzplay wow
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