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

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by Itshim

I was a a party earlier this week & met some Virgin/liberty staff.

Spoke at length to them including about this forum. The strapline some up the comment on postings from an "insider " the last refers to if true ( the insider) then believing that it is real means .....

me I go with #2

You drank too much.

[Media Boy UK]

Viacom to examine the possibility of making 5*, 5USA or both pay-tv Channels.

The American conglomerate also intends to examine the possibility it could convert one or more of Channel 5’s secondary channels into a subscription business. Viacom also owns the major film studio Paramount, which could provide premium programming.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...Channel-5.html

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Itshim

I was a a party earlier this week & met some Virgin/liberty staff.

Spoke at length to them including about this forum. The strapline some up the comment on postings from an "insider " the last refers to if true ( the insider) then believing that it is real means .....

me I go with #2

Sounds like you're still there

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by andy_m

You drank too much.

PMSL. His posts are going beyond trolling and attempting to show off how well off he is, to downright weird.

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Viacom to examine the possibility of making 5*, 5USA or both pay-tv Channels.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...Channel-5.html

I certainly wouldn't pay any extra for the Channel 5 stable of offshoot channels.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I certainly wouldn't pay any extra for the Channel 5 stable of offshoot channels.

To be fair I think Viacom are just thinking about moving 5* and 5USA off Freeview and Freesat also putting them on higher packages like "L" or "XL" Packages on Virgin Media.

Like Sky did with Sky Sports News some years back.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I certainly wouldn't pay any extra for the Channel 5 stable of offshoot channels.

I guess until we know what's in the channel(s), it's hard to judge their value. I imagine they would just be in M+.

[MalteseFalcon]

So does Channel 5 being taken over mean that they will stop showing American dramas like Person of Interest and NCIS? Hope not.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

So does Channel 5 being taken over mean that they will stop showing American dramas like Person of Interest and NCIS? Hope not.

Not until they deals are up.

[johnathome]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

So does Channel 5 being taken over mean that they will stop showing American dramas like Person of Interest and NCIS? Hope not.

Who knows but they've mucked about with Helix and cancelled The Walking Dead.

[denphone]

Viacom to increase Channel 5 budget.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...udget-increase

Viacom intends to significantly increase Channel 5's £200m annual programming budget, with a much bigger focus on making original shows, and pledged not to convert any channels to pay-TV.


Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, said programming was the "lifeblood" of its business and to expect significant increases in budget.


"We are a pureplay content company around the world, this is our lifeblood," he said, speaking to the Guardian. "We spend $3bn (£1.8bn) on programming [and] it is increasing year after year in mid to high single digits percentages. Content has never been more valuable."

[muppetman11]

From Geordie Shore I guess it can only improve

[denphone]

Yes one would hope it would improve MM but as we know that's not always the case.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

From Geordie Shore I guess it can only improve

surely not many watch that utter garbage

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

From Geordie Shore I guess it can only improve

Isn't that on MTV?

Edit. Viacom own MTV. Was confused for a bit there!

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

From Geordie Shore I guess it can only improve

I hope it comes to Channel 5 as well as MTV. I love the show

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Originally Posted by andy_m

Isn't that on MTV?

Yes