Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. I.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Unless you were part of the VM channel sale and Sky Atlantic negotiations, that is pure speculation on your part and it just goes to prove the point I was making; some VM staff will always defend VM irrespective of lack of facts or evidence.

so are you saying VM were offered a fair price, but decided not to carry it?

[mattboothers]

Ok then so two more channels not going to launch on Virgin Media.. Ah weel at least they are rubbish. And if people like them complain to virgin media that they are doing a crap job at getting channels.

But as it stands now Virgin have lost another point on the channel launches scale.

Maybe the rumours are true. They simply dont give a crap about Digital Tv anymore and are concentrating just on broadband. I mean Virgin Media has the best broadband on the planet yet they dont have the best Tv. Shows they are more interested in internet.

[denphone]

I think the last 6 to 8 months proves Virgin Media does not care two hoots about its tv platform.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by denphone

I think the last 6 to 8 months proves Virgin Media does not care two hoots about its tv platform.

Please clarify rather than just a one line throwaway statement, give your reasons as to why you think that way.

[denphone]

l have in another thread.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by denphone

l have in another thread.

I have seen the other thread so why not post a link to it so others can view and comment there.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

so are you saying VM were offered a fair price, but decided not to carry it?

I'm saying I don't know the details of the Sky Atlantic and Virgin TV channels sale negotiations. And because I don't, I can't say who's fault it was/is.

And unless you were in those negotiations or know the details of them, you can't can't say who's fault it was either.

So, how can you say VM aren't to blame and it's Sky's fault? Unless of course, you're biased?

I think the last 6-8 months shows Virgin certainly does give a hoot about its TV platform as we've almost doubled the amount of HD channels we have and they've been taken from our main rival. You've got a brilliant VoD service, the best PVR company in the world making the STB's and your moaning about a channel and its HD counterpart where half its content has been on VoD for years.

Get Freeview, I'm sure you'd love that.

[Hiroki]

Wow Virgin really can't pleases their customers despite all the good work that they do, kinda feel sorry for them now.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by denphone

I think the last 6 to 8 months proves Virgin Media does not care two hoots about its tv platform.

How can you say that when they've added so many HD channels over the last year and have TIVO coming out?

[denphone]

Again it seems that some members cannot take constructive criticism about Virgin Media on this forum.

[Gavin-D]

Originally Posted by Masque

I have seen the other thread so why not post a link to it so others can view and comment there.

I'll post the link - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...ve-let-us.html

Originally Posted by mattboothers

Ok then so two more channels not going to launch on Virgin Media.. Ah weel at least they are rubbish. And if people like them complain to virgin media that they are doing a crap job at getting channels.

But as it stands now Virgin have lost another point on the channel launches scale.

Maybe the rumours are true. They simply dont give a crap about Digital Tv anymore and are concentrating just on broadband. I mean Virgin Media has the best broadband on the planet yet they dont have the best Tv. Shows they are more interested in internet.

To be fair to virgin Media they have invested huge amounts of money in the tv side of things,they have upgraded the infrastructure so everybody is now on the same tv system (from the fragmented system they inherited),TiVo is on its way we now have many more HD channels then 18 months ago,and Red Button is on its way to sky sports on vm hardly what i would call "dont give a cr-p" the upgrades made including new encryption are examples of a investment in the tv side of things.

Virgin medias "hero product" is the broadband but i find the tv side of things carries most of the good channels,in fact they carry all the sky sports channels unlike BT and Top up TV (and ESPN included in XL TV),in my book they have invested heavily in tv,even if they do not have everybodys personal favourite TV channel for now.

[muppetman11]

Neil Berkett on competition with Sky

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...and-speed.html

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Dont expect TIVO soon

Superior it may be, but the high speeds are just an enabler. What is "game-changing", says Berkett, is Virgin Media's new internet-enabled cable TV box, which will be available to all of its cable TV customers in a few months.

Mainly concentrating on Broadband

Berkett's world is distinctly less Hollywood. Today's Virgin Media is all about the digital experience and Berkett often points to Virgin's advantage over BSkyB and BT in "connectivity", his way of describing the benefits of super-fast broadband.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Neil Berkett on competition with Sky

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...and-speed.html

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Dont expect TIVO soon

Superior it may be, but the high speeds are just an enabler. What is "game-changing", says Berkett, is Virgin Media's new internet-enabled cable TV box, which will be available to all of its cable TV customers in a few months.
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You didn't post the full quote.

Virgin Media's new internet-enabled cable TV box, which will be available to all of its cable TV customers in a few months. TiVo, currently available to Virgin's premium customers

It indicates that the TIVO will be available to premium customers sooner. It actually says we should have it now, but i gues he's refering to the Staff who currently have it.