General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023) - Page 5

Media Boy UK · 17-01-2023, 18:50

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.

I has been thinking that way too but with no channel closing.

With maybe Eurosport 1 becoming Discovery Sports Mix or even Quest Sport - and also launching on Freeview with WBD reusing Really or Quest +1 slots on Freeview for it.

Inactive Digital · 17-01-2023, 19:10

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Originally Posted by Itshim

Sorry don't read it like that, sky integrated in to package ( so costs no more) virgin is a bolt on i e cost s more . Looked at sky and it is in the lower packages at no extra cost , not saying that package costs more ,haven't checked but it is in all packages I looked at

They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.

**Paul** · 17-01-2023, 22:27

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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital

They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.

Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?

Inactive Digital · 17-01-2023, 23:31

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Originally Posted by Paul

Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?

I'm on a retention deal

Media Boy UK · 18-01-2023, 00:12

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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Discovery+ takeup has been a disaster they are talking with vm, netgem, talktalk and some isps.

Just open some PM from over the past weekend and a Media Boy source also told me a same thing - sent to me on Saturday.

vincerooney · 18-01-2023, 03:10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow

OLD BOY · 18-01-2023, 08:51

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Originally Posted by vincerooney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow

Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.

Aguero9320 · 18-01-2023, 10:39

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.

Discovery+ has content from A&E, Lifetime etc. in North America. I've recently noticed content is arriving on Disney+ next month, just to expand its reach.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.

Discovery Sports is most likely. I also wouldn't rule out a slot (Quest+1, maybe) being reused for a Freeview-exclusive channel to showcase WBD's sports portfolio.

Legendkiller2k · 18-01-2023, 12:56

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Originally Posted by vincerooney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_programming i wonder why the discovery + take up has been so slow

On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.

1andrew1 · 18-01-2023, 14:18

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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.

Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.

Inactive Digital · 18-01-2023, 14:36

Discovery+ was a late contender in an increasingly crowded marketplace. WBD has a lot of work to do.

Itshim · 18-01-2023, 15:39

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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital

They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.

Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . .

Legendkiller2k · 18-01-2023, 17:14

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.

It's what they are doing to HBOMAX that's the issue.

Inactive Digital · 18-01-2023, 17:53

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Originally Posted by Itshim

Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . .

I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.

Itshim · 18-01-2023, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital

I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.

No problem , thought you were saying that Netflix was not a bolt on but part of a package . Couldn't find it !!! And am I out of contact, so looking around .