Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
02-04-2017, 19:03
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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l think l need to sit down now as l am feeling all of a tizzy.
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02-04-2017, 21:31
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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IMO they were a vanity project of the minister at the time ( Jeremy Hunt)
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They make sense in america due to the sheer size of the country. Our cities arent really big enough to really need or warrant an entire channel. Maybe combining regions north west, north east etc might have made some more financial sense ....
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02-04-2017, 22:05
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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They make sense in america due to the sheer size of the country. Our cities arent really big enough to really need or warrant an entire channel. Maybe combining regions north west, north east etc might have made some more financial sense ....
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What you descibe sounds like ITV all over again That would be egg on the faces of Ofcom and it's predecessors - allow the various ITV franchise holders to water down their seemingly unsustainable PSB obligations to regional programming, only to start the process of a regional TV network all over again but with reduced coverage.
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02-04-2017, 22:22
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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These themed channels are getting stupid now why make a channel for 7 movies?
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02-04-2017, 23:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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What you descibe sounds like ITV all over again That would be egg on the faces of Ofcom and it's predecessors - allow the various ITV franchise holders to water down their seemingly unsustainable PSB obligations to regional programming, only to start the process of a regional TV network all over again but with reduced coverage.
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ITV. Independent Local Radio (as it was once). Lovely nice local services. But all more interested in saving money and joining the race to the bottom, which of course they were then allowed to do by the very regualtory body that now want to give us local services by milking money off the BBC (which is the only outfit still providing local services on TV & Radio).
What a crazy country we live in. Are the services there for the people, or the people there for the services? If you are a commercial organisation it will always be the latter.
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03-04-2017, 02:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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What you descibe sounds like ITV all over again That would be egg on the faces of Ofcom and it's predecessors - allow the various ITV franchise holders to water down their seemingly unsustainable PSB obligations to regional programming, only to start the process of a regional TV network all over again but with reduced coverage.
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Originally Posted by nodrogd
ITV. Independent Local Radio (as it was once). Lovely nice local services. But all more interested in saving money and joining the race to the bottom, which of course they were then allowed to do by the very regualtory body that now want to give us local services by milking money off the BBC (which is the only outfit still providing local services on TV & Radio).
What a crazy country we live in. Are the services there for the people, or the people there for the services? If you are a commercial organisation it will always be the latter.
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Totally agree.
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03-04-2017, 13:37
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Agreed. However, series 1-3 have already aired on ITV. It's series 4 that VM viewers will not have seen yet, as these have been shown exclusively on ITV Encore.
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Except for VM viewers in NI, who got season 4 on RTE2 last year in late summer.
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03-04-2017, 15:58
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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What you descibe sounds like ITV all over again That would be egg on the faces of Ofcom and it's predecessors - allow the various ITV franchise holders to water down their seemingly unsustainable PSB obligations to regional programming, only to start the process of a regional TV network all over again but with reduced coverage.
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Agreed, but the difference between the new cable channels set up and ITV as was is that ITV worked. The local areas served have to be big enough to be economical.
There is already egg on faces. Better to admit that and start rectifying the position by enlarging the franchise areas.
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03-04-2017, 18:18
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Kix Power seems to have sprung back to life on channel 738
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03-04-2017, 19:05
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Kix Power seems to have sprung back to life on channel 738
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It must of got it's power ranger.. get it? power ranger?
no i'll get my coat
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03-04-2017, 19:20
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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What you descibe sounds like ITV all over again That would be egg on the faces of Ofcom and it's predecessors - allow the various ITV franchise holders to water down their seemingly unsustainable PSB obligations to regional programming, only to start the process of a regional TV network all over again but with reduced coverage.
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completely agree. though i miss the days of HTV wales ...
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03-04-2017, 22:17
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
I think most people miss their own local ITV station Vince. They were much better then the generic rubbish that we have now.
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04-04-2017, 05:13
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Cheaper Sky Sports not sure about that??
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04-04-2017, 09:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Cheaper Sky Sports not sure about that??
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About £18 a month is being mooted, but the catch is that you will receive a diminished range of sports.
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