General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Chad

I think it's currently in M+ and above. It does sound like it's going FTA in the article:

"PBS America will retain its channel slots on Sky and Virgin despite no longer receiving funding from the platforms, and will be available to all the platforms’ subscribers. It will launch on Freesat channel 160 from 1 November"

Thanks, I bet it goes into M from that wording (available to all the platforms' subscribers) as opposed to truly 'FTA' on VM.

[tassiekev]

Further to recent posts re: new Tivo box, this is an interesting twist:

http://www.aftvnews.com/tivo-app-arr...-in-beta-form/

[DaMac]

Will never happen in the UK, VM will want you to take an extra box.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by DaMac

Will never happen in the UK, VM will want you to take an extra box.

Over time I think things will change , with recordings in the cloud a massive selling point will be the ability to access them on a multitude of devices such as mobiles , tablets , computers and some of the many streaming devices available.

Whilst this potentially loses multiroom revenue I believe the pay tv operators will bring in new revenue streams for instance 2 streams included , 4 streams £5 etc there is also the opportunity to sell extra cloud storage for those who record a lot.

[DaMac]

But does that not increase the support network that is needed by allowing access to a closed device from a third party device? I know you can set recordings remotely on your TiVo at the moment, but that isn't direct access.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by DaMac

But does that not increase the support network that is needed by allowing access to a closed device from a third party device? I know you can set recordings remotely on your TiVo at the moment, but that isn't direct access.

Both VM and Sky already allow streaming of live channels with Sky also allowing On Demand and download functionality on mobiles and tablets this will expand to recordings with a move to the cloud.

I agree with your point about a wider support network but remember Sky already allows the same functionality on PlayStation and Xbox if you have either Sky Go Extra or Sky Multiroom so it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that cloud recordings could be viewed on 3rd party devices going forward. As always the challenge is getting content holders on board with this.

[Aguero9320]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Both VM and Sky already allow streaming of live channels with Sky also allowing On Demand and download functionality on mobiles and tablets this will expand to recordings with a move to the cloud.

I agree with your point about a wider support network but remember Sky already allows the same functionality on PlayStation and Xbox if you have either Sky Go Extra or Sky Multiroom so it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that cloud recordings could be viewed on 3rd party devices going forward. As always the challenge is getting content holders on board with this.

Could VM maybe allow non-customers to subscribe to a basic version of Anywhere for (say) £4.99/month.

[tassiekev]

Originally Posted by Aguero9320

Could VM maybe allow non-customers to subscribe to a basic version of Anywhere for (say) £4.99/month.

Very much doubt it - they (VM) have no content, it all belongs to Sky or BT and I can't see them giving VM any sort of advantage.

[theone2k10]

VM will be announcing something big in Spring 2016, i do not know what it is but i'm suspecting it will either be 4k or 4g mobile.

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320

Could VM maybe allow non-customers to subscribe to a basic version of Anywhere for (say) £4.99/month.

They may be able to offer channels from UKTV, discovery, nat geo who are now on tvplayer. Also they could possibly offer fox too i think Eurosport will be a no as they have their own player also sky and bt channels will be a huge no.

[muppetman11]

Sky agrees new Disney deal

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...nnel-agreement

[Media Boy UK]

BT Sport: Three Aviva Premiership Rugby games to be shown LIVE on BT Sport Freeview by December.

BT Sport has confirmed that three Aviva Premiership Rugby games will be shown on BT Sport Freeview on Virgin UK Channel 548.

Coverage confirmed as:

-16th October: Worcester Warriors VS Northampton Saints starting at 7.45pm.
-07th November: Northampton Saints VS Saracens at 3.15pm.
-29th November: Leicester Tigers VS Bath at 3pm.

Info thanks to BT Sport.

[TAZMANUK]

[QUOTE=theone2k10;35803082]VM will be announcing something big in Spring 2016, i do not know what it is but i'm suspecting it will either be 4k or 4g mobile.

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I reckon it will be 4g as millions have smartphones compared to 4k TV sets, plus theirs not even a handful of 4k channels to justify 4k, by the time 4k is fully launched channel wide 8k will be doing its rounds.

4g already available to business customers, read this from August 2015

http://www.4g.co.uk/virgin-mobile-4g...twork-summary/

[Ultimate.Conj]

Why not both 4g and 4K?

Maybe that's being greedy :-)

[TAZMANUK]

Because going by the story on this website from March...

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...pt-4k-ultra-hd

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by TAZMANUK

Because going by the story on this website from March...

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...pt-4k-ultra-hd

Just for the record, that's from March 2014, Cableforum no longer updates its news.