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

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by undertakereddie

Bad News For Glee Fans Because The Third Series Will Be Shown on Sky 1 & Sky 1HD Next Year Instead of E4. I Got This Info From www.digitalspy.co.uk

It's like Lost all over again

[undertakereddie]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's like Lost all over again

I Know But i Knew that would Happen Because Sky Have a great Relationship With US Brodcaster Fox With Show Like The Simpsons, House, 24, Prison Break and Lie To Me etc.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by undertakereddie

I Know But i Knew that would Happen Because Sky Have a great Relationship With US Brodcaster Fox With Show Like The Simpsons, House, 24, Prison Break and Lie To Me etc.

Could that be because Uncle Rupe owns Fox

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...glee-channel-4

[Coax]

If you trawl the internet you see movie studios and TV program makers trying to maximise their returns on investments. They are doing this by creating their own distribution portals or employing the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon to do for them. Either using a pay per view or selective/target advertisements model. The traditional channels will find it harder to get good quality content and hence attract income to pay for it through adverts and will cease to exist.

So I would like hear is, what VM are actually planning to replace these channels that will inevitably disappear, are they going use Tvio to hook into these portals seamlessly and provide content that way. Is that why on the new channels front it has gone quiet and VM are working on this new model. Will we be forced to upgrade to Tvio to get this new premium content? Will we buy packages i.e. Warner Bothers TV package, Discovery TV Package etc provided through an Amazon portal or even a Sky portal! Will VM just be a media delivery company hence the focus on broadband!

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Coax

If you trawl the internet you see movie studios and TV program makers trying to maximise their returns on investments. They are doing this by creating their own distribution portals or employing the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon to do for them. Either using a pay per view or selective/target advertisements model. The traditional channels will find it harder to get good quality content and hence attract income to pay for it through adverts and will cease to exist.

So I would like hear is, what VM are actually planning to replace these channels that will inevitably disappear, are they going use Tvio to hook into these portals seamlessly and provide content that way. Is that why on the new channels front it has gone quiet and VM are working on this new model. Will we be forced to upgrade to Tvio to get this new premium content? Will we buy packages i.e. Warner Bothers TV package, Discovery TV Package etc provided through an Amazon portal or even a Sky portal! Will VM just be a media delivery company hence the focus on broadband!

Linear TV will be around for the foreseeable future.

[kingll]

Originally Posted by dazed&confused

Was lucky enough to watch the first 3 episodes of Game of Thrones on Sky Atlantic.
What a fantastic series - would def pay extra for just that series.

Come on VM let's read Sky Atlantic - COMING SOON

I'm Virgin Media customer and I watch Game of Thrones every week and not on Sky Atlantic either.

If you really wanna watch US tv in HD download it/stream it.

Yeah it would be nice if we had Sky Atlantic, but as we don't, I find other means to get the content.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Coax

So I would like hear is, what VM are actually planning to replace these channels that will inevitably disappear, are they going use Tvio to hook into these portals seamlessly and provide content that way. Is that why on the new channels front it has gone quiet and VM are working on this new model. Will we be forced to upgrade to Tvio to get this new premium content? Will we buy packages i.e. Warner Bothers TV package, Discovery TV Package etc provided through an Amazon portal or even a Sky portal! Will VM just be a media delivery company hence the focus on broadband!

Most of those questions can be answered as any strategy for Virgin will be company confindential

One thing that has been said so far though is that Virgin do plan to migrate all it's customers over to TiVo within the next few years. How that is done hasn't been detailed

I would say though that considering TiVo is designed to record linear TV, Virgin won't be ditching that model anytime soon

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by kingll

I'm Virgin Media customer and I watch Game of Thrones every week and not on Sky Atlantic either.

If you really wanna watch US tv in HD download it/stream it.

Yeah it would be nice if we had Sky Atlantic, but as we don't, I find other means to get the content.

Hope your not encouraging illegal downloading

[carlwaring]

Originally Posted by Rillington

That wouldn't surprise me given what Virgin Media's chief financial officer Eamonn O'Hare said less than a month ago when he said: "[Sky Atlantic] is not a must have and it is not a must not have. It is not something sitting on our immediate priority board." Therefore, given that VM don't see it as a priority then it is unlikely that Sky Atlantic will appear on VM any time soon.

No. It means it will appear when VM get it for the right price. Which is fair enough.

[muppetman11]

3D strategy

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/...l-3d-strategy/

[Coax]

I'm guessing somewhere down the line, a diskless Tvio is being made ready for this new delivery model. In the unlikely event you need to record linear TV it will be to cloud based storage, these media portals will have large libraries of content available on demand (archive and current). So there will be no need to record programs, just the ability to create your own schedule. Tvio could perhaps do it automatically based on your viewing habits around the few remaining linear channels (BBC, ITV etc)? VM could provide a several default schedules and insert targeted advertisements to pay for there upkeep. Soaps schedule, documentary schedule so on, interleaved into the basic linear channel schedules. Most of which I sure Tvio can do now, its just when it will be available?

If you think this is all a pipe dream, look at what Samsung/LG TVs can do already!

2 year at most, the way the market is moving, I can see the Primer League, Formula One, NHL, Music events etc having their own portals, in this way they maximise their returns instead of Sky taking a slice! No cross country agreesments, no matter where you live just register your credit card

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Coax

I guessing somewhere down the line, a diskless Tvio is being made ready for this new delivery model. In the unlikely event you need to record linear TV it will be to cloud based storage, these media portals will have large libraries of content available on demand (archive and current). So there will be no need to record programs, just the ability to create your own schedule. Tvio could perhaps do it automatically based on your viewing habits around the few remaining linear channels (BBC, ITV etc)? VM could provide a several default schedules and insert targeted advertisements to pay for there upkeep. Soaps schedule, documentary schedule so on, interleaved into the basic linear channel schedules. Most of which I sure Tvio can do now, its just when it will be available?

If you think this is all a pipe dream, look at what Samsung/LG TVs can do already!

2 year at most, the way the market is moving, I can see the Primer League, Formula One, NHL, Music events etc having their own portals, in this way they maximise their returns instead of Sky taking slice! No cross country agreesments, no matter where you live just register your credit card

I'll take that bet anytime , no chance of all that happening in two years

Originally Posted by kingll

I'm Virgin Media customer and I watch Game of Thrones every week and not on Sky Atlantic either.

If you really wanna watch US tv in HD download it/stream it.

Yeah it would be nice if we had Sky Atlantic, but as we don't, I find other means to get the content.

I also find other means which usually involves buying box sets,though the only thing i would watch on atlantic is curb your enthusiasm,i have series 1-7 from play.com for £22.50.

So i am really not that bothered about vm getting it,as if i really wanted to watch anything without buying box sets i would follow your route.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by carlwaring

Yes, I know that. I said that. I was trying to figure out whether dephone was having yet another swing at VM for something that isn't, in any way, under their control.

l have many positives things to say about Virgin you know but l will always give a unbiased opinion.

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Originally Posted by ken1234

any new channels comeing up before the end off the year ?

Well theres 6 months and 14 days to go so lets hope Virgin get out of their tv channels lethargy in the next few months.

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Originally Posted by carlwaring

No. It means it will appear when VM get it for the right price. Which is fair enough.

l suspect it will be 2 years till we get Sky Atlantic and thats if we get it at all.

[carlwaring]

And I think we'll have it before the end of this year. Let's see who's closest