Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
13-12-2018, 02:54
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
That’s a shame about Eleven Sports. I’m confused though I thought this was a robust business model, and had the backing of it’s profitable European arms.
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13-12-2018, 05:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by jfman
That’s a shame about Eleven Sports. I’m confused though I thought this was a robust business model, and had the backing of it’s profitable European arms.
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l am not confused as the UK is a different animal altogether as for Eleven Sports read Setanta Sports and then there is ESPN a very well financed company who turned around and quit the UK market.
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13-12-2018, 07:34
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by denphone
l am not confused as the UK is a different animal altogether as for Eleven Sports read Setanta Sports and then there is ESPN a very well financed company who turned around and quit the UK market.
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I was joking
I’ve posted before that the best thing for the overall market is they go bust in the absence of a business plan.
I agree with your point about worldwide companies- they aren’t going to sink their profits into the UK in the absence of a return on investment.
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13-12-2018, 07:37
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by jfman
I was joking
I’ve posted before that the best thing for the overall market is they go bust in the absence of a business plan.
I agree with your point about worldwide companies- they aren’t going to sink their profits into the UK in the absence of a return on investment.
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That's right, but who would? No-one is going to bother if they can't make a profit out of it.
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13-12-2018, 09:32
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
So this means UFC will stay on BTSports now? And for how long? I'd rather have it like this as i get my fave sports all in one place like UFC, Indycar, Footy etc
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The Daily Telegraph revealed earlier today that the UFC are in currently in ‘emergency discussions’ with BT to hash out a new deal.
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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/ufc/...lause-UFC-News
Last edited by MyBraiNz; 13-12-2018 at 10:04.
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13-12-2018, 09:49
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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So this means UFC will stay on BTSports now? And for how long? I'd rather have it like this as i get my fave sports all in one place like UFC, Indycar, Footy etc
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Well, each contract as it expires is up for grabs, so stability in this market is never guaranteed.
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New vintage music channel coming soon to Virgin Media.
https://www.a516digital.com/2018/12/...to-launch.html
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13-12-2018, 09:50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, each contract as it expires is up for grabs, so stability in this market is never guaranteed.
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I just edited my above post
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13-12-2018, 10:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, each contract as it expires is up for grabs, so stability in this market is never guaranteed.
---------- Post added at 09:49 ---------- Previous post was at 09:47 ----------
New vintage music channel coming soon to Virgin Media.
https://www.a516digital.com/2018/12/...to-launch.html
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A rehash of the old one OB.
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13-12-2018, 10:11
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Shame this new vintage channel covers music from 70/80/90's. At my age I'd be more interested in50/60/70's.
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13-12-2018, 10:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Shame this new vintage channel covers music from 70/80/90's. At my age I'd be more interested in50/60/70's.
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I think that is partially where the old Vintage TV stopped appealing, when it first launched it would do anything from 1920s onward and was eclectic, but it stopped being like 6Music and started drifting more modern...and then started commissioning original programming which instantly significantly ups the running costs.
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13-12-2018, 10:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Agreed it started off well but then began to get newer and newer which kinda wasn't the point of the channel.
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13-12-2018, 23:22
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by jfman
I was joking
I’ve posted before that the best thing for the overall market is they go bust in the absence of a business plan.
I agree with your point about worldwide companies- they aren’t going to sink their profits into the UK in the absence of a return on investment.
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Shame if it ends and we miss out on the potential streaming of live sports free through the STV app.
http://www.seenit.co.uk/stv-player-a...l-partnership/
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14-12-2018, 18:57
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
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That sounds "rathergood".
Considering the history of the company behind this I'm not going to get too excited about it. I'll believe it when I see it.
Until then, you can check out the stream: http://rathergood.co.uk/vintage/
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14-12-2018, 19:57
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Virgin Media are promoting the new Desi App Pack on channel 800, available to trial at no extra cost from 12 December 2018 – 8 January 2019.
https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...xtra-cost.html
However, channel 800 doesn't exist on my V6.
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15-12-2018, 00:10
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Eleven Sports sees UFC go to BT as talks to avoid closure continue
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BT and the UFC have struck a multi-year agreement for exclusive rights to all live UFC main events and more than 100 hours of non-live programming.
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...a-liga-serie-a
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