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Old 04-04-2017, 10:28   #961
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)

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About £18 a month is being mooted, but the catch is that you will receive a diminished range of sports.
For me personally who is only interested in football £18 a month would be good news.
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Old 04-04-2017, 12:57   #962
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Rumour that At The Races to go HD, cheaper Sky Sports etc

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...9#post35893169

Could this lead to the closure of Sky Sports Mix?
Sadly mate it's the daily mail so i wouldn't read too much into it.
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Old 04-04-2017, 13:41   #963
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Sadly mate it's the daily mail so i wouldn't read too much into it.
Agreed. There's another thread on the subject, but I'd see F1 & football as Sky's biggest revenue-generators.
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Old 04-04-2017, 13:46   #964
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Sadly mate it's the daily mail so i wouldn't read too much into it.
The Daily Fail you mean.

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About £18 a month is being mooted, but the catch is that you will receive a diminished range of sports.
That is the vexed question and perhaps our very wise Sky expert MM can answer that.
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Old 05-04-2017, 01:28   #965
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)

As per the April 2017 Channel Guide:

cdn.virginmediapresents.com/2017/03/ChannelGuide_APR2017_v4.pdf

The CBS and Horror +1 channels are now available to everyone until 31 December 2017.

This must be one of the longest freeview periods ever!

Does VM Ireland have Really and Drama (these channels will shortly be starting on Sky Ireland with Irish adverts)?
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Old 05-04-2017, 12:36   #966
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As per the April 2017 Channel Guide:

cdn.virginmediapresents.com/2017/03/ChannelGuide_APR2017_v4.pdf

The CBS and Horror +1 channels are now available to everyone until 31 December 2017.

This must be one of the longest freeview periods ever!

Does VM Ireland have Really and Drama (these channels will shortly be starting on Sky Ireland with Irish adverts)?
Even though they are free on every other platform anyway lol.
Typical vm we#ll give you freebies that are already free everywhere else because VM yesterdays technology and tv today.
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Old 05-04-2017, 13:47   #968
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Even though they are free on every other platform anyway lol.
Typical vm we#ll give you freebies that are already free everywhere else because VM yesterdays technology and tv today.
It's a bit harsh to call the V6 yesterday's technology, theone.
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Even though they are free on every other platform anyway lol.

Typical vm we#ll give you freebies that are already free everywhere else because VM yesterdays technology and tv today.
Oh dear another fine statement you have made my dear chap.
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Does VM Ireland have Really and Drama (these channels will shortly be starting on Sky Ireland with Irish adverts)?
As of January 9th 2017 nope.
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Old 05-04-2017, 14:31   #971
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Even though they are free on every other platform anyway lol.
Typical vm we#ll give you freebies that are already free everywhere else because VM yesterdays technology and tv today.
Are these channels taking a cut from the subscription pack they are on ?
Could be one explanation.
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Old 05-04-2017, 15:44   #972
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)

Many FTA channels have to pay to be on VM, maybe the costs increase according to how low the package they are in ie the lower the package, the more available viewers (better advertising rates)= the greater the cost??

AFAIK this doesn't affect some channels that have been on Freeview for some time eg Really as VM made concessions in their bid to make the M pack competitive with Freeview.

It's obviously no longer the case otherwise we would have seen truTV on VM from day one!

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Even though they are free on every other platform anyway lol.
Typical vm we#ll give you freebies that are already free everywhere else because VM yesterdays technology and tv today.
I certainly wouldn't pay extra just to get these channels. A cheap Freesat box would suffice and the material is probably on UK Play.

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As of January 9th 2017 nope.
Cheers, maybe they will join when the Irish variants are up and running??
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It's a bit harsh to call the V6 yesterday's technology, theone.
It was tongue in the cheek bud.

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Oh dear another fine statement you have made my dear chap.
But true though.

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Are these channels taking a cut from the subscription pack they are on ?
Could be one explanation.
More like VM are taking a cut as those channels are free everywhere else.
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More like VM are taking a cut as those channels are free everywhere else.
There are transmission costs to the broadcaster associated with being on Sky, Freesat and Freeview - why wouldn't there be a cost to broadcasting on Virgin?
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There are transmission costs to the broadcaster associated with being on Sky, Freesat and Freeview - why wouldn't there be a cost to broadcasting on Virgin?

It all depends on how highly VM think that a particular channel will bring in customers and regulations. Eg QVC pay to be on there, BBC1 is cost neauteral and they are forced to carry it, whilst they negotiate a price for channels like Sky 1. If they can't agree a price the channel does appear eg Sky Atlantic.

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ITV Channel Television HD is on it's way along with extra sub regions and more Local TV channels:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your...cences/updates

I'm assuming that the new ITV HD channel will come to VM at least.

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