Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
22-07-2018, 00:44
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Dave42
just changed now
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What have you changed into, Dave?
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22-07-2018, 00:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
What have you changed into, Dave?
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channels have changed silly
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22-07-2018, 00:58
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Still don't get why they had to move/duplicate More4 and More4+1. The new channel names have a full stop at the end to distinguish them.
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22-07-2018, 01:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016
When does sky launch it’s dish free service
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No idea. We'll have to wait for the Comcast takeover to complete and see what they say.
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22-07-2018, 05:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Why should you be surprised? I don't know about you, but I have been questioning for a while why I am paying for these inferior services when I could pick up these programmes on Freeview. If you ask me, I think we have been taken for a ride!
I really cannot understand what all the fuss is about!
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Because not everyone has an aerial and/or access to Freeview in full or in part. In addition, without extra equipment and faffing about they can't be recorded.
You yourself said that you wanted Amazon Prime to come to VM so that everything was neatly and conveniently in one place.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I think it's quite unprecedented that VM is telling its cable TV customers to virtually plug the aerial in!
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Yes, I too was surprised at this. A dangerous game to play as some may find that Freeview perfectly meets their needs...
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Originally Posted by mot12
The EPG is a frigging mess. Duplicate channels all over the shop. The total services thing now says 512 it's going up an up, they don't know what they're doing.
Just restarting see if that helps the duplicate channels thing, probably not.
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Another problem that this is causing is that the V6 thinks that the duplicates are different channels and is listing the same programme twice. I'm not sure if it will actually record both as i've deleted the duplicates because in some cases it wasn't going to record things on other channels due to clashes.
Couple this with the fact that the V6 is now (correctly) picking things up from the recently added channels and Planned Recordings are somewhat of a mess.
I'd advise people to check their planned recordings as you may find that what you expect to be recorded won't be.
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22-07-2018, 09:09
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Horizon
No idea. We'll have to wait for the Comcast takeover to complete and see what they say.
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Comcast has nothing to do with the dish free service that's been in the works for ages long before Comcast showed interest in Sky.
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22-07-2018, 09:34
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
I don’t get why paramount and others are on twice like paramount HD on 124 and 187
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22-07-2018, 11:19
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016
I don’t get why paramount and others are on twice like paramount HD on 124 and 187
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It's to make you think you're getting a new channel if you have seen it before
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I see all my series links for watch and alibi are still there.
Search for offcom general condition 9.6 guidance and it will let you know where you stand, seems that you can leave if you want due to the change
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22-07-2018, 11:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
187 is its correct channel - it is on 124 to replace a UKTV channel which may (or may not) get re-added soon
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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016
I don’t get why paramount and others are on twice like paramount HD on 124 and 187
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22-07-2018, 11:27
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
Yeah, 124 was GOLD.
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22-07-2018, 11:30
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
VM are reporting on Twitter that the free UKTV channels will be restored with permission from the broadcaster themselves.
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22-07-2018, 11:31
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Aguero9320
VM are reporting on Twitter that the free UKTV channels will be restored with permission from the broadcaster themselves.
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Will be interesting to see who blinked if this is true.
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22-07-2018, 12:16
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
Will be interesting to see who blinked if this is true.
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Doesn't look like that'll be happening
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"UKTV is insisting on holding back its channels, like Dave, which are freely available over the air and online, unless we pay inflated sums of money for its paid channels like Gold."
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44915060
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22-07-2018, 12:29
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Yes, I too was surprised at this. A dangerous game to play as some may find that Freeview perfectly meets their needs...
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Nail on the head! The more services that someone takes from VM, the less likely they are to leave. So by encouraging people to use Freeview, they will not only risk losing customers as a TV customer but as a broadband customer too. I can see people saying "I didn't realise they had all these channels on Freeview now. "I didn't know Netflix, ITV Hub and 4OD were on my telly, why does Virgin make such a big deal about its catch-up services when anyone can get them"
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22-07-2018, 12:41
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Nail on the head! The more services that someone takes from VM, the less likely they are to leave. So by encouraging people to use Freeview, they will not only risk losing customers as a TV customer but as a broadband customer too. I can see people saying "I didn't realise they had all these channels on Freeview now. "I didn't know Netflix, ITV Hub and 4OD were on my telly, why does Virgin make such a big deal about its catch-up services when anyone can get them"
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It's a very good point and one I'm contemplating but I have 1 issue BB through BT line in my area is max 2gb on a good day according to Sam knows I'm 3.9miles from my local exchange
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