ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
26-06-2013, 12:19
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Chad
I think that being able to access on demand, and catch up TV, without the need of a broadband connection is a very good USP.
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It does require a broadband connection, how do you think the service is delivered? It has an upstream and downstream service to make the ondemand useable and the tv is delivered IPTV.
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26-06-2013, 12:22
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by tvtimes
It does require a broadband connection, how do you think the service is delivered? It has an upstream and downstream service to make the ondemand useable and the tv is delivered IPTV.
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To clarify what I mean you don't need a seperate broadband subscription to access on demand or catch up on Virgin Media. People without the internet at home can still watch catch up and on demand from Virgin.
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26-06-2013, 12:24
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Chad
I think that being able to access on demand, and catch up TV, without the need of a broadband connection is a very good USP.
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so is having fastest broadband another VM USP
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26-06-2013, 12:34
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Dave42
so is having fastest broadband another VM USP
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Other USP's include:
The largest collection of free HD channels
Best PVR
Largest TV anywhere / on the go TV channel selection
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26-06-2013, 13:40
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Chad
free HD channels
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There are no free HD channels (except possibly BBC One and Two HD?). In fact, as far as I'm aware, Virgin Media offer less for free than any other operator.
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26-06-2013, 15:14
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by WillPS
There are no free HD channels (except possibly BBC One and Two HD?). In fact, as far as I'm aware, Virgin Media offer less for free than any other operator.
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Oh dear; we've been here a few times. Bring on the definitions of 'free HD'
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26-06-2013, 15:16
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by WillPS
There are no free HD channels (except possibly BBC One and Two HD?). In fact, as far as I'm aware, Virgin Media offer less for free than any other operator.
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"All our Virgin TV packages include HD channels as standard. Both TV M+ and TV L boast six HD channels, while TV XL gives you a whopping 32 HD channels. These include Sky TV favourites in HD, like Sky 1, Sky LIVING and Sky Arts."
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26-06-2013, 15:46
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
BT still leads pay-TV complaints
BT Vision continues to pick up the highest number of complaints of any UK pay-TV service. According to data released by Ofcom, in the period January to March 2013, the regulator received 0.29 complaints per 1,000 customers. Complaints about the IPTV service remain at six times the industry average.
Complaints were driven by a combination of problems with service provision and billing issues.
Virgin Media’s complaints were in line with the industry average at 0.04 per 1,000 customers
While Sky had the lowest number of complaints – 0.02 per 1,000 customers.
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/...tv-complaints/
http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2013/06/26...es-revealed-2/
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BT are now running TV ads stating virgin media customers will lose ESPN from August and the only place to watch it is with BT or sky (the ad didn't say that but we know its on sky)
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26-06-2013, 15:48
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
If i wasn't wanting to try BT broadband, and getting BT sport free, I suspect I wouldn't have bothered with the channel
1 year from now, I will need to consider options, unless it continues as free.
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26-06-2013, 15:49
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by eljay
"All our Virgin TV packages include HD channels as standard. Both TV M+ and TV L boast six HD channels, while TV XL gives you a whopping 32 HD channels. These include Sky TV favourites in HD, like Sky 1, Sky LIVING and Sky Arts."
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FSFS has 5 HD channels (same as TV M)
E & EE have 8 HD channels (2 more than M+ & L)
EE+ has at least 44 HD channels included 'free'.
So 3 tuners and more channels on TV Anytime are the only TV benefits of Virgin.
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26-06-2013, 16:46
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
Sky sports collections going up by £3.25 or £3.75 (can't remember which!) from 1st Oct. Movies collection price staying the same. Sorry if this is old news but I just heard it.
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26-06-2013, 16:47
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
Sky Sports (in SD) is now more expensive than TV XL or Sky's EE+. Pathetic.
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26-06-2013, 17:07
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Jameseh
Sky Sports (in SD) is now more expensive than TV XL or Sky's EE+. Pathetic.
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no surprise when they paid over £2BN for the football was a certainty that prices would go up
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26-06-2013, 17:54
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I think that l will seriously have to swtich on Sky, asd l can see VM muck there customers about again.
I can never understand why there is so much of a delay from VM when other broadcastors are advertising it.
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26-06-2013, 18:01
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by neilo
Sky sports collections going up by £3.25 or £3.75 (can't remember which!) from 1st Oct. Movies collection price staying the same. Sorry if this is old news but I just heard it.
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So that's now £29 or £29.50 per month (if the figures are correct), compared to Sky's price (assuming a maximum 10% increase) of ~£23. Where does the extra £6 come from? As a subscriber to the SS collection, that will certainly make me think about changing to Sky, and I'm sure others may feel the same.
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