Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
21-10-2019, 19:30
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by ozsat
It seems the channel is called HGTV - not Home & Garden TV.
I know on Sky the EPG entry was meant to reflect the licence holders name - so would be HGTV.
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It used to be called that. From Wikipedia:
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Home & Garden Television (1994–2010)
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21-10-2019, 20:19
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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I was merely explaining the point made by the poster of this question. It doesn't bother me one iota. However, you've got to admit that 'HGTV' is a bit of a mouthful and not as easily remembered as, say, 'H&G'.
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I agree 100%. There is a reason why many other channels and broadcasters don't go beyond three initials.
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22-10-2019, 02:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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And the moaners will moan from about mid day 2nd Jan!!
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So we get the Uhd channels from 1st Jan 2020?
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22-10-2019, 09:12
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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So we get the Uhd channels from 1st Jan 2020?
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We were told 2020. Not 1 January 2020.
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22-10-2019, 09:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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We were told 2020. Not 1 January 2020.
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Well its not going to be coming on the 1st of January 2020 that is for sure.
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22-10-2019, 09:42
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Though they didn't specifically say so, my impression was that VM would get the UHD channels from Sky from launch.
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22-10-2019, 15:16
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
Though they didn't specifically say so, my impression was that VM would get the UHD channels from Sky from launch.
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They have already launched on Sky, haven't they? This is Virgin playing catch-up.
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22-10-2019, 15:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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They have already launched on Sky, haven't they? This is Virgin playing catch-up.
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But you should know by now that Virgin generally play catch up.
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22-10-2019, 15:48
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by denphone
But you should know by now that Virgin generally play catch up.
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Let's hope that they are quicker off the mark with the new streaming services!
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22-10-2019, 16:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
£4.99 with 12 titles on the service at launch woohoo.
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22-10-2019, 16:40
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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£4.99 with 12 titles on the service at launch woohoo.
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What a rip off l would say as l would want a lot more then that for me to part with a fiver.
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22-10-2019, 17:10
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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They have already launched on Sky, haven't they? This is Virgin playing catch-up.
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No. All Sky's UHD content is currently streaming, not broadcast. If there's a UHD version of a particular show a red button prompt takes you to it. Other than that it's boxsets.
The first question on the FAQ here
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/wa...-q-in-ultra-hd
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Is there an Ultra HD channel?
No, but there are Ultra HD tabs in Sky Cinema, Sports, Sky Box Sets and Catch Up TV
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Many of the 3rd party HD channels on Sky satellite transponder space that have been closing over the last year, it could be simply Sky want their space back to launch broadcast UHD.
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22-10-2019, 17:19
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
Sky's UHD content is broadcast via satellite for live material and is downloaded for viewing for recorded content. There is no UHD streaming on Sky.
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
No. All Sky's UHD content is currently streaming, not broadcast. If there's a UHD version of a particular show a red button prompt takes you to it. Other than that it's boxsets.
The first question on the FAQ here
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/wa...-q-in-ultra-hd
Many of the 3rd party HD channels on Sky satellite transponder space that have been closing over the last year, it could be simply Sky want their space back to launch broadcast UHD.
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22-10-2019, 17:26
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by ozsat
Sky's UHD content is broadcast via satellite for live material and is downloaded for viewing for recorded content. There is no UHD streaming on Sky.
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Fair enough. I clearly misunderstood something I read.
There's no Sky branded UHD channels yet then, the customer presses red to switch to a hidden (from EPG) stream.
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22-10-2019, 18:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2019)
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
Fair enough. I clearly misunderstood something I read.
There's no Sky branded UHD channels yet then, the customer presses red to switch to a hidden (from EPG) stream.
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I wouldn't imagine there being a UHD channel for a while , Sky may just gradually increase the amount of content it shows in UHD bit by bit for instance quite a lot of the EFL games are being shown in UHD this season accessable by the red button.
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