Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
15-03-2014, 13:54
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
It's clear to see why there making these changes in bringing On Demand to the fore , it seems there's plenty of incentive from a business point of view.
The total subscriber base connected is in excess of 4.4 million , this will encourage more to connect.
2013 saw 1.2 billion requests for On Demand content via STB and Sky Go more than double 2012.
Those with connected boxes are watching more TV overall.
In some cases repeats and on-demand views account for more than four times as many viewers as even a major show’s premiere.
Over a million searches a day with search in its current position behind the blue button.
Sky Store revenues were massively up.
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15-03-2014, 14:28
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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On Demand works perfectly fine its your parents BB that's the issue as you've told us before , they should switch to VM if its available or enquire about fibre optic through their BT line.
That's what its all about getting the most out of the current hardware don't forget many still have the older less spec'd Pace , Amstrad and Samsung boxes.
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They inquired about fibre optic and that's a no no in their area according to the person on the phone. 
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15-03-2014, 14:29
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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They inquired about fibre optic and that's a no no in their area according to the person on the phone. |
They'll have to play the waiting game for BT to upgrade there area if they can't get VM.
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15-03-2014, 15:10
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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They'll have to play the waiting game for BT to upgrade there area if they can't get VM.
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And how long is that going to be MM?.
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15-03-2014, 22:49
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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And how long is that going to be MM?.
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Your parents should wait for Virginmedia to cable their street, how long will that be Denphone? An last time have VM everytime I tried to use ondemand it never worked. just got a message tellling me there was high demand in my area.
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17-03-2014, 10:06
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Nice to see DD 5.1 audio being added more and more to Sky On Demand both boxsets and catchup , content is now available with 5.1 from Demand 5 , nearly all Sky , Nat Geo , Disney , Universal , Fox and Syfy.
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18-03-2014, 11:09
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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18-03-2014, 15:11
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
New Sky+ app update available for Android and iOS.
What's New in Version 4.8
- Brand new Homepage page with all of your TV & movies in one easy to find place
- A New Series section where you can find the latest TV shows and can catch up from the start
- Some of you miss having a Highlights section to help you find things to watch, so we've added it back in as part of the new the Homepage
- Extra remote control features - turn your Sky+HD box on/off and Select/Back Up buttons (you’ll need a new Sky+HD software update, more info in the description)
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18-03-2014, 19:39
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
SKy are knocking out the new features left, right and center at the moment:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...rvice-buy-keep
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18-03-2014, 21:35
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Originally Posted by Chad
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I wonder if this service will be expanded beyond the Sky+HD boxes to Sky Store on YouView , Roku etc ?
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23-03-2014, 08:55
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
It would appear Sky HD viewers in England will receive BBC One HD on channel 101 from Monday.
It would also appear Sky HD viewers will be able to view
HD versions of the four national versions of BBC One HD on Sky channels 976-979.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/news/news_item29.html
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23-03-2014, 09:05
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
I have bbc hd on 101 for awhile (at least the last couple of months)..albeit I am in Scotland
Didn't realise the rest weren't that way
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23-03-2014, 09:30
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
BBC 1 Wales HD is on 101 too. I think it's because Scotland/Wales local news is has been broadcast in HD for a while.
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23-03-2014, 09:58
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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BBC 1 Wales HD is on 101 too. I think it's because Scotland/Wales local news is has been broadcast in HD for a while.
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Holy Batman..Have I moved to bizarro world? Scotland and Wales getting something before England? Crazy 
(for those of you not familiar with the DC comics, reference is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_World
I like to keep you culturally aware
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23-03-2014, 10:12
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
I think its pretty much down to Wales and Scotland having only one local news studio to upgrade to HD
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