General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Won't sky just launch sky atlantic on virgin and then launch sky bravo as an exclusive channel. Sky atlantic is an old channel now. Sky adverts bragging about sky atlantic and all the shows on there probably don't have as much impact as they used to. Again my point before if people didnt want to leave their current provider for sky due to sky atlantic when it launched they won't do it 2 years later.

But the sky thinking will be....LAUNCHING SKY BRAVO AND ALL THESE EXCLUSIVE SHOWS ONLY ON SKY...

they can then do a new advert trying to tempt people over.

i'd guess we'll get sky atlantic within a year and i'd guess sky bravo will launch exclusively on sky within a year.

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Don't forget thou matey sky bravo as been delayed due to the fact they can't agree on a carriage agreement with vm.this suggests to me that new carriage agreements are being made between vm and sky and this is why we will see some of the missing if not all channels

I still think when Sky and Virgin do sign an new carriage agreement (it not if but when) I really do think Sky will axe Sky2 again so that Sky Bravo can use both Sky2 channel numbers on Sky and Virgin from launch.

Sky Bravo HD may also launch - But can only see it being an Sky Exclusive.

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Originally Posted by denphone

And hopefully that deliverance will be with us within the next month.

Yes.

[Superblade7]

Originally Posted by denphone

Personally l think the market is changing and thus Sky and Virgin are entering into a period of entente cordiale which will suit both parties as BT are seen very much by Sky as the enemy now and thus doing deals with Virgin is very much to their benefit from a financial point of view but also they benefit from a strong Virgin curtailing some of the threat of BT by having their content on Virgin but with-holding from BT as much as l can thus in the process weakening BT's hand.

I agree den as I kinda thought this is how it would play out a couple of months ago (http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post1270.html) although I was wrong about BT Sports being a premium channel!

Originally Posted by vincerooney

i'd agree den they must surely now know that people who are on virgin now arent going to switch now. we lost sky basics we stayed. we dont have sky atlantic we stayed. we had hardly any HD channels we stayed. etc

sky's biggest attraction i think is sport coverage if they lost the main rights to that then they'd lose customers. BT are the threat. They must ensure BT doesnt succeed between now and the next football deals.

the best way to do it would be make virgin seem more attractive so people who won't go to sky and have never contemplated it wont go to BT instead

Again, completely agree vince, I think Sky realise that VM should be an ally not the opposition (which is now BT) as VM will never challenge them for content and anything that Sky allow VM to have will make Sky money.

I also agree with posters on here that there is going to be massive changes in TV consumption in the years ahead with the growing popularity of On Demand and IPTV options.

[jtaylor06]

Just had a thought, since Freeview does something similar;
Wouldn't it have been logical if HD channels was a 4 digit number keeping the original 3 digits intact. ('1'+'[channel number]');

e.g. BBC One HD would be 1101
MTV HD would be 1134
Film 4 HD would be 1429
and so on...

This would also mean:
- Freeing up space in the EPG for other channels
- Allowing easy transition of everything to HD when equipment allows

Maybe I've had a few too many pints today, but I'd like to know your opinions :-)

[nstokes]

What have i missed today then people? I am too tierd to read a few pages

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by nstokes

What have i missed today then people? I am too tierd to read a few pages

No confirmed channel launches - just this http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post2058.html

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

No confirmed channel launches - just this http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post2058.html

Wow im on the list, first time on this list. Woohoo im so happy

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by nstokes

Wow im on the list, first time on this list. Woohoo im so happy

But you will get remove if you do not post in Vol. 5 - launching in October.

Right now the list only have 81 posters on it - as they posted on every thread so far.

[nstokes]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

But you will get remove if you do not post in Vol. 5 - launching in October.

Right now the list only have 81 posters on it - as they posted on every thread so far.

Dont worry MB ill be posting in Vol 5. I need to keep my banter flowing

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Sky Bravo HD may also launch - But can only see it being an Sky Exclusive.

They do like their HD exclusives but I would think, in this case, it would largely depend on what content they have lined up for the channel. If it is just general entertainment skewed to a male audience, it might not be attractive enough to use as a USP. From what has been said so far, it looks as if they need the VM audience to make launching the channel worthwhile. The same could apply to the HD version.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by DaMac

So does that mean they will give us sports 3&4 in HD and 3d now we are best buddies?
Don't think so.

My reading of the situation is that we will get all the missing Sky channels in September as a result of the recent deals with Sky.

I know it sounds too good to be true, but just wait and see!! Not long now.

[dazed&confused]

I reckon Sky Atlantic will be here next week.

Showing repeats of Game of Thrones for us Virgin Customers.

REASON: Just ordered Series 1-2 blu-ray from Amazon

[theone2k10]

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying

A couple know what i've heard is happening tonight but they're only tumours but as they're out of the blue they could be right.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying

Why - As far as I know nothing is set for tonight.

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Originally Posted by jj20x

They do like their HD exclusives but I would think, in this case, it would largely depend on what content they have lined up for the channel. If it is just general entertainment skewed to a male audience, it might not be attractive enough to use as a USP. From what has been said so far, it looks as if they need the VM audience to make launching the channel worthwhile. The same could apply to the HD version.

Also Sky has not say anything more about Sky Bravo.

It was only my own view.

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying

A couple know what i've heard is happening tonight but they're only tumours but as they're out of the blue they could be right.

Thanks for PM.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by theone2k10

Watch the EPG between 12 and 5am tonight is all i'm saying

A couple know what i've heard is happening tonight but they're only tumours but as they're out of the blue they could be right.

A BomberAF prediction eh!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

A BomberAF prediction eh!