Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
15-01-2021, 19:29
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by jfman
This is where Old Boy's example is poorly thought out. Virgin aren't selling you a glorified smart stick in box form. They're selling you a TV package.
If they just dump all the content into one search box and every option says "sorry, please subscribe to Amazon", Netflix, Disney, Apple, Starzplay, Eleven Sports (RIP) suddenly people ask themselves what they are paying Virgin Media for!
Incidentally my Netflix monthly cost is now greater than what I pay over and above 200MB standalone broadband for Maxit TV.
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What on earth are you paying netflix  sorry just noticed bb cost
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18-01-2021, 18:00
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
The rebrand of the Star India channels has been confirmed -
https://twitter.com/startvuk/status/...111854081?s=21
From 22 Jan 2021, the channels #StarPlus #StarBharat & #StarGold will be rebranded to #UtsavPlus #UtsavBharat & #UtsavGold in UK/Europe
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18-01-2021, 18:56
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Phunkenstein
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Presumably so that people don't get confused with the Disney+ hub?
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18-01-2021, 19:28
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
Presumably so that people don't get confused with the Disney+ hub?
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Yes that's correct.
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19-01-2021, 09:54
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
Happy New Year everyone...sorry it's a bit late
Top of my list would be the Sky UHD content - be good to finally see some Sky Sports, movies and box sets in UHD.
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19-01-2021, 15:05
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj
Happy New Year everyone...sorry it's a bit late
Top of my list would be the Sky UHD content - be good to finally see some Sky Sports, movies and box sets in UHD.
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I soooo agree. It should have happened last year, let's hope they get on with it ASAP...
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19-01-2021, 15:11
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Topgun
I soooo agree. It should have happened last year, let's hope they get on with it ASAP...
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best we don't hold our breath
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19-01-2021, 16:16
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj
Happy New Year everyone...sorry it's a bit late
Top of my list would be the Sky UHD content - be good to finally see some Sky Sports, movies and box sets in UHD.
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I myself, as I am sure many others, have been waiting for this to be announced and I'm putting all my chips in and say they will finally announce the launch in February.
But I am not expecting any HDR content, as this has only been turned on for Sky customers in the past couple of months so do not expect VM to have it so soon.
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19-01-2021, 17:01
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by RV95
I myself, as I am sure many others, have been waiting for this to be announced and I'm putting all my chips in and say they will finally announce the launch in February.
But I am not expecting any HDR content, as this has only been turned on for Sky customers in the past couple of months so do not expect VM to have it so soon.
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I hope you are right mate. End of Feb isn't too far away.
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19-01-2021, 20:05
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj
I hope you are right mate. End of Feb isn't too far away.
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He only states the will announce when it starts in Feb - doesn't mean it will start in Feb or even if it is Feb 2021.
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20-01-2021, 03:00
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by SonicMaster
Discovery+ would be a nice addition to Virgin Media, as would the Disney+ and UKTV Play apps.
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Why has Sky got the exclusivity rights to Discovery+, when Liberty Global has the overall share of Discovery Inc? That surely isn't fair?
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20-01-2021, 09:03
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Derekb108
Why has Sky got the exclusivity rights to Discovery+, when Liberty Global has the overall share of Discovery Inc? That surely isn't fair?
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It's probably because sky were willing to pay a premium to have Discovery+ as an exclusive and Virgin Media couldn't or wouldn't pay the amount that sky were willing to pay.
It doesn't matter that Liberty Global owns overall share of Discovery Networks. Each business within a group runs as its own entity.
Just like Samsung's phone business has to compete with other phone manufacturers to buy memory from Samsungs Semiconductor Memory Business. They're separate companies even though they're are owned by the same group.
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20-01-2021, 13:31
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Derekb108
Why has Sky got the exclusivity rights to Discovery+, when Liberty Global has the overall share of Discovery Inc? That surely isn't fair?
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Maybe VM should learn to stop penny pinching and actually bid decent ammounts?
Just because LG have major shares in something it doesn't mean VM will automatically get it, money talks.
You could flip it and say "why won't VM allow anyone else to use their fibre network?"
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20-01-2021, 14:35
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by Raider999
He only states the will announce when it starts in Feb - doesn't mean it will start in Feb or even if it is Feb 2021.
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I didn't assume anything other than that, but an announcement is better than nothing.
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20-01-2021, 15:11
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2021)
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Originally Posted by RV95
I myself, as I am sure many others, have been waiting for this to be announced and I'm putting all my chips in and say they will finally announce the launch in February.
But I am not expecting any HDR content, as this has only been turned on for Sky customers in the past couple of months so do not expect VM to have it so soon.
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Any reason why you think that it's possible that an announcement will be made in February?
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