[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Chad

I think it's incredible that all current SKY customers will be able to access all streams whilst at the moment only Virgin TiVo customers will have access. As per the last figures only 435,000 Virgin customers have TiVo. What on Earth are Virgin doing? At the moment they are alienating 3,500,000 of their paying TV customers simply because they don’t have the most up to date PVR.

Virgin must launch the streams as linear channels for VHD and V+ customers. As a TiVo customer myself, with V+ in my bedroom, I want to be able to access all of the Olympics regardless of what box at home I’m watching on. I pay my TV license and a high end subscription and expect full coverage, and the ability to record the events on both of my boxes.

Virgin are aligning themselves to the Olympics very neatly with their logo being changed to incorporate the British flag, using Usain Bolt in their ad campaigns and their deal with the London underground to bring free Wi-Fi to passengers during the Olympic period. It would be such a shame for them not to deliver the biggest show on the planet, live from our shores, to all 4,000,000 of their TV customers. In fact it would be a scandal if they didn’t.

I expect a press release from Virgin soon about this.

I believe all those streams are supposedly available to freesat customers also with Sky picking up the satellite distribution costs

Many of those discussions are still continuing, but the BBC and Sky have announced today that they've come to an agreement that will deliver the 24 channels to all Sky homes. Sky will also pick up the costs of satellite distribution, irrespective of whether other platforms join in - though we hope and believe there'll be more announcements soon.

Freesat confirmed via Twitter
http://www.freesat.co.uk/news-and-views/twitter

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Originally Posted by Henkesghost

Can almost hear the rustle of fanboy feathers being rubbed up the wrong way as Sky takes Olympic gold

Freesat into Silver