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

[ocav]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

No, it's separate capacity from VOD.


Yes. Though it always did for some people.

Yes, but it will still but a load onto the network as more people will regularly be using the in-built connection

[cupcakes aka dd]

Wow from 9:48pm last night only 4 posts. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you'll wake them all.

[greyposter]

By the way, why has Virgin L ,got BT sports today ?Is it a one off plug .

[ocav]

Originally Posted by greyposter

By the way, why has Virgin L ,got BT sports today ?Is it a one off plug .

All paying TV Customers have BT Sport today for free (for the Rugby)

At a guess the non-XL take up of BT Sport isn't as much as VM/BT hoped

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by ocav

All paying TV Customers have BT Sport today for free (for the Rugby)

At a guess the non-XL take up of BT Sport isn't as much as VM/BT hoped

not be surprised at that as it is £15 PM in lower packages not worth that

[greyposter]

Cheers.Des Kelly doesn't seem a prize pupil at diplomacy school

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Dave42

VM is best value for money got the best box best BB and free bt sports with multiroom if they get all the missing sky channels its very obvious sky will lose customers to VM as I said all sky got over VM is the channels if both where same VM would win hands down sky wont want to lose customers to VM

To be honest Dave products and prices are constantly changing , its impossible to state which service is best you can only look at it from your point of view as people have different needs , my current package is cheaper with Sky but to counter that VM would offer me BT Sports however I have to admit I'd sooner have all the Sky Sports channels in HD but again that's personal preference put simply there's no wrong or right in fact its good the providers offerings are so different with more and more choice all the time , I'm sure VM have loads more additions to arrive likewise so do Sky.

The pay TV industry is constantly evolving to stay ahead of the free services such as freeview and freesat and the cheaper streaming options like Lovefilm and Netflix.

Don't count BT Vision out , whilst it may not currently rival VM or Sky I'm sure the service will get better and better with time especially when you consider it becomes available to more and more people each day with BT's rapidly expanding fibre footprint , BT also have plenty of money behind them and are keen to increase triple play take up.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

To be honest Dave products and prices are constantly changing , its impossible to state which service is best you can only look at it from your point of view as people have different needs , my current package is cheaper with Sky but to counter that VM would offer me BT Sports however I have to admit I'd sooner have all the Sky Sports channels in HD but again that's personal preference put simply there's no wrong or right in fact its good the providers offerings are so different with more and more choice all the time , I'm sure VM have loads more additions to arrive likewise so do Sky.

The pay TV industry is constantly evolving to stay ahead of the free services such as freeview and freesat and the cheaper streaming options like Lovefilm and Netflix.

Don't count BT Vision out , whilst it may not currently rival VM or Sky I'm sure the service will get better and better with time especially when you consider it becomes available to more and more people each day with BT's rapidly expanding fibre footprint , BT also have plenty of money behind them and are keen to increase triple play take up.

yes it all comes down to what is best for you in deciding what provider to choice MM mate sky would cost me lot more for what I got so not a option for me plus would lose over half my bb speed and lose on demand on 1 box as could not afford to buy a extra sky + box yes I would prefer all the sky sports HD channels but don't get the option as sky withholding 4 of them cant see that changing at all but love to be proved wrong on that I cant see bt paying the billions it needs to compete with sky as sky will up they bids for certain

[jobbie8]

Had a call today from sales as my contract in up in October. Was offered a 1TB Tivo swap for my Tivo 500 and another 1TB for my sons room (bringing me up to 4x1TB) and taking off my XL phone, as we dont use the landline much now, all for £77 a month and no installation costs. Keeping L BB and XL TV. Or instead of a 4th Tivo I could have a V+ box for £72 a month.
Good offers?

Have'nt made my mind up on that yet, but the sales lady said that theres some good stuff coming for XL and up customers this autumn with new bundles on the apps side, such as Netflix and Spotify. I know sales are for selling, but I will be pleased if Spotify is included some how, as I pay £9.99 a month for that alone.

[Risco]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Wow from 9:48pm last night only 4 posts. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you'll wake them all.

There is nothing to complain about lol. All the channels are coming to Virgin. Now the broadband section is another matter!

[Infiblue]

Originally Posted by Media Boy;35621361=== Freeviews on Virgin Media ===
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Sep. 3rd. CBS Reality, Horror Channel, CBS Action, CBS Drama, CBS Reality +1 and Horror Channel +1 is having an freeview to all M+ and L packages on Virgin Channels 148, 149, 192, 197, 201 and 202 right now until October 3rd 2013.[/B]

Pretty sure this is false information.

Reason being, CBS Action has been available for free on the M+ and L packages since it launched on Virgin Media, so it's not really a freeview.

Also when I last checked the Virgin Media channel list on the website, CBS Reality, and + 1 and Horror Channel + 1 and CBS Drama were listed on the L package area(Not sure if this has changed, as I can't view the channel list on the Virgin Media.com website at the moment..).

Not to mention I've viewed these channels many times on the L package and nothing about a freeview has come up.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Wow from 9:48pm last night only 4 posts. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you'll wake them all.

Evening Sir.

[Jimi]

Originally Posted by jobbie8

Had a call today from sales as my contract in up in October. Was offered a 1TB Tivo swap for my Tivo 500 and another 1TB for my sons room (bringing me up to 4x1TB) and taking off my XL phone, as we dont use the landline much now, all for £77 a month and no installation costs. Keeping L BB and XL TV. Or instead of a 4th Tivo I could have a V+ box for £72 a month.
Good offers?

Have'nt made my mind up on that yet, but the sales lady said that theres some good stuff coming for XL and up customers this autumn with new bundles on the apps side, such as Netflix and Spotify. I know sales are for selling, but I will be pleased if Spotify is included some how, as I pay £9.99 a month for that alone.

I'd grab that deal ASAP.!!!

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

No, it's separate capacity from VOD.


Yes. Though it always did for some people.

It's still capacity that would otherwise be available for BB or VOD or Linear TV channels. If there is to be a capacity reserved for Netflix use, then if nobody is using it at a particular time, then that capacity is going to waste.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by nomadking

It's still capacity that would otherwise be available for BB or VOD or Linear TV channels.

It's shared with BB, but couldn't be reused for VOD or linear TV without some serious re-engineering. They use different frequencies.

Originally Posted by nomadking

If there is to be a capacity reserved for Netflix use, then if nobody is using it at a particular time, then that capacity is going to waste.

True, but that's not unique to Netflix. The same applies to all VM services.