01-02-2012, 11:31
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Re: TV price rises
about time we paid for the channels we actually want rather that all the rubbish that gets packaged and we have to subsidise. There really needs to be a cull of the unwanted channels
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01-02-2012, 11:45
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
The XL with TIVO will become 29.50 now won't it when took with a phone , seems steep to me.
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Considering the equivalent Sky Package (Entertainment Extra and HD) is £35.25, it's still comparible
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01-02-2012, 11:54
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy
about time we paid for the channels we actually want rather that all the rubbish that gets packaged and we have to subsidise. There really needs to be a cull of the unwanted channels
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One persons TV Gold is another persons..............
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01-02-2012, 12:11
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Sky Anytime content. The UKTV HD channels. Sky Arts HD. Sony Entertainment. CBS Action.
They've all launched since the last price change
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Oh well we've nothing to complain about then have we.........
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01-02-2012, 12:14
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Big mistake at a time when a lot of people's disposable income has been cut , pay TV is getting far too expensive , it will be interesting to see what happens at Sky in September. The XL with TIVO will become 29.50 now won't it when took with a phone , seems steep to me.
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Yes even l will admit it seems to be a unwise move by Virgin in my mind.
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01-02-2012, 12:15
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by denphone
Yes even l will admit it seems to be a very bad move by Virgin in my mind.
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Careful Den..........
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01-02-2012, 12:17
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by kop32
Careful Den..........
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Remember l do have nine lives and l still got two left at the last count.
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01-02-2012, 12:28
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by andrewstevenson
Well considering sky have frozen prices and only virgin increase, not forgetting channels going with no replacement, I think it's wrong
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Firstly, I think you are wrong, because with Sky you don't have the choice of packages like you did before, you only have 2 mixes and the XL equivalent is £25 which is currently more expensive than Virgin Media's XL TV package, bare in mind, although Sky has more channels, you are legally not obliged to pay a penny for most of those channels through Sky and only the big name channels are paid for.
Furthermore, an investigation needs to be carried out into Sky and its status in the market, they own too many channels and content and are also restricting a lot of content to other platforms at there own loss.
Sky maybe freezing its prices, well not really because it will find some other way of extracting money from you without you even realising, you could have made a cup of tea and could have made £15 out of you in that time.
Just remember that Virgin Media has to pay carriage costs for the following broadcasters and also has to fund for its on demand content, something that Sky does not really invest in, this is the reason why they should never have sold off Virgin Media Television off.
And furthermore, the service treatment from Virgin Media is much better, if you run into finance trouble and cannot pay by direct debit at least Virgin Media don't keep cutting off customers until they have the direct debit re-instated and I find the customer service acceptable unlike Sky where my friends said they kept getting a recorded message telling them to call back later because they were receiving excessive calls.
I would rather pay that extra £2 per month and get a good service rather pay less and get less.
Sky know they have to supply all there content to Virgin Media customers so it's only a matter of time before nearly 4 million Virgin TV customers get all the Sky basic and Atlantic channels on M and XL TV packages, all I know, a lot of friends which was with Telewest until Virgin Media pulled the Sky channels are now coming back to Virgin Media because they say they are not happy with there Sky service.
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01-02-2012, 12:30
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Re: TV price rises
Vm keep getting accused of wanting new channels on the cheap,Maybe they need it to up there offers by a pound lol
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01-02-2012, 12:49
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Re: TV price rises
Everything else is going up in price at the moment so why should pay TV be immune? We're talking about a price hike of just under 7 pence per day. At the end of the day you either pay the extra £2.00 and keep your Virgin TV or you don't and leave. You have the choice whether to "Stay and pay" of "Say no and go". Power to the consumer!
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01-02-2012, 12:54
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Re: TV price rises
Another own goal by Virgin media, their main competitor Sky freezes prices whilst increasing OD, 3d, HD channels at a greater rate than VM.
This is a disgrace in these present times.
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01-02-2012, 13:06
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Re: TV price rises
I'll expect a few new channels after this rise, especially the ones which have nothing to do with Sky. ITV 2/3/4 and Universal in HD for starters, along with CBS Action in SD.
Given recent announcments by Sky, Lovefilm and Netflix, the timing isn't great.
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01-02-2012, 13:12
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan
I'll expect a few new channels after this rise, especially the ones which have nothing to do with Sky. ITV 2/3/4 and Universal in HD for starters, along with CBS Action in SD.
Given recent announcments by Sky, Lovefilm and Netflix, the timing isn't great.
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Exactly.
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01-02-2012, 14:03
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by Chad
Everything else is going up in price at the moment so why should pay TV be immune? We're talking about a price hike of just under 7 pence per day. At the end of the day you either pay the extra £2.00 and keep your Virgin TV or you don't and leave. You have the choice whether to "Stay and pay" of "Say no and go". Power to the consumer!
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7p per day does not sound much but it equates to over 7.5% ,I admit everything is going up but you show me anything that has gone up by 7.5% in one go.
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01-02-2012, 14:13
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Re: TV price rises
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
Another own goal by Virgin media, their main competitor Sky freezes prices whilst increasing OD, 3d, HD channels at a greater rate than VM.
This is a disgrace in these present times.
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Sky's price freeze ends at the end of August this year, after this no doubt their prices will go up too.
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