General : Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Jimi

Nothing is free.

Could you please expand on that?

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by Jimi

Nothing is free.

Fresh air!

[BenMcr]

Premier Sports will be £7.99 after the end of the Feburary

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...e/td-p/2131500

Great news for sports fans!

We’re pleased to announce that the Premier Sports channel freeview event has been extended over on channel 551. The channel will now be available to all customers for free until Friday 28th February

After this date, Premier Sports will be available for just £7.99 per month.

[denphone]

And they know what they can do come that date as it was nice free but £7.99 .

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by denphone

And they know what they can do come that date as it was nice free but £7.99 .

To be fair Den that's not VM's fault though is it , its £2 cheaper than Premier Sports costs on Sky , I agree however its not something I'd subscribe to.

[MalteseFalcon]

Nor me. Have to say, watched a few hockey games last week or so. If it was £5 a month I might consider adding it on, but £8 a month? No chance.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

To be fair Den that's not VM's fault though is it , its £2 cheaper than Premier Sports costs on Sky , I agree however its not something I'd subscribe to.

l am not saying its Virgin's fault MM but it simply has not got enough good sports content and thus compared to other channels it represents very poor value.

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Premier Sports will be £7.99 after the end of the Feburary

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...e/td-p/2131500

Thanks for info,but personally won't be bothering horrendous pq and nothing interests me on it.oh and happy new year bud

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by denphone

And they know what they can do come that date as it was nice free but £7.99 .

yes too much cant see many subscribers at that price

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Dave42

yes too much cant see many subscribers at that price

They will be lucky if they get a thousand.

[ocav]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Thanks for info,but personally won't be bothering horrendous pq and nothing interests me on it.oh and happy new year bud

Same here, not much sport I'd watch but if it was HD or at least decent SD I'd maybe consider it for say £5.

Originally Posted by denphone

They will be lucky if they get a thousand.

Don't think they will get anywhere near that.

[cityfan247]

i will continue to enjoy having Premier Sports while it is free.

I have enjoyed the NHL coverage but theres not that much else for me. Not bothered about Rugby League and most of the other stuff on there..perhaps some GAA. Overall not enough content for me to justify £8pm and from the reaction of many people on here most feel the same.

The picture quality, as some have said, is good for SD but these days you expect Sports & Movies to be available in HD.

i just dont think it represents good value when you compare it to Sky Sports or BT Sports portfolio.

Enjoy the freeview while we can i say.

I had been under the impression one of the main reasons it has taken so long for VM to carry Premier Sports was both parties had differing views on the value/cost of the channel and perhaps Premier Sports had over estimated its worth.

If subscription take up is poor i wonder if Premier Sports and VM will get together and put forward a new offer- perhaps a lower fee if it remains a standalone channel or maybe into some type of VM pack ? (XL ?/ Premier Collection?)

i presume Premier Sports would like as many viewers as possible to increase its advertising revenues and maybe VM would view the channel as providing more value to some of its tv packs if the price was right

[gemma307]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Premier Sports will be £7.99 after the end of the Feburary

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...e/td-p/2131500

At which date veiwing figures on VM take some what of a fall

[ocav]

Originally Posted by cityfan247

i will continue to enjoy having Premier Sports while it is free.

I have enjoyed the NHL coverage but theres not that much else for me. Not bothered about Rugby League and most of the other stuff on there..perhaps some GAA. Overall not enough content for me to justify £8pm and from the reaction of many people on here most feel the same.

The picture quality, as some have said, is good for SD but these days you expect Sports & Movies to be available in HD.

i just dont think it represents good value when you compare it to Sky Sports or BT Sports portfolio.

Enjoy the freeview while we can i say.

I had been under the impression one of the main reasons it has taken so long for VM to carry Premier Sports was both parties had differing views on the value/cost of the channel and perhaps Premier Sports had over estimated its worth.

If subscription take up is poor i wonder if Premier Sports and VM will get together and put forward a new offer- perhaps a lower fee if it remains a standalone channel or maybe into some type of VM pack ? (XL ?/ Premier Collection?)

i presume Premier Sports would like as many viewers as possible to increase its advertising revenues and maybe VM would view the channel as providing more value to some of its tv packs if the price was right

Nobody has said the picture quality is good for SD? Quite frankly it's terrible for SD

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I think that some, not you, are posting on the basis that Now TV has to offer a range of live entertainment channels and live Sky Sports passes. The version of Now TV on YouView is more like a competitor to Netflix. It just offers a range of on-demand films for £8.99 per month. No Sport, no live TV, no on-demand TV. If Now TV appeared on Tivo, I think this would be the version available.

In other news, I wonder if MGM HD could make it onto VM? It's still listed on UPC Ireland under the HD channels.

I was under the impression that Now TV carried a range of live TV channels, including SA. I didn't realise that there were two versions

Originally Posted by kop32

Dave,can you please enlighten us on here as to what this "stupid price" is,because up until now I have not seen any official figures and I am sure there have not been any issued (and nor should there be until any deal is struck)

AFAIK, no figure has been divulged by either party. However, I think it safe to assume that VM are not willing to pay what Sky say it is worth, or SA would be on VM now wouldn't it.

Originally Posted by cityfan247

i will continue to enjoy having Premier Sports while it is free.

I have enjoyed the NHL coverage but theres not that much else for me. Not bothered about Rugby League and most of the other stuff on there..perhaps some GAA. Overall not enough content for me to justify £8pm and from the reaction of many people on here most feel the same.

The picture quality, as some have said, is good for SD but these days you expect Sports & Movies to be available in HD.

i just dont think it represents good value when you compare it to Sky Sports or BT Sports portfolio.

Enjoy the freeview while we can i say.

I had been under the impression one of the main reasons it has taken so long for VM to carry Premier Sports was both parties had differing views on the value/cost of the channel and perhaps Premier Sports had over estimated its worth.

If subscription take up is poor i wonder if Premier Sports and VM will get together and put forward a new offer- perhaps a lower fee if it remains a standalone channel or maybe into some type of VM pack ? (XL ?/ Premier Collection?)

i presume Premier Sports would like as many viewers as possible to increase its advertising revenues and maybe VM would view the channel as providing more value to some of its tv packs if the price was right

You're right, Premier Sports wanted to be included in XL, whilst VM wanted the channel to be on a standalone basis.

After pressure from the Parliamentary Rugby League Committee, the channel was made available at no extra cost to give VM viewers access to the rugby world cup, whilst some number crunching was carried out.

The fact that it is now going standalone appears to suggest that VM were correct in their previous assumptions.