Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1

[Gunslinger]

Originally Posted by mentalis

Is there anything coming soon for people like me who aren't interested in sport channels?

Good question.

While you can see the extra broadband charge paying for doubling/tripling speeds, and the extra Tivo charge covering all those marvelous apps we are about to see launched on us (?!), what exactly are XL customers going to see for their £2 pm?

I'm relieved to see, not Premier Sports. I regard this as being very much a niche channel like MU TV (or ESPN for non-XL customers), it seems quite reasonable for those that want it to pay say £6 pm for the privilege.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Gunslinger

Good question.

While you can see the extra broadband charge paying for doubling/tripling speeds, and the extra Tivo charge covering all those marvelous apps we are about to see launched on us (?!), what exactly are XL customers going to see for their £2 pm?

.

Well lets hope they splash their cash and bring us Sky Atlantic and the ITV HD channels to start with.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by denphone

l expect something to arrive in the coming months to suit your needs more.

Translated means 'he's sure something's Coming Soon '

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Translated means 'he's sure something's Coming Soon '

l shall have to take up a new language to make it harder for you to understand me.

[Gunslinger]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Translated means 'he's sure something's Coming Soon '

Originally Posted by denphone

Well lets hope they splash their cash and bring us Sky Atlantic and the ITV HD channels to start with.

It's only 'lets hope' in his most recent post. A bit less confident, perhaps?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Gunslinger

It's only 'lets hope' in his most recent post. A bit less confident, perhaps?

No l stick with what l believe and l suspect the coming months will reveal all.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Well I am sticking with Virgin for now, but if Sky an BT massively improve their serivice, I might think about moving from VM fro my Phone/Internet/Pay-TV!

Well I've sent an email to Sky/BT telling them if they create a new package with every TV channel under the sun and call it something like XXL for example and charge £silly/month then they could clean up in at least one household.... So keep your eyes peeled Alan

Cheers

Grim

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

bt have bt infinity and they have a youview box coming soon so it looks as though that will be a genuine tivo competitor and their infinity broadband is very good so BT will be a very serious competitor when youview is launched and 67-90% of the population has FTTC/FTTP.

They need to massively improve BT Vision though!

---------- Post added at 13:09 ---------- Previous post was at 13:07 ----------

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

As you may be aware, extensive negotiations have been taking place over the past 6 weeks regarding placement of the Premier Sports channel on the Virgin Media television network. These discussions have followed a number of your complaints as to the channels availability on the Sky platform but not on cable.

Whilst Virgin Media acknowledges Premier Sports as a growing sports channel and the exclusive provider of NHL, NASCAR, Blue Square Premier, NRL and Championship Rugby League, Virgin do not believe the channel currently merits a position within any of its current TV packages (M+, L or XL), as presently afforded to other sports channels.

Premier Sports is committed to showcasing its current and growing sports content to the widest possible available audience and regrets Virgin’s decision in this regard. We will continue to offer our channel to our satellite customers and remain at all times open to re-entering discussions with Virgin at any stage should their position change.

We have to pay extra for BoxNation and Racing UK and even for Sky Sports, so Premier Sports should accept what Virgin has to offer, even ESPN (which was a one off) is only free for XL TV customers!

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I think what a major problem is with Tv/ Cable broadcasters today don't provide is a challenge for each other.

The consumer are demanding so much from there supplier, and this causes a great deal of problems, Sky for example provides every channel available, and does give value for money. And gives customers what they want.

However BT Vison and VM are in a time warp and won't proceed any further until they can challenge Sky, and that is remote.

Customers on VM want the big channels ie Atlantic, Premier Sports BUT VM won't supply this, but there again consumers won't pay extra.
We have to have a broadcaster that will challenge Sky for consumers and sadly there isn't anyone out there that will do that./

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I think what a major problem is with Tv/ Cable broadcasters today don't provide is a challenge for each other.

The consumer are demanding so much from there supplier, and this causes a great deal of problems, Sky for example provides every channel available, and does give value for money. And gives customers what they want.

However BT Vison and VM are in a time warp and won't proceed any further until they can challenge Sky, and that is remote.

Customers on VM want the big channels ie Atlantic, Premier Sports BUT VM won't supply this, but there again consumers won't pay extra.
We have to have a broadcaster that will challenge Sky for consumers and sadly there isn't anyone out there that will do that./

Oh dear Arthur not this tired one sided argument again.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I think what a major problem is with Tv/ Cable broadcasters today don't provide is a challenge for each other.

The consumer are demanding so much from there supplier, and this causes a great deal of problems, Sky for example provides every channel available, and does give value for money. And gives customers what they want.

However BT Vison and VM are in a time warp and won't proceed any further until they can challenge Sky, and that is remote.

Customers on VM want the big channels ie Atlantic, Premier Sports BUT VM won't supply this, but there again consumers won't pay extra.
We have to have a broadcaster that will challenge Sky for consumers and sadly there isn't anyone out there that will do that./

The Broadcaster to challenge Sky woyld be the BBC if it had more money

It about time Virgin Improved it service to better compete with Sky and BT!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

The Broadcaster to challenge Sky woyld be the BBC if it had more money

It about time Virgin Improved it service to better compete with Sky and BT!

Virgin has improved its service immeasurably in the last few years and again Alan you don't seem to know what you are talking about.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by denphone

Virgin has improved its service immeasurably in the last few years and again Alan you don't seem to know what you are talking about.

Yes, but as the times are changing (Sky's IPTV and Fivre Broadnband), they still need to do more, but they have done a very good job so far!

[PWSPWS]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I think what a major problem is with Tv/ Cable broadcasters today don't provide is a challenge for each other.

The consumer are demanding so much from there supplier, and this causes a great deal of problems, Sky for example provides every channel available, and does give value for money. And gives customers what they want.

However BT Vison and VM are in a time warp and won't proceed any further until they can challenge Sky, and that is remote.

Customers on VM want the big channels ie Atlantic, Premier Sports BUT VM won't supply this, but there again consumers won't pay extra.
We have to have a broadcaster that will challenge Sky for consumers and sadly there isn't anyone out there that will do that./

I'd like someone to explain to me how Sky argued Virgin wanted Sky Atlantic on the cheap & then went on to provide it to all their subscribers at no extra charge

I'd really like Premier Sports but if £8 buys one channel how come I get over a 100 channels that I never watch bundled in the XL pack for far less per channel? Appreciate Premier Sports is niche (& I'd probably only watch motorsports), but so are lots of others & they're still in my package even though I'll never even watch 'em once!!

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by denphone

Oh dear Arthur not this tired one sided argument again.

POT CALLING KETTLE springs to mind here Den