General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017) - Page 242

12-12-2017, 20:26

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

There's still an EPG entry for the now closed Playboy on channel 979. I don't subscribe so can't access it, perhaps "Playboy" is a closedown slate that's on there??

There were changes at the end of November that should have dealt with that. Basically all that happened was that the substitute channel off-air slate, normally shown when a channel is off-air, was activate 24/7.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Channel 5 launching 5PRIME channel.

http://advanced-television.com/2017/...prime-channel/
http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/m...o-rebrand.html

Channel 5 rebrand that channel almost as much as Sky rebrands the Sky Cinema channels.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Whoops, there goes ITV Encore....!

That's a really bad example. The purpose of ITV Encore was to attempt to create a new market for ITV drama and a new source of income. The experiment failed but it was flawed from the start. ITV have now moved on to an area where they already know a market exists. They have sold HD linear content at a premium for years, now they are trying to repeat this success with ITV Hub+.

muppetman11 · 12-12-2017, 21:10

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Sky sources has given us an new DNP order until Tuesday.

We know what is set to happen but we have been ban from reveal it.

I'm taking it you mean package changes
https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/ne...s_tv_packages/

Dave42 · 12-12-2017, 21:12

hopefully new year will be better for VM very quiet year this year

Aguero9320 · 12-12-2017, 21:18

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

We have had information that Disney are looking to launch a VR and UHD service next year, right now we're taking it with a pinch of salt.
No platform was mentioned so it may be on all or may be part of Disneys own service, when i find out more i'll let you guys know.

Yeah. As a result, Disney are pulling all their content from Netflix in order to launch the service. May be a relaunch of Disney Life.

theone2k10 · 12-12-2017, 21:43

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Originally Posted by Aguero9320

Yeah. As a result, Disney are pulling all their content from Netflix in order to launch the service. May be a relaunch of Disney Life.

Could be yes.

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Originally Posted by Dave42

hopefully new year will be better for VM very quiet year this year

But still no Sky Atlantic

RichardCoulter · 12-12-2017, 22:25

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Originally Posted by Horsegirlbusmad

Are any of the following channels coming to virgin media soon?

Disney channel HD
Disney junior HD
Disney junior +1
Disney Xd HD
Nick Jr HD
Nick Jr +1
Pop max
Pop max+1
Tiny pop + 1
E! HD
E!+1
History Hd
AMC
Amc Hd
Horse and country
Free sports
Sony movies +1
True movies + 1
C.I. Hd
C.I. + 1
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic + 1
Sky Atlantic Hd
Sky one + 1
Pick + 1
5Spike + 1
MTV classic
Comedy central extra + 1

Apparently, Horse & Country have been looking into Freeview carriage. If they're looking into increasing their reach, let's hope that they consider VM too.

They were on Freesat, but couldn't make it pay, but, whilst Freeview costs a lot more, there is potential to pick up far more viewers.

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Originally Posted by jj20x

There were changes at the end of November that should have dealt with that. Basically all that happened was that the substitute channel off-air slate, normally shown when a channel is off-air, was activate 24/7.

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Channel 5 rebrand that channel almost as much as Sky rebrands the Sky Cinema channels.

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That's a really bad example. The purpose of ITV Encore was to attempt to create a new market for ITV drama and a new source of income. The experiment failed but it was flawed from the start. ITV have now moved on to an area where they already know a market exists. They have sold HD linear content at a premium for years, now they are trying to repeat this success with ITV Hub+.

I always thought that it was a daft idea to rename 5+24 the same as their VOD service.

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LFC currently being broadcast free on VM.

12-12-2017, 22:53

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

LFC currently being broadcast free on VM.

The pack override flag was added somewhere around 4th / 5th December.

RichardCoulter · 12-12-2017, 23:03

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Originally Posted by jj20x

The pack override flag was added somewhere around 4th / 5th December.

Thanks, only just noticed that it was available for free.

Re: My post about Horse & Country, this shows that Freeview is by far the most watched platform in the UK.

http://www.barb.co.uk/tv-landscape-r...m-interactive/

Cable, YouView, TalkTalk etc really are the poor relations!

nodrogd · 12-12-2017, 23:04

Horse & Country has never been on Freesat, though a predecessor was. A licence has been issued for american owned Ride TV, so perhaps there is a joint venture with H & C in the offing

Mad Max · 12-12-2017, 23:09

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Originally Posted by jj20x

The pack override flag was added somewhere around 4th / 5th December.

Any chance of that in non tech speak please?

Dave42 · 12-12-2017, 23:23

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Originally Posted by theone2k10

Could be yes.

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But still no Sky Atlantic

you know that will never ever happen

RichardCoulter · 13-12-2017, 00:33

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Originally Posted by nodrogd

Horse & Country has never been on Freesat, though a predecessor was. A licence has been issued for american owned Ride TV, so perhaps there is a joint venture with H & C in the offing

Yes, maybe that's what it is. I remember someone posting about Ride TV.

Just asked the person who gave me this info and he said that from what he remembers (it was years ago) a channel called Rural TV was on Freesat and got into financial difficulties.

In the end they teamed up with Horse & Country and put some of their programmes onto their Sky channel, in return Rural TV put some blocks of Horse & Country programming onto the Rural TV Freesat channel.

Does this tally with what you remember?

I can think of worse channels to put onto VM and I think that they show reruns of Black Beauty

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Originally Posted by jj20x

The pack override flag was added somewhere around 4th / 5th December.

If VM mirror Sky, this will end on 14/12/17.

13-12-2017, 00:36

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

Any chance of that in non tech speak please?

A flag was added to the EPG area of the Service Description Table to over-ride the pack codes. Normally, Liverpool FC TV is a premium channel, only available to customers who subscribe to that channel. There are pack codes in place to limit the channel to those subscribers. The over-ride flag makes the channel available to all VM TV customers.

Believe it or not, what I said originally was a simplification. The flags and codes can't just be read, they are extracted from binary data.

Chad · 13-12-2017, 08:20

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'm taking it you mean package changes
https://www.uswitch.com/broadband/ne...s_tv_packages/

I was reading more about the new packages on Sky's website. Those who are used to getting retention deals are in for a shock. The FAQ section suggests existing discounts on TV packages, outwith deals for Sky Sports and Sky Movies, will not be carried forward when you get moved over to the same equivalent package in 2018. They days of 50% off and 75% off retention deals appear to be over.

If that's the case my package, once I've tinkered a little, will cost me £10.00 more. Not the end of the world. It's not worth me cancelling. They have played a shrewd game. My wife and I have our mobiles with Sky. Calls and text are "free" as long as you are a TV subscriber. Cancel your TV and your mobile bill goes up by £10 to cover the cost of the calls and texts. I'm £10 worse off if I stay, £20 worse off if I leave.

It was good while it lasted.

Raider999 · 13-12-2017, 11:47

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Originally Posted by Chad

I was reading more about the new packages on Sky's website. Those who are used to getting retention deals are in for a shock. The FAQ section suggests existing discounts on TV packages, outwith deals for Sky Sports and Sky Movies, will not be carried forward when you get moved over to the same equivalent package in 2018. They days of 50% off and 75% off retention deals appear to be over.

If that's the case my package, once I've tinkered a little, will cost me £10.00 more. Not the end of the world. It's not worth me cancelling. They have played a shrewd game. My wife and I have our mobiles with Sky. Calls and text are "free" as long as you are a TV subscriber. Cancel your TV and your mobile bill goes up by £10 to cover the cost of the calls and texts. I'm £10 worse off if I stay, £20 worse off if I leave.

It was good while it lasted.

Got you by the short and curlies then.

This is the problem with putting all your eggs in one basket as I see it.