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Old 11-01-2011, 14:13   #46
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Re: sky sports red button

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Phoned a supervisor in CS, they have told me it will be here this month. Also have been told that a few times before it's heading this way this month.

Full red button service aswell apparently, the reason in delay is because they have been testing it on Tivo
Obviously such a service would need to be tested on all set-top boxes that VM have "in the wild" that have red button capability, which would certainly have contributed to the length of time it's taken to implement.
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Old 11-01-2011, 14:29   #47
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BBC had no problem. The difference between wanting and needing to...
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Old 11-01-2011, 14:31   #48
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Re: sky sports red button

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BBC had no problem. The difference between wanting and needing to...
It's completely different technology/interface.

Remember too, that BBC News Multiscreen wasn't available on exNTL until this year due to platform problems.

Sky Sports Red Button has been written from scratch for VM. Launch details will be released in due course.
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Old 11-01-2011, 14:35   #49
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It's completely different technology/interface.

Remember too, that BBC News Multiscreen wasn't available on exNTL until this year due to platform problems.

Sky Sports Red Button has been written from scratch for VM. Launch details will be released in due course.
Maybe the Sky Sports Red Button has been on hold until after:

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Old 11-01-2011, 17:00   #50
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Re: sky sports red button

In due course is quite vague as it could mean it could be 3, 6, or 9 months away
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In due course is quite vague as it could mean it could be 3, 6, or 9 months away
It's the nature of the business, denphone. Timescales are hard to predict for something like this. Nearly there.
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Old 17-01-2011, 12:59   #52
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It's the nature of the business, denphone. Timescales are hard to predict for something like this. Nearly there.
Excellent! Keep up the good work!
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Old 17-01-2011, 19:45   #53
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It's the nature of the business, denphone. Timescales are hard to predict for something like this. Nearly there.
Thats good to hear Digital Fanatic.
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Re: sky sports red button

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Phoned a supervisor in CS, they have told me it will be here this month. Also have been told that a few times before it's heading this way this month.

Full red button service aswell apparently, the reason in delay is because they have been testing it on Tivo
Please god let this be true.

Thanks for info
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Old 22-01-2011, 12:37   #55
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Please god let this be true.

Thanks for info

Surely it would occur to Virgin to advertise this if true. Jeez their commercial dept needs a rocket up it's archie!
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Old 22-01-2011, 12:44   #56
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Please god let this be true.

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First part is pretty much true, though the bit about TiVo isn't. Obviously the service would need to be tested and implemented on all configurations of STB, not just TiVO
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Old 22-01-2011, 14:17   #57
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Lets hope we get something official from VM soon. We have been in the dark long enough!
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Old 22-01-2011, 16:44   #58
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First part is pretty much true, though the bit about TiVo isn't. Obviously the service would need to be tested and implemented on all configurations of STB, not just TiVO
They meant getting it working on current and TiVo boxes meaning those in trials of the TiVo won't be missing out and that it works when it fully launches.
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Surely it would occur to Virgin to advertise this if true. Jeez their commercial dept needs a rocket up it's archie!
As discussed before there is no point advertising something like that as if they were a pseudo-BskyB launching a new channel. Advertise when and if certain. It will come but perhaps a date is not definite yet.
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Look I knock Virgin for things and sometimes there lack of information is frustrating but cone on credit where it's due this is massive when it comes.
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