Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1

[Media Boy UK]

When I 1st post the story about Sky Anytime HD coming

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post1769.html

I was not given any info on Sky Movies HD being only on TiVo boxes - sorry for any miss up.

[Emel]

Originally Posted by MaverickJesus

My Ford Focus doesn't go as fast as a Ferrari 430, why not? Just because my Focus has a 1.6 it shouldn't dictate how fast I can go!

Honestly, this is a BUSINESS. This isn't a socialist republic. Everybody is not going to get everything, you'll get what you pay for.

Does my wick in how much crap is posted in these threads sometimes. No, VM aren't go to destroy their working budget by cramming Premier Sports onto XL so someone in Wigan can watch some Rugby League. They also can't force a different company to sell them their own bloody content at the same price to a direct competitor, they can't hold prices and ignore inflation, they can't do a whole raft of this stuff for perfectly acceptable reasons. They may have shortcomings in some areas, but not to the ungodly extent some people come up with.

(That wasn't a rant at you in particular btw, just happened to be latest in a tidal wave of completely unrealistic comments)

Hey, leave Rugby League out of this. It is the second most popular sport on Sky, who are not paying for the sport as an act of charity.

The frustration is not that we can't get NRL and Championship Rugby League on th XL pack but that we can't get it on Virgin at all.

I suspect that the reason that Virgin haven't made a deal with Premier Sport as a stand alone channel is that the terms they are offering are so poor that it is in Premier's interest to withold the channel so that fans will eventually leave Virgin for Sky.

[Vicki]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Yes there are capacity considerations, but it's got nothing to do with the internet.

See my previous post as to what I think (and essjay confirmed) is the reason. http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post1795.html

Is there not a law against adding new STB's with features the old ones can't do??? I'm sure I read sky have an issue turning on Dolby over HDMI on new boxes because the old boxes can't do it. So would encoding to mpeg4 be against some rule if the older boxes cannot do it . I believe it's to stop forced up selling on subscription tv services ????

[denphone]

Originally Posted by andy_m

I think Ben's getting an undue amount of stick here-after all, we only have this info because he was able to tell us before Virgin themselves even confirmed it. I can understand people's upset, but this time last year we didn't even have Anytime to the degree we have now.

Yes l think people are being very unfair to Ben.

[Tricky Trevor]

Oh great,I've gained Movies on demand in HD but LOST all of the free 3D content with only pay on demand 3D movies available.

Thanks Virgin!

[kgollop]

Personally, I think that Virgin should not be renting people equipment that is not capable of receiving all of the services that they are paying for. Not an issue for me as I have TIVO, but I'd be very upset if I was paying for Sky Premium HD and not getting this content because my equipment was too old.

[pauldavies83]

If the Samsung V+HD is capable of playing MPEG4, then why don't they swap any SA customers on a case-by-case basis (i.e. swap only those who have the Sports/Movies HD pack).

I can't imagine it's a huge number (in comparison to the total customer base) that have Sports/Movies HD on an SA box.

Appears to be easy to blame a technical non-issue for an obvious business-focused decision.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Vicki

Is there not a law against adding new STB's with features the old ones can't do??? I'm sure I read sky have an issue turning on Dolby over HDMI on new boxes because the old boxes can't do it. So would encoding to mpeg4 be against some rule if the older boxes cannot do it . I believe it's to stop forced up selling on subscription tv services ????

No, there is no law AFAIK.

[Lew]

Originally Posted by Emel

I suspect that the reason that Virgin haven't made a deal with Premier Sport as a stand alone channel is that the terms they are offering are so poor that it is in Premier's interest to withold the channel so that fans will eventually leave Virgin for Sky.

Except that it's already been stated on here that Premier Sport don't want to be a stand-alone channel on VM. They want to be bundled into one of the packages.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Sky Anytime in HD to launch this week on Virgin Media.

This week see the launch of Sky Anytime HD via Virgin on Demand.

Viewers in Ex NTL areas will see Sky Anytime HD from overnight tonight and tomorrow, with Ex Telewest areas getting it on Wednesday night.

©copyright 2012 Media Boy 2006 - 2012. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

That is very good news, it will further improve the Virgin VOD service!

But why is it been launched seperately in Ex-NTL and Ex Telewest areas, I thought both networks were fully intergrated, it has been 6 years now!

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Originally Posted by Chad

So in future is it possible or very likely that new linear HD channels will only launch on TiVo?

Just remember only around 12% to 15% of Virgins TV customers have TiVo. There's still 85% of their customer base yet to embrace it. People will bitch and moan if they feel they are being forced to take a box they don't want or feel they don't need.

Just because Virgin feel TiVo is the future, doesn't mean their customers agree. We'll just have to wait and see if these tactics pay off for Virgin.

In that case, can it be possible to have more than 3 Tivo STB's?

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

That is very good news, it will further improve the Virgin VOD service!

But why is it been launched seperately in Ex-NTL and Ex Telewest areas, I thought both networks were fully intergrated, it has been 6 years now!

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In that case, can it be possible to have more than 3 Tivo STB's?

They are on the same network, but it makes sense to do things in stages, so any problems can be handled by the call centres.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

They are on the same network, but it makes sense to do things in stages, so any problems can be handled by the call centres.

but why are the stages Ex-NTL and Ex-Telewest areas?

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

but why are the stages Ex-NTL and Ex-Telewest areas?

Because they can still be isolated on the network if VM wants.

[Firmsky]

So far I have 26HD Sky Movies in OD

[nstokes]

There are a few movies in HD and there is a section for HD on Sky Movies Anytime. the movies are not in 5.1 thou which is a shame but im not complaining thou. Is it possible for them to be in 5.1 in the future?