General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 2.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by jj20x

Yes but it's on the first page of the thread and rarely changes on the updates. It would be easier to follow if it just listed changes from the original listing.

True, but surely it's useful for the random guests/newbies to the site to be able to see this stuff? I wonder how different this update is compared to the one on the front of the thread?

[dj_wayne]

so could sky alantic be coming our way at virginmedia!! http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...-business.html

[nicknewark]

I wouldn't hold your breath, Virgin seem to have been quite good in the past as giving away bargaining chips.

You would hope that they would have negotiated something in return for this aside from money, like you say channels in return, a missed opportunity, if they haven't.

Fingers crossed.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by dj_wayne

so could sky alantic be coming our way at virginmedia!! http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...-business.html

Well lets see as there have been many false dawns before with regards to Sky Atlantic.

[sebastion]

Are Sky still running Ads for Sky Atlantic, I have not noticed any for the past couple of weeks.

[muppetman11]

An interesting read

http://recombu.com/digital/news/yout...mpaign=website

[the_pidgeon]

When they advertise Sky Atlantic or any other Exclusive channel they always mention the HD version anyway, so they will can still give us Atlantic SD and maintain exclusivity in a sort of way.

Originally Posted by the_pidgeon

When they advertise Sky Atlantic or any other Exclusive channel they always mention the HD version anyway, so they will can still give us Atlantic SD and maintain exclusivity in a sort of way.

Or they can just keep the channel and keep us talking about the 101 ways we could somehow end up with the channel Sky clearly want as an exclusive.

[bamav]

I can see Sky using VM's network as a possible step toward Sky providing their own channels directly - eliminating VM as a middle man relaying them. This would be financially better for everyone involved, especially the paying customer.

We would need to know what conditions have been agreed for Sky using VM's network, but I'm pretty sure it won't just be for broadband.

If what I've heard about Sky carriage deals expiring soon (?), we might be yet be pleasantly surprised...

[toady]

Originally Posted by bamav

I can see Sky using VM's network as a possible step toward Sky providing their own channels directly - eliminating VM as a middle man relaying them. This would be financially better for everyone involved, especially the paying customer.

How would that work, wouldn't the VM smartcard in each box need to be updated to allow the Sky channels to be decrypted. How would the Sky channels be visible on the programme guide without VM adding them ?

[gizuk]

Originally Posted by bamav

I can see Sky using VM's network as a possible step toward Sky providing their own channels directly - eliminating VM as a middle man relaying them. This would be financially better for everyone involved, especially the paying customer.

We would need to know what conditions have been agreed for Sky using VM's network, but I'm pretty sure it won't just be for broadband.

If what I've heard about Sky carriage deals expiring soon (?), we might be yet be pleasantly surprised...

I am 99% sure it will be just for adding broadband capacity. This agreement has zero to do with channels at all.

[bamav]

Originally Posted by toady

How would that work, wouldn't the VM smartcard in each box need to be updated to allow the Sky channels to be decrypted. How would the Sky channels be visible on the programme guide without VM adding them ?

Where there's a will, there's a way! I don't really know how it would work, but I would guess Sky would only need to know your VM card number to add to their "approved list".

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Originally Posted by gizuk

I am 99% sure it will be just for adding broadband capacity. This agreement has zero to do with channels at all.

Well, that's where it's open to debate as the announcement doesn't clarify what exactly Sky would use their allowance for. It only mentions network capacity, which as we know in VM land means it can carry broadband, live TV and on demand content.

[gizuk]

Originally Posted by bamav

Where there's a will, there's a way! I don't really know how it would work, but I would guess Sky would only need to know your VM card number to add to their "approved list".

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Well, that's where it's open to debate as the announcement doesn't clarify what exactly Sky would use their allowance for. It only mentions network capacity, which as we know in VM land means it can carry broadband, live TV and on demand content.

I think you may have misunderstood the announcement. It's for shifting data around. It doesn't have anything to do with VM except they are moving the data along their pipe.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by coulsontom

There are no major channels that exist.

Atlantic is the only channel vm doesn't have that anyones heard of

There are quite a few channels in addition to Sky Atlantic that people would like to see on the VM platform.

[bamav]

Originally Posted by gizuk

I think you may have misunderstood the announcement. It's for shifting data around. It doesn't have anything to do with VM except they are moving the data along their pipe.

Possibly I did. It it's literally a back-fill to allow increased network capacity for Sky, then yes it could really be for any purpose.

Though I think an obvious use would be for Sky to eventually offer fibre broadband to it's customers, which would of course carry on demand content. My thought process leaped ahead a few years and wondered how Sky on a VM network might evolve.