Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I suppose really this channel is not that important to VM with catchup as it is to say Sky and Freeview users.

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As DF says not a chance Sky Living , Sky One and Sky Atlantic are flagship channels.

Yes but they got rid of Bravo and Virgin1 (later Channel 1)

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I suppose really this channel is not that important to VM with catchup as it is to say Sky and Freeview users.

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As DF says not a chance Sky Living , Sky One and Sky Atlantic are flagship channels.

Yes quite correct in your assumptions MM.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Yes but they got rid of Bravo and Virgin1 (later Channel 1)

Sky Living is going nowhere.

Do you think theyd pay Rihanna millions of pounds if they were closing the channel
http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/index.php?...xtra&Itemid=87

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Sky Living is going nowhere.

Do you think theyd pay Rihanna millions of pounds if they were closing the channel
http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/index.php?...xtra&Itemid=87

Exactly.

[Alan Fry]

Any news on Adult Swim Launching a channel in the UK?

or

Renaming TCM 2 (which shows Adult Swim programmes in the uk) to Adult Swim?

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Gunslinger

I think the problem is not so much one party (Sky) refusing to wholesale content to competitors, as the original producers doing 'exclusive' deals with particular platforms. Ideally, all distributors (like VM, BT and Sky) should be able to licence content directly from the likes of HBO.

This would promote both competition and consumer choice. If in the retail market, Tesco were to corner the supply of a particular product (like, say corn flakes) and only allowed competitors to sell inferior versions or on very disadvantageous terms, there would be an outcry, and this would not be tolerated.

The big 'producers' are currently clamouring for ever more draconian measures against piracy; with that should go an obligation to ensure that their product is legitimately available to as wide as possible a market.

Excellent post.

Before it closed on Sky, did we ever have Diva +1 on VM?

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Before it closed on Sky, did we ever have Diva +1 on VM?

According to Wikipedia, yes.

[Derekb108]

Why does vm need TCM2 starts at 20:00 and its just a repeat of the movies and vestern serials which is repeated on TCM

[jobbie8]

did'nt DivaTV +1 get swapped for another channel? Syfy+1 maybe?

[HDFootyMan]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...atchup-service

Channel 4 is aiming to launch a new TV service that would allow viewers to catch repeats of its best shows from June, if it can iron out differences with Virgin Media to secure the final deal needed for maximum distribution on digital platforms.

The new channel, referred to internally as Project Shuffle, will allow viewers who missed the first live broadcast of Channel 4's most popular shows multiple opportunities to catch up with them over the next seven nights.

Sources with knowledge of the plan are quick to distance it from suggestions that it will be like Gold, the UKTV-subscription service that repeats archived shows such as Only Fools and Horses.

"In the old days, repeats were bad things – but you have to remember that this is not just an attempt to make a UK Gold, this is new, popular stuff just transmitted in the UK," said one source familiar with the plan.

The launch date for the new channel has not yet been confirmed but it is understood June is currently the most likely target, although it is thought that Channel 4 would like to have it on air earlier.

Two media industry sources said they understand that Channel 4 has lined up a Freeview slot for the channel and it is thought a deal with BSkyB has also been reached.

However, talks with Virgin Media are understood to have been more difficult, with the cable operator said to be wary about giving the green light to a channel that could provide direct competition to its own catch-up TV offering.

One source with knowledge of Project Shuffle said it is "a tiny bit like Sky Anytime but more really the equivalent of staggercast or video-on-demand on your TV, delivered as scheduled viewing".

Sounds like a Front-Row Near-VOD version of E4's greatest hits.

If its archive stuff (like GOLD) I get it, if its repeats, I don't get it.

[Lew]

It's most likely repeats from what's been said so far. It's probably aimed more towards non-cable platforms that don't have catch-up VOD services. If so, it probably won't be much of a loss if VM don't get it.

[Gunslinger]

Originally Posted by Lew

It's most likely repeats from what's been said so far. It's probably aimed more towards non-cable platforms that don't have catch-up VOD services. If so, it probably won't be much of a loss if VM don't get it.

If as is suggested, this is just a virtual VoD service for those (eg Sky and Freeview customers) without, then OK.

However we need to be sure that the range of catchup material available via 4oD will not be cut back as a result.

Also does the fact that C4 are now promoting this, suggest a possible lack of confidence in take-up of the upcoming Youview service?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Lew

It's most likely repeats from what's been said so far. It's probably aimed more towards non-cable platforms that don't have catch-up VOD services. If so, it probably won't be much of a loss if VM don't get it.

Couldn't agree more when VM already have access to 4OD content.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Derekb108

Why does vm need TCM2 starts at 20:00 and its just a repeat of the movies and vestern serials which is repeated on TCM

It has Adult Swim programmes!