Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
31-05-2017, 21:42
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016
Two months ago 7 months after sky launched uhd
Virgin Media is in no hurry to make ultra-high-definition TV available on its network, according to owner Liberty Global.
But Mike Fries, Liberty Global’s chief executive, insists that the cable networks owned by his company, which include Virgin Media in the UK, are more than up to the challenge, if and when customers demand it.
“We’ve got the spectrum if we need it – as do most cable operators – but I think it’s too soon to tell. People are just now getting used to their big screens. They’ve just spent hundreds, thousands of dollars on these big screens,” Fries told an audience at Cable Congress in Amsterdam.
At present, he said, consumers are not demanding it and content providers are not providing it, “But we’re prepared. Our networks are the most robust in the marketplace. So if 4K becomes something that consumers have to have, we’ll certainly be able to do it. We’ll be in a wait-and-see mode,” he added.
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That article is dated 26/03/2014 but the date is oddly not shown in full on all pages so I can understand the confusion! This shows the full date http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/
The positive news today is that LGI in Germany known as Unitymedia is launching a UHD channel in the Autmn! But don't think Unitymedia is leaps ahead of VM; it's only just started shutting down its analogue service!
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/...ue-switch-off/
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31-05-2017, 22:03
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Yeah but to be fair that is an additional cost to the virgin media customers but channels are included in the package
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The price of the package reflects the cost of the channels in it. Hence, prices do rise when new channels are added. VM is not a charity.
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31-05-2017, 23:16
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The price of the package reflects the cost of the channels in it. Hence, prices do rise when new channels are added. VM is not a charity.
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Neither are their customers OB, what we pay to VM for their top package is a complete rip off imo, and I include Sky in this too, ok, we all have the choice whether to pay or not, but I believe these top companies are operating a cartel, they won't tell you this for obvious reasons, but when you look at what they charge, they're packages ain't that far off in similarity, cost wise.
If it wasn't for the football i'd have dumped VM ages ago, and used the likes of Netflix and Amazon for my viewing, because quite honestly the amount of dross on VM just isn't worth the money imo.
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01-06-2017, 09:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
The football is the reason your paying so much.
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01-06-2017, 09:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Neither are their customers OB, what we pay to VM for their top package is a complete rip off imo, and I include Sky in this too, ok, we all have the choice whether to pay or not, but I believe these top companies are operating a cartel, they won't tell you this for obvious reasons, but when you look at what they charge, they're packages ain't that far off in similarity, cost wise.
If it wasn't for the football i'd have dumped VM ages ago, and used the likes of Netflix and Amazon for my viewing, because quite honestly the amount of dross on VM just isn't worth the money imo.
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Unfortunately, there's not much Virgin can do. They have to pay to carry these channels, and there is not a huge profit margin in it for them. It wasn't long ago when Virgin were not making any profit at all out of Sky Movies, for example, although this has now been rectified.
When I think back to my BT days back in the 1990s, our telephone bill alone cost me the same as I'm paying now for landline, TV and broadband, so I am not complaining.
I do accept that a lot of the channels we get are dross, and I understand the frustration of those who say they have to pay for loads of channels they never watch in order to view the few good ones.
However, paid for individually, each channel does cost quite a lot, as you can now see quite starkly with those Amazon channels.
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01-06-2017, 09:32
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
I see Talking Pictures (TPTV) has launched on channel 445
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01-06-2017, 10:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
The football is the reason your paying so much.
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And that will still be the case going forward.
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I see Talking Pictures (TPTV) has launched on channel 445
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Think Mr K , then think Mr K needs to sit down as he is actually happy for once the grumpy git.
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01-06-2017, 13:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Someone has posted elsewhere that to receive Talking Pictures on VM, one has to subscribe to Sky Cinema (even though TP themselves stated that they would be available FTA on VM).
Surely this can't be correct?
Which pack is it in, imo it should be in the M/Player packs as it's available on Freeview.
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01-06-2017, 13:26
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Talking Pictures is in Mix TV and above
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01-06-2017, 13:48
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Thanks Ben, good to know we don't have to subscribe to Sky Cinema to receive it!
Is Mix TV the equivalent to M+ and do those customers get it too?
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01-06-2017, 13:58
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
I believe Mix is classed as 'above' M+ and More.
So Talking Pictures is Mix, Fun and Full House.
Player, M+ and More TV won't get it.
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01-06-2017, 14:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Thanks.
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01-06-2017, 14:55
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
Shock horror VM put a FREE channel in one of their chargeable packs and ppl accuse SKY of dirty tactics.
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01-06-2017, 16:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor
I see Talking Pictures (TPTV) has launched on channel 445
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I'm obviously going to have to lay on a party tonight to get my excitement.
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01-06-2017, 17:12
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
I believe Mix is classed as 'above' M+ and More.
So Talking Pictures is Mix, Fun and Full House.
Player, M+ and More TV won't get it.
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I've got M+ and it isn't greyed out.
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