Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. I - Page 58

jtaylor06 · 18-02-2010, 17:49

Sorry if this has already been mentioned

Sky & Virgin both closer to signing the deal

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...nels-deal.html

Digital Fanatic · 18-02-2010, 18:15

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Originally Posted by jtaylor06

Sorry if this has already been mentioned

Sky & Virgin both closer to signing the deal

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...nels-deal.html

Yeah already discussed in News section

Media Boy UK · 18-02-2010, 21:17

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Originally Posted by naeskydish

New tv channels added this morning in Edinburgh, no new smart card change yet

Look like NGTV is coming to my area soon then.

virginruinedntl · 18-02-2010, 21:29

what is supposed to happen when our area is switched over, no picture??

Our virgin box has been pixelating and dropping picture for the past 3 days, i've go no new virgin card through the door tho, phoned virgin they said wait 24hrs and if it isn't fixed then phone again for an engineer.

Digital Fanatic · 18-02-2010, 22:31

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

what is supposed to happen when our area is switched over, no picture??

Our virgin box has been pixelating and dropping picture for the past 3 days, i've go no new virgin card through the door tho, phoned virgin they said wait 24hrs and if it isn't fixed then phone again for an engineer.

The switchover shouldn't cause any of the issues you describe... we ask you to monitor for 24hours, while a team monitors jobs coming in for your area, and if we see a trend then we can raise an outage for the area. If no more jobs come in then you need a tech to call to your home as it is likley a single viewer issue.

HTH

Media Boy UK · 18-02-2010, 22:59

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: More news on the Sky's Virgin Media Television takeover.

I have been told by my Virgin Insider that Virgin Media wants Sky Red Button and Sky HD Channels as part of any deal to sell The Virgin Media Television Channels to BSkyB.

virginruinedntl · 18-02-2010, 23:04

nice, i hope virgin don't back down! I would sooo love sky hd channels

Not bothered about the red button.

mattboothers · 19-02-2010, 00:34

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: More news on the Sky's Virgin Media Television takeover.

I have been told by my Virgin Insider that Virgin Media wants Sky Red Button and Sky HD Channels as part of any deal to sell The Virgin Media Television Channels to BSkyB.

This could turn out fantastic in the end!

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Come on Virgin Media don't back down with this offer you may get it.

jtaylor06 · 19-02-2010, 00:41

Sounds like a much more of a fair deal imo!

Mobes · 19-02-2010, 09:16

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: More news on the Sky's Virgin Media Television takeover.

I have been told by my Virgin Insider that Virgin Media wants Sky Red Button and Sky HD Channels as part of any deal to sell The Virgin Media Television Channels to BSkyB.

Get in there VM.... don't back down.

zantarous · 19-02-2010, 09:18

If these deal goes ahead I suspect Virgin will demand red button and HD, access to all Sky channels at launch, access to all 3rd part channels that Sky helps launch and a clause that ensures that VMTV channels are always available on cable and that that the Sky channels can never be removed.

I would also expect that there would be a clause that would forbid VM from entering the content business again or at the very least for a number of years.

Hopefully VOD will be factored in as well as Sky seem to by VOD rights to all its US shows. and if we really want to dream how about a tie up where Sky customers can get Virgin cable to access VID via their Sky box?

LEE1 · 19-02-2010, 09:27

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

what is supposed to happen when our area is switched over, no picture??

Our virgin box has been pixelating and dropping picture for the past 3 days, i've go no new virgin card through the door tho, phoned virgin they said wait 24hrs and if it isn't fixed then phone again for an engineer.

ive had the same on my two boxes for the last 2 days ive not had new cards yet.

Brian W · 19-02-2010, 10:09

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

what is supposed to happen when our area is switched over, no picture??

Our virgin box has been pixelating and dropping picture for the past 3 days, i've go no new virgin card through the door tho, phoned virgin they said wait 24hrs and if it isn't fixed then phone again for an engineer.

Also pixelating for a few days for me. I noticed it particularly on ITV2 and History channels.

Digital Fanatic · 19-02-2010, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Brian W

Also pixelating for a few days for me. I noticed it particularly on ITV2 and History channels.

We had a network issue with those channels yesterday on exTelewest, should be ok now. HTH

tvtimes · 19-02-2010, 10:39

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl

nice, i hope virgin don't back down! I would sooo love sky hd channels

Not bothered about the red button.

I really can not see Sky allowing Virgin Media access to their HD channels it would only have a bad impact on the sky platform. Some people subscribe to sky hd purely because sky have those channels. It's one of the few usp's sky has against virgin.

That's not what i would call a fair deal at all. I don't want to have to pay for HD with Virgin. I wouldn't watch the Sky channels when they came over, in HD or otherwise. Virgin must know that they a usp over Sky retailing their HD to their customers for free. If Sky HD channels come over to Virgin and there is then a £10 subscription fee thrown on top of it i can see a lot of people being extremely miffed. Virgin are far more likely to get more customers by signing more HD carriage deals and keep adding them for free to their XL pack.