General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 3. - Page 67

neilo · 23-08-2012, 00:12

Sorry MB. It's the excitement of it all.

OLD BOY · 23-08-2012, 11:39

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Originally Posted by zantarous

A HD channel means a HD channel is coming, it doesn't mean only one HD channel is coming.

How do you make that out? 'A', or 'An' which is more gramatically correct in this case, means one. You don't say 'a cars' or 'an apples'!

spiderplant · 23-08-2012, 12:27

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

How do you make that out? 'A', or 'An' which is more gramatically correct in this case, means one. You don't say 'a cars' or 'an apples'!

You say "Look out - a car is coming". That doesn't exclude the possibility of being hit by another car from the opposite direction.

sebastion · 23-08-2012, 12:36

Are we getting ONE HD channel or several.
It drives me crazy the way peeps put a spin on everything.

Lew · 23-08-2012, 12:47

Can we stick to the topic rather than picking holes in peoples’ grammar please?

denphone · 23-08-2012, 13:02

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Originally Posted by sebastion

Are we getting ONE HD channel or several.
It drives me crazy the way peeps put a spin on everything.

If l was a betting man l would say if we do get some HD channels it will be more then one.

passingbat · 23-08-2012, 13:11

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

You say "Look out - a car is coming". That doesn't exclude the possibility of being hit by another car from the opposite direction.

Let's just hope that we're not on a one way street

Arthurgray50@blu · 23-08-2012, 13:13

In regards to Channels from Sky to VM. It was stated several months ago that Sky offered VM many channels INCLUDING Atlantic, but VM wouldn't pay the price that Sky offered.

VM will always try and get channels on the cheap, Sky Tv is a business and not a charity, they offered channels to BT Vision, they talked prices, it was agreed - end of story. With VM its talk, talk and talk - but not action.

There's another cable company that wanted channels from Sky, they talked. agreed prices and bingo, so why can't VM do the same.

Told you before VM can get these channels, but won't pay the money, as they know customers won't have an increase in prices.

passingbat · 23-08-2012, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

In regards to Channels from Sky to VM. It was stated several months ago that Sky offered VM many channels INCLUDING Atlantic, but VM wouldn't pay the price that Sky offered.
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There are two possibilities:

Sky wanted too much and VM wouldn't pay

Or

Sky wanted a fair price and VM wanted it on the cheap

Only people privy to the negotiations would know for sure. We can't.

The fact that no other provider has got Atlantic, suggests the former to me, but it is pure speculation on my part as I have no evidence. If Sky are pricing it too high, it could be it is because they have no intention of selling it and are pricing it out of the market.

Chad · 23-08-2012, 13:32

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

In regards to Channels from Sky to VM. It was stated several months ago that Sky offered VM many channels INCLUDING Atlantic, but VM wouldn't pay the price that Sky offered.

VM will always try and get channels on the cheap, Sky Tv is a business and not a charity, they offered channels to BT Vision, they talked prices, it was agreed - end of story. With VM its talk, talk and talk - but not action.

There's another cable company that wanted channels from Sky, they talked. agreed prices and bingo, so why can't VM do the same.

Told you before VM can get these channels, but won't pay the money, as they know customers won't have an increase in prices.

So why don't Smallworld, UPC, Talk Talk and BT have SKY Atlantic if SKY are so easy to do business with? Surely the fact that 5 separate companies, including Virgin, haven't got a deal in place for SKY Atlantic, SKY F1 HD, SKY Sports 3 HD and SKY Sports 4 in HD shows SKY aren't offering these channels to competitors, or if they are it'll be at a silly price.

MalteseFalcon · 23-08-2012, 13:53

@Arthur, Virgin probably don't pay the SKY prices because they would have to pass it on to Virgin customers. So those customer of Virgin who don't want Atlantic, or who won't be able to get it on their current package won't want to pay the new price.

Of course, that's not to say that those who want Atlantic wouldn't be willing to have their monthly price go up. Would you be willing to pay an extra Â£4 a month (just a random figure plucked out of the air) for Atlantic? I wouldn't because I wouldn't watch anything, if I did at most 1 programme a week, so the extra Â£4 a month due to a channel I don't want would make me moan about the increase. Same for a lot of people I would imagine.

Media Boy UK · 23-08-2012, 14:22

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Originally Posted by MarkC1984

@Arthur, Virgin probably don't pay the SKY prices because they would have to pass it on to Virgin customers. So those customer of Virgin who don't want Atlantic, or who won't be able to get it on their current package won't want to pay the new price.

Of course, that's not to say that those who want Atlantic wouldn't be willing to have their monthly price go up. Would you be willing to pay an extra Â£4 a month (just a random figure plucked out of the air) for Atlantic? I wouldn't because I wouldn't watch anything, if I did at most 1 programme a week, so the extra Â£4 a month due to a channel I don't want would make me moan about the increase. Same for a lot of people I would imagine.

Well done - you was the 1,000 post on this thread.

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Originally Posted by denphone

If l was a betting man l would say if we do get some HD channels it will be more then one.

Can you put me down for Â£10?

bamav · 23-08-2012, 14:25

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Originally Posted by passingbat

Sky have worn the ipad app crown for a long time now (not difficult as VM don't have one) and qudos to Sky for that; it's been a well deserved selling point for Sky.

Haven't Sky just launched their iPad app? They've had Sky Go for a while, but that's about it. Virgin Media have their player too, which provides live TV show streaming, dependant on TV package.

Looks like Virgin Media's app, which will likely be TiVo only, will provide much more functionality and usefulness than Sky's iPad app.

BenMcr · 23-08-2012, 14:28

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Originally Posted by bamav

Virgin Media have their player too, which provides live TV show streaming, dependant on TV package.

It doesn't do live TV streaming.

muppetman11 · 23-08-2012, 14:30

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Originally Posted by passingbat

There are two possibilities:

Sky wanted too much and VM wouldn't pay

Or

Sky wanted a fair price and VM wanted it on the cheap

Only people privy to the negotiations would know for sure. We can't.

The fact that no other provider has got Atlantic, suggests the former to me, but it is pure speculation on my part as I have no evidence. If Sky are pricing it too high, it could be it is because they have no intention of selling it and are pricing it out of the market.

Probably because their pricing policies differ vastly from Sky , I pay Â£10.25 a month for HD a VM customer gets it free (the exception being Sky premium customers). Sky are a business not a charity , people expect them to pay billions a year for content , then sell it to a competitor on their competitors terms , BT and Netflix are taking the fight to Sky however it would appear some expect Sky to pay billions for content then have it offered on their terms.