General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.

[geordiechris]

Originally Posted by kgollop

You're missing BBC TWO HD from that list

BBC TWO HD is on the list - number 16

[kgollop]

Originally Posted by martin201002

He isn't its number 16

lol damn, teach me to be a smart ass!

[Media Boy UK]

Virgin have 51 HD Channels right now:

01) BBC One HD Channels for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
02) Sky Living HD
03) ITV HD (England and Wales only), STV HD and UTV HD
04) Sky1 HD
05) Channel 4 HD
06) E4 HD
07) Channel 5 HD
08) FOX HD
09) Syfy HD
10) TLC HD
11) ITV2 HD
12) ITV3 HD
13) ITV4 HD
14) Comedy Central HD
15) MTV HD
16) BBC Two HD
17) Watch HD
18) Dave HD
19) Alibi HD
20) Eden HD
21) Discovery HD
22) Animal Planet HD
23) National Geographic Channel HD
24) Good Food HD
25) Sky Arts 1 HD
26) Sky Arts 2 HD
27) MTV LIVE HD
28) TCM HD
29) Film4 HD
30) Sky Movies Premiere HD
31) Sky Movies Showcase HD
32) Sky Movies Comedy HD
33) Sky Movies Action & Adventure HD
34) Sky Movies Family HD
35) Sky Movies Disney HD
36) Sky Movies Drama & Romance HD
37) Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror HD
38) Sky Movies Greats HD
39) Sky Movies Crime & Thriller HD
40) Sky Movies Select HD
41) Sky Sports 1 HD
42) Sky Sports 2 HD
43) British Eurosport HD
44) British Eurosport 2 HD
45) ESPN HD
46) BT Sport 1 HD
47) BT Sport 2 HD
48) NHK world HD
49) Nick HD
50) Cartoon Network HD
51) BBC RB HD (BBC Red Button HD)

Numbers base on Virgin Media Channel numbers.

[kgollop]

Yes that's right. Nialli missing NHK World + RB and Spiderplant missing Sky Movies Disney. Just worked it out but MB you were too fast for me lol

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by howardmicks

Don't forget about sky news and sky sports news hd old boy,they should be here soon

Yes, you're right, I was forgetting about the HD variants, including Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD! I was thinking really just about the brand new channels.

I am optimistic about getting all of the Sky HD channels now in September.

Oh, and I haven't ruled out the possibility of getting Sky 3D either, although that is probably a big ask!

[DaMac]

Originally Posted by martin201002

They might do. Phone them up and say you are switching from sky more than likely you will get a good deal. I have 2 TiVo's but I got one in after install.

I'm not switching from sky, already on virgin but just have v+ and V hd.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

a truly sensational piece of business by virgin media. i'd love to know how it all transpired. it goes completely against BT's business model. did bt fold at the last? Did virgin make concessions about the price to pay? was the deal already agreed months ago ala bomberAF rumour.

be interesting to know

I think BT's strategy was aimed mainly at Sky, who had nicked a fair proportion of their broadband customers!

I think that this may mark a turning point, with the lesson learned by Sky that their aggressive commercial tactics can misfire.

That can only be good for all of us.

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Originally Posted by DaMac

I've been out of contract for ages and have been waiting to see what happened with BT sports, I will probably be open to resigning with VM now, would still like some decent 3d content and ssp 3 in hd but I'm sure ill manage, anybody have any idea if they will give me 2 tivos if i sign on vip100?

At least hold on until mid September, DaMac - could be some good news coming your way.[COLOR="Silver"]

[Richc1977]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

Do we know what the situation is with sports rights which will be broadcast on ESPN? I thought ESPN would just be ESPN america and was going through the football tonight and have found french football is actually being broadcast on ESPN tonight. Is all french football on ESPN?

Might get a bit confusing if its not...

Yes it's all very confusing.

This seasons FA cup is on ESPN but the following season it's on BT Sport.

I guess if BT had not bought ESPN, ESPN would have had to put this seasons FA Cup rights to tender and BT risk losing them to Sky or paying more.

I imagine BT agreed to buy ESPN to avoid this and for ESPN it allowed them to exit the market with minimal exit costs. If ESPN had just closed down this year they would have had to deal with expensive exit clauses for contracts with suppliers, production teams and staff etc.. instead they can now just TUPE the staff to BT. For the French league and some others I imagine ESPN's contract agreed to show a minimum number of matches on the channel so I imagine that's what they will do and any on top of that quota would be free to show on BT sport.

I might be wrong but having worked in contracting and dealt with TUPE etc.. I'd imagine it's something like this. Hence apparent cheap price ESPN was sold for.

[howardmicks]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, you're right, I was forgetting about the HD variants, including Sky Sports 3 and 4 HD! I was thinking really just about the brand new channels.

I am optimistic about getting all of the Sky HD channels now in September.

Oh, and I haven't ruled out the possibility of getting Sky 3D either, although that is probably a big ask!

Or is it

[martin201002]

Originally Posted by Richc1977

Yes it's all very confusing.

This seasons FA cup is on ESPN but the following season it's on BT Sport.

I guess if BT had not bought ESPN, ESPN would have had to put this seasons FA Cup rights to tender and BT risk losing them to Sky or paying more.

I imagine BT agreed to buy ESPN to avoid this and for ESPN it allowed them to exit the market with minimal exit costs. If ESPN had just closed down this year they would have had to deal with expensive exit clauses for contracts with suppliers, production teams and staff etc.. instead they can now just TUPE the staff to BT. For the French league and some others I imagine ESPN's contract agreed to show a minimum number of matches on the channel so I imagine that's what they will do and any on top of that quota would be free to show on BT sport.

I might be wrong but having worked in contracting and dealt with TUPE etc.. I'd imagine it's something like this. Hence apparent cheap price ESPN was sold for.

Is ESPN here to stay or will it disappear next year when it doesn't have any fa cup rights? or is it contractually obliged to stay as part of bt sports offering.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by martin201002

Is ESPN here to stay or will it disappear next year when it doesn't have any fa cup rights? or is it contractually obliged to stay as part of bt sports offering.

ESPN is now owned by BT, and is part of BT Sports

[Anypermitedroute]

Originally Posted by martin201002

Is ESPN here to stay or will it disappear next year when it doesn't have any fa cup rights? or is it contractually obliged to stay as part of bt sports offering.

I think its here to stay for a while, it has its own brand that is different to BT sports and they obviously felt they had enough stock of rights to fill this and two additional channels. I guess it will become a more focused orientated channel once it is more integrated into BT sports fold maybe it will get rebranded as BT sports 3 later. I think with TUPE your buying the entity name so therefore all employees under the ESPN will have the same or better arrrangements under BT sports and all contracts continue under the BT sports name so no reason they cant change so for now it must be cost of rebrand etc (but not 100% on TUPE laws and that will take it OT but having just had my company bought I was subject to TUPE)

[Bob]

I seem to remember an article a couple of months back, suggesting Sky were waiting to see what sort of deal VM cut with BT with regard to BT Sports - hence the reason for only a one year extension to Sky and VM's existing agreement for sports.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Bob

I seem to remember an article a couple of months back, suggesting Sky were waiting to see what sort of deal VM cut with BT with regard to BT Sports - hence the reason for only a one year extension to Sky and VM's existing agreement for sports.

Yes that was the case so it will be interesting how Sky play this when this contract nears its end game.

[vincerooney]

i think sky customers will now have to realise they are signed up to a company which doesnt care for them in the slightest. Sky seem to be not interested in doing an agreement with BT Sports. They seem to have no interest in getting a good deal for their customers.

Sky may have all the channels but you can tell its greed straight away. Shame people continue giving them money which keeps them acting like this.