Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
06-04-2014, 06:59
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
Well Chads crystal ball has a habit of good predictions.
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06-04-2014, 08:40
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Originally Posted by Chad
Just noticed that SKY are moving a lot of sports content onto SKY 2. Additions to the SKY 2 line up include:
Soccer AM
Champions League Weekly
The Fantasy Football Club
FL72 Review
Football Gold
Boots 'n' All
Ringside
Revista de la Liga
The F1 Show
WWE Superstars (Not sure if this has always been on SKY 2)
I've also noticed that they've introduced programming that isn't a direct repeat of shows from SKY 1 that have been shown in the last few days like XIII and The Pacific.
So why is this interesting? About 10 months ago I was part of a research group with SKY in regards to a new proposed channel for a male audience focused on sport and American "adrenaline" and entertainment programming. One of the proposed names for the new channel was SKY Bravo.
I think we are seeing the new channel taking form in front of our very eyes with SKY 2 being re-branded as SKY Bravo in the very near future.
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Sportswomen seems a new show also now showing on Sky Living as well as Sky Sports.
On channel 121 would see it 3 pages in on the Sky EPG , isn't ITV Encore going to take channel 123 taken currently by Sky Living +1 it appears there could be a shakeup , wouldn't surprise me if we saw a channel going as well.
Do they need to negotiate with other platforms if a channel simply rebrands ?
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06-04-2014, 09:25
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Many thanks Chief
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06-04-2014, 11:50
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Do they need to negotiate with other platforms if a channel simply rebrands ?
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I wouldn't think so.
On the SKY EPG you'll potentially have a channel called Bravo and a channel called Encore with an empty slot in between the 2 of them. I think SKY Arts, under a new name, could be inserted in between the 2 channels as part of a re-branding exercise. With names like Bravo and Encore I wouldn't be surprised if SKY Arts became something like "Performance". Sounds very artsy fartsy.
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Well Chads crystal ball has a habit of good predictions.
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And bad ones too
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06-04-2014, 13:10
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
This may indicate that Sky couldn't get VM to sign up to a new 'Sky Bravo' channel after all, and this is a good workaround for Sky. If so, it would indicate that no deal on the Sky Atlantic channel may now be in prospect after all, as VM would almost certainly have tried to link these two issues.
Hopefully, an alternative means of getting HBO programming on the TIVO (not first run stuff of course, which is covered by the exclusivity agreement between Sky and HBO) will be forthcoming before much longer 'on demand', although many have already accessed this material by various means.
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06-04-2014, 13:28
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Originally Posted by Chad
Just noticed that SKY are moving a lot of sports content onto SKY 2. Additions to the SKY 2 line up include:
Soccer AM
Champions League Weekly
The Fantasy Football Club
FL72 Review
Football Gold
Boots 'n' All
Ringside
Revista de la Liga
The F1 Show
WWE Superstars (Not sure if this has always been on SKY 2)
I've also noticed that they've introduced programming that isn't a direct repeat of shows from SKY 1 that have been shown in the last few days like XIII and The Pacific.
So why is this interesting? About 10 months ago I was part of a research group with SKY in regards to a new proposed channel for a male audience focused on sport and American "adrenaline" and entertainment programming. One of the proposed names for the new channel was SKY Bravo.
I think we are seeing the new channel taking form in front of our very eyes with SKY 2 being re-branded as SKY Bravo in the very near future.
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I think you could be right.
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Sportswomen seems a new show also now showing on Sky Living as well as Sky Sports.
On channel 121 would see it 3 pages in on the Sky EPG , isn't ITV Encore going to take channel 123 taken currently by Sky Living +1 it appears there could be a shakeup , wouldn't surprise me if we saw a channel going as well.
Do they need to negotiate with other platforms if a channel simply rebrands ?
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No as Sky own the channel aslong as they stay within guidelines they can rebrand it as often or to what they like without asking or negotiating with anyone else. Not 100% certain but i think they would have to notify Ofcom so the license info can be updated but that's about all i think.
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06-04-2014, 16:24
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
Do VM not keep ITV content on catchup for longer than 7 days ?
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06-04-2014, 16:33
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Do VM not keep ITV content on catchup for longer than 7 days ?
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No.
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07-04-2014, 11:03
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Thanks, MB, but I wouldn't read too much into that. We will get minimal if any notice of any new Sky launches on VM.
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Well the Sky Sports deal with Virgin Media is due up this Summer.
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...deal-with.html
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Originally Posted by Chad
Just noticed that SKY are moving a lot of sports content onto SKY 2. Additions to the SKY 2 line up include:
Soccer AM
Champions League Weekly
The Fantasy Football Club
FL72 Review
Football Gold
Boots 'n' All
Ringside
Revista de la Liga
The F1 Show
WWE Superstars (Not sure if this has always been on SKY 2)
I've also noticed that they've introduced programming that isn't a direct repeat of shows from SKY 1 that have been shown in the last few days like XIII and The Pacific.
So why is this interesting? About 10 months ago I was part of a research group with SKY in regards to a new proposed channel for a male audience focused on sport and American "adrenaline" and entertainment programming. One of the proposed names for the new channel was SKY Bravo.
I think we are seeing the new channel taking form in front of our very eyes with SKY 2 being re-branded as SKY Bravo in the very near future.
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MB HQ was thinking that way too last night.
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07-04-2014, 16:08
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Thanks Den my parents were after watching The Widower but their TIVO box only had the last episode so they couldn't watch it. Any idea why it's only 7 days ? Most other devices seem to offer 30 day.
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07-04-2014, 16:19
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Thanks Den my parents were after watching The Widower but their TIVO box only had the last episode so they couldn't watch it. Any idea why it's only 7 days ? Most other devices seem to offer 30 day.
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l know before when Virgin had ITV's VOD content other then catch it was on there for quite a while but when a new deal was signed as far as l know it was only for catch up and for 7 days and unless anybody else know different l think that's remains the case.
l think there has been a clear strategy with ITV for quite a while to monetise quite a bit of the content and thus l think this is the reason why we don't see that anymore
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07-04-2014, 16:25
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Thanks Den my parents were after watching The Widower but their TIVO box only had the last episode so they couldn't watch it. Any idea why it's only 7 days ? Most other devices seem to offer 30 day.
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It's 3 episodes are available via ITV catchup on the web, if you are able to hook a laptop up to the TV.
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07-04-2014, 16:31
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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l know before when Virgin had ITV's VOD content other then catch it was on there for quite a while but when a new deal was signed as far as l know it was only for catch up and for 7 days and unless anybody else know different l think that's remains the case.
l think there has been a clear strategy with ITV for quite a while to monetise quite a bit of the content and thus l think this is the reason why we don't see that anymore
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Not so sure that's an issue Den as it appears all episodes are available on other platforms , maybe its a blip not sure.
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It's 3 episodes are available via ITV catchup on the web, if you are able to hook a laptop up to the TV.
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I've just noticed that cheers mate I'll let them know , it's showing all 3 episodes on both my YouView and Sky box with the first episode set to expire in 9 days.
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07-04-2014, 17:59
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Not so sure that's an issue Den as it appears all episodes are available on other platforms , maybe its a blip not sure.
I've just noticed that cheers mate I'll let them know , it's showing all 3 episodes on both my YouView and Sky box with the first episode set to expire in 9 days.
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All three are on my retail YouView box too. It's strange that a premium service (Virgin) has fewer episodes than a free one (YouView). Hopefully, Virgin will add more content at the next contract renewal, I assume ITV charges Sky and Virgin whilst the content on YouView may be part of ITV's payment-in-kind for the platform.
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07-04-2014, 18:25
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Not so sure that's an issue Den as it appears all episodes are available on other platforms , maybe its a blip not sure.
I've just noticed that cheers mate I'll let them know , it's showing all 3 episodes on both my YouView and Sky box with the first episode set to expire in 9 days.
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Well you tell me why it ain't on Virgins platform MM because as far as l know ITV content has been 7 days on catch up only for quite a while and unless MB has some new information l don't think that is going to change.
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All three are on my retail YouView box too. It's strange that a premium service (Virgin) has fewer episodes than a free one (YouView). Hopefully, Virgin will add more content at the next contract renewal, I assume ITV charges Sky and Virgin whilst the content on YouView may be part of ITV's payment-in-kind for the platform.
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Was there not a new contract signed about a year or so ago with ITV Andrew ?.
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