Cable Forum - General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)

Dave, you are so incredibly negative for such a young chap! Nothing is impossible.

Sky have already admitted that things have moved on. The outcome of contractual negotiations between VM and Sky may yet surprise you.

l gather you saw that imaginary image from your crystal ball OB.;)

Dave42

30-05-2017 17:50

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35901088)

Dave, you are so incredibly negative for such a young chap! Nothing is impossible.

Sky have already admitted that things have moved on. The outcome of contractual negotiations between VM and Sky may yet surprise you.

realist sky will not let anyone have SA or the ultra HD sports

OLD BOY

30-05-2017 18:19

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Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35901095)

realist sky will not let anyone have SA or the ultra HD sports

Be careful what you say on here, Dave. It'll soon be pants eating season!

denphone

30-05-2017 18:29

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35901096)

Be careful what you say on here, Dave. It'll soon be pants eating season!

Or eating straw hats which you seem quite expert at doing.:)

passingbat

30-05-2017 18:32

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35901078)

Virgin will eventually sink if it doesn't keep ahead of (or at least keep up with) the game.

Lack of apps, freely available on many popular devices, will not determine whether Virgin sinks. it is a pay TV provider and that will determine it's future. Sky has neither Netflix or Amazon and survives quite well, aided by the fact that they also provide a streaming service. VM are not in a position to do that. Adding freely available streaming services to VM is nice, but by no means essential

1andrew1

30-05-2017 21:19

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35901099)

I agree!

OLD BOY

31-05-2017 09:06

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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35901099)

I don't agree with that assessment, PB. Having everything on one device and being able to search out all content, whether it's on live TV or on demand from Virgin's own system or any of the additional OTT services would make a neat package.

If what you think was true, why would the Roku be such a success? This offers you loads of streaming services with limited pay TV channels and a rubbish EPG. If VM had all these apps, plus a greater range of TV channels and on demand content provided by Virgin, this would be a better service than Roku currently offers.

Don't be surprised if this is precisely the kind of service that Sky will be offering a couple of years down the line via its new IPTV service. This will leave Virgin way behind, unless the company goes for it now.

Isn't one of Virgin's straplines 'Keep up'? VM needs to follow its own mantra.

Media Boy UK

31-05-2017 10:36

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Sky Cinema is set to rebrand Sky Cinema Greats as Sky Cinema Tom Cruise from Saturday.

We have no idea how long Sky Cinema Tom Cruise will be sitting in port for.

Ddonald2016

31-05-2017 11:26

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35901150)

Sky Cinema is set to rebrand Sky Cinema Greats as Sky Cinema Tom Cruise from Saturday.

We have no idea how long Sky Cinema Tom Cruise will be sitting in port for.

Is there really anything coming to virgin TV, or a TV anywhere is that is more than just TV wifi, price rises. I wanted to watch something suggested from sky box sets on a friends sky go,he downloaded it outside but with virgin I'm away from home network how on earth is it TV anywhere

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016 (Post 35901153)

Also I feel the additional of Netflix to virgin media Ireland ain't a channel it's a virgin, they only seem to want to add world box

theone2k10

31-05-2017 12:12

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35901098)

Or eating straw hats which you seem quite expert at doing.:)

:D:D:D

Ddonald2016

31-05-2017 13:41

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016 (Post 35901153)

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I mean app

OLD BOY

31-05-2017 17:37

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016 (Post 35901179)

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I mean app

Why distinguish between apps and channels? Surely it's the content that's important, and Netflix has plenty of that.

Ddonald2016

31-05-2017 17:48

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35901210)

Why distinguish between apps and channels? Surely it's the content that's important, and Netflix has plenty of that.

Yeah but to be fair that is an additional cost to the virgin media customers but channels are included in the package

Ddonald2016

31-05-2017 21:04

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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.

jj20x

31-05-2017 21:40

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Originally Posted by Ddonald2016 (Post 35901246)

...We’ll be in a wait-and-see mode,” he added.

AKA catch-up mode... sounds familiar

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