Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
14-12-2017, 10:57
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Mobes
On a technical point; there's no reason why I couldn't keep VM Boradband and then have the new Sky TV installed is there?. What I mean is (and I'm not great technically) is there any reason why the new Sky TV Broadband wouldn't work if i stayed with VM as the broadband supplier?
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Technically there is no reason why but I'm going to guess that Sky will only offer this TV package if you take Sky Broadband too. You can see that coming a mile away, especially to begin with anyway.
If this proves popular, I wonder what it will do to the BB speeds. It's one thing using Netflix etc every so often but households constantly streaming throughout the day must have some effect
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14-12-2017, 11:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Joedm45
Technically there is no reason why but I'm going to guess that Sky will only offer this TV package if you take Sky Broadband too. You can see that coming a mile away, especially to begin with anyway.
If this proves popular, I wonder what it will do to the BB speeds. It's one thing using Netflix etc every so often but households constantly streaming throughout the day must have some effect
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Yes that's something to look out for!
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14-12-2017, 11:25
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Mobes
With the total Sky TV package becoming available trough broadband at some point next year I fear for VM tbh. Sky will wipe away all those unable to have a dish for whatever reason; including myself! If the discounts etc stop I will absolutely be thinking about switching to Sky.
On a technical point; there's no reason why I couldn't keep VM Boradband and then have the new Sky TV installed is there?. What I mean is (and I'm not great technically) is there any reason why the new Sky TV Broadband wouldn't work if i stayed with VM as the broadband supplier?
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Cant see full SkyQ functionality running off a Broadband connection. I think Sky TV over broadband will be a small shadow of what is available to dish customers.
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14-12-2017, 11:28
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by nodrogd
Can’t see full SkyQ functionality running off a Broadband connection. I think Sky TV over broadband will be a small shadow of what is available to dish customers.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...e-subscribers/
https://www.theguardian.com/business...e-rights-costs
Don't see why full functionality would be a problem via broadband?
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14-12-2017, 11:55
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Don't see why full functionality would be a problem via broadband?
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Have a think about how many channels SkyQ can record, and the amount of bandwidth that would need
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14-12-2017, 12:01
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Have a think about how many channels SkyQ can record, and the amount of bandwidth that would need
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Unless it makes copies of recordings in the cloud I completely agree.
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14-12-2017, 12:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
That's what i presumed. It would be a cloud thing! There may well be slight differences but my point on the whole stands!
Sky are opening up to a whole new market once unavailable to them.
VM need to think carefully before implementing increases and lowering retentions!
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https://www.stuff.tv/news/no-dish-no...-broadband-way
Worth a read.
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14-12-2017, 13:07
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Mobes
With the total Sky TV package becoming available trough broadband at some point next year I fear for VM tbh. Sky will wipe away all those unable to have a dish for whatever reason; including myself! If the discounts etc stop I will absolutely be thinking about switching to Sky.
On a technical point; there's no reason why I couldn't keep VM Boradband and then have the new Sky TV installed is there?. What I mean is (and I'm not great technically) is there any reason why the new Sky TV Broadband wouldn't work if i stayed with VM as the broadband supplier?
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Likely sky will only make it available if you take sky broadband (BT tv only available if you take BT infinity) at least to start with.
When SkyQ came out it was for sky broadband users only for several months.
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14-12-2017, 16:23
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
December Channel Guide out now.
http://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-tv...-channel-guide
Desktop version: http://virginmedia.com/content/dam/v..._DEC2017V1.jpg
Mobile version: http://virginmedia.com/content/dam/v...le_DEC17V1.jpg
Confirms a few things...
- Dave HD should be included in the UKTV channels 'free view' so someone at VM must have forgotten to add the override flag
- UKTV channels 'free view' is until 3 January
- CBS channels 'free view' is still until 31 December
Interesting that there are still existing customers out there with one of six different TV packages (Player, More, M+, Mix, Fun and Full House) although the only packages now being offered to new customers are Player, Mix and Full House.
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14-12-2017, 19:35
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
And the fact that SkyBB use BT lines - and BT can't even provide a single UHD channel to many of their customers via their own BB service.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Have a think about how many channels SkyQ can record, and the amount of bandwidth that would need
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14-12-2017, 19:46
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
I think sky may come unstuck further down the line, as they cannot provide there own BB network as things stand.
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14-12-2017, 19:55
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear
I think sky may come unstuck further down the line, as they cannot provide there own BB network as things stand.
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Who knows what the future holds? Disney could exit the broadband business and sell it to Telefonica O2.
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14-12-2017, 20:05
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
With OTT do content providers even need broadband these days Netflix seems to be doing perfectly well without selling anything other than it's On Demand offering.
Broadband networks require huge sums to constantly maintain and upgrade.
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14-12-2017, 20:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Who knows what the future holds? Disney could exit the broadband business and sell it to Telefonica O2.
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If Disney own a lot of sky and BT reviewing their spending on Premier Football it would not surprise me if the UK rights to Premier League fail to reach last times heights or at best stay level.
The Premier League may be in for a shock if they are assuming another huge increase.
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14-12-2017, 20:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by Raider999
If Disney own a lot of sky and BT reviewing their spending on Premier Football it would not surprise me if the UK rights to Premier League fail to reach last times heights or at best stay level.
The Premier League may be in for a shock if they are assuming another huge increase.
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The PL is making far more games available so they're hoping for more TV money not less even if the avaerage price per game reduces.
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