Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
01-02-2012, 15:00
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Originally Posted by TonyM19
I'd pay. It probably covers enough relatively 'niche' sports to make it worthwhile. Of course, I'd sooner have it in my XL package  |
No doubt some people would pay the £7.99 a month for it but not enough to make it worth while for virgin. Personally I`d only watch the football and then only if it wasn`t up against premier league or championship matches. I watch the Welsh football on s4c,which is like watching non-league really
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01-02-2012, 15:26
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy
wasnt suggest it should
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Id pay £7.99 for it as i'd watch it for about 10 hours a week. I used to pay £10 for NASN. so 20p per hour roughly is a bargain
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As would I £7.99 to watch all the NHL is not bad, I paid £10 for NASN which had terrible picture quality, by all accounts Premier Sports are using a decent bit rate.
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01-02-2012, 15:31
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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As would I £7.99 to watch all the NHL is not bad, I paid £10 for NASN which had terrible picture quality, by all accounts Premier Sports are using a decent bit rate.
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Subscribers currently also have the option to buy a season ticket for £79.99 i think the price is which makes it even cheaper.
suspect this is a bit of VM want to make a profit which is greater than SKY make or need on it and Premier Sports wanting a blanket payment to get it to more people who didnt know they needed it. 
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01-02-2012, 15:40
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy
Subscribers currently also have the option to buy a season ticket for £79.99 i think the price is which makes it even cheaper.
suspect this is a bit of VM want to make a profit which is greater than SKY make or need on it and Premier Sports wanting a blanket payment to get it to more people who didnt know they needed it. |
Agreed, it is so disappointing, from what I have read vm risk losing many RL fans over this.
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01-02-2012, 17:07
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
Its RL (and, specifically, the Australian NRL) that is my main interest and its non-appearance is pushing me towards Sky
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02-02-2012, 10:30
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
Virgin Media, RTL Group join Thinkbox
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Virgin Media and European broadcasting giant RTL Group have today agreed to join commercial TV marketing body Thinkbox as its first associate members.
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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...-thinkbox.html
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02-02-2012, 12:45
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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RTL do not have any assets in the UK after selling Channel 5 and Virgin have sold their channels to Sky and their shares in UKTV, so why are they both joinig this marketing body
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Are we getting Eurosport 2 HD and Eurosport News in the UK?
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02-02-2012, 12:48
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/
Broadcast: Virgin Media talks with Premier Sports stall.
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Talks between Virgin Media and sports TV channel Premier Sports to secure content including NRL, Championship Rugby League and NHL Ice Hockey have broken down due to a disagreement over payment models.
Premier Sports has rebuffed an offer from Virgin Media to distribute the channel as a standalone add-on because it wants to be bundled into an existing TV package.
The broadcaster, which is currently available in the UK via Sky for £7.99 per month, was keen to extend its distribution ahead of the start of the Championship Rugby League 2012season in March
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02-02-2012, 12:49
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Are we getting Eurosport 2 HD and Eurosport News in the UK?
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I have seen no news on EuroSport 2 HD launch in the UK any time soon.
I have also seen no news on Eurosport relaunching Eurosport News in the UK and time soon (Eurosport News was broadcasting on Virgin Channel 525 before Eurosport launch Eurosport 2 in the UK).
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02-02-2012, 12:50
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Originally Posted by denphone
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What on earth is Premier Sports doing, Boxnation were not this fussy!
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I have seen no news on EuroSport 2 HD launch in the UK any time soon.
I have also seen no news on Eurosport relaunching Eurosport News in the UK and time soon (Eurosport News was broadcasting on Virgin Channel 525 before Eurosport launch Eurosport 2 in the UK).
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Thanks for telling me!
If they do, let hope VM get them!
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02-02-2012, 12:55
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.com/201...alks-with.html
(Adding link to full story).
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02-02-2012, 13:45
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Theres a shock!
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original source??
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/b...037336.article
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02-02-2012, 13:54
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Originally Posted by denphone
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Looks like Premier Sports have blown it. I'll tell you why Premier Sports don't want to be a premium subscription channel on Virgin; they know subscription numbers will be poor. They were probably banking on getting into the XL package to subsidize the poor uptake on SKY and their future business plans. I doubt Premier Sports will be around for too much longer unless they can strike a deal with BT Vision etc…
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02-02-2012, 14:02
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Originally Posted by Chad
Looks like Premier Sports have blown it. I'll tell you why Premier Sports don't want to be a premium subscription channel on Virgin; they know subscription numbers will be poor. They were probably banking on getting into the XL package to subsidize the poor uptake on SKY and their future business plans. I doubt Premier Sports will be around for too much longer unless they can strike a deal with BT Vision etc…
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I think you may be right.
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02-02-2012, 14:03
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2012) Vol. 1
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Looks like Premier Sports have blown it. I'll tell you why Premier Sports don't want to be a premium subscription channel on Virgin; they know subscription numbers will be poor. They were probably banking on getting into the XL package to subsidize the poor uptake on SKY and their future business plans. I doubt Premier Sports will be around for too much longer unless they can strike a deal with BT Vision etc…
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Lets hope they do what Boxnation did!
Otherwise, lets hope ESPN will take it over to form ESPN2 and ESPN3
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