Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
17-01-2023, 17:50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.
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I has been thinking that way too but with no channel closing.
With maybe Eurosport 1 becoming Discovery Sports Mix or even Quest Sport - and also launching on Freeview with WBD reusing Really or Quest +1 slots on Freeview for it.
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17-01-2023, 18:10
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Sorry don't read it like that, sky integrated in to package ( so costs no more) virgin is a bolt on i e cost s more . Looked at sky and it is in the lower packages at no extra cost , not saying that package costs more ,haven't checked but it is in all packages I looked at
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They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.
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17-01-2023, 21:27
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.
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Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?
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17-01-2023, 22:31
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Looking at your attachment, since when has Sky Signature been £15 a month ?
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I'm on a retention deal
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17-01-2023, 23:12
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Discovery+ takeup has been a disaster they are talking with vm, netgem, talktalk and some isps.
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Just open some PM from over the past weekend and a Media Boy source also told me a same thing - sent to me on Saturday.
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18-01-2023, 07:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.
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18-01-2023, 09:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Because the documentaries are not much good on the whole, with one or two exceptions, and it seems to be mainly reality TV. Things may change when it gets the dramas put on there with the recent merger with Warner Bros, but until that happens, I don’t think the take-up will be huge.
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Discovery+ has content from A&E, Lifetime etc. in North America. I've recently noticed content is arriving on Disney+ next month, just to expand its reach.
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WBD has plenty of brands so I could see Eurosport and BT Sport being replaced by "Discovery Sport" and maybe "Discovery Sport Premium" for some of the former BT Sport channels in the future.
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Discovery Sports is most likely. I also wouldn't rule out a slot (Quest+1, maybe) being reused for a Freeview-exclusive channel to showcase WBD's sports portfolio.
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18-01-2023, 11:56
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.
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18-01-2023, 13:18
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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On the US side some is backash on all the WBDiscovery cancellations people don't want endless unscripted shows they want quality dramas etc.
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Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.
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18-01-2023, 13:36
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
Discovery+ was a late contender in an increasingly crowded marketplace. WBD has a lot of work to do.
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18-01-2023, 14:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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They might market it as one package, but the customer still pays for it.
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Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . .
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18-01-2023, 16:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Shouldn't be a surprise for people as they know what the Discovery channel is.
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It's what they are doing to HBOMAX that's the issue.
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18-01-2023, 16:53
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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Didn't say it cost less, however for me , virgin is well over a similar package on sky giving me a saving ( on list price) with Atlantic , discovery+ and Netflix . .
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I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.
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18-01-2023, 17:37
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2023)
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I probably misunderstood your original question, I thought you were asking whether Netflix is free on Sky. I agree Virgin is expensive for TV and I pay less by not bundling all my services together. Virgin's Stream does seem better value then V6/360, though there are some big differences in functionality.
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No problem , thought you were saying that Netflix was not a bolt on but part of a package . Couldn't find it !!! And am I out of contact, so looking around .
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