Further to jimmyq's post on info received regarding Keyrolls & VOD I closed that post and decided it best to leave that for information only and start this new thread for it to be discussed

Well from what i have read vod will be rolled in between 23rd may and end of june.
There have been comments made suggesting that it is only a matter of time before all premiunm channels become vod..
The main argument against this seems to be that the network doesnt have enough bandwidth to stream all channels on a vod basis.

BIGJ

I guess that would also mean they'd lose a few more minimum subs customers...and dare say some might venture into enabling talk-back, to see if it works lol
Almost forgot to say thanks to jimmy Thanks

it dont work diamond renabling the talkback trust me ive tried it just wont authorise at the head end

Was kinda expecting that its only going to work with current subbed.

Not my words but , take a look at this.

The VOD service is provided by a company called FilmFlex which is backed by Sony and Warner. I wouldn't expect the licensing to extend much beyond films.

I presume the software would need to be adapted for premium channels utilising the talkback validation to view the channel, but without the need to stream a specific feed to one box? Otherwise this would just not be practical.

Well that sounds quite plausable. If they're only supplying films from their library, then perhaps they'll struggle with live transmissions. Who knows??

well we all know were the ccs are heading if they put a 20billion pound bid for the premiership next season, {now thats predictible}

BIGJS post sounds about right, "but then again so does diamonds" {who knows}

This is another possibility that ive seen being disscussed this to me seems workable so there fore a scarry prospect.
" They will vod bunches of channels at a time, but without having to menu all the time, they will simply class it as " another package ", u sub to certian packages as u do now: lol : but all they will do is mix the packages to different channels so u subbing say base pack but introduce the higher frequency channels such as skyone. but eventully, all channels WILL be vod , u will be able to choose a bunch channels all individulay priced and watch them for certian amounts of time, with ntl adding discounts to more channel buys. This IS the future of ntl , but when is a different matter"

This would surely take a long long time to implement and with analogue still in a lot of peoples homes are they not getting slightly to far ahead of themselves.

BIGJ
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if the signal is coming down the line but needs talkback to be actaveted, then would it be possible to make a talkback emulater, forgive me if i am talking bullsh*t but if you don't ask you don't now.