pinkhelmets
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Wouldnt it be great if we had choice?
Satellite TV in the UK has always been regarded as 'Getting Sky'. This weeks events surrounding Virgin, plus the ongoing rivalry of BBC & Sky, and views of MP's, all means that a different future could lay ahead. 'Monopoly' could soon be a forgotten word......
This is my fantasy view, but it would be good to know which satellite systems would get percentages of public demand? This is about choosing Digital Satellite- the real future of television, so I have grouped the rest together (cable/Top-up/freeview) as an option for those who will never choose SatTV.
Lets explain...........
Option 1 = freesat, zero subscription per month = The new trend thats already booming.
bbc1,2,3,4, BBC News24, Cbbc, Cbeebies
ITV1,2,3,4, CITV, Men & Motors
Ch4, E4, More4, Film4
Ch5, FiveUS, Five Life
True Movies, Horror, Thriller, Movies4men, Reality, Travel Chan, CNN
Chart Show, Vault, B4 & other music chans, plus much more.
>>>> (Freesat only would also be the suitable option for those that have Euro-systems or pirate options )
NEW!! +++++++++++++++ VIBE = Virgin ITV BBC Entertainment ++++++++++++++++++
Option 2 = Freesat + VIBE package. Costs = ~12/m or 24/m-full pack with movies/sports access.
Living TV, Living TV2, Bravo, Bravo 2, Challenge, Trouble, FTN
UKTV Gold, UKTV G2, UKTV Bright Ideas, UKTV Documentary, UKTV Drama,
UKTV Food, UKTV Gardens, UKTV History, UKTV People, UKTV Style
Bid-Tv, Price-drop TV, Speed Auction TV
*new VIBE Sports (maybe setanta mixed in)
*new Virgin VIBE Movies
*new BBC VIBE Movies
*new ITV VIBE Movies
##TCM, Boomerang, Toonami, Eurosport, Discovery, National Geographic
++++++++++++ Sky +++++++++++++
Option3 = Freesat + Sky package. Costs ~18/m 40/m-full package
Sky1,2,3, Sky News, Sky Travel, MTV, VH1 & music chans
Sky Movies1~10, Sky Cinema1,2, Sky Sports1,2,3
##Discovery Science, Discovery Wings, Discovery H&H, Discovery Civilisations, Disney, abc1
##History, Paramount, Sci-Fi, Hallmark, Artsworld, Jetix, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon
Before voting, remember that Sky as we know it would become a much reduced offering, most likely without reduction of costs. Setanta have already taken some football from Sky, but that trend to also happen with all other sports as VIBE begin to bid.
Movies rights will just get a general mix. Sky will still offer more channels but Vibe will have many of the newly released films too.
Shows like Lost, Simpsons, 24 and many other american offerings will be mixed too. Ie, Channel4 had the first 2 series of Lost, Sky get the next 2, but VIBE will be a powerful force when bidding for new rights.
Although Channel4 are not part of VIBE they stand by the side of Virgin. They jointly lodged the complaint protesting over the underhand dealing of Sky buying into ITV, they already signed content deals with virgin too, and did not like Sky stealing LOST from them!
Ch4 show intent on becoming free-to-air, already making Film4 free, already falling out with sky over the 'more4 scam' so they may become part of VIBE and we'd have to think of a new name lol.
Ch5 follow trends and just sit on the fence. They have invested heavily and want their channels to be Pay-tv, but at the same time they are forced to join Freesat to keep audiences, so they go into freesat.
##These marked channels could be on both packs, so I have given most to the Sky-pack in the example as Sky would have more money to bribe (obviously charge customers more). The channels have very little of the actual percentage of viewer ratings, but maybe available on both packages or a mix of some on each. If these smaller channels really will affect your choice then you should choose the Sky-pack option.
Well thats it. The future is not mapped out but public opinion does have influence, so it would be great to see the percentages here at Digitalworldz- the very first forum to have this poll.
Satellite TV in the UK has always been regarded as 'Getting Sky'. This weeks events surrounding Virgin, plus the ongoing rivalry of BBC & Sky, and views of MP's, all means that a different future could lay ahead. 'Monopoly' could soon be a forgotten word......
This is my fantasy view, but it would be good to know which satellite systems would get percentages of public demand? This is about choosing Digital Satellite- the real future of television, so I have grouped the rest together (cable/Top-up/freeview) as an option for those who will never choose SatTV.
Lets explain...........
Option 1 = freesat, zero subscription per month = The new trend thats already booming.
bbc1,2,3,4, BBC News24, Cbbc, Cbeebies
ITV1,2,3,4, CITV, Men & Motors
Ch4, E4, More4, Film4
Ch5, FiveUS, Five Life
True Movies, Horror, Thriller, Movies4men, Reality, Travel Chan, CNN
Chart Show, Vault, B4 & other music chans, plus much more.
>>>> (Freesat only would also be the suitable option for those that have Euro-systems or pirate options )
NEW!! +++++++++++++++ VIBE = Virgin ITV BBC Entertainment ++++++++++++++++++
Option 2 = Freesat + VIBE package. Costs = ~12/m or 24/m-full pack with movies/sports access.
Living TV, Living TV2, Bravo, Bravo 2, Challenge, Trouble, FTN
UKTV Gold, UKTV G2, UKTV Bright Ideas, UKTV Documentary, UKTV Drama,
UKTV Food, UKTV Gardens, UKTV History, UKTV People, UKTV Style
Bid-Tv, Price-drop TV, Speed Auction TV
*new VIBE Sports (maybe setanta mixed in)
*new Virgin VIBE Movies
*new BBC VIBE Movies
*new ITV VIBE Movies
##TCM, Boomerang, Toonami, Eurosport, Discovery, National Geographic
++++++++++++ Sky +++++++++++++
Option3 = Freesat + Sky package. Costs ~18/m 40/m-full package
Sky1,2,3, Sky News, Sky Travel, MTV, VH1 & music chans
Sky Movies1~10, Sky Cinema1,2, Sky Sports1,2,3
##Discovery Science, Discovery Wings, Discovery H&H, Discovery Civilisations, Disney, abc1
##History, Paramount, Sci-Fi, Hallmark, Artsworld, Jetix, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon
Before voting, remember that Sky as we know it would become a much reduced offering, most likely without reduction of costs. Setanta have already taken some football from Sky, but that trend to also happen with all other sports as VIBE begin to bid.
Movies rights will just get a general mix. Sky will still offer more channels but Vibe will have many of the newly released films too.
Shows like Lost, Simpsons, 24 and many other american offerings will be mixed too. Ie, Channel4 had the first 2 series of Lost, Sky get the next 2, but VIBE will be a powerful force when bidding for new rights.
Although Channel4 are not part of VIBE they stand by the side of Virgin. They jointly lodged the complaint protesting over the underhand dealing of Sky buying into ITV, they already signed content deals with virgin too, and did not like Sky stealing LOST from them!
Ch4 show intent on becoming free-to-air, already making Film4 free, already falling out with sky over the 'more4 scam' so they may become part of VIBE and we'd have to think of a new name lol.
Ch5 follow trends and just sit on the fence. They have invested heavily and want their channels to be Pay-tv, but at the same time they are forced to join Freesat to keep audiences, so they go into freesat.
##These marked channels could be on both packs, so I have given most to the Sky-pack in the example as Sky would have more money to bribe (obviously charge customers more). The channels have very little of the actual percentage of viewer ratings, but maybe available on both packages or a mix of some on each. If these smaller channels really will affect your choice then you should choose the Sky-pack option.
Well thats it. The future is not mapped out but public opinion does have influence, so it would be great to see the percentages here at Digitalworldz- the very first forum to have this poll.