Okay what's this all about? Little shield type thing in the bottom right of the screen on all the Sky Spots channels. Right over the cricket score graphics of course. FGS Virgin leave our bloody pictures alone, we pay enough for them!
Its to replace the numbers which appeared at the top of the screen
the numbers were actually done by the device, re unique to you the subscriber. it was far more effective than the shield. as they could pinpoint exactly which subscriber it was.
So now there's the score/time box, the massive Sky Sports 1 HD box, the numbers and this crappy shield thing! I doubt it'll be long before they have random sponsors popping up in the bottom left!
Thought it looked like a Virgin Hot Air Balloon. What is the point if we all have this?? I get the point of the numbers before and this maybe is a bit like spot the ball with the DOG been on a certain position on each individuals tv screen.
I presume that it's half the outline of the Virgin Media logo on its side. I saw it on the free day but don't know if it's on all the time. I remember when Sky sports were on digital terrestrial the DOG contained the outline of the Freeview logo looking like a Cinemascope screen.
There are two online ones on the ipad streams; one for Sky Go and another for the Sky Sports app.
Also, on the non-premium Sky channels on Virgin's player there is another on-screen graphic. Seems they're uber keen to see where the UK online streams originate from.
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the numbers were actually done by the device, re unique to you the subscriber. it was far more effective than the shield. as they could pinpoint exactly which subscriber it was.
A secret message from Virgin to me to let me know how much they love me.
How much Richard Branson personally loves you....
Thats because the numbers are generated from the box, and appear over the top of the video.
As that's hard coded, we will need a software update to probably turn it off.
it is funny looking, its a dark shade of grey and appears bottom right, I saw it there all day on all sky sports channels.
what it does is it simply tells sky if they ever saw your sky sports streamed online say, that it came from a sat/cable feed.
you get square icon if its sky go, and pubs get the pint logo.
what has richard branson got to do with virgin media ?
Pint logo Click Here
Shield Logo Click Here
Ex freeview ? (do BT use this one? TUTV and BT used to use this one) Click Here
and online streaming Square icon: Click Here
Also, on the non-premium Sky channels on Virgin's player there is another on-screen graphic. Seems they're uber keen to see where the UK online streams originate from.