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Old 29-07-2012, 03:29   #176
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I'd like Atlantic but its shows don't outweigh the need for a fugly dish and only having two tuners.
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Old 30-07-2012, 00:25   #177
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I'd like Atlantic but its shows don't outweigh the need for a fugly dish and only having two tuners.
I agree about the ugly dish but I prefer Sky with two tuners that can pad and not cut off programmes that ru late than three tuners that can't but I am not saying Sky is better, different things for different tastes :-)

Think Atlantic is worth getting if only for Aaron Sorkin's wonderful Newsroom.

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Old 30-07-2012, 00:49   #178
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I agree about the ugly dish but I prefer Sky with two tuners that can pad and not cut off programmes that ru late
It can cut off programmes
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1701664
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...3#post59683963
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Old 30-07-2012, 12:56   #179
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In my opinion Atlantic is a good channel and i'd miss it if I didn't have it now but if I was still with Virgin I would probably be keen for them to get some other HD channels first.

It seems pretty clear Atlantic isn't appearing on cable anytime soon, if ever.
I agree with that would rather see more HD channels to watch the stations i watch most.
Animal Planet HD
History HD
Nat Geo Wild HD
Then Possibly The ITV HD Channels.
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Old 30-07-2012, 13:17   #180
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I agree with that would rather see more HD channels to watch the stations i watch most.
Animal Planet HD
History HD
Nat Geo Wild HD
Then Possibly The ITV HD Channels.
Indeed, History HD is another of my favourites even if I sometimes struggle to understand how they define a 'history' programme!
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Old 31-07-2012, 15:52   #181
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But still can't cope with programmes shown late (read that in the Family Guy thread that a recent episode was cut off on TiVo)

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Old 31-07-2012, 17:31   #182
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But still can't cope with programmes shown late (read that in the Family Guy thread that a recent episode was cut off on TiVo)

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That's BBC3 and they're miles out with their time for Family Guy.
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Old 01-08-2012, 20:34   #183
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That's BBC3 and they're miles out with their time for Family Guy.
Recorded fine on Sky, didn't miss any so not BBC.

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Old 07-08-2012, 12:40   #184
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Another fantastic quality drama coming to Atlantic. About the 2,000 years of British history --> http://skyatlantic.sky.com/the-briti...o-sky-atlantic

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Old 07-08-2012, 12:44   #185
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Another fantastic quality drama coming to Atlantic. About the 2,000 years of British history --> http://skyatlantic.sky.com/the-briti...o-sky-atlantic

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How do you know it's fantastic it hasn't even aired yet
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Old 07-08-2012, 12:50   #186
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Another fantastic quality drama coming to Atlantic. About the 2,000 years of British history --> http://skyatlantic.sky.com/the-briti...o-sky-atlantic

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How can you know it's fantastic if hasn't been shown yet ?
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Old 07-08-2012, 13:18   #187
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Sorry I should have said from the trailer and right up. My bad, wasn't trying to be clever x
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Old 09-08-2012, 13:01   #188
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For anyone who would like to see season 1 of Smash , it's being shown again on Sky Living.
http://skyliving.sky.com/smash/us-mu...-to-sky-living

Starts on the 20th August at 10pm according to the TiVo EPG.
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Old 09-08-2012, 13:26   #189
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Sky Atlantic can stick it where the sun don't shine!
With these new shows on Sky Atlantic like The Newsroom, 2,000 years of British History isn't it time for Virgin to carry this channel?
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Old 09-08-2012, 13:34   #190
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With these new shows on Sky Atlantic like The Newsroom, 2,000 years of British History isn't it time for Virgin to carry this channel?
Not if the price is over inflated no.

Personally i am not bothered.
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Old 09-08-2012, 13:39   #191
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With these new shows on Sky Atlantic like The Newsroom, 2,000 years of British History isn't it time for Virgin to carry this channel?
The Newsroom latest viewing figures 254k
http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weekly-top-programmes?

Even if Sky Atlantic was on Virgin Media IMO it would still not get more than 400k

and then compare that with Sinbad latest viewing figures on Sky 1 , 1.153 million.

Veep is even worse , latest viewing figures are 131k

So if Sky are asking a over inflated price for Sky Atlantic then is not worth that price going by the viewing figures.
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Old 09-08-2012, 14:23   #192
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Just goes to show viewing figures aren't always representative of quality as Sinbad is average at best in my opinion.
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Old 09-08-2012, 14:57   #193
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Not if the price is over inflated no.
How do you know whether the price is/was overinflated?
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Old 09-08-2012, 22:26   #194
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Just goes to show viewing figures aren't always representative of quality as Sinbad is average at best in my opinion.
I quit the show after the first episode.
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For anyone who would like to see season 1 of Smash , it's being shown again on Sky Living.
http://skyliving.sky.com/smash/us-mu...-to-sky-living

Starts on the 20th August at 10pm according to the TiVo EPG.
Interesting that they are re running this on a channel that VM users can get. Let's hope that they do it with more shows.

VM really do need to get Atlantic, especially as Sky have put a couple of their 2012/2013 season US drama aquisitions on Atlantic. There looks to be soome really interesting dramas on Atlantic, and it's frustrating that we can't get to see them.
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Old 09-08-2012, 23:54   #195
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VM really do need to get Atlantic, especially as Sky have put a couple of their 2012/2013 season US drama aquisitions on Atlantic. There looks to be soome really interesting dramas on Atlantic, and it's frustrating that we can't get to see them.
No platform outside Sky has Sky Atlantic. UPC (Ireland) No. Smallworld (UK) No. TalkTalk (UK) No. VM (UK) No. Looks like it's a difficult channel to get hold of for other platforms.
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Old 10-08-2012, 12:21   #196
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if this goes by anything:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...s-pricing.html

We may never see it now.
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Old 10-08-2012, 14:26   #197
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No platform outside Sky has Sky Atlantic. .
Sadly, we all know that. That doesn't mean that it will never appear on other platforms.
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Old 10-08-2012, 14:43   #198
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No platform outside Sky has Sky Atlantic. UPC (Ireland) No. Smallworld (UK) No. TalkTalk (UK) No. VM (UK) No. Looks like it's a difficult channel to get hold of for other platforms.
Outside the UK other platforms do have Sky Atlantic
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Old 10-08-2012, 15:10   #199
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Outside the UK other platforms do have Sky Atlantic
Examples would be very useful here.
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Old 10-08-2012, 15:30   #200
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Examples would be very useful here.
Sky Deutschland

Sky Italia

to name a few.
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