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As CBS Drama is available on Freesat and Freesat from Sky it seems a bit of a cheeky to put it only in the XL pack.
It does seem a bit cheeky but I suspect it's the broadcaster trying to recoup some of the allegedly very high cable carriage costs. it's not as simple as renting some satellite bandwidth and a Sky/Freesat EPG slot. |
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As CBS Drama is available on Freesat and Freesat from Sky it seems a bit of a cheeky to put it only in the XL pack.
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Haven't CBS Reality and Horror (which is also from CelloZone) always been in XL as well?
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As CBS Drama is available on Freesat and Freesat from Sky it seems a bit of a cheeky to put it only in the XL pack.
That's really bad of VM. If it's free on Freesat it should be on M+ to offer a similar selection... |
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I think so but CBS Action has been in M+ since it launched this time last year
![]() I guess it's down to the broadcaster to decide how can they make the numbers work on each particular platform. I guess UKTV use the fees to recoup some of the encryption and general platform costs that Sky charge. I'm guessing CelloZone/CBS are doing the same on VM. I suppose it could be VM being greedy but I doubt we'll ever know! |
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The channel is likely to be recieving a subscription fee from VM, which is why it's in a pay TV pacakge. It's the same reason Film4HD is only available on M+ and above.
Sky doesn't offer the channel to it's customers. ChelloZone have bought a EPG slot and satellite bandwidth to offer this channel on the Sky EPG/satellite. |
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New channels have appeared on the EPG: CBS Drama 197 (now showing programmes) - Star Gold (says coming soon) - encrypted 801 - Rishtey (says coming soon showing promo unencrypted) 827 - Good Times (says coming soon) - encrypted 829
No sign of any of the channels from Al Jazeera rumoured to be starting today. |
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#308 |
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The EPG now lists programmes for all 4 channels replacing the "channel coming soon" message.
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Is cbs on XL only?
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No sign of any of the channels from Al Jazeera rumoured to be starting today. |
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Is cbs on XL only?
Yes, they may be adding channels, but the channels added cannot justify the extra cost, apart from CBS the others are niche channels and will not cost a lot. |
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I'm on M+ and I had CBS DRAMA for a day and then it became encrypted??
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I'm on M+ and I had CBS DRAMA for a day and then it became encrypted??
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I'm on M+ and I had CBS DRAMA for a day and then it became encrypted??
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Considering the channel is also on Freesat I'm surprised it is not included in the M+ package.
Yet CBS Action is. Strange but true. |
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and UMP Movies which was supposed to launch today on channel 830.
622 - Al Jazeera English 836 - Al Jazeera Arabic 830 - UMP Movies |
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3 more channels now added to the EPG.
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I'm pretty happy that VM are at least making an effort to get a few new channels. The big one that most of us still want is still Sky Atlantic though.
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I'm pretty happy that VM are at least making an effort to get a few new channels. The big one that most of us still want is still Sky Atlantic though.
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If only we could speak Hindi and Arabic.
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It would be nice if VM could add some more foreign language channels that aren't Asian or Middle Eastern.
TV5Monde is the only non-asian/middle eastern channel so far.
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I'm pretty happy that VM are at least making an effort to get a few new channels. The big one that most of us still want is still Sky Atlantic though.
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African channels
It would be nice if an African package was available. Many people I know with sky have these including a subscription to Nollywood movies if they wish.
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It would be impossible to gather the data, but I would like to know how many "most" are .... I personally could not give a stuff ! - and I suspect I am not alone in saying that.
Sky ripped off VM by buying a bunch of channels and VM got access to the channels that were dropped previously as part of that deal but Sky Atlantic was launched shortly after and Sky wanted an exorbitant fee for cable rights. |
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I certainly don't disagree with you, but my question is who gives it the title of one of the best channels available ??
I'm sure that if we had it, I would at least watch some part of it, but for me, looking at the schedules, there is nothing that grabs my attention. Suspect we will have it sooner or later though. |
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