Originally Posted by tomesy:
“I have to say... he's only listed a fraction of the VOD stuff on Tiscali...
Let me list the full VOD list:
C1, Movies Now, 4OD, HBO OD, Discovery Life OD, C2, Nat Geographic OD, Discovery Factual OD, MN Club, Picture Box, Film 4 OD, Scamp, Time for Bed, Disney Treasures, CN Now, Screenies, All the VMX channels, BBCi, ITV London, CNN OD, Club Zebra (and all the other "sponsored" channels), Adult Channels (inc Playboy, Adult, Spice), BOD Movies, BOD Music”
Which more or less covers what he already said (music videos, movies, hbo, 4od) plus a few extras which is basically means limited content from disney, discovery, nat geo plus a few news reports (or are you suggesting itv london's full schedule is available on demand), adult programming and let's throw in a bit of bollywood too. Still nothing to suggest it's substantially more than the 6,000 hours that Virgin has already announced.
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“I've left some out like Free OD, but as my mate has Virgin, I would say Tiscali at this moment has more content.”
Left out free programming but felt compelled to include "sponsored" programming which I assume are glorified adverts. It may well have more content but you've still listed nothing that suggests it actually does. How much free programming is available without paying for a tv or broadband sub? Will it carry the BBC iPlayer?
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“Dont get me wrong, Tiscali is not perfect... far from it, and I'd have Sky anyday for HD sport and a PVR (I cant flat issues).
But harping on about OD stuff, smells like an element of desperation to justify Virgin here, with Tiscali get the likes of Sky One, etc. Jealousy maybe??”
Hardly. It reeks of the poster I replied to trying to 'big up' an inferior platform.which was pretty dire in 2005 and it looks like very little has changed in that time. Sky One hardly makes up for the missing channels (both basic & premium), lack of pvr, the [vastly] inferior pq, the inferior vod service, inferior broadband etc.