BBC possibly to drop F1 coverage...

arknor · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:06

anyone tried phoning virgins retention and seeing if they are offering any deals if you say your thinking olf switching to sky because you can get the channel for free and without all the sports crap

Skeeter · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:10

I doubt they would be able to discount the Sky package itself, but they might drop the fees on the TV package you are on.

ps3ud0 · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:14

And anything they discount will be temporary and if they have any sense, ensuring you went with a highest tier of TV first and spin that line that Sky Premiums are cheaper on the higher tiers

ps3ud0

Tweaker · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:28

Have BBC announced if the highlights are fixed time, so if the race is still going on, they are allowed to start, or is it an amount of time after the fact that the highlights are allowed to be shown.

Skeeter · 16 Jan 2012 at 13:51

Tweaker said:
Have BBC announced if the highlights are fixed time, so if the race is still going on, they are allowed to start, or is it an amount of time after the fact that the highlights are allowed to be shown.

I believe they have, yes. Something like 1pm starts for morning races, and 5pm for afternoon races, and 8pm for evening races. Something like that anyway.

arknor · 16 Jan 2012 at 14:13

ps3ud0 said:
And anything they discount will be temporary and if they have any sense, ensuring you went with a highest tier of TV first and spin that line that Sky Premiums are cheaper on the higher tiers

ps3ud0

all my discounts have always been permanent :S

ps3ud0 · 16 Jan 2012 at 14:14

arknor said:
all my discounts have always been permanent :S

Anything related to Sky Sports has never been

ps3ud0

arknor · 16 Jan 2012 at 14:58

ps3ud0 said:
Anything related to Sky Sports has never been

ps3ud0

thats skysports

you can still get a "loyalty discount" or something else thrown in for free to offset the extra cost

Nismo · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:02

I can't see anything that says the F1 channel will be available in HD on VM, none of the press releases so far mention it.

Could it be that VM are only getting it in SD?

Edit - have found it on the VM site itself. F1 channel only in SD, like SS 3 and 4...look at the "Sky Premium HD" small print...

http://shop.virginmedia.com/digital-tv/channels/sky-sports.html

Glaucus · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:14

So 22.50 for sd. No thanks and I can't switch to sky.

So either get code of someone or get a sat dish and get a free European channel.

Skeeter · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:20

So you need to pay an additional £7 for SSF1 in HD?

Nismo · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:24

Skeeter said:
So you need to pay an additional £7 for SSF1 in HD?

On VM? They aren't getting Sky F1 HD at all - only a Sky subscriber can get it.

Much like they only give VM customers SS1 and 2 in HD, the rest of the sports channels are SD. You can have a bit, but not all

Glaucus · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:26

Skeeter said:
So you need to pay an additional £7 for SSF1 in HD?

Edit no HD full stop.

Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports 4, Sky Sports F1,
Sky Movies Premiere +1 and Disney Cinemagic are only available in standard definition

Total rip off. I know why they have done it, to get customers to jump.
But I haven't Got a BT line and this area doesn't have BT infinity. No way am I paying for two telephone lines just to get sky.

Glaucus · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:26

Edit - wtf I've lost the plot two identical posts worded differently.

Skeeter · 16 Jan 2012 at 15:29

They have updated that site today. Either that or I am blind. There was no mention of the F1 channel at all on there earlier.

Nismo · 16 Jan 2012 at 16:07

Skeeter said:
They have updated that site today. Either that or I am blind. There was no mention of the F1 channel at all on there earlier.

It's only been announced today, that's what all the recent posts here are about

Glaucus said:
Total rip off. I know why they have done it, to get customers to jump.
But I haven't Got a BT line and this area doesn't have BT infinity. No way am I paying for two telephone lines just to get sky.

Why do you need 2 phone lines? You can use a VM telephone line if you just sign up for Sky TV. A BT line is only required if you want their BB too.

I'm with VM for everything right now, but am thinking of dropping the TV for Sky and keeping VM broadband and phone. BT/Sky/whatever internet isn't up to much here.

Skeeter · 16 Jan 2012 at 16:13

Sky internet isn't up to much anywhere. Even their LLU service is slow.

Unlimited... but slow.

Glaucus · 16 Jan 2012 at 16:40

Nismo said:
Why do you need 2 phone lines? You can use a VM telephone line if you just sign up for Sky TV. A BT line is only required if you want there BB too.

oh right i thought you needed it for the tv as well.

Mr Men · 16 Jan 2012 at 18:26

Skeeter said:
Sky internet isn't up to much anywhere. Even their LLU service is slow.

Unlimited... but slow.

works fine for me

Skeeter · 16 Jan 2012 at 18:32

Mr Men said:
works fine for me

Synced at 20mbit?