VM H/D
does anyone know if v/m are planning to bring anymore H/D channels out in 2009 because sly have loads why not cable ???? just found article
Virgin Media looks towards HD future
Virgin Media's CEO, Neil Berkett, has suggested that the company is ready to act in bringing more high definition content to its customers now that conditions are more favourable.
In the past, Virgin Media has said that it prefers to deliver HD via on-demand services, but speaking at the 36th Annual Global Media and Communications conference, Berkett said that it would be launching four new HD channels (to complement the existing two) over the next three months.
Claiming that the company could catch up to Sky quickly, particularly once its remaining analogue homes are switched to all digital, he said that the capacity is available to deliver between 30-40 HD channels over the current 24Mbps-capable fibre-optic network.
"As you look at the impact and characteristics of HD in the UK market we took the view that to over invest early in the curve was not the right thing to do. We didn't have an option six months ago, our competitor [Sly] had locked away all of the HD content and that has now become available," he said.
He also confirmed that 50Mbps broadband will be available in all Virgin Media homes by June 2009 (in half by the end of the 2008 financial year).
"The combination of fibre and coax gives us a significant advantage not just today, but in the future, because DSL today is a substantially inferior product," he continued.
(Via Broadband TV News)
Virgin Media looks towards HD future
Virgin Media's CEO, Neil Berkett, has suggested that the company is ready to act in bringing more high definition content to its customers now that conditions are more favourable.
In the past, Virgin Media has said that it prefers to deliver HD via on-demand services, but speaking at the 36th Annual Global Media and Communications conference, Berkett said that it would be launching four new HD channels (to complement the existing two) over the next three months.
Claiming that the company could catch up to Sky quickly, particularly once its remaining analogue homes are switched to all digital, he said that the capacity is available to deliver between 30-40 HD channels over the current 24Mbps-capable fibre-optic network.
"As you look at the impact and characteristics of HD in the UK market we took the view that to over invest early in the curve was not the right thing to do. We didn't have an option six months ago, our competitor [Sly] had locked away all of the HD content and that has now become available," he said.
He also confirmed that 50Mbps broadband will be available in all Virgin Media homes by June 2009 (in half by the end of the 2008 financial year).
"The combination of fibre and coax gives us a significant advantage not just today, but in the future, because DSL today is a substantially inferior product," he continued.
(Via Broadband TV News)