PlayTV UK aims for 50,000 subs within year - IPTV

xtraterrestrial · 09-07-2008, 14:52

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PlayTV UK has formally announced the launch of its consumer IPTV service and said it aims to have distributed 50,000 set-top boxes within a year.

The company also confirmed which channels would be available on the service. A basic triple-play package includes the full public service broadcaster channel groups with timeshifts, Sky Three and Sky News, Virgin 1, UK History, Dave, The Hits, TMF, UK Entertainment, Teachers TV, the Community Channel, QVC, Price Drop TV, Bid TV, Ideal World, LBC, STV, Nuts TV and Smile TV.

A package called Play Entertainment and Family adds Discovery, MTV, VH1, Nickleodeon and Cartoon Network services and several others; and Play Movies offers TCM, TCM2 and Sixty 6 Films. Numerous sport channels are available with a Play Sports package and Setanta package, and Play World offers foreign language programming.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...thin-year.html

Ignitionnet · 09-07-2008, 16:20

Who? How?

Whose network are these guys riding on? Website doesn't inspire masses of confidence, no availability checker, a 'fill in this form we'll call you back' page is all they have.

CABLEDUDE · 09-07-2008, 16:39

I don't think they've done much market research, they're doing a PlayTurkish package, I mean Discovery Turkish, one channel, a package and it's turkish who'd want that?

6789 · 09-07-2008, 18:13

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=618306
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=611323

from http://www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/en/commun.htm

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The estimated number of Turkish nationals living in the UK (students, au pairs, illegal immigrants are included) is around 150,000. They mostly live in London (Islington, Hackney, Harringey, Stoke Newington, Turnpike Lane, Newington Green in the North as well as Peckham and Lewisham in the South), Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds areas.

War On · 11-07-2008, 13:11

LOOKING AT THE LINKS PROVIDED ABOVE, SOMEONE MENTIONS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE AFFILIATED TO sATELLITE dIRECT.

I'm sure Satellite Direct has been on watchdog on several occasions for selling no good waranties to sky and vm customers and also conning people into buying areal upgrades for freeview when they are (in most situations) not needed!!!

AVOID THIS LOT LIKE THE PLAGUE I THINK!!!

tvtimes · 11-07-2008, 13:36

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Originally Posted by War On

LOOKING AT THE LINKS PROVIDED ABOVE, SOMEONE MENTIONS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE AFFILIATED TO sATELLITE dIRECT.

I'm sure Satellite Direct has been on watchdog on several occasions for selling no good waranties to sky and vm customers and also conning people into buying areal upgrades for freeview when they are (in most situations) not needed!!!

AVOID THIS LOT LIKE THE PLAGUE I THINK!!!

You're right they have been on it twice!

One of them was for ringing up Sky customers and trying to flog them bogus insurance!

Ginger Nut · 11-07-2008, 15:32

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Originally Posted by tvtimes

You're right they have been on it twice!

One of them was for ringing up Sky customers and trying to flog them bogus insurance!

Hadn't they branched out into flogging people digital aerials they didn't need the second time they were on Watchdog. When Campbell turfed up to their office and they wouldn't let him in?

TRS · 11-07-2008, 22:26

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Originally Posted by tvtimes

You're right they have been on it twice!

One of them was for ringing up Sky customers and trying to flog them bogus insurance!

In fact, as Watchdog pointed out there was nothing wrong with the insurance policy at all. It was the fact they craftily got the customer to believe they were from Sky that was the bogus bit.

tvtimes · 14-07-2008, 07:17

They impersonated another company, that is still fraud.

Yes gingernut you're right! They went round telling people they needed to have a special ariel for freeview and charged them for installing it. Of course they didn't need a special ariel a normal roof ariel is sufficient. The company is a bunch of chancers and i won't be giving them my money!

Ignitionnet · 14-07-2008, 15:41

Classy website...

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /launch/about/broadband.php on this server.

Then it does work, and probably wishes it didn't as it's talking complete nonsense:

http://www.playtvuk.com/launch/about/broadband.php

They've drawn up their ADSL as being like a cable network... apparently 8Mbit comes down the pole and is shared between customers, clearly nothing to do with distance from exchange, line quality, etc.

I wouldn't touch these guys with Carl Waring's never-going-to-be-used BT line.

09-07-2008, 16:20	#2
Ignitionnet Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Services: Virgin Media Triple Play XL Pack Posts: 534	Who? How? Whose network are these guys riding on? Website doesn't inspire masses of confidence, no availability checker, a 'fill in this form we'll call you back' page is all they have.

09-07-2008, 16:39	#3
CABLEDUDE Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Swansea, United Kingdom Services: Virgin Media VIP, XBOX 360, Wii, and iPod Touch Posts: 962 Blog Entries: 1	I don't think they've done much market research, they're doing a PlayTurkish package, I mean Discovery Turkish, one channel, a package and it's turkish who'd want that?

11-07-2008, 13:11	#5
War On Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Surrey Services: Virgin Tv - XL; Virgin Broadband - L; VM Phone 'L'. Posts: 311	LOOKING AT THE LINKS PROVIDED ABOVE, SOMEONE MENTIONS THAT THEY SEEM TO BE AFFILIATED TO sATELLITE dIRECT. I'm sure Satellite Direct has been on watchdog on several occasions for selling no good waranties to sky and vm customers and also conning people into buying areal upgrades for freeview when they are (in most situations) not needed!!! AVOID THIS LOT LIKE THE PLAGUE I THINK!!!

14-07-2008, 07:17	#9
tvtimes Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Gender: Male Location: Under a rock Services: XL TV, 10meg BB and phone Posts: 6,955	They impersonated another company, that is still fraud. Yes gingernut you're right! They went round telling people they needed to have a special ariel for freeview and charged them for installing it. Of course they didn't need a special ariel a normal roof ariel is sufficient. The company is a bunch of chancers and i won't be giving them my money!

14-07-2008, 15:41	#10
Ignitionnet Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Services: Virgin Media Triple Play XL Pack Posts: 534	Classy website... Forbidden You don't have permission to access /launch/about/broadband.php on this server. Then it does work, and probably wishes it didn't as it's talking complete nonsense: http://www.playtvuk.com/launch/about/broadband.php They've drawn up their ADSL as being like a cable network... apparently 8Mbit comes down the pole and is shared between customers, clearly nothing to do with distance from exchange, line quality, etc. I wouldn't touch these guys with Carl Waring's never-going-to-be-used BT line.