BE
Last time I checked the satellite feed, was a few days ago via manual tuning on my Sky Q box the epg info is still working but it's on black screen with tone.
KE
It's been like that the whole time since going off air, and is what the online feed was originally like after it went off air, before they reinstated it a few days later.
Last time I checked the satellite feed, was a few days ago via manual tuning on my Sky Q box the epg info is still working but it's on black screen with tone.
It's been like that the whole time since going off air, and is what the online feed was originally like after it went off air, before they reinstated it a few days later.
KE
The truth about what has really been going on with Vintage TV has finally emerged.
The following was posted by Kapang (who run the Vintage TV online stream) on their Facebook page earlier today:
"Vintage TV Fails to pay their bill again all their investors have pulled out and we are hoping to purchase their catalogue and bring it back to you asap, any questions email jamie.branson@viewtvgroup.com"
The Vintage TV online channel currently has a message over the screen which states: "CAUTION this channel has not been paid for, to see the full channel, please logon to http://kapang.com"
There appears to have been a development, as Vintage TV returned to Sky today.
EDIT: Just discovered another channel on the Kapang website, called "Vintage non-stop music tv" (which doesn't have the CAUTION message), with a description which states:
"Vintage TV non-stop music television channel is a 24 hour jukebox channel playing tunes from our extensive catalogue played on the main channel."
So it sounds like Vintage TV is now just a music video channel, which I'm assuming means they will no longer be showing programming such as Needle Time and My Vintage.
The following was posted by Kapang (who run the Vintage TV online stream) on their Facebook page earlier today:
"Vintage TV Fails to pay their bill again all their investors have pulled out and we are hoping to purchase their catalogue and bring it back to you asap, any questions email jamie.branson@viewtvgroup.com"
The Vintage TV online channel currently has a message over the screen which states: "CAUTION this channel has not been paid for, to see the full channel, please logon to http://kapang.com"
There appears to have been a development, as Vintage TV returned to Sky today.
EDIT: Just discovered another channel on the Kapang website, called "Vintage non-stop music tv" (which doesn't have the CAUTION message), with a description which states:
"Vintage TV non-stop music television channel is a 24 hour jukebox channel playing tunes from our extensive catalogue played on the main channel."
So it sounds like Vintage TV is now just a music video channel, which I'm assuming means they will no longer be showing programming such as Needle Time and My Vintage.
Last edited by kernow on 14 September 2018 9:42pm
LL
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Incidentally, View TV Group who hosted Vintage TV's online stream which rarely worked properly also runs a local radio station in the NE of England, Rathergood Radio, who have a rather colourful history themselves.
Some of the video channel feeds have been used on Rathergood's own website.
Some of the video channel feeds have been used on Rathergood's own website.
PL
The channel popped back on on satellite for a few days but disappeared again last week.
It’s finally finished I reckon.
It’s finally finished I reckon.
KE
Even if Vintage TV did return to Sky, Virgin, etc., I'm not sure if it would last, as they will probably have lost a lot of loyal viewers, and probably advertisers as well.
This won't have been helped by the fact that they kept fobbing off viewers with initially saying it was a technical problem and that they should contact Sky/Virgin, then saying it was because they had to make changes to the way the channel was broadcast, and then promising it would return to Sky by the end of August and then didn't, then announcing they'd done a deal with Sky without confirming a return date. From what I've seen on Facebook and Twitter, people were getting fed up with this, and Vintage TV haven't done themselves any favours with the way they've handled this whole situation.
This won't have been helped by the fact that they kept fobbing off viewers with initially saying it was a technical problem and that they should contact Sky/Virgin, then saying it was because they had to make changes to the way the channel was broadcast, and then promising it would return to Sky by the end of August and then didn't, then announcing they'd done a deal with Sky without confirming a return date. From what I've seen on Facebook and Twitter, people were getting fed up with this, and Vintage TV haven't done themselves any favours with the way they've handled this whole situation.