JK
Well Virgin Media have kept the usual laziness of TV3 then. It seems Irish television is operated by one or two people and that is it. I know money is tight for the Irish networks, but both RTE and TV3 (now Virgin) are totally useless at presentation, playout, technical issues etc.
The laziness is always there, it is a symptom going back to RTE days, where it took them until 1989 before they managed to start their schedules at around noon each day. Yes, even countries less well off than Ireland had a better television hours than RTE back then.
Maybe Virgin Media will take the hint from viewers and try to recover this botched unnecessary relaunch.
The laziness is always there, it is a symptom going back to RTE days, where it took them until 1989 before they managed to start their schedules at around noon each day. Yes, even countries less well off than Ireland had a better television hours than RTE back then.
Maybe Virgin Media will take the hint from viewers and try to recover this botched unnecessary relaunch.
CO
Conor98
Are they ever gonna have another ident for VM One?
It's kinda silly for them to use that overused umbrellas one tbh
It's kinda silly for them to use that overused umbrellas one tbh
ET
I mean, the Virgin presentation isn't horrible to me...
But then again I liked ITV's 2006 look, so I'm not really qualified to judge.
Well Virgin Media have kept the usual laziness of TV3 then. It seems Irish television is operated by one or two people and that is it. I know money is tight for the Irish networks, but both RTE and TV3 (now Virgin) are totally useless at presentation, playout, technical issues etc.
The laziness is always there, it is a symptom going back to RTE days, where it took them until 1989 before they managed to start their schedules at around noon each day. Yes, even countries less well off than Ireland had a better television hours than RTE back then.
Maybe Virgin Media will take the hint from viewers and try to recover this botched unnecessary relaunch.
The laziness is always there, it is a symptom going back to RTE days, where it took them until 1989 before they managed to start their schedules at around noon each day. Yes, even countries less well off than Ireland had a better television hours than RTE back then.
Maybe Virgin Media will take the hint from viewers and try to recover this botched unnecessary relaunch.
I mean, the Virgin presentation isn't horrible to me...
But then again I liked ITV's 2006 look, so I'm not really qualified to judge.
VM
Yet oddly, when they rebranded Ftn in the UK as Virgin1 back in 2007 there didn't seem to be any restriction on the use of the name.
It was subsequently only rebranded again as Channel One when BSkyB (as was) purchased it as part of the Living TV Group.
The use of the prefix 'Virgin Media x' seems cumbersome, to say the least. As others have suggested, I suspect they will colloquially become either 'Virgin x' or 'VM x'
Branson even appeared in the launch video for Virgin 1.
It appears when Virgin Mobile was purchased from Virgin Group by Flextech to create Virgin Media a licensing deal was struck to continue using the Virgin brand, but I suspect this has restrictions?
Yet oddly, when they rebranded Ftn in the UK as Virgin1 back in 2007 there didn't seem to be any restriction on the use of the name.
It was subsequently only rebranded again as Channel One when BSkyB (as was) purchased it as part of the Living TV Group.
The use of the prefix 'Virgin Media x' seems cumbersome, to say the least. As others have suggested, I suspect they will colloquially become either 'Virgin x' or 'VM x'
Branson even appeared in the launch video for Virgin 1.
WH
Yet oddly, when they rebranded Ftn in the UK as Virgin1 back in 2007 there didn't seem to be any restriction on the use of the name.
It was subsequently only rebranded again as Channel One when BSkyB (as was) purchased it as part of the Living TV Group.
The use of the prefix 'Virgin Media x' seems cumbersome, to say the least. As others have suggested, I suspect they will colloquially become either 'Virgin x' or 'VM x'
Branson even appeared in the launch video for Virgin 1.
Virgin 1 had a separate licensing agreement with Virgin Group.
Whataday
Founding member
It appears when Virgin Mobile was purchased from Virgin Group by Flextech to create Virgin Media a licensing deal was struck to continue using the Virgin brand, but I suspect this has restrictions?
Yet oddly, when they rebranded Ftn in the UK as Virgin1 back in 2007 there didn't seem to be any restriction on the use of the name.
It was subsequently only rebranded again as Channel One when BSkyB (as was) purchased it as part of the Living TV Group.
The use of the prefix 'Virgin Media x' seems cumbersome, to say the least. As others have suggested, I suspect they will colloquially become either 'Virgin x' or 'VM x'
Branson even appeared in the launch video for Virgin 1.
Virgin 1 had a separate licensing agreement with Virgin Group.
LL
London Lite
Founding member
Watching the HD versions of Virgin Media Two and Three just now, the DOGs have shrunk, but are now being played during commercial breaks. Can't confirm for VM1 at the moment as they don't use the channel DOG during the news.
