UPC - Anything new coming up?

d8player

Hi,

There was a time that it seemed that UPC were being active in trying to bridge the gap with Sky. In reasonably short time they introduced HD, Series Link and dual recording. Since then things have hit a shuddering halt. To make it worse they have actually lost some stations. Does any know if they have anything planned in the short to medium term? I believe VOD is due next year which is a long time to wait. Any sign of some more HD channels or new channels of any description?

Cheers,
D8

angel01

Your guess is as good as ours... maybe send them a tweet..: @weareupc (on twitter)

JoeyJJ

In nothing happens by summer I might ditch the tv service, a customer for 6 years now, bit pissed at the channel line up at the moment. Will keep the BB though.

9959

'Anything new from UPC', another price hike!

Groucho2000

From Wikipedia:
UPC is planning to launch a "video on demand" service for its Irish customers sometime in 2012. Already available on UPC services in the Netherlands, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland and Austria. The video on demand service will allow customers in the Republic of Ireland to watch classic movies and the latest cinematic releases.

Thought I read somewhere that a catchup player like SKYs player is coming also.

aphex™

VOD sounds pricey

omg a kitty

A catch up player would be great.
Does anyone think theyll put one of the new channels on 105?

decies

Is sky 3 gone from UPC??

yoyo

decies wrote: »

Is sky 3 gone from UPC??

This confused me aswell, its now called "Pick TV" I think, only wondering that last night and googleing this came up, 133 channel I think from memory

Nick

Vunderground

It's there OK but its now not accessible on the Value+ package. It was fine before

yoyo

Vunderground wrote: »

It's there OK but its now not accessible on the Value+ package. It was fine before

I have the value package and Pick TV works fine, try unplugging the stb and plugging back in to see if it works again, had that problem a while back

Nick

omg a kitty

Will they ever fill 129 again? I think it was called Channel One

Vunderground

yoyo wrote: »

I have the value package and Pick TV works fine, try unplugging the stb and plugging back in to see if it works again, had that problem a while back

Nick

Thanks. That worked

DingDong

UPC's Horizon set top box is in the works sounds pretty cool. Its an all singing all dancing STB.

Link

omg a kitty

DingDong wrote: »

UPC's Horizon set top box is in the works sounds pretty cool. Its an all singing all dancing STB.

Link

Yes it looks great but..

The UPC box, with elements of the above, will first be introduced by UPC in the Netherlands with the other countries in which Liberty Global owns cable operators to follow from 2012 including Unitymedia in Germany, UPC in Austria and Cablecom in Switzerland.

And obviously, the tiny island Ireland is not on the list

glic83

and also if you are on mmds you will get nothing extra cant even get a dvr box not to mind hd, hence why i went to sky

DingDong

omg a kitty wrote: »

Yes it looks great but..

And obviously, the tiny island Ireland is not on the list

We may be a little later to get it but its on the cards to be used here too. UPC tend to have uniformed networks when it comes to equipment.

hdowney

that new box does sound ooh. but i presume they will wait till they have more of the country upgraded to their facilities. for instance here i can get digital+, but not hd, phone or internet yet. so i am assuming a fancy box such as that would be a waste of space brick for me before more upc facilities come online in my area. here's hoping they get the broadband down here quicksmart tho

glic83

hdowney wrote: »

that new box does sound ooh. but i presume they will wait till they have more of the country upgraded to their facilities. for instance here i can get digital+, but not hd, phone or internet yet. so i am assuming a fancy box such as that would be a waste of space brick for me before more upc facilities come online in my area. here's hoping they get the broadband down here quicksmart tho

anyone in a rural location will be on mmds for a good while yet unless they are allowed to use mmds for wireless broadband,the infrastructure needs to be upgraded before you will get anything more than what you have

hdowney

RURAL i love it!!!! madness that we are rural to upc but you are probably rite. never heard the like tho. wicklow town rural. i do think they need to pull their fingers out in upgrading tbh

Del2005

glic83 wrote: »

and also if you are on mmds you will get nothing extra cant even get a dvr box not to mind hd, hence why i went to sky

Are you sure of this? I had the DVR on MMDS in South Dublin for the last few years, only got rid of it as they bought out my TV supplier recently and now I have their BB and HD.

ted1

as a small market we'd be the perfect location to trial out the boxes

omg a kitty

O’Neill, who is also the deputy chairman of UPC Ireland, said the device would be available in Ireland during the summer of 2012. The Netherlands and Switzerland have previously been named as the initial markets for Horizon’s deployment during 2011 with Germany (Unitymedia) and Austria to follow

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/10/15/first-pictures-of-upc-horizon-gateway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-pictures-of-upc-horizon-gateway

O’Neill, who is also the deputy chairman of UPC Ireland, said the device would be available in Ireland during the summer of 2011. Netherlands, Germany (Unitymedia) and Austria have previously been named as the initial markets for Horizon’s deployment.

http://www.maldiviandigital.com/content/first-pictures-upc-horizon-gateway-521/

Now I think the first one is a typo because why else would they mention Ireland first?

glic83

Del2005 wrote: »

Are you sure of this? I had the DVR on MMDS in South Dublin for the last few years, only got rid of it as they bought out my TV supplier recently and now I have their BB and HD.

they either upgraded your system to true cable if you have hd or your on the ex-ntl system as its not on the ex-chorus system thats 100%

dunworth1

it just so happens something new did happen and today infact
upc lost some more channels itv2/3/4.

omg a kitty

dunworth1 wrote: »

it just so happens something new did happen and today infact
upc lost some more channels itv2/3/4.

aw I thought that was an april fool's joke

Del2005

glic83 wrote: »

they either upgraded your system to true cable if you have hd or your on the ex-ntl system as its not on the ex-chorus system thats 100%

They recently bought the cable company in my apartment complex so I could change over to cable, I think it was ex-NTL MMDS I was on as it was coming from the Naul.

Irishdudedave

omg a kitty wrote: »

aw I thought that was an april fool's joke

Unfortunately the only joke is UPC themselves!

icdg

Del2005 wrote: »

They recently bought the cable company in my apartment complex so I could change over to cable, I think it was ex-NTL MMDS I was on as it was coming from the Naul.

ex-NTL MMDS - Dublin, Waterford, Galway, and Mayo - is based on the DVB-C (Digital Cable) standard, so UPC equipment works fine on it including the DVR.

ex-Chorus MMDS - the rest of the State - is based on the DVB-T (Digital Terrestrial) standard. The DVR doesn't work on this network. AFAIK the equipment used on this network is still the Sagem boxes used by Chorus.

omg a kitty

UPC tweeted yesterday:
"We will be announcing new channels in the near future to add to the current line up."
They'll be filling those ITV slots soon