UPC press conference

Eamo71

May 5 in the Shelbourne. Big/major announcement. Maybe new channels HD and standard?
Let's hope so.

Ranicand

Eamo71 wrote: »

May 5 in the Shelbourne. Big/major announcement. Maybe new channels HD and standard?
Let's hope so.

Yes UPC are going to have even more ads with the dumbo and his parents.

In the new ads they are going to introduce the family cat and explain that nine out of ten cats prefer UPC.:D

dunworth1

link

shanemhoban

i was told new channels and packages may 4th so that seems to tie in

ted1

a big annouecment would be the introduction of the horizion box. and 100mbs to more areas. i suspect video on demand will be there. Apple are cleaning up wiht the Apple TV and have no real competition in Ireland. netflix etc. arn't available

dunworth1

if it is horzsin which is suppose to come here during the summer
and VOD with decent stuff i'll be happy

BowWow

Eamo71 wrote: »

May 5 Big/major announcement.

Pre-empting Saorview?.....

lucernarian

Some sort of expansion of cable coverage would be nice, though I won't be hopeful for that..

shanemhoban

ted1 wrote: »

a big annouecment would be the introduction of the horizion box. and 100mbs to more areas. i suspect video on demand will be there. Apple are cleaning up wiht the Apple TV and have no real competition in Ireland. netflix etc. arn't available

horizon and vod will be summer 2012 not this year

dunworth1

shanemhoban wrote: »

horizon and vod will be summer 2012 not this year

it was stated last year that ireland would be getting horizon in 2011

coylemj

BowWow wrote: »

Pre-empting Saorview?.....

In what possible way is Saorview a threat to UPC?

dunworth1

none the way it is if there were to get some decent uk channels then maybe

jack presley

As long as whatever it is doesn't cost me more, I'll be happy

ct89

Announced sale of UPC to MMO2

patrickmooney

What? UPC Ireland or the whole group?

Rosser

ct89 wrote: »

Announced sale of UPC to MMO2

No word of that anywhere on the web, seems rather unlikely, is there even an mmo2 anymore?

barrackali

I highly doubt that any sale is in the pipeline, more likely it will be wider availability of higher speed products at lower prices and more HD channels.

JustAddWater

A replacement for the cisco EPC2425? And a public apology for such a ****e router!?

coylemj

JustAddWater wrote: »

A replacement for the cisco EPC2425? And a public apology for such a ****e router!?

+1

I'm going to say five decades of the Rosary every night!

BowWow

coylemj wrote: »

In what possible way is Saorview a threat to UPC?

Well, in my case the availability of Freesat and Saorview means UPC is ditched. Two of my friends have followed suit. Thats 3 less UPC subs ........

huggs2

BowWow wrote: »

Well, in my case the availability of Freesat and Saorview means UPC is ditched. Two of my friends have followed suit. Thats 3 less UPC subs ........

You can add me to that list.:)

Kensington

Rosser wrote: »

No word of that anywhere on the web, seems rather unlikely, is there even an mmo2 anymore?

MMO2 haven't existed since 2005 when Telefónica took them over. That poster appears to have been banned anyway so think it's safe to disregard that as rubbish

Eamo71

Kensington wrote: »

MMO2 haven't existed since 2005 when Telefónica took them over. That poster appears to have been banned anyway so think it's safe to disregard that as rubbish

I don't have a link to the press conf story because it came from a press release from UPC's PR company. I could post it here if you think it's a cod. For the non paranoid there is indeed an announcement coming that the pree release describes as "significant".

Kensington

Eamo71 wrote: »

I don't have a link to the press conf story because it came from a press release from UPC's PR company. I could post it here if you think it's a cod. For the non paranoid there is indeed an announcement coming that the pree release describes as "significant".

Sorry, I was referring to

ct89 wrote: »

Announced sale of UPC to MMO2

Bluesteel7

This is going to be BIG news!

underthereitis

An expansion of cable services to replace mmds service would be great. But that probably wont happen.
As long as they dont announce a price hike with whatever the big announcement is.....

coylemj

BowWow wrote: »

Well, in my case the availability of Freesat and Saorview means UPC is ditched. Two of my friends have followed suit. Thats 3 less UPC subs ........

Still can't see how converting RTE stations to digital represents a threat to UPC. You talk about the 'availability' of Saorview, couldn't you get the Irish channels on analog before DTT?

Infoanon

coylemj wrote: »

Still can't see how converting RTE stations to digital represents a threat to UPC. You talk about the 'availability' of Saorview, couldn't you get the Irish channels on analog before DTT?

The threat is the cocktail of 'Saorview' offering more 'RTE' channels (and 3e) for 'Free' , mixed with the growing realisation of viewers that the other 'essential' channels - BBC's , all the ITV's and Channel 4/4E etc are available for free .

In a recession hit economy this is a very real threat to UPC.

VOD / HD is not going to remove this threat, add the customer relation issues and UPC have problems.

Will the UPC press conference solve all these problems - roll on the 5th May

icdg

Saorview & Freesat isn't as big a threat to UPC as you might think. A large portion of apartment dwellers have restrictive covenants in their leases prohibiting satellite dishes. Some apartment dwellers won't get a strong enough signal for DTT from rabbit's ears. And Saorview & Freesat aren't as free as their name might suggest. True, there's no ongoing cost, but there's an initial investment of about €500 which will get you the best part of two years worth of UPC's basic package. (Indeed I would think UPC's own basic package is really their own competition - people downgrading to save money).

It will be interesting to see what this is. Sky Atlantic and some other new channels would be nice but hardly merit an entire press conference. I would suggest some sort of re-organising of their pricing strategy perhaps?

dunworth1

i wonder if they are announcing analog switch off

gavmcg92

Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that it is going to be about UPC's digital service. I suggest that it could be a bump in all of the consumer broadband speeds by 5mbps or the introduction of a higher speed.

Is it too late for it to be a public apology about the loss of the ITV channels from their network?