Food Network and True Movies 1

TheRedDevil10

Just a reminder that these channels launch on UPC tomorrow the fifth of September.

chops018

Who gives a toss, two awful channels that I'll probably never watch. Way to go UPC, get some decent channels in please if you're replacing ITV2 and 3, not these crap one's.

SarahJ

Anyone know what number food network is?

fulhamfanincork

the food network will just make me hungry for food i can't afford.

assasins creed

the 2 new channels not launching till 2moro now to coincide with there media event

devnull

True Movies 1 - 328
Food Network - 508

Starting Tuesday.

Swampy

Horray. At last a food channel. Can't wait.

hangon

Swampy wrote: »

Horray. At last a food channel. Can't wait.

It is a pity they are not as keen to keep their TV only customers as happy as your stomach appears to want to be.;)
i suppose their software staff are run off their feet

Tarquin1970

Two months notice and they still can't deliver 2 channels on time..wonder what the big media event is about?

patrickmooney

Great EPG number for The Food Network. I am happy it wasn't "dumped" into the 100's.

Infoanon

Tarquin1970 wrote: »

Two months notice and they still can't deliver 2 channels on time..wonder what the big media event is about?

There really is no excuse for the delay - from any PR prospective its better to have the channels on today.

Of course the cynic might say that by delaying viewers wont realise that these 2 channels are junk - both free to air on sat - need I say more....

Apparently a price freeze similar to sky night be announced tomorrow - of course considering that viewers are down channels including the costly ITV's - a price decrease would be more appropriate.

Wonder will the CE go on Today FM again - hopefully Matt will be better prepared this time.

hangon

Infoanon wrote: »

There really is no excuse for the delay

I agree 100% Infoanon today is a good day for people to call 1908 and ask customer service to put you straight onto customer retention if you are a TV only customer.
It worked out very nicely for us,just remember to take customer retention persons name and date and time of phone call ,if a customer is fully paid up and out of contract period there is a choice of deals.

Hugh Cream

Seriously, the food network and true movies is the crap UPC are replacing the lost stations with.
UPC is an absolute joke, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'd gladly pay the bit more to have sky.
People say UPC is better value for money, how though?
You pay more for sky because the over all quality is better, more channels and a greater selection of hd.
God I hate UPC.

dunworth1

its a bit bad they didnt just put them on today it wouldnt have made much difference and they could still say tomorrow that they launched on the network.

upc is better value when you also take up broadband and phone with them

on another note why does every thread about upc on here always ends up turning into a "i hate upc thread" this thread is about two new channels and now people are comparing upc with sky.

Storm 10

Can someone explain why UPC dont allow you to watch CNN and other news channels that are free to air its silly, they only give them to you on dearer packages.

hangon

Storm 10 wrote: »

Can someone explain why UPC dont allow you to watch CNN and other news channels that are free to air its silly, they only give them to you on dearer packages.

CNN is one of the most protected on the dodgy internet sites,it is easier to get Sky sports 1-4 for free on the net than CNN.
MSNBC is even more difficult to find than CNN.
Fox News is everywhere but then again Fox seem to have an agenda so long as they spread their ultra right wing message as far and wide as possible they turn a blind eye to sites that relay them.

Hugh Cream

dunworth1 wrote: »

its a bit bad they didnt just put them on today it wouldnt have made much difference and they could still say tomorrow that they launched on the network.

upc is better value when you also take up broadband and phone with them

on another note why does every thread about upc on here always ends up turning into a "i hate upc thread" this thread is about two new channels and now people are comparing upc with sky.

because upc is shyt, the new channels they are providing are shyt, why wouldnt we say that?
upc is so shyt that you can avail of phone and broadband on one side of the road where i live and on the other side you cant, how is that value for money?

Antenna

hangon wrote: »

Fox News is everywhere but then again Fox seem to have an agenda so long as they spread their ultra right wing message as far and wide as possible they turn a blind eye to sites that relay them.

So why aren't they FTA on satellite ?

Rosser

Hugh Cream wrote: »

because upc is shyt, the new channels they are providing are shyt, why wouldnt we say that?
upc is so shyt that you can avail of phone and broadband on one side of the road where i live and on the other side you cant, how is that value for money?

Why not cancel UPC, if you can't put up a dish (and there are alternatives http://www.sqish.co.uk/) and they annoy you as much as they appear to then you'd be as well to do without.

Hugh Cream

Rosser wrote: »

Why not cancel UPC, if you can't put up a dish (and there are alternatives http://www.sqish.co.uk/) and they annoy you as much as they appear to then you'd be as well to do without.

do me a favor, dont speak to me like you know me.
you dont know why i havnt got sky and you dont know what would make me keep a product i think is inferior to its main competitor.;)

Infoanon

dunworth1 wrote: »

on another note why does every thread about upc on here always ends up turning into a "i hate upc thread" this thread is about two new channels and now people are comparing upc with sky.

Perhaps its because UPC in the last year have lost 7 channels (9 if you include Buzz&Smile), increased their prices - breaching their own terms and conditions in the process, have promised similar content replacement channels for the ITV's for the last 5 months and instead provide 2 FTA channels and expect the paying customer to be happy.

And then UPC cannot even provide the channels when scheduled and ignore all comments on their customer service twitter feeds querying these two channels.

For the record I dont have the option to change to Sky at the moment.

Rosser

Hugh Cream wrote: »

do me a favor, dont speak to me like you know me.
you dont know why i havnt got sky and you dont know what would make me keep a product i think is inferior to its main competitor.;)

Do yourself a favour and please don't be such a di*k when someone makes a suggestion, I never suggested I knew your circumstances.

Who knows why you have an 'inferior product', maybe you've been the victim of a tiger kidnapping and UPC made you do it either way I couldn't really give a cr*p

ted1

Hugh Cream wrote: »

because upc is shyt, the new channels they are providing are shyt, why wouldnt we say that?
upc is so shyt that you can avail of phone and broadband on one side of the road where i live and on the other side you cant, how is that value for money?

That is the worst comment on boards ever. How is it not value for money ? The lads who can get it pay. The lads who can't don't pay.

Also please bear in mind the huge amounts of money Upc invest in this country ad againest sky, who don't invest anything.

icdg

Watch the attitude or bans will be handed out.

starviewadams

Food Network is actually a decent channel,True Movies is crap though!

Infoanon

starviewadams wrote: »

Food Network is actually a decent channel,True Movies is crap though!

The UKTV channel 'goodfood' though is considered better - i would take a guess though that its carriage fees are higher.

Both of the new channels programmes are listed on the UPC website TV guide

Hugh Cream

Rosser wrote: »

Do yourself a favour and please don't be such a di*k when someone makes a suggestion, I never suggested I knew your circumstances.

Who knows why you have an 'inferior product', maybe you've been the victim of a tiger kidnapping and UPC made you do it either way I couldn't really give a cr*p

you didnt make a suggestion, you told me i should get sky if i dont like upc, who the fukk are you, captain save a ho coming to the rescue of upc.

again, do me a favour a keep the wise cracks to yourself.

Hugh Cream

ted1 wrote: »

That is the worst comment on boards ever. How is it not value for money ? The lads who can get it pay. The lads who can't don't pay.

Also please bear in mind the huge amounts of money Upc invest in this country ad againest sky, who don't invest anything.

because its only slightly cheaper than sky, but on the other hand it hasnt got the added incentives that sky has, there fore its not value for money.

i aint seeing any of the upc money are you, you care to enlighten us as to where this money is going that upc are investing in the country?

patrickmooney

They are now live. Rather enjoying Food Network so far.

Hugh Cream

taking the day off work tomorrow to watch the food channel all day.:rolleyes:

Kristopherus

Not coming in on mmds. Not that I care, really. 2 rubbish channels:eek:

Hugh Cream

Kristopherus wrote: »

Not coming in on mmds. Not that I care, really. 2 rubbish channels:eek:

dont talk bad of upc, people get offended.:)

ted1

The money is going into rolling out a fibre network, so its digging up the road, laying cables etc. Sky send up a satellite and. Then don't invest any money in the countries they supply.

CO19

Great, 2 new channels that most won't watch !

elaney

Are you entitled to these new channels on the basic tv package?

fulhamfanincork

True Movies is hilarious, why would Upc even bother adding it? Waste of everyones time really.

gordongekko

Infoanon wrote: »

Apparently a price freeze similar to sky night be announced tomorrow - of course considering that viewers are down channels including the costly ITV's - a price decrease would be more appropriate.

Well they have put the price up twice already this year.

Mountjoy Mugger

elaney wrote: »

Are you entitled to these new channels on the basic tv package?

On the basic digital pack, yes.

Hugh Cream

ted1 wrote: »

The money is going into rolling out a fibre network, so its digging up the road, laying cables etc. Sky send up a satellite and. Then don't invest any money in the countries they supply.

digging holes and laying cables amounts to investing money in the country, its something we should be thankful to upc for, are you serious?

Mountjoy Mugger

Will yiz stop spoiling the thread, please?

aidan_walsh

Hugh Cream banned for ignoring on thread warning. The same will follow for others, so keep it civil folks.

coylemj

What a non-event!

That movie channel is stuffed full of made-for-TV tear jerkers populated by B movie actors and people you'll recognise from their endless guest appearances in TV series but whom you'd be hard pressed to name.

Can't see myself looking beyond TCM, MGM and Film4 for a movie any night there's nothing else on.

Vunderground

RTE 2 HD would have been a good addition...can't believe they had a press conference for this

elaney

I have checked and i do not have these channels. I have the basic pack.
Does anyone know any reason for this?

Thanks

jack presley

If you follow them on Twitter, you'd swear the best channel in the world ever was being launched today. Talk about hyping up something which is going to be average at best. It's down in the 500's for starters. Is anyone flicking channels still going at that stage?

jeckle

elaney wrote: »

I have checked and i do not have these channels. I have the basic pack.
Does anyone know any reason for this?

Thanks

You could try unplugging your set top box & plugging it back in to see if they appear. Did you try to manually key channel number 328 & 508 on your remote?

elaney

Tried unplugging it and no luck Jeckle. Im Not sure how to manually program in the channels so i will have to ring them tomo.

jeckle

I just meant to press 328 or 508 on your remote.

Resi12

UPC are such a mess.

Two basic channels and they are acting like they have saved the world, OK maybe not but I dunno you think they would have given more? How can they be so with it when it comes to value and services on broadband but so clueless with the TV.

Tarquin1970

Resi12 wrote: »

UPC are such a mess.

Two basic channels and they are acting like they have saved the world, OK maybe not but I dunno you think they would have given more? How can they be so with it when it comes to value and services on broadband but so clueless with the TV.

They're all about broadband now, TV will be just an add-on soon.

Ranicand

Tarquin1970 wrote: »

They're all about broadband now, TV will be just an add-on soon.

It already is just an add on.

I was a UPC defender but their TV offering is not up to much.

Don't just think Sky free to air is a real alternative now.