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Gary06028's avatar
Gary06028
Superfast
3 days ago

Virgin tv go on Apple TV box

Anyone using virgin tv go on Apple TV box , would like to hear your thoughts on how it has been .

thanks Gary

5 Replies

  • Matthew_ML's avatar
    Matthew_ML
    Icon for Forum Team rankForum Team
    2 days ago

    Hey Gary06208, thank you for reaching out and no problem at all.

    What you needing some information about, is it what TV shows they offer etc?

    • Gary06028's avatar
      Gary06028
      Superfast
      2 days ago

      Thanks for getting back to me and yes , mainly the free view type channels and sky one and other channels on essential pack , I have flex but no sports so not worried about that , can we watch the all channels from essential pack.

       Thanks Gary

      • Richardr1's avatar
        Richardr1
        Fibre optic
        2 days ago

        It works well, but doesn't have a lot of channels. Among those missing are:

        • BBC channels [the BBC insist you use iPlayer which is at least free on there]
        • Sky channels [Sky History is on there, it is distributed by Hearst, except for Sky News the others are not as far as I am aware on the platform outside of Sky pay apps such as Sky Go and Now]
        • U& Channels [owned by the BBC, but also not available as live channels as far as I am aware on Apple TV outside of Sky owned apps]

         

        The latter two are on the Virgin TV Go PC app and the android app.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    2 days ago

    Virgin TV Go is for mobile devices, so a full set of content for a device connected to a TV would be ridiculous as it takes business away from VM's subscription TV boxes. What you therefore get is a curated subset of content (which is already limited as licensing for Apple TV is likely more restricted compared with PC and Android).

    So why have the app at all on Apple TV? It's about marketing: by providing just enough live channels and on-demand content VM can say "We offer our products across multiple platforms. And if that wets your appetite, we've got a Stream box which gives you everything".