Virgin Media has done a deal with digital music supplier Spotify, announcing an agreement that makes Virgin the only provider offering the service across multiple platforms. The deal, which has been on the cards for a while, will see Virgin integrate Spotify into its cable television service and delivered through an app that' …

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Wednesday 6th July 2011 11:43 GMT Vitani

Cool

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Wednesday 6th July 2011 11:44 GMT The BigYin

It will run on a TiVo?

Does that mean it's subscriber only, or are they actually going to finish the Linux version?

(For those that don't know, TiVo runs on a Linux OS.)

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1. Wednesday 6th July 2011 12:26 GMT Ian K
  
  ...the odds seem to be against it.
  
  Based on current performance of the Tivos themselves it's unlikely any extra functionality will work, even if they try to add it.
  
  Was on the verge of switching from my current V+ box to TiVo a few weeks back, but thought I'd better check the customer forums to see how it worked in practice. Basically it looks like they're still running a beta of the firmware; little things like getting non-rubbish SD pictures, reliable series recording, BBC red button functionality, not hanging and consistently working HDMI connections still seem to be works in progress.
  
  Sticking with V+ for now, despite its own clunkiness.
  
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  1. Wednesday 6th July 2011 13:03 GMT The BigYin
    
    @Ian
    
    Aye, the V+ drives me nuts at times as well. Why it won't play nice on my network (i.e. stream content I have shared out) is a mystery. Shame it can't be hacked (unlike my xBox which is simply awesome with XBMC).
    
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  2. Wednesday 6th July 2011 20:48 GMT Anonymous Coward
    
    V+ ==Yuk
    
    My Tivo works fine. Much better than the V+ anti-UI. It doesn't hang, the HDMI works fine, my SD pictures are goode and other than the BBC red button (who cares?) I'm very happy with it. Forums are always full of people whining, legitimately or otherwise...why else would you be on the forum!
    
    I don't know what the percentage of happy vs unhappy tivo users is, but I'm all right Jack, and you may be too. Least I can see what the programme is about without hitting "info"....
    
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2. Wednesday 6th July 2011 20:48 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Linux version seems finished to me
  
  Works fine, pretty desktop integration and all
  
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Wednesday 6th July 2011 12:03 GMT Neonin

Spotify FTW

Well I'll be damned, Virgin actually did something useful for once! As a current Spotify Unlimited customer I shall look forward to these extra discounts and features. Spotify is one of the best things I've ever paid monthly for, I use it every single day and it has the majority of stuff* I want to listen to in its databases.

*Missing some things like Metallica but that's more because Lars is one of the biggest asshat sellouts in the music industry!

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Wednesday 6th July 2011 12:27 GMT ZillaOfManilla

I always use their TV Music on demand service

Its like the box but better, because you dont have to wait, or listen/watch other peoples choices. I often wondered why they didn't have an internet version that only worked on their network.

As Vitani put it, this is cool. Added bonus, nothing to do with apple!

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Wednesday 6th July 2011 20:48 GMT Anonymous Coward

Priorities fail

Virgin should concentrate first on getting their creaking cable infrastructure working properly again. Their total 100% unblinking focus should be on that - it's now hopelessly unreliable and I'm typing this in a gap between outages.

I've been a Virgin Media customer for 14 years but I'm now utterly exasperated by their pathetic service. I'm currently a quad-play customer (mobile too) but planning to be no-play soon.

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