Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Tbh Ignition I dont really know. I could possibly be persuaded it was in the consumer interest but I really don't think it would be. I think given the dominant position that Sky have to weaken one of there main competitors would be unhelpful but if they did it as a total overhaul of the industry ie breaking up Sky into content and delivery platforms then possibly I could be persuaded.

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Berkett on Sky Atlantic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...a-sky-atlantic

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

when the Sky/VM battle was concluded with a reasonable settlement ( should have been done earlier ) I think I recall that one of the main underpins was that advertisment revenues were limited overall because eg Sky1 was 'missing out' on exposure to the massive number of VM subscribers

does this same argument not apply with Sky Atlantic

ps : can we have ST Voyager back soon please

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Are you seriously saying you haven't seen the entire 7 seasons of Voyager (plus DS9 and TNG) multiple times already when they were repeated to death on Sky One, then Virgin 1 and Bravo?

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

With all these price hikes Virgin are putting on all TV tiers, I hope they at least give Sky Atlantic SD to L package customers, and Sky Atlantis HD/SD to XL.
That's if they ever get the channel.

Speaking of the Berkett on Sky Atlantic. Why have Virgin Media not allowed the rest of the CBS channels on their EPG?. May not be Sky Atlantic, but it's a hell of a lot better than having absolutely nothing.

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Looks like I was right about Sky Atlantic.... it's certainly struggling to attract many viewers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...lantic-ratings

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Don't forget all those viewers have cancelled Virgin and gone to Sky!! :rolleyes:

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Honestly, when will they learn ...

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

I think they just have.

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Looks like Virgin Media made the right choice in refusing to over pay for this channel.

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Absolutely agreed. Typical Sky all the hype leading up to a launch. The channel will be worth a lot less now if Virgin pick it up, but maybe its not even worth it :)

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

The way it's going it would pay Sky to give it to Virgin for nothing, at least the advertisers would be less likely to come back asking for a refund :p:


I never thought it would be as big as many including Sky believed it would be but it's even worst than I could have dreamed of.


Sky must be looking at the people who produced expected viewing figures and asking them how they got it so wrong.


Even gems TV must get better figures :D


Look for this to arrive sooner than I expected and maybe earlier than September when Sky are due to limit access with their own subscribers.;)

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

How much were Sky asking for?

Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
 

Probably highly confidential information only very few actually will know.

Looks like vm called it right though wait and see how it goes before overpaying.