Originally Posted by Mobes (Post 35544497)

Re: BT Sport. OK so we don't know how VM will play this price wise but here's my take on it. VM will simply have to look at the money BT want for the channel/s and weigh it against the amount of people who may leave XL because "free" ESPN is going.

If the amount of money they loose through exodus from XL they may feel it better to swallow up the BT costs and give it to XL free or if it doesn;t then we'll have to pay extra. They may even decide to err on the side of caution and charge an extra couple of quid a month and suck up the rest themselves.

With Liberty Media on the horizon they may have some extra cash to throw about.

Anyone have any ideas when we may find out?

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544459)

I can see STV Group pulling out of channel 3 by 2016 if they win Local TV rights to Ayr, Dundee and Inverness.

STV Group will I think then sell Channel 3 to ITV plc to become know as ITV Scotland.

Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian (Post 35544561)

Why would STV sell when they are making a profit and concentrate on Local TV, which as far as I know, hasn't yet been made profitable (see Guardian Group / Channel M)

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544563)

Are they???

In their 2012 results STV reveal that STV have got £45.3m of net debt.

So that why I was thinking 'If they sold Channel 3 to ITV plc' for.

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/e...entId=11494528

Originally Posted by gizuk (Post 35544565)

A company can be profitable even though they have debt. In 2012 they made a pre-tax profit of £14.4 million.

Originally Posted by Doug P (Post 35544585)

Severely doubt STV will abandon their high profile platform in Scotland for the risky business of local tv alone.

There is no chance things will be affected by the independence vote in Scotland as that is almost certainly going to be heavily defeated.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544620)

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to add some new Channels - should launch on Thursday.

I can now reveal that the following channels should launch on Thursday on Virgin Media:

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544620)

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to add some new Channels - should launch on Thursday.

I can now reveal that the following channels should launch on Thursday on Virgin Media:

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544563)

Are they???

In their 2012 results STV reveal that STV have got £45.3m of net debt.

So that why I was thinking 'If they sold Channel 3 to ITV plc' for.

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/e...entId=11494528

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544620)

Media Boy EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Media to add some new Channels - should launch on Thursday.

I can now reveal that the following channels should launch on Thursday on Virgin Media:

Channels to launch:
-ITV2 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 176 on the XL Package.
-ITV3 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 177 on the XL Package.
-ITV4 HD to launch on Virgin Channel 178 on the XL Package.

-No word yet on when E! HD, Universal HD and Animal Planet HD will launch on Virgin Media.

NOTE: I do not work for Virgin Media so all the information on this post is still subject to change.

©copyright 2013 Media Boy 2006 - 2013. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35544588)

STV is only ITV but not using the name.

STV only broadcast about 5 hours of local TV per week (STV News & Scotland Tonight)

All the rest comes from ITV plc.