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There is a post from Phil of Youview 3 weeks ago in the link ;)

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Google was not my friend last night :D i think Sky will turn around and say "sod it" and will just get a deal done with all the iptv providers talktalk already done, bt and plusnet i think by end of this year, i'm only guessing at this though lol.

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Just Been Announced: American Cable Channel AMC Will be Launching in a Brittish Version of their Channel after a Deal was Struck with BT. AMC is The American Home of The Walking Dead and Hell On Wheels.

SOURCE: Broadcastnow

Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
 

Wonder if VM will stand more of a chance of getting BT's AMC channel instead of Atlantic?

BT definitely won't let Sky have it lol :D

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i'm hoping plusnet tv get it seeing as bt own plusnet anyway lol.

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Yeah I would think they would.

VM and BT seem to be getting on at the moment, so maybe they have a better chance of doing this deal than with Sky.

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I'd be surprised. The link in the other thread from Variety said it will be exclusive to BT. Time will tell though.

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I'm not holding my breathe, but you can never say "never" lol

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Guardian says AMC will be available to BT customers via YouView platform.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...k-amc-networks

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Ofcom has today announced the licence to run a local TV service for Carlisle has gone to That’s Carlisle.

http://media.ofcom.org.uk/news/2015/...ocal-tv-award/

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This is exactly the sort of deal that I wish Virgin would do!

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AMC Have Also Announced going to Show The Walking Dead Spin Off Fear The Walking Dead in the UK This September 2015 When AMC UK Launches on BT according to Digitalspy.

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Broadcast mag also had a recent article that AMC Networks wanted to launch a UK version of their indy film channel Sundance. So, possibly, BT may nab that too.

VM will need to react to this if they wish to stay in the game. And what they have, that BT and Sky don't, is ever faster broadband speeds.

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Well, my broadband speeds are more than enough for most people, and so ever increasing speeds will no longer be the attraction it once was before much longer.

VM should concentrate on providing good competition on all its services, otherwise the attraction of a 4-play package with them will reduce.

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... I agree. UK cable has played second fiddle to Sky for a long time. Now they're being pushed into third place.

BT already has premium sports channels, now its getting a premium entertainment channel, with possibly a film channel to come.

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I agree most providers over the Openreach network offer services of upto 80mb which is more than adequate for the majority of users.