Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35882646)

If l was back in school l would be known as the dunce of the school as there are many many on here who are far more knowledgeable then l Sir.:dunce:

Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35882642)

It starts with one then others jump on the bandwagon the companies would ask sky,vm,bt etc for more money and that money must be recouped somehow and ultimately it is the consumer who ends up paying.
As much as i find it funny SKY getting a bloody nose i still applaud them for not giving in to greedy Malones demands.
Despite getting accused of speaking codswallop by our resident genie i stand by what i said SKY will retaliate and VM will be at the forefront of the retaliation due to vms behaviour in this, yes by all means drum up custom but given the circumstances vm could of just put a pinned post on their social media pages saying "Discovery and Eurosport will be available on virgin media" rather than childishly jumping on tweets to skyhelpteam and bragging that discovery will be on vm, it makes vm stoop to SKY and discoverys pathetic level.
Then again since LG took over VM they have got quite childish, maybe SKY should go crying to ofcom now afterall Malones vm would if it was sky threatening toremove channels.
SKY and vm are as bad as each other, Dicover are being very childish too telling people to contact SKY to keep discovery this creates issues for genuine concerns aka technical issues or customers needing to phone SKY for real reasons.
All 3 sky,vm and discovery need to grow up.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35882665)

But what were Discovery going to do? Sky had been paying the same money for years despite providing more channels. Sky would have no qualms in doing exactly the same, as indeed they have done in the past.

Nice to see Sky getting a taste of its own medicine but I suspect there will be adverse consequences down the line.

Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35882667)

Let's wait and see your reaction in however many years when VM's renewal with Discovery comes around

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35882665)

But what were Discovery going to do? Sky had been paying the same money for years despite providing more channels. Sky would have no qualms in doing exactly the same, as indeed they have done in the past.

Nice to see Sky getting a taste of its own medicine but I suspect there will be adverse consequences down the line.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35882671)

These are interesting times ahead as MM said.

Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35882670)

I'd like to know who's next?

Discovery Network channels vanished from Talk Talk last year then only a few months ago Discovery Network removed Quest on Demand from Youview. Now their channels are set to be removed from the SKY platform. It won't be long until TV Player and BT have their troubles I suspect.

Whilst through time the channels might end up exclusive to Virgin Media what kind of audeince and viewing figures would remain?

I think Eurosport might shock us with bids for Champions League and EPL rights!

Originally Posted by johnathome (Post 35882692)

It's almost as if they are setting themselves up to offer a separate pay service via an app.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35882712)

Apparantly, Sky are telling their customers that "BT & Virgin are letting Discovery go as well" according to their Twitter feed.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35882719)

I know that Sky are lying, however, i've been told that VM get their HD feeds by fibre and SD feeds via the satellite.

Can't remember if it was an SD or a HD channel that I was watching on VM last night, but the ticker advice for Sky customers appeared at the top (think it was Discovery Science).

I don't think that this has a HD variant, so perhaps this explains why the ticker is being shown to VM customers??

Could this mean that for technical reasons, as opposed to the Sky/Discovery dispute itself, that we will lose access to the SD Discovery channels from the 1st February??