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Dave42 06-03-2017 15:16
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35888837)
I feel a price rise coming lol :angel::D
that is a certainty prices only ever go up

theone2k10 06-03-2017 15:25
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj (Post 35888837)
I feel a price rise coming lol :angel::D
April ;)

1andrew1 06-03-2017 15:33
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
VM may have to pay for the ITV channel which it currently gets free.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...-virgin-media/

OLD BOY 06-03-2017 17:56
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35888843)
VM may have to pay for the ITV channel which it currently gets free.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...-virgin-media/
That puts the cat amongst the pigeons for sure. I wonder if ITV would really go so far as to black out Virgin Media's screens given VM's stance that they will not pay for the channel. Are they really going to risk audience share in that way, which would impact on advertising revenues?

I'm not sure how many VM viewers have a connection to a working aerial, but I suspect quite a few rely on the cable only for their TV.

Bob 06-03-2017 17:58
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
Why would that move no affect Sky as well? Are they not doing the same thing?

denphone 06-03-2017 18:02
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 35888855)
Why would that move no affect Sky as well? Are they not doing the same thing?
Yes l quite agree as it would affect Sky just as much.

vincerooney 06-03-2017 18:24
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so the worst news happened. BT keep the champions league and for some bizarre reason PAID more even though the ratings have been disgusting.

So likelyhood of BT sport staying in the xl package? slim as BT will demand more money now. So its either removed or another huge price hike with vm

sky sports still will keep going up...

if only sky could have got the rights! probably would have bumped it up by two odd quid but since theyre going to do that anyway id rather it have gone to sky... bt would have less rights and probably stayed in xl...and we'd have no michael owen

muppetman11 06-03-2017 18:25
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
Sorry but don't agree with this , ITV as a PSB enjoys prominence on the first page of Virgins EPG and as such doesn't pay for its slot.

1andrew1 06-03-2017 18:47
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35888863)
Sorry but don't agree with this , ITV as a PSB enjoys prominence on the first page of Virgins EPG and as such doesn't pay for its slot.
This is ITV's argument. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...n-channel.html

alwaysabear 06-03-2017 18:54
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35888863)
Sorry but don't agree with this , ITV as a PSB enjoys prominence on the first page of Virgins EPG and as such doesn't pay for its slot.
Absolutely agree as ITV is a PSB.:(

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35888857)
Yes l quite agree as it would affect Sky just as much.
Yes Sky has to be effected as well.

muppetman11 06-03-2017 18:55
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35888866)
Sky's response
Quote:
Graham McWilliam, group director of corporate affairs said: “ITV wants to keep the very significant benefits of its public service broadcaster status while cherry-picking from the fundamentally different US market.

“If additional charges were introduced, the reality is that millions of households would end up paying for public service channels that are supposed to be free."
Virgins Response
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Tom Mockridge, Virgin Media’s chief executive officer, said: "The law requires public service broadcasters to make some channels available to cable and satellite companies and equally requires that we make them available to our subscribers. This system has worked well for decades. Viewers already pay one TV tax. ITV is asking for another.”
I fully agree with both of them.

RichardCoulter 06-03-2017 18:56
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35888863)
Sorry but don't agree with this , ITV as a PSB enjoys prominence on the first page of Virgins EPG and as such doesn't pay for its slot.
AFAIK none of them pay for their EPG slot, it's included in the carriage deal.

theone2k10 06-03-2017 19:29
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 35888855)
Why would that move no affect Sky as well? Are they not doing the same thing?
Not sure but i think SKY have shares in ITV.

1andrew1 06-03-2017 19:34
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35888876)
Not sure but i think SKY have shares in ITV.
Keep up. :D Sky sold its shares to LGI some time ago! https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberty...kyb-1405578714

Media Boy UK 06-03-2017 19:46
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
 
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35888866)
But that story is from September 2014.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35888878)
Keep up. :D Sky sold its shares to LGI some time ago! https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberty...kyb-1405578714
And now own just under 10% (9.9%)


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