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You're scoffing at what Old boy is suggesting but i think he isn't far from the truth.
No-one me, you or the cat knows what the future holds but it is obvious on demand is increasing at a quick rate.

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I use nbcsports extra and the quality is superb on it as is the xfinity streamed channels i sometimes watch too such as HBO, Discovery etc.

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l am not scoffing at anybody as l am just saying it as it is as OB ain't slow articulating his views on the thread and l like others will put out twopence in as whether its right or wrong it is up to other people to decide.

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As is your right, Den. However, you have not told us why you think as you do when the overwhelming evidence is that change is coming.

Apart from the shopping channels, which make money for Virgin, no other new channels have appeared on our platform for some time. All new content has been via on demand and streaming services.

Additionally, I have provided articles in another thread that confirm this is the way most TV thinkers and cable companies in the US in particular are thinking.

I can understand the frustration some people feel with the sluggish streaming services on our particular platform, but when you get a Smart TV or a faster service on the new Tivo, you will start to see how attractive on demand viewing really is.

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There's no reason why VM couldn't make on demand content available to other platforms, just like Sky's is available on VM.

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Better to have some bargaining chips then to have nothing to bargain with.

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History says otherwise.

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Agreed I guess they could also create their own OTT offering and use the content for that also similar to how Now TV does now.

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The main bargaining chips by far are money and viewers.

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Wouldn't surprise me if we see something from VM in the future, we might even see their tv anywhere service become available to none vm customers, maybe something similat to tv player or nowtv.

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I felt there was a chance to do this is the past in the non-cabled areas under a different brand like NTL. But now that there is Now TV and all the telecoms players offer a TV service (even late-comers to the party like EE and PlusNet) I think it's probably not worth the effort.

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Since Friday Virgin Media have started to test Fox News. Info from Media Boy Sources.

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Vince will be happy!

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:td:

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Can anyone sent us the full list of channels on WorldBox so we can update our blog.

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This is the no spin zone Media Boy, is this the truth?:) No spin..., as Bill O'Reilly likes to say more than once, the charming fellow he is...

No doubt when this channel launches it will be renamed "The Donald Trump (lets slag off Hilary Clinton even more than we currently do) News Channel"....

I must say since cancelling my sky sub, I do miss Fox News. It's a little reminder that America is more than just the liberal East Coast/Californian view of things. There are other opinions too and Fox News broadcasts those loud and proud. I'm just waiting for one of their presenters to present a show armed with a machine gun...

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We were meant to be getting CNN HD and CNN USA too, is that still happening?