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And that is when I think there is a downside to social media

Continually asking the same thing over and over and over isn't going to change the situation, it's only going to end up frustrating people

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Well you will always get a few Jonah's and Cassandra's bellowing away on Twitter.:rant::fit:

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Works two ways Ben, VM could of course use the social media to let their intentions known therefore eliminating the need for a bombardment of tweets etc, etc

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"Quite a few" is probably a rather minor amount of the total VM customer base, and I imagine most of that base will have Sky Sports (the figures for SS subscribers is pretty low anyway.) VM will also be aware most of these people banging on over a nothingness will probably never leave anyway. People generally just wanna let off steam and try to scare businesses into action by having a go at the little people who can not change anything anyway.
I have worked for one medium sized and one major sized supermarket for half my life and the number of times customers that have asked me (a relatively lowly grunt on the shop floor) why have we stopped selling/do not sell certain lines is HUGE. I could have retired if they all gave a me pound:) I tell them why, and the response is often to blame me and take it out on me personally (like it's my idea) and say something along the lines of "well I'll take my weekly shop elsewhere." What do they expect to happen? they must think we (and VM CS teams) all have direct lines to the MD! I try very hard to remember these idiots and always smile knowingly at them as they come back in week after week and fill their trollies, it really does cheer me up on busy days:).
Like VM's HQ, the guys at the HQ's of my old/current company know that if they take lines out of any shop, most customers will get a similar line in the shop. A few customers will get the line they want elsewhere and even less will take their main spend elsewhere though.
Having got that off my chest, I simply can not imagine VM not carrying BT Sports.
Sky will start getting jealous soon, Atlantic will soon stop being the most wanted channel for VM customers!!!:D
P.S, the moral of that story is to be nice to your shop workers. If you really want us to look for something that is off-sale, ask us nicely or you will be unlikely to get it;):D

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Is it??

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Around 700,000 Sky Sports subscribers on VM.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...eal-sky-sports

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I'd say thats a fair whack of income coming from those people, wouldn't you?

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Assuming that BT Sport will not be available on VM, if I add Sky Sports to my XL package, can I just have it for the football season and then cancel it, or would it have to be permanent?

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I would think yes. On Sky, I often add for a few months, drop while on hols, and add back. You just need to give them 1 month's notice. So would think virgin carriage is same.

And having done a quick google
Premium channels: Premium channels and package upgrades must be kept for at least 30 days. You must subscribe to Sky Sports and/or Sky Movies in SD to take these channels in HD. Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD, Sky Movies Classic HD and Sky Sports News HD not included; Sky Movies Premiere +1 not available in HD. Sky premium HD channels £7 per month when subscribing to Sky premium SD channels.

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Thank you:)

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Yes, add it then cancel it.

Premium channels (either Sports or Movies) you just need to keep for 30 days.

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TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding is very open and honest with her views on BT Sports!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...-football.html

“The reality is if you want premium sports you’re not going to be a TalkTalk customer. We’re not the right place for you to be and we’re really relaxed about that.

“Our most frequently-watched on-demand content is Peppa Pig. That’s our market, not people who want to spend a chunk of money on premium football matches."

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boring bitter Hansen.

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Yet they have the 6 Sky Sports channels and BT don't. Heh.

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That was in the Daily Mail 2 days ago.

He's on £40,000 a show. Works out at about £1.5m actually. It's obscene.

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Also, just because Gary Neville has made a good transition to TV, doesn't mean Phil Neville will. Don't get why the BBC are so desperate to sign him up.