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Originally Posted by MrB
Thank you for your comments - I know that they don't compete and therefore wasn't really expecting them to show the comparison on their site. However, the point I was trying to make was how come Telewest can afford to include the really good channels in the lower packages when NTL do not? They have done this for a while, so it is not just a recent promotion, and they would be buying from the same source?
Is there a way of getting just UK Gold and UK Drama added cheaply to the basic package?
Many thanks
MrB
PS - I haven't watched Granada Plus for a while - must mean that the main channels and UK Gold/UK Drama have had plenty of decent programmes on!
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Fair enough! I think Telewest can afford to do it and so could NTL but they choose not to. (In fact, NTL used to offer a completely different system where you could choose to add between 1 and 5 extra packs for £4 each but they decided to drop that in favour of mirroring Sky. Whereas Telewest are still using their "old" system which differs from Sky.)
There are only the mid-tier packages that might include UK Gold and UK Drama but, as you said, they are not really worth the £2 saving over the Family Pack.
Basically, Telewest choose to beat Sky on price and NTL do not. I imagine that when they merge it will be the Telewest packages that disapear.
