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Originally Posted by AndyCambs
Don't forget that Virgin have been busy buying programmes for the VOD (I'm guessing Virgin Central), and that includes that programme Lost.
And if they're downloading the programmes - why would they want to move to Sky anyway?
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Oops, sorry - misesd out the world 'else' for 'everyone else'. What I was thinking was that if Virgin get the impression that lots of people don't want Sky One because they are downloading episodes instead, they may not consider it worthwhile to get the channels back. Those that don't download will then be left without it, and they will be the ones that will either need to switch to Sky or move to downloading themselves, whereas if downloading wasn't an option, there would probably be more people wanting to get the channel back and thus more pressure upon Virgin to try to find a way to bring it back. It was just the impression I've got from what was on the news, what has been posted on Virgin's fairplay section and on various forums recently - a lot of people are taking the view "I don't care Virgin dropped Sky One, I can download them instead now", which is fine for those that can or will do that, but more difficult for those that can't. In the current anti-downloading situations that are arising, it could pose a particular problem if people switch to downloading, and then Virgin is forced to give over the details of downloaders, downloading is blocked/prevented/filtered and such - hopefully unlikely, but possible - by which poiint it'd be too late to do anything about it.