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Old 11-03-2007, 16:27   #26
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Re: vote please Sky's basic Channels back on Virgin Media?

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Originally Posted by RedDragon View Post
Maybe, just for those whose life depends on 24 and the Simpsons, VM should buy Sky 1 at the asked for price then put it out as a stand alone premium channel so that only those who want it ,pay for it, and the rest of us won't have to subsidise the few.
That would be good (or perhaps say put it on the L/XL packages but not the M one, or something) - but I don't think that was an option, supposedly the deal was all or nothing.

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Originally Posted by Taf View Post
Appease Murdoch just to get Stargate, Stargate Atlantis and a couple of others back?

No thanks... I'll wait for the DVD boxsets.
Which even for just a few programmes, will likely work out an order of magnitude more expensive than the price Sky were asking for.

Of course, there is a cheaper way to get hold of the programmes...

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Originally Posted by Saneboy13 View Post
3p per customer per day does not sound much until you work it all out and it comes to near the £40 mil I said earlier.
I'd say that's looking at it backwards - £40m sounds a lot, until you realise it works out at 3p per customer per day. Quoting £40m is meaningless when you don't know how many customers VM have, or what revenues they have, not to mention comparing viewers/price for other channels.

Also, surely 3p was the _new_ price, and not the increase?

In answer to your qu, no I wouldn't mind it if 90p per month of my bill went to Sky. I realise that not everyone is okay with that, but then everyone has different tastes. But for everyone, the question is what that money will be spent on instead.
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