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Originally Posted by jab1990
Thanks for clearing that up m419. I also think that the whole tv platform should be taken over. The only thing for me virgin's takeover brought was the brand. The cs has gone downhill, along with my internet. Granted they made strides with VOD but that has little of interest to me now as they have a lack of quality of shows, and do not update reguarly. (in mine own opinion)
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Well its up to the broadcasters,they choose what goes on NOT Virgin Media! Virgin Media are only responsible for the on-demand content from Living,Bravo,Challenge,Trouble and Virgin 1.
Furthermore, its mostly down to Sky that is holding back Virgin Media from offering good content, since most of the channels are in control or owned by Sky, there is no fair competition and Sky is holding back its rivals,this is unfair competition as they have created a near enough monopoly and keep refusing to provide content or keep rising prices to the point where rivals cant afford,there are also many channels such as Flaunt which have signed a contract saying that ''if you want your channel to be broadcasted across Sky TV, then you must make it available to Sky TV only and not Cable or Freeview.
This is a bad deal for consumers and is bad for the economy and will lead to more job losses,less content on TV and expensive subscription costs.
Furthermore, if Sky did create a 100% monopoly, they would charge such high subscription costs too! similar to how BT did it when they were privatised and didnt really have a competitor until 1986.
There should be regulations on providers that hold a 30% market share or more.
Virgin Media have provided good content on Living and Virgin 1 over the last year with new exclusive shows, remember, it will take longer than over night to do! Some work needs to be done with Challenge TV though!
Sky's channels vs Virgin Media's???
Well I did a poll and people prefered Virgin Media's!
Far too many repeats on the Sky channels!
Airline which has been repeated millions of times on ITV2 and millions of times on Sky Real Lives, Far too many repeats!!! And Sky wanted £48 Million per year for it! No wonder Virgin Media plus 4 million customers said no to Sky channels!!!