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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic
It obviously is isn't it... otherwise we'd have them!  They need to get a decent amount of channels in HD to sell it as a pack, otherwise they'd be wasting their time if they got just a couple and tried to charge for them.. 
Plus, don't forget Sky had done deals with some of the broadcasters for exlusive access for a period of time and they also have their own channels in HD, which they hadn't offfered to VM on favourable terms due to wanting an edge over VM. |
Surely channel 4 hd would be a non chargeable channel,i believe vm had an option to take it,also itv may soon be available to put on the vm platform those are two that could be added without charge surely,i know itv was exclusive to freesat but surely that must be coming to an end sometime.?
I have seen people make claims that sky have done exclusive deals with hd content providers many times on this and other sites,notably ds,has anyone actually been able to provide concrete poof this is the case? or if it is have those deals actually now expired, surely if that were the case vm may have made a submission to the competition comission by now or ofcom to claim it is unfair on other platforms ie being denied access to hd channels. After all they were prepared to go to court over the sky basics issue.
Ofcom are conducting a review of pay tv part one has already been done,part two is happening now cannot remember though whether vm have submitted they are being denied access to hd though i know part two focuses on premium content.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/cond...paytv/summary/
If vm are being denied access perhaps we the customers should at least be told even if nobody is prepared even to look into it.
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Here is a vm press release from 2007, in the article it refers to having an option way back in 2007 to carry the linear channel 4 hd so presumably vm could have had it on by now.
http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/p...314&highlight=