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cllp1975 · 21-08-2009, 15:49

We're all seeing the negatives here - it's quite possible that any deal brokered for the sale of the VMTV channel portfolio would contain many caviats to protect the main VM content delivery business - perhaps even a lifelong agreement to share content across the two platforms. This deal might not be as disastrous as everyone is thinking, it may even lead to the twin holy grails of Sky's HD channels and red button content - perhaps even a guarantee that there would never be another event like the great blackout of 2007-8! They'd be daft not to make that insurance policy as part of the sale.

It's very easy to be sniffy about the VM top brass - but remember, they're some of the country's top executives. If they DON'T think of things like this, heads would roll.

Compare it with, say, planning permission. When Amazon built their new super-warehouse just outside Swansea, caviats (in planning they're called "106 Clauses") were included which stated that Amazon had to finance a by-pass and a school. Such things are rife in business. Watch this space - it could be the best thing that ever happened to the Cable platform.

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cllp1975 Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 58	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) We're all seeing the negatives here - it's quite possible that any deal brokered for the sale of the VMTV channel portfolio would contain many caviats to protect the main VM content delivery business - perhaps even a lifelong agreement to share content across the two platforms. This deal might not be as disastrous as everyone is thinking, it may even lead to the twin holy grails of Sky's HD channels and red button content - perhaps even a guarantee that there would never be another event like the great blackout of 2007-8! They'd be daft not to make that insurance policy as part of the sale. It's very easy to be sniffy about the VM top brass - but remember, they're some of the country's top executives. If they DON'T think of things like this, heads would roll. Compare it with, say, planning permission. When Amazon built their new super-warehouse just outside Swansea, caviats (in planning they're called "106 Clauses") were included which stated that Amazon had to finance a by-pass and a school. Such things are rife in business. Watch this space - it could be the best thing that ever happened to the Cable platform.