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Originally Posted by shugg mcglummfer
I've spent years trying to avoid giving direct money to Rupert Murdoch and now the only way to do this will be to cancel the cable tv.
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How so? You don't pay BSkyB directly for the Sky-owned channels featured on VM at the moment, and you won't do after this deal is done. You will continue to pay your subs to VM and they will in turn pay content providers for the channels they make available on their cables.
The NTL half of VM's management has never really liked being a content provider - they always wanted to focus on the delivery platform. They have now got what they wanted, so let's see if they are right.
This could be a good deal, if it ensures that the full range of subscription TV services are always available on cable. On the other hand if VM's negotiators have screwed up (and it wouldn't be the first time), this could one day torpedo cable TV permanently. If there's ever another tiff between the two companies it won't just be the 'Sky Basics' that get pulled off the cable. Let's hope they've sorted out the terms and conditions of this deal very, very carefully.