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Originally Posted by devilincarnate
They may not do it for xl customers ? but may do it for the vip customers as the package seems to heve been devalued as of late ?
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lets remember that SKY dont set the prices that we as VM customers pay and also that VM set the Channel listings for their packages and not SKY.
both the VIP and XL packages were devalued (channels moved to lower packages) to allow for the XL pack to have all the HD content that VM have access to. the VIP pack is only the XL pack with Sky Sports and Sky movies throw in nothing more so in essence you are only paying extra for SKY`s premium content like SKY cuystomers do.
i cant see VM removing channels from the XL pack just make the VIP pack look more attractive as a good majority of VM tv Customers are on XL TV and to remove channels espeically HD content will drive customers away especially after the big advertising campaign.
VM will have two options and that is to either absorb any extra cost for content (Sky/HD basics) and allow the content for free on XL/VIP tv packages. the other option is to increase prices on the packages that will get the new channels/content (this will probably effect XL/VIP TV packages only). this price increase will take place as a general price rise like we got in March rather than an actual subcription to a HD package like SKY crrrently do.
saying all this it all depnend on what the fine details of the agreement state and we wont know this until everything sorts itself out and the channels start coming. one thing for sure is that SSP and SKY movies will only be available on VIP or as a subcription like the SD varients are now.