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HDFootyMan · 06-06-2010, 14:10

The press release refers to a incremental wholesale option for VM to have the Sky HD channels.

VM have done a similar deal with ESPN - as I understand it (or, read it somewhere), for every customer on XL, VM pay ESPN £2.50 per month.

So, the charge for the Sky Basic HD channels could be buried within the XL charge (and remember - XL went up by £1.50 per month recently. The phone rental went up by £1.00 per month too).

If VM do that, Sky must surely drop their HD charge. Asking their customers £10 per month for HD when VM have it for 'free' (along with Sky 1 HD) seems daft from Sky's view, especially now their main UPS is gone.

If they don't, they'll surely want VM to have some kind of Sky HD charge for VM customers in order to make their own HD offering an attractive option compared to VM.

Either way, Sky will do what's best for them, regardless of what VM put on their own website or what VM have said in their adverts. If that means forcing VM to charge for any HD, so be it, not their problem.

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HDFootyMan Inactive Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Coventry Services: Virgin Media 1TB TiVo, 500Gb TiVo, TV XL, 60Mb Broadband, Phone Posts: 1,508	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. II The press release refers to a incremental wholesale option for VM to have the Sky HD channels. VM have done a similar deal with ESPN - as I understand it (or, read it somewhere), for every customer on XL, VM pay ESPN £2.50 per month. So, the charge for the Sky Basic HD channels could be buried within the XL charge (and remember - XL went up by £1.50 per month recently. The phone rental went up by £1.00 per month too). If VM do that, Sky must surely drop their HD charge. Asking their customers £10 per month for HD when VM have it for 'free' (along with Sky 1 HD) seems daft from Sky's view, especially now their main UPS is gone. If they don't, they'll surely want VM to have some kind of Sky HD charge for VM customers in order to make their own HD offering an attractive option compared to VM. Either way, Sky will do what's best for them, regardless of what VM put on their own website or what VM have said in their adverts. If that means forcing VM to charge for any HD, so be it, not their problem.