Cable Forum - View Single Post - [Merged] You have to give Sky their Due!!!

jfman · 05-09-2010, 14:20

Conveniently left out of the OP is the fact Virgin got £160m for VMTV and a new long term carriage agreement in place ensuring stability of channels on their platform.

To go through the 4 points:

1. Sky Movies Classics HD is just one HD channel. Considering Virgin didn't have any HD channels other than BBC HD until earlier this year the offering now, at the current price points, is better now than it was then.
2. Sky's advertising is always in some way going to play on it's superior offering. An offering that does come at a significant price premium over VIP 50.
3. As point 1.
4. Living HD is on cable anyway, I don't see why any subscriber should get upset about it.

05-09-2010, 14:20	#37
jfman Architect of Ideas Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 11,146	Re: [Merged] You have to give Sky their Due!!! - VM Screwed Up? Conveniently left out of the OP is the fact Virgin got £160m for VMTV and a new long term carriage agreement in place ensuring stability of channels on their platform. To go through the 4 points: 1. Sky Movies Classics HD is just one HD channel. Considering Virgin didn't have any HD channels other than BBC HD until earlier this year the offering now, at the current price points, is better now than it was then. 2. Sky's advertising is always in some way going to play on it's superior offering. An offering that does come at a significant price premium over VIP 50. 3. As point 1. 4. Living HD is on cable anyway, I don't see why any subscriber should get upset about it.