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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Sounds more like sour grapes to me. Sky dumped TiVo, rather unceremoniously, and they were quite miffed the VM were offered this platform before them.
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Sky bought the exclusive distribution rights to TiVo in the UK many years ago, then decided not to distribute it as they thought their Sky+ product was better. To be fair, given Sky+ had two tuners and TiVo had none, they backed the right horse for the mass-market.
When that exclusivity ran out, VM did a deal to get TiVo.
So I don't see how "dumped" and "offered this platform before them" applies.
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Originally Posted by lawe
Sour grapes come to mind.
Sky may have more channels, though quality is not top of the list, but Virgin has more benefits and with VOD beats sky hands down.
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Sky will do what they always have done - buy as much content exclusively as they can, and appeal to the mass market.
TiVo still isn't at mass market stage - the next year (and the "early adopters") will determine if VM can get it to the masses. It's definitely the superior system, but is my Mum or Grandad going to want it?