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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Horizon I suppose you don't think Sky are getting to big and abusing there position. How do u know Virgin didn't put these safeguards in , don't forget Sky try every dirty trick going , god forbid Virgin and Sky being on a level playing field. It's about time OFCOM grew some balls and made Sky sell all there channels at an agreed wholesale cost , as it stands now competition in the pay TV market is a joke.
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From a customer point of view, I agree. I would like access to all channels at the best possible price.
From a business point of view, I disagree. Sky got so big and dominant because they are good at what they do, while all the cablecos were fighting amongst themselves about who was going to buy who. VM could easily have bid higher for premiership rights as can any other company, ie BT. Same goes with film rights and tv rights. What stopped VM making an exclusive deal with HBO? Nothing. Sky did it and not for the first time either.
If Tesco signed an exclusive contract to sell the next ipad, would that mean that all the other retailers have a "right" in law to claim unfair practises against Apple, because they can't sell the ipad too?
If vm put safeguards in, why are we back to this position again of not getting access to Sky Atlantic HD? Because they didn't, that's why.
From a customer point of view, its a pain in the neck. From a business point of view, Sky are not there to make things easier for a competitor.
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
To be perfectly honest as an individual I'm not bothered about Sky Atlantic don't much care for HBO although I would like to see it for the many customers on here who would love to watch it.
Virgin had a great 2010 however I do feel TIVO alone won't win them customers they need to ramp up there HD offering. Virgin don't yet have a kids channel in HD , documentary is lagging with only Discovery and NAt Geo HD , Virgin should concentrate on the non Sky owned HD channels , also they need to change there OD titles more.
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Exactly. There is nothing stopping vm doing those things, they choose not too. Should Sky be punished for that too?