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Originally Posted by Chartwell
VM have the option to not respond - and perhaps it is slightly patronising, but when a company takes seven months to deliver on its promises, perhaps stakeholders are entitled to be somewhat frustrated, as VM could be seen as holding customers in contempt by saying one thing and not delivering.
VM said in their press release the wholesale agreement covered any of Sky's basic HD channels. As for SD, they claim a wholesale agreement for Sky's basic channel line-up, of which Sky Atlantic is about to be one of them.
As I intimated, perhaps VM thought any meant any, and the basic line-up meant the basic line-up, but their lawyers ballsed up and it doesn't mean anything of the sort.
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How can one define the worth of a deal which involves a channel and related content which doesn't exist yet? Sure, Sky knew SA was coming, but their under no obligation to tell VM about it.
Sky know that the TV content gap between them and VM is closing (partly thanks to the latest deal) so......this was always going to happen. I didn't expect SSN HD or Sky News HD on Cable anytime soon (they weren't even mentioned in VM's press releases
by name) and I didn't expect SA either in any definition.
However (and I should have said this eariler), I agree with the rest of your letter wholeheartedly. I watching SS1 now and it would be nice if I could press red and select a match. Ho-Hum, I've have to settle for Chelsea screwing up....again.