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Originally Posted by denphone
A lot of the hd channels which are Sky owned were decided by ofcoms intervention and not by Virgin investing in their in their own tv platform and on Tivo we were supposed to get that in December and we are highly unlikely to get it before the second quarter and we have to pay a substantional amount to get it plus a monthly charge as well, l will never go to Sky but they have invested massively in content and channels and Virgin are selling theirs to the the enemy.
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Lets look at this bit-by-bit.
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A lot of the hd channels which are Sky owned were decided by ofcoms intervention and not by Virgin investing in their in their own tv platform
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Really? Ofcom have had very little to do with VM's HD channels. Some minor platform improvements has resulted in more HD, much of which has come about by Virgin upgrading their network to allow more channel bandwidth, turning off old analogue segments, and getting deals with other broadcasters such as Channel 4.
Ofcom have intervened in Sky's premium TV situation yes, but getting Sky 1 HD for example was through Virgin's deal with Sky over Virgin's selling them their Living TV franchise.
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Tivo we were supposed to get that in December and we are highly unlikely to get it before the second quarter
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Virgin said it would start to launch in December 2010, they never said it would be available to everyone by then.
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and we have to pay a substantional amount to get it plus a monthly charge as well,
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OK, depends what you call substantial, but from what I have seen, what VM are asking people to pay for the box, plus the monthly sub charge, it would appear that VM are subsidising this new package.
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will never go to Sky but they have invested massively in content and channels and Virgin are selling theirs to the the enemy.
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Sky the enemy? Hmmmm, I understand some people's gripe with the behemoth of a company they are, but Sky has always been about TV. You've got some Sky content thanks to VM selling off its TV channels.
You are entitled to your opinion, but I think a few here, including myself think your opinion is wrong.