I must admit when I first saw the Sky TV adverts for Atlantic I didnt take much notice , just another US channel filled with poor TV with the odd gem perhaps. I could live with that.
What has now grabbed my attention though was the reference to HBO , I believe that HBO have produced some of the best TV ever made in the shape of programmes like The Sopranos ,The Wire etc. Their programmes have over the past few years been spread across a variety of PPV and mainstream channels which has meant that the likes of Sky have not been able to keep such classic TV away from the masses.
With Atlantic however, Sky is claiming that this channel is to be the home of HBO in the UK , they seem now to have their exclusive control of HBO content.
I know many on here will say ' so what ' but this could be a real coup for Sky. From a personal point of view I was planning on giving TIVO a go , replacing my 3 V+ HD boxes (At some considerable cost I believe) and sticking with VM but now I have to admit I will have to review that , I will hang fire now and see if Sky start to move more content onto Atlantic , I am pretty sure this is just the opener , Sky will have more plans in the future so I certainly do not want to recommit to VM until things become clearer.
In some ways you have to admire Sky you know , they are masters at this sort of thing , vicious in many ways but they seem to have the knack of sticking the boot into VM and its customers and nobody seems able to touch em.
