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Originally Posted by howardmicks
Sorry matey but after disagree,VM seem to got squat out of the deal.Yes they may have got hd premium channels but at a cost of £7 and lets not forget didnt get all sports channels,Sky 1 by time all the good programmes have been ripped away to Sky atlantic wont be worth squat either.Loss of channels and not getting new ones,Way its going the 9 year carriage deal will be worth squat either.About time Vm admitted they took a huge risk selling to sky and already we are seeing the results of it and its only january,Things will get far worse if murdoch takes full control and vm will have no power to do anything about it.Tivo aint gonna be worth squat if the channels aren`t there,I myself will not risk tying myself to a 18 month contract for it and spending silly money.
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Lets face they were desperate to sell the channels,Sky new it and screwed them over yet again and vm still are not relising it.
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They were not desperate to sell - Sky gave the best offer, by a long shot.
Amongst other things.....
Sky Movies HD channels - you'd
NEVER of got these without this deal
Sky RED button - As above (almost ready on this one)
Sky VoD - as above
Sky1HD - again, Sky would have never of given this to VM without the VMtv sale.
As a consumer you are free to choose what service provider you use, but VM is far from a poor choice.
Sky can't do VOD like VM can, so they only have their own channels as far as content is concerned.
It will be intersting once the Competition Commision has finished it's investigation in to Sky, with-holding VOD rights to competitiors, for movies it can't show.
VM are also persuing a complaint with Ofcom regarding the unfair £7 PER BOX rule that Sky imposes on them.