Thread: Virgin media price increase
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Old 07-02-2011, 00:09   #72
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Re: Virgin media price increase
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Originally Posted by Trent View Post
http://www.virginmediapeople.com/pri...default.aspx#1

Like im not paying enough.. Why does everything keep getting more expensive.. when will it stop?
Like you said, its everything: Bus fares; Food; Petrol; Gas; Electric etc etc.

Stuff like Cable TV is a luxury in these times. As I said to my sister a few hours ago, "If you can't afford it, don't have it, get rid." Really want HD? Wait for DSO to be completed and watch Freeview HD or better yet, get a Blu Ray and a Lovefilm subscription.

And if you can afford Cable TV....well, look at it this way:

Everyone wants more HD channels from Virgin, yeah?

OK. But how are Virgin going to pay more content providers out of the XL fee for more HD channels?

By raising the price a little, that's how.

I'm sure I read somewhere that for every XL customer, ESPN gets 20p from Virgin or something like that. At some point (which has probably already been reached for now), there won't be enough from the XL charge for Virgin to pay the extra wholesale charges for say, ITV HD 2/3/4, ESPN America HD, SSN HD etc.

Its either little price rises now and then, or Virgin have a 'HD charge' on top of XL for non-premium HD content, just like Sky.
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