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Chad · 03-03-2011, 19:56

I've just been reading posts on the coming soon thread that raised an interesting point.

ESPN channels are premium content which everyone on the XL package receives. Virgin have to pay ESPN a fee for everyone that takes the XL package, regardless of whether they watch the channels or not. If Virgin removed the ESPN content, this would free up money to add new channels. The ESPN channels would then become a subscription service, just like on SKY. If you want ESPN, then it's say £9.00 per month.

Do you believe removing ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN America from the XL package would be beneficial to Virgin?

P.S. I haven't added ESPN Classic or Classic on demand as these would surely aren't classed as premium whilst the other 3 are.

03-03-2011, 19:56	#1
Chad Inactive Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Edinburgh Services: SKY Family, SKY Broadband Unlimited, YouView, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Boxnation Posts: 5,137	Drop ESPN programming from XL package? I've just been reading posts on the coming soon thread that raised an interesting point. ESPN channels are premium content which everyone on the XL package receives. Virgin have to pay ESPN a fee for everyone that takes the XL package, regardless of whether they watch the channels or not. If Virgin removed the ESPN content, this would free up money to add new channels. The ESPN channels would then become a subscription service, just like on SKY. If you want ESPN, then it's say £9.00 per month. Do you believe removing ESPN, ESPN HD and ESPN America from the XL package would be beneficial to Virgin? P.S. I haven't added ESPN Classic or Classic on demand as these would surely aren't classed as premium whilst the other 3 are.