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Originally Posted by Chad
It's a good idea in principle however I can't see Virgin ever going down that road. What happens if Virgin sign deals to secure all of these extra HD channels however the new £5 extra HD package isn't a success? Who then has to pay to cover the costs of securing these channels? I'll end up that prices go up across the board to make sure Virgin don't make a loss. Also if you want all HD that Virgin has to offer, you'll have to pay £13.00 per month which I understand would make it the most expensive HD package in the UK, Europe and possibly the world. Even then you still wouldn't have all the channels that SKY offer.
SKY use the tagline "Believe in better".
Virgin would have to use "Pay more for less".
The points raised in recent posts have pretty much been covered in the following thread all ready:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...l-package.html |
Well yes you have ust pointed out the downfall in all of this i would be surprised myself if virgin had not looked into this one way or another,and reached a similar conclusion the only way i think it may work but this will not happen if like sky channels had to pay to be on virgns epg,but this is not compatible with virgins current buisiness model.
But getting lots more HD on the TV XL package is a no go as well without either a hike in price or virgin getting deals from providers that are ultra cheap to carry them, at the current price rate not a lot extra can be sqeezed into the XL pack.