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Old 08-07-2011, 19:32   #136
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh View Post
They need more channels to begin with. American sports are often being broadcast on standard ESPN and not America so there is already an excess of content for one channel.
The reason that they show American sports on ESPN as well as ESPN America is firstly that not all ESPN viewers can receive ESPN America (DTT viewers, for example) and secondly that for sports such as the NFL and NBA they only have the rights for the UK and Ireland and the version of ESPN America that we get also goes to several other countries where they don't have the rights.
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