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Originally Posted by Charliedontsurf
Like has been said Sky are not obliged to offer VM all there channels but they do as they understand its good for customers either VM or sky so they do it.
Its a shame VM dont have the same mentallity as Sky and open up there network.
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There's a difference between channels, which broadcast content, and a broadband network. Virgin used to own a number of television channels before they sold them to BSkyB. Prior to that they were resold through Sky's television packages. Virgin could have chosen to restrict Bravo, for example, and only offered it through the Virgin Media cable TV platform. Some channels that are available on Sky's TV platform aren't available on Virgin Media's.
There probably wouldn't be any commercial benefit of Virgin Media deciding to open up their broadband network to anyone else, for anyone. Sky can still offer multiple broadband solutions anywhere Virgin Media can, through OpenReach.