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Originally Posted by muppetman11
The problem with Premier Sports being added to XL is it dwindles the 24.50 XL money even further which seems a bit unfair to none sports fans , considering ESPN is already included.
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Not really. A Virgin employee confirmed here last year that the deal for ESPN costs Virgin no more than 20p per XL customer per month. If Premier Sports does arrive as part of the XL package, Virgin will undoubtedly be paying them roughly the same as ESPN. 20p from my £24.50 subscription each month for a premium channel is fantastic value for money, in fact that's less than 1% of my monthly subscription charge for the XL package.
Now non sports fans on XL package may complain however general entertainment channels such as SKY Arts 1 & 2 HD have been added to the XL package in recent months, and dwindles the £24.50 XL money too, however not too many people complained when they were added. Sure SKY Arts 1 & 2 HD are not classed as premium channels however I'm sure Virgin will be paying a fair carriage price to SKY.
In reality any new channels or content added to the XL package dwindles the £24.50 XL charge. I'd much rather see Virgin invest the money in new channels to strengthen their packages than adding nothing at all, which has been the case more often than not in the last 6 months... if you excuse the arrival of SKY Arts HD.
XL customers who are not sports fans can look forward to SKY Anytime being added to their package in the coming months. This too dwindles the XL £24.50 charge however based on your reckoning is unfair on anyone on the XL package who doesn't like SKY programming. Also please note there are more entertainment channels, music channels, lifestyle channels, kids channels and factual channels included in the XL package than sports channels. If anything Virgin SHOULD be trying to launch more Sports and news channels as part of the XL package.