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Originally Posted by m419
Yes but i'm sure those broadcasters have to pay some kind of fee to Virgin Media and if Chello Zone think there is not enough demand for the price Virgin Media is offering, then I think they refuse to carry that channel, i'm not entirely sure if that's how the free channels work on Cable but i've heard that rumour quite a lot.
Sometimes it can be the broadcasters themselves that are being unreasonable or under contract with Sky to offer such a channel exclusively to Sky.
Sky are being unreasonable with Sky Atlantic as they have been offering that channel on there lower packages to customers but want a high amount for it on Virgin Media.
For Virgin Media to introduce an XXL TV package or have certain channels as premium channels for the sake of carriage cost disputes is no good as it shows poor value for money and is giving in to the broadcasters, do you really want Virgin Media to increase the prices of the TV service?
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Virgin can do nothing about unreasonable broadcasters like Sky, launch a XXL TV Pack (with Sky Movies and Sports SD and HD, BoxNation, Both Premier Sports Channels, Asia Mela, Sky Atlantic SD and HD, Sky News HD, Al Jezzera and Sky Sports 3/4/F1/News HD and others) so that we can still get the channels (for people who want them), even if it will cost quite a lot!
If you think that the broadcasters are acting reasonalble, they you might as well contact them directly!
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Originally Posted by m419
Broadcasters are under estimating the benefits of Virgin Media's TV platform, just under 4 million TV customers short of viewing there channels and that means lost advertising revenue. Broadcasters also have the ability to supply Virgin Media with TV on demand content.
With the loss of the Sky basic channels, Sky knew it had to do something as it was losing money, a USP lost them money. It is the same with Sky Anytime, the more features and content from Sky Virgin TV has, the more people that will be interested in taking up Sky's premium channels.
Sky Movies Collection looks more attractive at £19.50 per month rather than nearly £22, the cheaper it gets, the more subscribers it gets and the more money Sky can make.
It's simple, some people don't want Sky and want Virgin TV, that way they still manage to make money from the people who won't or can't join.
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I would agree with you on that!!
