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Originally Posted by pk1
UPDATE: We've now heard from Virgin Media which has confirmed it will be offering all of its TiVo subscribers the 24 live HD streams through the new BBC Sport application we first wrote about at the end of last year. The app will be accessible through the proprietary BBC/TiVo Red Button service, and will aggregate all of the content so that it's selectable from the one place.
Found here http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/4514...24-hd-channels |
That's a massive slap in the face to 3,500,000 non-TiVo Virgin customers. So to sum it up then, as we stand just now:
All streams are free to all of SKY's 10,000,000 customers. Even people with an old dish without a subscription will get access.
All streams are free to Freesat's 2,000,000 customers.
Freeview will be offering the exact same content as Virgin customers who are on M+, L and XL without TiVo however Virgin customers, as we stand just now, will be paying a subscription to access the material where as Freeview is completely free to view.
Virgin customers who want to access all the streams, as we stand just now, will need at least the M+ package with TiVo costing £18.00 per month without the ability to record the streams. All streams will be made available to just 450,000 of Virgins television subscribers.
How can Virgin spin this to look like a good deal. The Olympics are huge, especially when they are hosted within our country, and have attracted some of the biggest TV audiences of all time.
Why would people think of joining Virgin, just for full access to the games when they can get it for free elsewhere. Even current Virgin customers, without TiVo, who are out of contract must surely see the value of going elsewhere for their Olympic fix.
For me Virgin are trying to push TiVo onto their customers way too hard.