Sorry I'm late to this thread but...
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Originally Posted by martyh
Sky is the only place to watch discovery unless you buy a package that includes those channels from Virgin . It's not a free channel  |
So
exactly the same as Sky then
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Originally Posted by andy_m
In fairness to Sky, which came first, really?
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Cable TV, actually
(But not by much
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_TV#United_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting
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Originally Posted by Chris
See my post above. Sky Atlantic is just another ploy to get round past rulings regarding availability of Sky channels on other platforms. There was plenty of room among the endless re-runs of The Simpsons for all the HBO stuff to go on Sky One. It would have cost them less to do it that way. They didn't do it that way, because Sky Atlantic is all about maintaining a level of exclusivity for the Sky platform that the regulator has previously attempted to curb. The HBO deal was IMO just a convenient fig-leaf to allow them to launch the channel without it being quite so blatant an attempt to put one over the folks at Ofcom.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
I wonder how this stacks up against Virgin & a free channel to L subscribers for month  Its called a free sample,or taster is it not ? |
Given the post you quoted, you seem to be trying to compare a 100% exclusive channel available on only on platform to a free month of a non-exclusive) channel that you can get if you want to by paying more money to the same provider.
Vastly different, I'd say.
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Originally Posted by Itshim
You never HAVE to watch SKY so I fail to see how it is monopolistic.
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You do if you want Sky Atlantic.