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I just thought I would add my points to this pretty interesting post:
Sky have dominance because they took a big risk in the early days and bought the rights to the Premier League and first run movies on tv. This has paid off over the years as the popularity of having the choice to watch these on tv has grown and grown.
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First off brilliant post very balanced in my opinion and I agree with the point your making re Risk taking.
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At the same time the cable industry was split into different companies all doing their own thing. If VM had been around in the late 80's / early 90's as the company they are today then things may have been different as they may have gone head to head for certain content. Unfortunately they weren't and that is where we are today.
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Yes in the days of NTL , Telewest they were terribly run , thankfully VM have turned it around.
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The other advantage Sky have is it's availability as it is available in many more homes than cable and is therefore always going to pull a larger market share and in turn far greater revenue. They then use this revenue to invest in their programming, content and ever improving products and services.
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Fair point , I'd like to see VM grow their network footprint even further.
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The Sky quality also shows through, for example, the Champions League final last night, I chose to watch it on Sky Sports rather than ITV as I personally believe Sky present their football content far superior to any other channel.
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I watched part of the game on Sky Sports HD and part on Sky 3D and both productions were excellent , Sky Sports presentation is vastly superior to ITV in my opinion.
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VM currently have superfast broadband and all their advertising is focused on that as that's VM's USP.
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Yes VM's main product has always been fast BB.
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Also, wouldnt it be boring if they were exactly the same as forums like this wouldn't be littered with all these interesting posts about pro's and con's and showing that everyone has their own views and where people have problems, others are always willing to help.
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Yes it would , it's nice to have companies with different offerings it gives the customer real choice.