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As of January this year it was 1000 hours, which includes stuff from Sky Sports, so you presumably have to subscribe to the Sports channels to get the full 1000 hours, and 619 films for movies subscribers. I'm not sure how that compares with the number of Sky movies on demand on Virgin, but clearly there is significantly more general programming available on demand on cable for xl customers. However, Sky fans will, quite rightly IMO, argue that what is important is quality rather than quantity, and that's a matter of personal taste. It would seem incredible that there could possibly be better quality on a service that offers just 1/7 of the content, especially considering there isn't that much of it that's exclusive, but it's certainly possible.