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Originally Posted by Superblade7
In answer to the question posed at the outset of this thread I would personally say that it is unlikely that VM will ever have as many channels as Sky. However less channels does not always make a inferior product. I'd be happy if VM added Sky Atlantic and a few extra HD channels but I certainly wouldn't swap to Sky just for these.
It's all a question of personal choice and which of the pay tv companies best meets your needs in terms of the services they offer and the price they charge. Both companies are clearly doing something right as otherwise Sky wouldn't have around 10 million customers and VM around 4 million. It's clear from your various posts Telly Bear that you prefer Sky to VM and that's great if they better meet your needs. However also bear in mind that many people prefer VM to Sky as they better meet their needs.
If you also take into account that only about 50% of UK homes can access VM's cable services whereas Sky is widely available to the majority of UK homes. It would be very interesting what the subscriber figures would be if both products were available equally.
The final interesting thing would be if a major investor like Everything Everwhere came in to takeover VM as with additional financially clout, VM could do much more!
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I couldn't agree more
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Originally Posted by Telly Bear
The stupid thing about this country is Sky will never be allowed to buy Virginmedia and Virginmedia will never be allowed to buy Sky. But yet another foreign company will be able to buy up them both.
Sky and Virginmedia joining up then going into France,Germany,Italy and buying their telecoms companys or pay TV networks would be quite nice. Why is always our companys getting bought by European firms???
This country is built on division and its stupid, we divide then the rest of the worldcomes and conkers!!!
(I've been pub I hope that makes sense)
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Why would anyone want Sky to buy VM, or VM to buy Sky? As long as there is healthy competition, then prices will stay low, and services will be improved.
If VM didn't have 100mb, do you think BT would have invested so much money in their high speed BB? And it was VM's phone prices that forced BT to lower theirs.