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Originally Posted by denphone
Well everybody is entitled to their own opinion MM but it does not mean that the majority share the same opinion.  |
As I understand it, VM sold their channels because they wanted to concentrate resources on what they considered their USP; fast fibre BB. That was fine when VM were the only option for fibre BB, but that is no longer the case.
Content has now becoming very important and VM don't have any. I was uneasy about it when VM sold off their channels and when they sold their stake in UK TV, and I think they have left themselves in a vunerable position, now only getting what Sky allow with regards to new content. To be fair, VM only had one channels's worth of content, but Sky did want that content and the Living branded channel.
I suspect the guy who wrote that article is a bit anti VM, but he's right in that Sky made a smart move launching Now TV and an even smarter move including it on Youview. He's also right that VM are at a dissadvantage in not owning content rights; BT have learnt that lesson and done something about it.