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Originally Posted by andy_m
There's no shortage of space, but is it not possible that the money spent on the carriage deals could have been spent on new, rather than timeshifted, content?
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As you must have noticed, VM rarely seems to make deals for individual channels. That's why new channels don't appear at launch but are "coming soon". They reach a deal with the channel suppliers for a bouquet of channels.
The main benefit of timeshift channels to the broadcaster is slightly increased reach, so extra advertising revenue. It's just as likely that taking these channels actually means VM pay less for the deal, leaving more money available to spend on new content.
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Originally Posted by Qtx
Exciting new channel changes in 2013! kinda thing  |
That's how it was announced on CF but not actually how VM dealt with it, there wasn't exactly a big build up and drum roll, just a mention of it having happened.
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I am amazed how many channel changes actually happen.
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Really? I would say they are quite sluggish at tidying up the EPG and should probably do this more often.