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Originally Posted by passingbat
As you say, Netflix don't charge extra for this.
The content providers/channel providers are greedy and are trying to get more money for services such as this on Tivo. They won't be getting any extra money from me for what you describe above, and really, they need a smack round the head for being so greedy. But VM aren't blameless, as they knew the current rights issues and should have been sorting these out from the very start. OFCOM should look into this as well IMHO.
TV providers are preventing progress and laying the ground for more people, "Cutting the cord" and rebelling against their unreasonable restrictive rules. The sooner all worldwide content is legitimately available via subscription, the better.
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Truth is when I first posted I assumed Netflix only allowed 1 simultaneous stream. It was only when i did some checking i found 2 were allowed by default! I guess now I am thinking of households who need more than 2 locations. We currently have 3 Virgin STBs but I admit it is rare we are using all three. Still I would be annoyed if I couldn't watch in the kitchen because my son was watching on his phone. I think we need to be able to have more than 2 streams and Netflix do this ATM by requiring 2 subscriptions. Not too bad @5.99, but I wouldn't want to pay 2 Virgin XL subs!
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
I'll reserve judgement until further pay TV firms have their MRS products out at least then we'll be able to see where the problems lie , I believe VM are the only traditional pay TV firm currently offering this product.
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The point is the non-traditional services don't seem to have a problem offering much more content in a much more relaxed manor. The traditional services seem to be allowing their closeness to the suppliers to tie their hands, instead of using that closeness to get an edge!