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Old 25-02-2013, 20:07   #1760
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.

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Originally Posted by Doug P View Post
Not an unreasonable one either.
Not unreasonable at all, the foreign operations are small compared to their home market. It is understandable that they would wish to make an exit as they become less profitable.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh View Post
The fact its staying as an ESPN branded channel gives me the impression it'll be sold separately to BT Sport 1/2/3. ESPN want out of Europe and BT want to please (american) sports fans.
Some of the news reports say that the ESPN branded channel will operate under the BT Sport umbrella, so it would seem unlikely that it would be sold separately. They will, most likely, keep the ESPN name for North American content.