Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.
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Old 02-03-2013, 17:16   #1951
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 1.
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Originally Posted by Top banana View Post
I think the issue for VM with Lovefilm/Netflix is that it conflicts with their On Demand stuff. Ie currently you pay VM for a film, if they make Netflix/Love Film available as an app, there is nothing in it for them as all the revenue goes to those companies
Virgin Media would still take their cut from the subscriptions. They will have to face up to Lovefilm/Netflix soon anyway, as these services are available already on 'connected' TVs.

VM should think seriously also about providing films from Virgin Movies on a subscription basis, either as an on demand feature or as a linear TV channel. I would be more likely to watch them then.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
The VIP for many represents excellent value but because Sky premium is included your view is your not paying for it ? Sky World HD bundle includes the HD pack does that mean under your way of thinking that customers selecting that are not being charged for HD.
I did make the point that obviously the money required for VM to support HD is contained in the overall charge to its customers. The real issue is whether VM have an additional charge for HD, and I was reminding everyone that when the HD channels came in, the price of our packages was not increased as a result.

As for Sky Movies and Sky Sports, I am now getting HD (which I didn't before) and the cost has actually gone down! So where is this 'additional charge' that people keep talking about?

VM are quite right to say that they offer HD for no additional cost.
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