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Originally Posted by Chad

I made this very same point previously on the forum, as a Virgin customer, when SKY snapped up Mad Men and Glee.

I'm amazed how often terrestrial TV drop the ball in terms of TV rights, knowing that SKY are always lingering to pick up the fumble.

But you are forgetting that one Sky has a bottomless pit of money and two the rights holders of these series know that in order to make these shows popular they have to go on Terrestial TV first knowing full well when these shows become popular on normal TV they are safe in the knowledge that good old Sky are going to come along and offer them considerably more for these rights once they become popular knowing full well that the terrestrial TV companies can't compete with them on this.