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Originally Posted by muppetman11
I agree James , but I would imagine all platforms will be forced to review their packages on the back of this news. ESPN free in XL has represented excellent value for VM subscribers should that change it will be harder sell however its still possible VM could negotiate a decent deal and rejig their collections to reflect this.
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Good points.
I remember when Boxnation introduced the £10.00 registration fee for SKY customers prior to Haye Vs. Chisora. I got into a very interesting conversation with someone in Boxnations customer service team. I asked if the £10.00 registration fee would also be applicable to Virgin customers. The person at Boxnation told me Virgin can charge what they want for the channel, or put the channel into any package they want, as long as they cover the agreed cost per customer. Boxnations customer service rep further confirmed they had no say on how Virgin offer the channel on their platform.
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Originally Posted by andy_m
What's noticeable is that people are preparing to switch to Sky to get BT Sports. Not many seem to be considering switching to BT!
What's becoming clearer, in my opinion, is that BT don't have a product that will drive subscriptions to their platform in the way that Sky do.
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I don't think you can even get SKY Sports News on BT. That alone for some sports fans would be a major loss if they moved from Virgin or SKY to BT.