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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian
Does anyone REALLY THINK (and I may be wrong on this) that anyone on here is privy to what are no doubt, quite high level negotiations regarding channel agreements? I think not.
Does anyone really think that people who are privy to this information are going to let this out into the wild? Wouldn't that be more than their job is worth? Maybe the insiders are just wildly speculating too?
One minute we have confrmations, next rumours and then backtracks on confirmations.
Frankly it's all (I won't swear)
If they arrive - great, when they arrive great but until then, it's not worth whipping into a frenzy over it. It's not some self-fulfilling prophecy although some people would like to think it is.
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On July 5th 'BomberAF' says on Cable Forum that:
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Originally Posted by BomberAF
BT Sports will be announced to arrive on VM 1 week before the 1st of August when BT Sport is due to air. The reason they aren't announcing it now is because BT and Sky and VM have agreements with VM to get people to leave VM and switch over to sky or BT. When this time has elapsed as part of this deal BT sport will be announced as arriving on VM when stated and Atlantic shortly after. There will therefore be no reason not to offer Atlantic to VM customers on the XL package as they will lose advertising revenue with people downloading GoT via torrents. I believe that VM will have a wholesale price for VM customers, so it may only cost a little bit more for XL customers than prior with ESPN. It isn't going to cost an extra subscription just the XL price as far as I am aware.
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http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35592280-post194.html
On July 13th I got the following from an Insider:
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l have been told that there will be significant announcements in the coming weeks. All l know is that one of those announcements is likely to involve BT Sports.
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On July 17th
Asian Channel posted that Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD was set to launch on Virgin Channels 119 and 120.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=491
On July 18th Virgin Media High Definition & TiVo Services blog posted:
http://mediaboyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2...bt-sports.html
So how is that backtracks on confirmations?
I just cant get the Sky Atlantic channels confirmed.