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Old 26-07-2013, 15:59   #1621
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.

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Originally Posted by Doug P View Post
When have BT been interested in the purchase? Not been mentioned before so interesting...
When Frank Warren originally set up Boxnation with Simon Green two years ago, he knew that he never had the economies of scale to make it a standalone success. He also knew that if he built up the infrastructure and obtained a decent subscriber base, that it would be an excellent assett to sell on.

Simon Green is now head of BT Sport and talks on a takeover of Boxnation began on 13/1/13. Up until now the main priority for BT, however, has been to sucessfully launch their main channels on 1/8/13.
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