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Old 01-08-2013, 09:43   #3632
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 3.

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Originally Posted by coulsontom View Post
That's not true. As channels are wholesale contract is with virgin therefore can cancel. But what date were you informed by virgin espn would be leaving is the key question
Yes but the channel closed at the same time said wholesale agreement was up, all of this is of no choice to virgin. ESPN shut down and was transferred to a new broadcaster, the existing ESPN contract would be worth diddly-squit.

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Originally Posted by ChrisB74 View Post
I think you could as Virgin Media have had many opportunities to keep ESPN but have failed with poor negotiation with BT - therefore it is completely there fault in making these changes as they could have kept ESPN if agreed to BTs offer.
Who says BT have made an offer?

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Originally Posted by neilo View Post
VM has made the changes Ocav. The reasoning behind their decision not to get BT Sport is utterly irrelevant.
No they haven't. ESPN have shut down. How is that Virgins decision?

The name ESPN has transferred to BT, therefore any existing contract for ESPN doesn't exist. Again it is not in Virgin Medias control as to whether the channel shut down.
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