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Originally Posted by Chris
If it is still so saddled with debt that it has no choice but to sit back and watch BT march in and connect customers, even in streets where the CATV ducting and cabs are already in place, then it is going to have to look at cost-cutting delivery methods like this. If it doesn't, you can bet BT will. BT Vision isn't always going to be the lightweight service it currently is. It won't be an awfully long time until it can serve more of the country than VM, and then what?
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Actually, IIRC, VM did say years ago they would be looking at an IPTV based system and while they do have TV Anywhere, it's lacking a lot of channels.
The problem Virgin have is that BT have spent a lot of money ensuring that a large chunk of the population can get broadband from them, and are spending an awful lot of money ensuring that at least the major towns and cities have fibre access to the BT Network. This gives them a huge potential audience for their services.
They have also shown they are willing to compete on content, and have the funds available to do so.
In short, VM have to pull their finger out and start competing.