Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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Old 03-10-2013, 14:59   #133
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 5.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
MP's have written to the CEO of VM calling for the company to carry Premier Sports as a matter of urgency (before the end of this month) in time for the rugby world cup.

Did they also contact the owners of Premier Sports? Seems to me that Premier Sports wanted to sneak a Premium service in through the back door, so that all VM XL TV subscribers pay for it, not just sports fans as it would be if added as a separate Premium, charged for service.

We do that already with BT sports (which I don't object to) but adding another Premium sports service in the same way would be just taking the 'P'. VM did the right thing to refuse Premier Sports this back door way of getting on to VM.
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