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Originally Posted by Bananaman_007
It has to be some kind of PPV service, HBO content is also on the Google Play store so i could quite easily see a TIVO app. Episodes are £1.89 each on google play. I wonder if they will do something like £10 free credit when you sign up to get people interested and use to using the service
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I have still to see where Sky have exclusive On demand rights.
In addition to linear broadcast, the output deal supports a broad range of multiplatform rights, ensuring HBO content will continue to be available live and on demand not just on TV, but online and on mobile through Sky Go. Sky Atlantic is also available live and on demand through NOW TV, Sky's new internet TV service.
The output deal simply states that HBO content will continue to be supported for the other Sky platforms (NOW TV and Sky Go) in terms of both live and on-demand content.
They do not state on-demand HBO content is exclusive. SA live content is clearly exclusive, but I will happily wait for anyone to correct me and say where on-demand content is exclusive too. The whole statement is really rather ambiguous in my (very uneducated) eyes.
In my (very uneducated) eyes, HBO could easily launch their own paid for on-demand service, and stop massive amounts of piracy whilst still keeping Sky customers happy with the same content free of charge.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Interesting view, but may I remind you that I am not presenting anything as 'fact'. I am commenting on the news story about Sky Bravo and speculating from there. I am not doing anything anyone else doesn't do on here on a regular basis and I certainly don't post about 'insiders' and 'Virgin Media viewers'. If for some reason you think those posts are more credible than media reports, I suppose you are entitled to your view.
Once again, I have to point out that nothing is certain until the players concerned both confirm it and so virtually the whole of the 'Coming Soon' thread is speculation to a large extent. That is a given, and if we all had to keep repeating ourselves to make that clear, this thread would get a bit tedious, don't you think?
I think the point you have made about ITV not agreeing a link in if Sky Bravo was launched is in itself flawed thinking and not backed up by facts. I accept it is your view, however, and I believe you will be proved wrong, but we'll see.
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Why do you feel random and infrequent press reports are more believable than "insiders" giving out information?
Surely the media information you hold in such high regard comes from "insiders" too? I have yet to see an official statement in any form of press release from Sky or VM saying they are in talks over future channel releases.
I would also doubt greatly that the press are allowed in negotiation meetings between the two, further highlighting the fact any media reports come from "insiders" and thusly making media reports less reliable still.
Even Media Boy is no longer posting anything from "VM viewers" due to the lack of evidence given from said viewers. Why you have used this point is beyond me.
You seem quite happy to make a rod for your back on this subject, and I simply can not understand why.
Still good luck with it all.
