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Old 24-03-2014, 23:37   #1715
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Can you see all the previous series of Game of Thrones and SAs other shows on Now TV?

---------- Post added at 12:47 ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 ----------

I don't think this is a true comparison. We are talking about TV content, not hardware and infrastructure.

Your TIVO comparison would have been better made against the Sky + box, and Virgin viewers don't get that. I am also not clear whether VM has an exclusive contract with TIVO. Does anyone know if this is the case?

---------- Post added at 12:52 ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 ----------

They don't want others to have Sky Atlantic, we are agreed on that.

What I was suggesting was a deal with Sky whereby we get the non-first run HBO series on demand. This would preserve Sky's USP (SA would only be available on Sky satellite and Now TV and they would still have exclusive rights to first run HBO shows).

If they don't do this, it's only a matter of time before we get a similar arrangement with another provider on subscription. As that would deny Sky some extra income, that wouldn't really be a very intelligent way for Sky to manage their HBO deal.
they haven't cared about the extra income before why would they start now if they did they would let others have SA simple as that
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