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Old 26-03-2014, 13:34   #1766
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014
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Originally Posted by theone2k10 View Post

Sky have no say whatsoever on the likes of Blinkbox and Amazon should they join Virgin Media. Allthough the HBO content via Blinkbox and Amazon would ofcourse be on a PPV basis but there is nothing stopping Amazon or Blinkbox turning around and saying "we're going to bring out a monthly pass system for our PPV content." such as say pay £10p/m and you can access the ppv content without any extra charge. Unlikely to happen but it could and Sky won't have a say in the matter.
This is the point I was trying to make, but I'm not sure why you think it is unlikely. Discussions with Amazon may well come up with a subscription arrangement such as Netflix and a simple request by VM could lead Amazon to securing us that hankered after content. Sounds simple enough to me - what are the problems with this exactly?

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
That's wrong because the service would then become subscription , the movies Blinkbox show are on the service earlier than Amazon Prime , Netflix and Sky Movies for a reason and thats because there PPV.
I think we are all agreed that the first run content would be PPV. However, what about when SA have shown those programmes? Others have commented on here that Sky only have exclusive access to the first run content, not to the older series of these shows.

Accordingly, there is no reason why we can't see Game of Thrones series 1-3 on an Amazon Instant subscription, is there? What is the barrier to this happening in your view? I'm not sure I understand why you think this is not possible.
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