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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
No, because Virgin Media/Liberty have made it clear that they are not interested in bidding rights to broadcast content..
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Actually it's not been made clear at all. There is an understanding as to the importance of content but a preference to buy it in rather than produce it or bid for it. However a tie up with Discovery could fit that bill.
With Liberty Global a major stakeholder in Discovery a deal giving the latter a UK platform and guareentee subscription base could be mutually beneficial and have a compound benefit for Liberty.
Discovery focusing on content, Virgin focusing on distribution. I'm thinking high speed delivery of 4K content.
Maybe optimistic but to say not in a million years is a little OTT.
On the other side of the coin a tie up with Sky (or BT) would be interesting as it could be a way of Liberty applying pressure via Discovery ensuring VM get access to content.
on other matters for us XL customers enjoying BT Sport it's great to see that BT have got the first picks of the new rugby European Champions Cup starting next season.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rug...xt-season.html