Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2
View Single Post
Old 14-05-2014, 18:48   #550
OLD BOY
Rise above the players
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Wokingham
Services: 2 V6 with 360, ITVX, 4+, Prime, Netflix, Apple+, Disney+, Paramount+, Discovery+, HBO Max
Posts: 15,335
OLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronze
OLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronzeOLD BOY is cast in bronze
Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
For various reasons, I was amazed that Sky Atlantic was not included in the announcement.

After doing some digging, a little birdie tells me that, apparently, Sky Atlantic was not included in the new carriage deal as Sky are still insisting on the £1.12 per month per subscriber for it.

LG/VM are not prepared to pay this, so it's still stalemate.
I'm not surprised they won't pay it - it's a Sky Basics channel.

However, I think Liberty should be looking carefully at other options to bring the HBO material to us.

---------- Post added at 19:41 ---------- Previous post was at 19:39 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by heavyside View Post
Speaking personally, and considering what I already pay Virgin Media monthly as a VIP 120 customer, that figure doesn't seem outrageous for a channel many of us want. I suspect others will disagree.
If it was a one-off, I might agree, but if VM do it once, Sky will take advantage and try it on with other new channels.

I hope that VM refused to carry Sky Bravo as a response to this. I can't see this as being a channel anyone with taste would frequent anyway.

---------- Post added at 19:48 ---------- Previous post was at 19:41 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave42 View Post
no they don't or it would be in the premium pack on sky it a basic channel they just don't want anyone else to have it that why the set price to high knowing no one will pay it
I am inclined to agree with you that Sky Atlantic is a basics channel. If they class Sky Atlantic as a premium channel, their standards are slipping. It's very much like Sky 1 but with one or two good quality programmes thrown in over the course of an average week. Much of the rest I wouldn't bother to watch.
OLD BOY is offline