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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Think about what's in it for the provider.
For Freeview or Freesat you buy your own box and aerial/dish, then just pick up the signals that are already being broadcast to your home. So it doesn't cost them anything. But VM need to provide a cable into your home and a box to watch it on - and that needs to be paid for somehow. You wouldn't want to pay the actual cost of installing the service, so they rent it to you instead.
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What I was actually trying to say is a channel that is free on freeview(which most of us have) isn`t a selling pont,is it? Why would you upgrade to say xl package just to get a channel you can already get on Freeview! I do take your point that Virgin have to pay for the cable and box for you to watch it on.