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Old 15-06-2014, 08:29   #1740
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
Those would be the countries where cable is the predominant transmission medium. There is plenty of competition in the UK market.
There isn't any competition on the box buying market... Imagine if you could only view BBC channels on a set supplied by TV licencing UK, there would be an outcry, what Virgin get away with must be illegal under EU law.

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Originally Posted by andy_m View Post
Sky don't pay for those things, you buy your equipment from Sky, and own it outright.
But they don't let you use a box of your choice, EU legislation states that pay satellite providers must allow the end user to view a legally obtained subscription via a receiver of their choice via a suitable cam slot, they don't get away with it in other EU countries, only here because British consumers just accept their lot and don't challenge anything, lets start throwing cows into the sea is what i say.
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