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Originally Posted by ase001
When you can watch OD/Netflix etc via an app on a tablet and throw it to your TV, then why do you need VM? A lot of TV's these days have apps built in to watch OD/Netflix etc, then why the need for VM. The Kids use their computers to watch OD in their rooms or their phones, then why the need for VM.
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You need to understand it from a commercial perspective and not a consumer perspective, namely VM's desire to keep you in its ecosystem as much as possible and not unsubscribe to its TV service. It may not work for every household but then again BT Sport in XL or 152Mb broadband doesn't work for every household. And there are consumer benefits in it being on Tivo - one device, common searches, dedicated broadband line. Not every household is a tech savvy as yours.
I don't expect people to accept the word of every random poster on the subject. But I trust they will accept Netflix's. In its
Q1 2014 letter to shareholders it wrote "From an
MVPD point-of-view, they would rather have consumers use Netflix through the
MVPD box and remote
control than have consumers become accustomed to watching video from a smart TV or Internet TV device remote control."
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Originally Posted by ase001
The only way it makes sense is if it is exclusive to VM and has original content and we know what we think of Sky who do that!
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No, that's not the only way, see my reasons above.
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Originally Posted by ase001
So what do VM offer that differentiates?
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Again, see my reasons above.