Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
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Old 13-07-2014, 20:56   #210
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 3
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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post


Curiously you said otherwise then. When did the doubts set in?
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35...-post3107.html


The contract was signed the evening before the channels launched. I got a call at 22:15 to say "go".
I don't doubt that the contract was signed when you say it was, Spiderplant, but the sneaking suspicion I had was that there was already a gentleman's agreement between VM and BT that the channel would be made available. That's not to say either that there weren't further discussions taking place over the detail, based on how many people were subscribing to BT and VM trying to push down the asking price right up until the last minute.

Obviously, I don't know the precise detail because I was not involved in the discussions and don't know anyone with inside knowledge. However, you may recall that there were indications from VM that BT Sport was coming and VM had to take down information quite quickly after putting them up on our TV screens. There are a number of posts about this on the Forum that were added at around about that time.

It was always clear in my mind that VM were going for a Setanta-type deal and it was only a question of the price.
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