Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
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Old 17-10-2014, 16:05   #172
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 4
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Originally Posted by ase001 View Post
Not sure what to make of this, sky’s exclusivity gone? Other routes to get HBO shows other than from cable and sat operators?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10...ott_next_year/

This is the interesting bit relevant to the UK, considering the Sky deal:

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All over the world, HBO partners will also be preparing for this. Game of Thrones has typically been sold exclusively to one broadcaster per territory, and we will have to see how long it takes before HBO can wrest this content out from under existing partners so that it can go direct.

It could take years (we expect it to)
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