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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Sky and BT would not be allowed to collude by the Competition and Markets Authority so that won't happen. VM's argument is that its channels like Bravo did not win it subscribers, so investing the money instead on buying Smallworld and laying cable wins them more customers.
In the future, with Netflix and Amazon fighting aggressively for content against Sky, owning a great broadband network might just be the wiser choice. In LGI's eyes.
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Collude was probably the wrong word to use as they'd never admit that nor would the CMA ever be able to prove it. The point I was making is that VM TV is at the mercy of content providers as if some of the major content owners decided to withdraw from VM, what would be left? Didn't one of the VM CEOs once say something along the lines of "their aim was to be a content provider not owner" so you are right Andrew, this is their aim.
I would agree that investment in their infrastructure is a wise move as going forward a decent broadband network will be a good seller but they need to invest in making it reliable too. I think Vince pointed out in a previous post that many areas have over-utilisation which they take ages to fix whilst at the same time continue willy waving by doubling broadband speeds. This may end up losing them custom as people will become frustrated at paying for whatever headline speed but only getting say 10% of that speed.
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Originally Posted by theone2k10
They hope it wins them more customers as comparing prices VM are quite expensive they boast about fastest download speeds but their upload is rubbish.
Example vm 50mb with 5mb upload broadband + evening and weekend calls = £39.09p/m the same with plusnet but with upto 78mbs broadband and upto 20mbs upload and sites are not blocked = £36.98p.
VM aren't as cheap as they make themselves out to be.
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This is another battle for VM as for the first time, many people are now going to have a choice of fibre broadband providers.
Just going back to the thread title, does anyone know if 3G/4G streaming is coming soon or even planned for TV Anywhere? I think this is another trick that VM are missing as all other content providers allow this.
I also find it interesting that VM have just extended their deal with TiVo as I too would have thought LGI would have wanted to have Horizon boxes across all their offerings. Shows that TiVo has been a good selling point for VM I guess.