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Old 19-04-2015, 13:13   #1903
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)

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Originally Posted by ozsat View Post
I think you only pay VM extra for HD with the Sky Sports/Movie channels - with Sky it is required for all their HD channels.
That`s for the Premium channels provided by Sky,I`m talking about the `hidden within the bill `charge Virgin tag on. Sky are upfront about their HD charge but Virgin `hide` it in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
A lot more. They have to pay for bandwidth from the satellite company, and HD channels take 3 to 6 times the bandwidth of SD channels.

Though of course the real answer is "because they can". They set the prices at a level that they judge will maximise revenue, just like VM and every other company does.
I agree they both charge it because they can. I`d love to see people saying `no Sky/Virgin we wont pay this extra charge please cancel my HD channels`. They wont of course which is why they keep charging it!
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