Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
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Old 08-05-2015, 14:41   #2147
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
So a pointless comparison , considering most peoples packages include many more channels.

And yet you pay for the XL TV package despite there being very little on.

So you pay in excess of £30 a month for the XL pack despite hardly watching any of the pay content just so you have choice , again baffling especially considering you love to educate us on the death of linear and the strengths of streaming services.
It is not a pointless comparison at all. The bulk of the payment we make excluding the premium channels is for the Sky channels, and this is what I was referring to. If you want to include the whole Sky offering, that would include the terrestrials, for which there is no charge, so this is pretty pointless.

I was drawing attention to the poor value of the Sky channels compared with what is on offer with Netflix. If you decide to extend that argument to include other channels, that is your right but it is not my argument.

Yes, I pay for the XL package because there are a few programmes my wife and I watch, such as Fox's The Walking Dead, in beautiful HD. I acknowledge we are paying a high price for a relatively small number of programmes. I am not alone in this.

As for the linear channels, I am not seeking their demise. I'm simply explaining that as people tire of having to watch all those commercials when relatively cheap alternatives exist where you don't need to and you can watch what you want, when you want, the number of viewers of broadcast channels will diminish. This will reduce advertising revenue, reduce the quality of programmes on linear and eventually reduce the number of channels broadcasting. Once this process starts, I think it will be the beginning of a relatively quick demise of this way of viewing.

How I watch TV is neither here nor there in this argument. It's all about economics, as I have said more than once.

I know that you know all this as I've explained it several times before, but of course you are being deliberately argumentative, you old tease.
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