Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
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Old 12-05-2015, 13:09   #2172
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015)
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Originally Posted by steveh View Post
They're already subsidised by the licence fee: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_wo...tribution.html
Thanks for this Steve, but the vast majority of this money is for building the infrastructure and getting them going. Only a very small proportion of this funding is for programming, which is where the deficiency lies.

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Originally Posted by passingbat View Post
Surely, given your stance, you mean make them streaming only, paid for by adverts or subscription? [COLOR="Silver"]
We're nowhere near that position at the present time, PB.
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