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Old 02-08-2015, 14:31   #390
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
I can see what your saying but Amazon is so different to Netflix for instance with Amazon you can rent/purchase the latest titles which would be a direct and probably cheaper rival to Virgin Movies. I'm not sure who the Virgin Movies service is provided by but who knows what the current contracts allow for.

On Amazons own products they also have the ability to sell other Amazon products such as apps , games etc it pays for them to keep you in their own ecosystem.
Given that Virgin have already made an approach to Amazon, they clearly don't see this as a problem.

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Originally Posted by passingbat View Post
Not many people are going to buy a Fire TV box who don't have Prime video, so adding it to Tivo could entice more subscribers, who may also buy a Fire box or Stick for the bedroom.

The potential downside is for VM in my view, as more people could be tempted to downgrade to M TV and just use that coupled with Netflix and Amazon video via Tivo. However VM have previously expressed an interest in having Amazon video. VM couldn't have added Amazon to Tivo prior to early 2015 anyway as Prime video hadn't been developed for Tivo until then. Now it could be added if both parties want it.
There is no such downside for VM, IMO. All Virgin have to do is to say that Amazon is available as part of a package for those who have XL.
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