Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
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Old 08-08-2015, 18:13   #506
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2
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Originally Posted by harry_hitch View Post
Why should my taxes be wasted by the government, to interfere in a situation that does not really need changing i.e. Sky Atlantic? If they interfere there, where does it stop? Do they then stop Netflix, Amazon etc having no exclusives? What would they do to survive with out ads and old repeats?

As a punter, I am pretty happy with the set up. I get the choice to have freeview or pay tv from a number of providers. If I want SA, it's available from two of those options. I have the choice of paying for OTT service's Netflix, Amazon etc - all of which are available on my smart TV. I have a subscription to Mubi and am seriously considering a sub for Curzon. The only OTT service, I don't think I can get via my tv is NOW TV (which I don't need as Sky offered a great deal.) If I wanted NOW TV as a VM customer, all I had to do was buy a box and plug that into my third HDMI socket.
If I want BT Sport and AMC, all I need to do is cancel my VM BB and get the free TV service from BT with their BB and phone.

The greatest irony of your comments is the fact that you are desperate for streaming services to evolve over the next few years. If they ever come in the way you hope, there will be numerous TV networks/providers all charging an arm and a leg to watch the latest first run shows live (exclusive on their service) and keep all the best on-demand content as their own exclusives. The average TV shows will still be sold to Netflix etc for the extra revenue.

If HBO GO ever launches over here, can you seriously see HBO letting other streaming services (or channels) have their content? No. they will want as many customers as they can get. Sky will lose their rights too. Ultimately, if you want HBO content - it's first run rights are pretty much exclusive to whoever they sell it to. The government will never change that, HBO (and pretty much anyone else) just won't deal with UK TV providerss if the government interfere and say they can't have exclusive rights for the maximum amount of money they can get.
In my opinion, our taxes are already being wasted! If the Government were to tackle this problem, it would not cost you a penny more in taxes.

Where I agree with you is that the Government will not intervene. However, the EU might, they have already taken on Microsoft and Google.

As for HBO not dealing with UK TV providers if they were forced to play fairly, do you really think any commercial organisation would make such a decision if there is still money to be made, Harry?

Once again, we are looking at the existing arrangements and legal framework and assuming it will never change.
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