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Originally Posted by figgyburn
Can someone explain to me why bt got amc and virgin did not.Bt do not own amc so must just be a platform to show the channel.Virgin do not want to own the content and just want to be a platform so how come they did not get in there before bt.With not getting hbo content you would have thought virgin would have had a look around to see if there were something similar that could be exclusive to virgin this time.Seems to me the virgin content buyers are asleep at the wheel most of the time.
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Well, they could always go for an exclusive deal with Starz or Showtime, I suppose, both Premium US networks in the same ilk as HBO and AMC.
However many of their notable shows have been picked up by other UK broadcasters. Still Starz has a couple of good shows not picked up in the UK yet; Power and Magic City. Still, AMC only have two noteworthy new shows on BT, Rectify and The Walking Dead spin off (Amazon Prime has the rights to a couple of other good, new AMC shows)
http://www.starz.com/originals
http://www.sho.com/sho/series
VM probably think that with most shows already tied up with other UK broadcasters, it's not worth it. BT obviously think differently.