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Old 10-11-2015, 23:49   #21
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Re: Virgin losing thousands of TV customers.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
All Sky's key figures were good the exception being ARPU which was flat which as you correctly say will be in part due to cheaper Now TV contracts and discounting. Sky already have product launches lined up such as a mobile service and the announcement on the 18th of this month which should in part help to improve ARPU.

Now TV now offers more passes Entertainment , Movie , Monthly Sports , day sports and week sports it also offers Sky Store rentals and purchases via the Now TV box.

They were also selling telephone , broadband and fibre broadband with Now TV on the Sky site not sure if that's still the case , basically the key for all these providers is getting people to spend more.

Don't forget Now TV whilst generating less in subscription revenue has relatively no setup costs and lower support costs (online only) , new Sky Satellite customers get free install and free equipment which is subsidised by Sky.
No one is disputing the above. The point that Den was making was that Now TV figures bump up the Sky's TV figures and I was pointing out that Now TV is different to both VM TV and satellite TV from Sky.

In the time we're in, where OTT online streaming is becoming more popular, the only real Sky/VM comparison between Sky and VM's yearly contract TV service offerings, is for Sky to publish the Satellite TV figures separately.
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