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Old 18-12-2015, 19:49   #1824
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 2

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Originally Posted by theone2k10 View Post
Wuaki being a prime example of this, you buy a movie but it only has a 3 year licence so after 3 years you have to buy it again.
I'm gobsmacked to learn this- I'd always assumed that once you'd "bought" a film it was yours forever!!!

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
But what would be the benefit?

Bear in mind there are still LOTS of SD-only boxes out there, and most channels don't have an HD version.
It would mean the cessation of expensive dual illumination. It looks like the PSB channels will be going HD only from around 2020.

This means massive savings for satellite and DTT, not sure how this would affect VM though as they own their own capacity.
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