Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
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Old 17-03-2016, 09:01   #834
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016)
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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
I would not call it incompetence and we do know why it was done.

The channels were sold to Sky in return to enable a long term agreement to carry Sky channels and get Sky HD channels for the first time.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...media-channels



If the timescale is correct then in return for selling the channels, we still have 3 years left to run on the agreement. Which seems to be a good deal to me.
What happens after the 9 years though? Seems like sky still hold all the cards, what have VM left to offer if Sky play hardball again?
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