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Originally Posted by Horizon
On the Liberty webcast last week, MIke Fries said that equipment procurement, product development etc is being centralised across Liberty's cablecos. I think in Amsterdam. Perhaps that may be the same with carriage agreements. Liberty will do deals with studios/programme rights holders on behalf of all of their cablecos, rather than each cableco doing their own individual deals.
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Well spotted, I guess that doing this will achieve economies of scale in the administration side of carriage negotiations and achieve a better deal for LG by bulk buying content.
Maybe this is why VM have been reluctant to enter into any new carriage deals lately (apart from QVC which Malone has an interest in and minor channels for a niche audience).
In the long run this could be good for customers too, some channels that would not have been financially viable to carry may become so as well as other channels that could be picked up during an international deal that would otherwise not be carried in the UK.