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Originally Posted by Kushan
I don't disagree that the new box needs to bring it's A-game, but there's also nothing wrong with "just" being a pipe for everyone else's stuff. Virgin could theoretically do a deal with the big ondemand content providers (Netflix, Amazon, etc.) and pipe their content onto Virgin Boxes. Most people are happy to pay like £8 a month for netflix, what if you could pay £15 a month for all of the ondemand services and have all that content available on a TiVo like interface? It would take some doing and a lot of negotiation, but it'd be a hell of a service to beat.
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I wish we could have all the streaming content through one lot of menus as VOD used to be on cable when it started. But we're in the world of apps and some seem to think its "progress" accessing all different apps for content rather than going through one interface.
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Originally Posted by one2escape
I said when selling there TV side that was a mistake. Content is king. They have two options for the TV business go premium or go cheap. The half way house they doing at the moment isnt working. Cheap option is do what someone else said just offer the TV free on top of broadband make the difference in volume. Other options go premium less customers but more willing to pay the bigger bucks. They could go buying content, make a radically different box (pure streaming, unlimited "storage" for catchup, everything on demand) sort of thing. TV viewing is changing and my family dont watch live tv bar sport or Im a celeb etc.
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Lets see what they do with their box but as I've said on other threads I'm not sure that the new box will be a PVR and may well be a pure streaming box only.
As for premium content, Sky own the footie and film rights, but there's nothing stopping VM/Liberty putting money into other things like Netflix has done. Four dramas over two years ain't enough.