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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
As well as VM Ireland falling out with BT resulting in the removal of BT Sport, VM UK have now had an almighty row over BT Sport in the UK:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...-ee-gives-cha/
Could this mean the removal of BT Sport in the UK too?
I know that VM customers were keen to get the channel; but the new VM management really are squaring up to BT.
Interesting to find out that during the negotiations VM agreed/offered to pay the carriage costs upfront (cable companies normally pay monthly- just like us!). Perhaps this was the leverage that finally got us the channel all that time ago.
The carriage costs are currently £120m per year.
Are there any current figures available that show how many TV customers VM have in the XL pack (or even the total number of TV customers), so that we can try to work out how much the hidden cost is within the XL pack?
I know that some on here resent paying for it, but it might only equal pennies! |
VM did not fall out with BT Ireland as they did not have a relationship with them. VM's contractual relationship was with Setanta Sports which was acquired by Eir. VM felt it should get a reduction for the loss of the 3:30pm EPL matches; Eir disagreed.
There are about 1.8m XL customers. I doubt VM paying upfront would make much difference to BT.