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Originally Posted by jj20x
Incorrect! It's not my opinion that new channels will appear after VM add channels. I have no opinion on when and if new channels appear. It was a statement of fact, channels come and go all of the time. For example, Blaze will arrive shortly on Freeview. Again, it's not my opinion that Blaze will appear, it actually will appear.
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Apologies for any confusion and I didn't mean to cause any offence. I intended to get across that it was your opinion that VM were not proactive and I suggested some ways in which they might be seen as proactive.
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Originally Posted by jj20x
Aha! that would indeed be your opinion...
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Agreed, but I can't see any other reason as to why E! would not be on VM except money eg it's not technological, it's not that the two companies haven't done other deals.
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Originally Posted by jj20x
Incorrect| As I stated previously, the only way a channel can appear on Freeview is to negotiate a contract with one of the multiplex operators, generally Arqiva (for COM5-COM8) or to a lesser extent SDN, which is limited in that it only operates a single multiplex (COM4). There is no freedom of entry to Freeview, in your terms, Arqiva and SDN are the "gatekeepers" for their respective multiplexes and channels have to negotiate with one of these multiplex operators. The PSB multiplexes are totally closed platforms and don't make space available to independent broadcasters.
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I think we just have different opinions of the definition of an open platform.
Thanks for an interesting debate.
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Originally Posted by theone2k10
More chance platting treacle than a price freeze.
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lol. I genuinely can't see one next year except the Sky premiums rise to keep those poor footballers away from the food banks.
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Virgin media yesterday's technology today.
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Ha ha. Only because VM have blacklisted you from rejoining.
But I do wonder how VM will tackle the roll-out based on some opinions of the current hardware.
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I have something to say but I'm gonna keep my mouth shut for now as nobody else has mentioned it on here....
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Interesting, I mentioned everything I could think of. Cloud storage or is that clould cuckoo land?
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Originally Posted by denphone
Your opinion is very much welcomed just as much as anybody else's opinion.
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Agreed, everyone's opinion is valid and it would be rather boring if we all agreed on everything.
