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Old 19-11-2016, 12:33   #3078
RichardCoulter
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Well, that is the big question, Richard, although to be fair, the reasoning behind this move appears to be to improve accessibility to their programmes (ie through computers, tablets, etc). But having said that it does point to the thinking that I have set out in another thread that as on demand becomes the norm, there is simply no point in continuing to incur the additional time, effort and expense of running a linear channel unless the revenues from advertising continue to be sufficient to turn a decent profit.

I am not sure how much advertising there is on Motors TV, so I cannot be sure that this logic formed part of the reasoning behind the decision.
Well, they were in the French form of Administration, so I assume that cost cutting is a factor in this decision.

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...ard-procedure/
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