Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Old 15-12-2017, 13:19   #3690
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by theone2k10 View Post
I'm used to eating hats with the ammount of predictions i get wrong lol.

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There goes Daves "SKY won't let anyone have SKY Atlantic" then lol, though tbf it is only via nowtv on bts platform.

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We think SKY,VM and BT will unite together with the threat of online providers such as netflix, amazon and the risk of twitter and Facebook throwing their hats into the ring too.
However i think VM are in the weakest position of the big 3 as they have no content to offer in return.
I've said it before and i know many disagree but i'll say it again VM should never of sold of their channels for a start Living was great when vm owned it but now it's a shadow of it's former self, plus by having channels VM would of had that extra bargaining chip too.
True, but that has not stopped VM from being able to get the channels it wants on its system (with the notable exception of Sky Atlantic and AMC) to date.

What VM does have is subscribers, and by having a contractual arrangement to take Sky and BT's channels, VM will be boosting the audience figures to attract more advertising revenue (or at least to offset a fall off in viewers due to the streaming disrupters).

Things are changing rapidly in this industry and I think there is plenty to be excited about. It is particularly heartening to see Sky's monopolistic barriers coming down. Competition is at last impacting to provide customers with a better deal. There will be much more to come.
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