Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Old 07-03-2018, 17:32   #540
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by nodrogd View Post
What makes you think Sky's wired service will carry FTA channels automatically. These channels currently only pay Sky for an EPG listing. Something here is making me think Sky are heading for a hybrid service with this offering, supplemented by either Freeview or a dish.
Now TV provide FTA channels, so I don't see why the Sky internet TV system won't. In fact, it won't be such an attractive proposition without it.

The big question really is whether the Sky internet TV service will be on demand/streaming only. I don't think it will be (at least at this stage) but I wouldn't rule it out either.

Having said that, Sky make too much money from advertising on their channels, so my bets are on a live tv option being very prominent on their UI, at least for the next decade.
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