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Old 26-07-2018, 14:50   #376
RichardCoulter
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Re: VM loses UKTV channels

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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
Sensing now the time to get VM at its weakest no doubt..... Really don't watch ITV, rather have UKTV, but each to their own and the more choice, the better.

Beginning to think this outcry over UKTV is partly because we don't really make sitcoms any longer (the ones we do are terrible) - there's a large market for them. Steptoe/Dads Army/Porridge/Only Fools/Likely Lads/Fawlty Towers, are classics and do stand up to repeating. People need a bit of cheering up these days.
Absolutey. As I said earlier, the UKTV dispute will have repercussions far beyond the removal of these ten channels as other channel providers take advantage of the situation. I had assumed that the ITV thing had gone away (VM probably did too) and that the next major supplier to threaten to remove their channels would be Sky.

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Perhaps more ominous news regarding UKTV..

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...as-row-deepens
Obviously designed to put pressure onto UKTV to accept a deal.
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