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Originally Posted by Stephen
VM are not giving that many credits or discounts out really. What they are giving is relatively small. Especially if you look at revenue and customers all together as well as revenue generated from other services too.
It also won't cost 'pennies' to give customers those channels.
The UKTV channels can easily be gotten on freeview and for a small monthly payment the rest of them. So IMO it's really not a big deal at all.
Its not like Sky Basics where at the time Sky was the only other platform to view them . This time they can keep VM and easily still have access to some or all other channels. I don't believe this matter is as big a deal as some people are making out.
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But the uproar over this greater than the Sky basics removal. A lot of people obviously value these channels more. Yes you can get some of the channels on Freeview, but then most will want to record and watch at their leisure so will need a separate recording device. All this is going pee customers off even if they can get Freeview. To repeat the comedy what we're losing - Dads Army, Steptoe, Only Fools, Fawlty Towers etc, yes repeats (tbh most cable channels are) but they are classic.
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