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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Why do you think that ITV gave VM an ultimatum in the same week as their platform had been weakened? Why do you think that 18 months of not getting a deal regarding retransmission fees was resolved within 24 hours after a threat to further weaken the channel line up?
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There was no ultimatum as that imaginary word is only in the pages of some newspapers who like to write banner headlines without any substantiation of proof.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Why do you think that ITV gave VM an ultimatum in the same week as their platform had been weakened? Why do you think that 18 months of not getting a deal regarding retransmission fees was resolved within 24 hours after a threat to further weaken the channel line up?
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Retransmission fees were always part of the wider deal that ITV and Virgin signed so that was obviously not going to be announced until a full deal had been reached between the two on other matters.