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Old 04-08-2018, 20:17   #1721
RichardCoulter
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)

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Originally Posted by Inactive Digital View Post
It won't go to court. Virgin took Sky to court (did they agree a deal before it actually got to court?) due to Sky's dominant position in the market. The same can't be said of either VM or UKTV. Virgin can't be legally forced to buy UKTV's channels any more than UKTV can be legally forced to give them away for free.
Yes, a deal was reached before it went to court. Your post makes sense as to why it could have done in the Sky basics dispute, but probably won't with the UKTV dispute.
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