Thread: General Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
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Old 10-08-2018, 09:48   #787
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Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
If the UKTV channels do return and VM get them at the lower price they wanted, i'm sure that Sky and BT will use this as a reason to expect a similar reduction in carriage fees. As you say, either way UKTV are screwed. The only way they won't be is if UKTV returns to VM at the original cost, which is looking very unlikely.

If this is how things pan out, maybe it will be tried with other channel providers.

As for ITV, it's interesting that no retransmission fees were paid after ITV ramped up the pressure. I'm pretty sure that ITV will have got a good deal to compensate for this in other ways, whilst VM can still claim to have stood firm with regards to refusing to pay this extra charge.

For example, there was a public outcry that the Queen was exempt from paying Income Tax, so she started paying it. However, she also started paying an equivalent amount less to the treasury than she had been doing under another agreement so, in effect, paid no more or less! The Government could then legitimately claim that the Queen had started to pay Income Tax like everyone else.
I think Virgin Media have scored a double whammey success with the UKTV and ITV situations, despite upsetting a few viewers.

UKTV was pretty poor value for money overall and ITV content has been enhanced without them having to succumb to the retransmission fees. Now, hopefully, they can concentrate on improving their TV offer.

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Originally Posted by RobboEdin View Post
You missed my point. All channels were watched by less people, except one whose figures went up by a very small number which I was saying was insignificant.
Thanks for clarifying, Robbo.
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