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Old 15-08-2018, 17:10   #1000
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Re: Virgin Media & UKTV+ITV Channels
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
I don't think that there is a cat in helps chance that three weeks of nil carriage costs will cover the amount of discounts awarded.

I made it clear why I think that it's useful to debate the continuing effects of the situation in my last post and my comment to alwaysabear also applies to you too.

Which HD channels are you referring to that UKTV withheld? We had them all, apart from GOLD HD* which was actually offered to VM.

* GOLD HD is said to be working on a Wednesday launch date. I'm assuming that as this is the last HD slot available on the system with the current configuration, that VM will want to carry out work of some kind beforehand to free up more capacity, so hence the delay.
What were the old and new carriage costs, then, Richard? They haven't made that public as far as I am aware, so you cannot say the nil carriage costs for three weeks or so will not cover the discounts and compensation payments. It's just a finger in the air argument.

As far as your second paragraph is concerned, when did you start setting the rules? You are plugging this tired old argument to death, and yet we will all see that this will be a distant memory for most of us before too long. Surely there is a limit, even for you, on the number of different ways you can make this point.

With regard to the UKTV HD situation, yes, I stand corrected in that Gold HD was the only one withheld previously. I was mistakenly counting Drama, which unfortunately is not available in HD, although I can't think why. It would make more sense if it was Drama rather than Gold, but there you go.

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Originally Posted by tvtimes View Post
So, Virgin Media within the last couple of weeks have stuck their heels in and refused ro allow people out of their contracts who weren't happy about the UKTV dispute and angered them even further, to now putting prices up just weeks after and now those customers can leave penalty free anyway? What was the point? Now those same people will probably just leave out of principle because the way they have been treated and with a bitter taste in their mouth.
1. Gold HD
2. More 'On demand'.
3. A commitment from the BBC to commence negotiations on the BBC archives which they previously refused.
Possibly, 4. A reduction in cost, which would have reduced the size of the price hike.

I think all this, together with the discounts and compensation payments (and of course the return of the UKTV channels) as well as those 'replacement channels', have satisfied most.
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