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Old 11-11-2018, 19:45   #2657
jfman
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Or receiving it as part of a package?
But they wouldn’t get the standalone price in a package - they’d get a wholesale price. Almost proving my point there’s little appetite for standalone offerings if they’re relying on existing providers for the vast majority of income/viewers.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
So why have you tried to quantify it, then, jfman? What I am saying is that there are different ways of generating income, including wholesale deals, which I suspect will be a widespread practice in the new streaming world.
I’ve never said it won’t be widespread practice, just that the idea of everyone being better off paying £6 here and £8 there for a handful of services as opposed to TV XL or Sky Box Sets is flawed.

We get that you object to Virgin paying tiny amounts of your subscription to third parties for channels you don’t watch.

It’s on the face of it a straightforward argument, a win for everyone, only pay for what you watch. However it ignores the power of platforms to drive down prices.
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