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Originally Posted by muppetman11
If I want Disney I'll only be able to purchase from Disney so not sure competition will help there.
I remember you always had a bee in your bonnet about exclusivity I fail to see how this is any different.
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Well this is the thing. Economics 101 tells you that there's assumptions about supply and demand in the theory that are often ignored or misrepresented. It assumes that products are directly comparable with each other, low barriers to entry for new suppliers, etc.
That's not true in the pay TV market, of which subscription streaming services are merely an extension.
The product offering the Carling Premiership isn't comparable with the product offering the Vauxhall conference because it's the same sport in the same sense Coca Cola, Pepsi and supermarket brand colas are direct substitutes for each other.
Of course an added complexity is that the streaming services are increasing upstream demand for content - more demand pushes prices up - costs that flow down to the end user.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
However, with streaming services, these are available no matter who your provider is, via the internet. As long as you ignore Sky, that is, who are still trying to restrict who can watch their streaming service, Now TV. By rights, this should be available on all platforms.
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I really think that's a stretch. It's available on Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, Roku and Now TV branded devices - often sold cheaper than the bundled entertainment pack
Your gripe is that Virgin don't offer it, despite Virgin having a wholesale deal with Sky for the vast majority of content on there.