Thread: General Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
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Old 18-12-2022, 20:59   #1306
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Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)

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Originally Posted by epsilon View Post
Right, but I was limiting my reply to the point about content being streamed on ITV X before being aired on the live channels.

The features you list aren't unique to ITV X. They were also present in its predecessor, ITV Hub.
Yeah, wasn't comparing ITV Extra to ITV Hub, more why investing in it is important for ITV and adding to the point you had addressed with some others points that ITV Extra also addresses.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
Sky is finished in my opinion , the next nail in the coffin will be if it loses Premier League Football.
Sky is a solid company and part of a successful American cable and film company so it will be around for some time. However, it is unique in both being a content producer and an infrastructure operator, which goes against the current fashion.

I don't see any company out there willing to take a significant amount of its sports content from Sky Sports. If Sky Sports drops any content, it will likely be because it does not want it badly.

Its closest competitor in this area is now Warner Bros Discovery/BT Sport. Co-owner WBD is financially stretched and in cost-cutting mode.

With regard to the other sports broadcasters:
- ViaPlay is an unknown but has entered the UK on a modest scale.
- DAZN is focused on boxing having being unsuccessful in other bidding rights.
- Amazon is not out to be a large sports player and is quitting tennis https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tenn...-Sports-tennis

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