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Originally Posted by spiderplant
It also made more content available than would otherwise be in your package. Really it was only relevant for people who weren't on top tier.
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Isn't that the point of a barker channel though? promoting content available elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k
I still remember channels such as The BOX (music television you control) where you'd phone up a premium rate number and input a 3 digit code to the music video you wanted to see, if i remember correctly it used to cost around 50p per phonecall.
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Even more expensive than Virgin's Music On Demand. Premium rate numbers are more heavily regulated now and premium rate lines are, perhaps, less likely to happen with Channel 4 now in control. It is difficult to estimate how much demand there was for such services but, with the declining popularity of the music channels, there was probably a point where the cost of operating premium rate lines exceeded any income they were likely to generate