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Originally Posted by LexDiamond
I'm always sceptical of what Netflix/Lovefilm can actually do.
Its tough to pay big money to beat Sky only then to have to rely on individuals paying bit by bit for the service. And then there is the fact that Sky and VM, Atlantic aside, seems to be having a bit of a love in. First VM sell Sky channels that are Freeview and Sky gets rid of them to weaken Freeview and then lots of movies appear on VM platform for Sky on demand.
For the hardcore tv enthusiast, pay tv is much stronger on both platforms than it was a year ago. Youview has a hell of a job convincing anyone that it can compete with Sky's offering (which has effectively grown by VM's customer base over the last week as Vm subscribers have on demand for premium too).
But I guess only time will tell as Youview probably has a couple of tricks up its sleeve.
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The problem for Netflix/lovefilm is the current situation being looked into by the competition commission , in the US Netflix has more subscribers than any other Cable/satellite provider.