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Old 05-11-2017, 22:44   #69
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Re: ITV threaten to blackout on Virgin

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Originally Posted by vincerooney View Post
Have they done the same for sky and if not why? If sky are getting away with it couldnt VM do the same as sky?
Simple answer, Sky don't transmit ITV on satellite, ITV does via their own contractors. They simply pay Sky to be on the Sky EPG. Should ITV impose a retransmission fee for carriage on satellite, they would have to charge themselves.

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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
More on this in the Torygraph:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...edia-80m-bill/

I'm with VM no way should they be paying for Freeview channels. But they shouldn't be charging customers for the Player package, which is basically freeview.
Indeed. As ITV have now put forward a figure of 80m, VM should now make it clear that they want ITV to pay for carriage. A sum of £120m sounds reasonable.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
This new law only applies to cable delivered TV and won't affect Sky until they start their IPTV service.

The Government initially said that they didn't expect this to affect traditional cable companies, but now that ITV is trying it on, they say that it's for the market to decide.
Not like this government to get itself into a situation with no clear plan of how things will work out. Oh wait...
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