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[Superblade7]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

Yes I know I have the cost of broadband from sky was just wondering whether one could get a breakdown of the cost of my broadband from virgin? The reason I ask is I am mulling over whether it would work out cheaper to get my broadband and phone line rental elsewhere but keep my tv package with virgin

You'll not be able to get a specific price on your broadband mate as if you have a triple play bundle then you are charged a bundle price. The advertised price of the bundle is the sum of the component parts minus a bundle discount.

If you want a rough idea the standalone broadband prices can be found here http://store.virginmedia.com/broadba...ex.html#bbonly

Check out the standalone TV prices here (http://store.virginmedia.com/digital...-tv/index.html) too as each time you remove an element of the triple play bundle, the discount reduces. Therefore dependant on your package, you may find that removing certain services doesn't actually reduce you bundle costs as much as you thought.

Hope this helps

telegramsam - although I've answered your question, you may wish to start a new thread if you wish to discuss further as we've taken the thread off-topic (apologies mods)

[Gavin-D]

Breaking: Premier League TV rights to be probed by Ofcom

Ofcom has opened an investigation into how the Premier League sells live TV media rights for Premier League football matches in the UK.

The investigation will be carried out under the Competition Act.

It follows a complaint from Virgin Media, which was submitted to Ofcom in September.

Ofcom investigates where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting an agreement may be intended to prevent, restrict or distort competition.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30095012

[denphone]

About time too.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Gavin-D

Breaking: Premier League TV rights to be probed by Ofcom

Ofcom has opened an investigation into how the Premier League sells live TV media rights for Premier League football matches in the UK.

The investigation will be carried out under the Competition Act.

It follows a complaint from Virgin Media, which was submitted to Ofcom in September.

Ofcom investigates where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting an agreement may be intended to prevent, restrict or distort competition.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30095012

excellent news but somehow i feel it'll come back to bite us all....

the EPL will always always find a way to keep the money rolling in regardless of whether its legal or not. its got past the point of no return again

[pk1]

There will be no change, as the report will no doubt find that no agreement stands, and Ofcom will of failed again to get everyone a better deal for watching football.

For £3bn you would think that would give you the rights to show all matches live, not just via Sky & BT. Why not create smaller packages of games that other TV companies could bid for?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by pk1

There will be no change, as the report will no doubt find that no agreement stands, and Ofcom will of failed again to get everyone a better deal for watching football.

For £3bn you would think that would give you the rights to show all matches live, not just via Sky & BT. Why not create smaller packages of games that other TV companies could bid for?

Better still why doesn't the premier league setup its own channel and distribute across all platforms and online.

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

excellent news but somehow i feel it'll come back to bite us all....

the EPL will always always find a way to keep the money rolling in regardless of whether its legal or not. its got past the point of no return again

Yup, cos we are all forced to pay them what they want. It's not as if people have a choice whether or not they can cancel their sports subscription....oh, wait.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Better still why doesn't the premier league setup its own channel and distribute across all platforms and online.

A excellent idea but one unlikely to happen.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Yup, cos we are all forced to pay them what they want. It's not as if people have a choice whether or not they can cancel their sports subscription....oh, wait.

If you love football and you've watched for many, many years and enjoy watching then you can't? i understand the point you're making but for people who do enjoy watching sport and its one of lifes little pleasures then you dont want to cancel?

The point i'm making is costs will continue to spiral both watching at the grounds and on tv because of the lack of controls on our sport at the moment. we have the most expensive league for attending and for tv subscriptions in all of europe. thats a fact.

Things will never ever improve for fairness if we just say "well we can cancel if it gets too much"

[denphone]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

If you love football and you've watched for many, many years and enjoy watching then you can't? i understand the point you're making but for people who do enjoy watching sport and its one of lifes little pleasures then you dont want to cancel?

The point i'm making is costs will continue to spiral both watching at the grounds and on tv because of the lack of controls on our sport at the moment. we have the most expensive league for attending and for tv subscriptions in all of europe. thats a fact.

Things will never ever improve for fairness if we just say "well we can cancel if it gets too much"

Indeed people have a choice in a good many things in life as some spend their money on a good many other things which they enjoy and at the end of the day its all about personal choice and whether people want to stump up to continue their enjoyment of such things.

[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Better still why doesn't the premier league setup its own channel and distribute across all platforms and online.

Great idea, but that would mean them spending their own money to set it up!

[one2escape]

The sooner they just offer legal streaming the better. I subscribe to SS and get BT with the package I am on and most weekends my team on TV. I know if I wanted I could get the match with 3 clicks from the search. The burying the head in the sand approach cant continue for much longer and hopefully this investigation will give them kick in the bum to do something about it. Watching "TV" on the virgin box for me and my family is now at the level of just watching IMACGMOOH and live football. They need to get with the times now.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

What makes Game of Thrones any different from say Breaking Bad on Netflix ? Last time I looked I could only watch Breaking Bad through a subscription with Netflix the only other option is paying for the DVD or purchasing a digital copy from the likes of iTunes.

Well of course there is no difference if Breaking Bad is exclusive to Netflix. I'm not saying it's ok for Netflix to have an exclusivity arrangement but Sky can't!

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Originally Posted by andy_m

You don't need to. But you should be allowed to..

So you are quite happy with the status quo and the fact that Virgin Media cannot show Sky Atlantic? That's a strange position for you to take, surely?

Unless, of course, you don't want Sky Atlantic or you are happy for Sky to decide who gets what in relation to Sky Sports channels!

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Originally Posted by one2escape

The sooner they just offer legal streaming the better. I subscribe to SS and get BT with the package I am on and most weekends my team on TV. I know if I wanted I could get the match with 3 clicks from the search. The burying the head in the sand approach cant continue for much longer and hopefully this investigation will give them kick in the bum to do something about it. Watching "TV" on the virgin box for me and my family is now at the level of just watching IMACGMOOH and live football. They need to get with the times now.

Agreed, we must get some common sense into this.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Better still why doesn't the premier league setup its own channel and distribute across all platforms and online.

We all know the answer why - it will get more money from auctioning the rights than it will get from setting up its own platform.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

We all know the answer why - it will get more money from auctioning the rights than it will get from setting up its own platform.

Agreed reading my post back I worded it poorly , I was more meaning in an ideal world where the fan was put first and every platform gained equal access.

Of course these bumper paydays for the premier league are reliant on people continuing to subscribe to pay TV , whilst figures are holding their own at the moment it can easily go the other way especially as the streaming market matures , more and more US Sports broadcasters are offering online only access with no need for a pay TV subscription.