General : No Sky Atlantic on VM for a "long long time"...

Originally Posted by RobboEdin

Imagine that - having to make do with chicken at your local Morrisons because Tesco has exclusive rights to beef.

It is not uncommon for a supermarket to have exclusive rights to the beef from whichever farm is supplying them.

You can get your beef (TV programmes) anywhere, but you can only get beef from a specific farm (prime HBO Angus) at the shop which is its exclusive retailer.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by passingbat

Maybe HBO deserve some of the blame?

They choose to do a financially lucrative deal with Sky rather than, as they do in the US, make it available to multiple cable/satellite providers.

I doubt it; this initiative is more likely to have come from Sky. As I said earlier, it was on cable before it got to Sky and there was no exclusive deal then.

[Anypermitedroute]

also by being exclusive probably benefits them as they get exclsuivity money from sky and the interest from those outside of sky has committed more people to purchase DVD and Blu-Ray so its a win-win for them

[nick.king]

Originally Posted by Taf

I looked at what they are showing on Sky Atlantic, and none of it interested me at all.

Even if there was it's not like it can't be picked up using other methods.

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Originally Posted by denphone

And who is to say that even if Sky Atlantic was available then whats the odds on Sky setting up other exclusive channels just to keep on their own platform and thus the cycle goes on.

Didn't they buy the channels from VM, close one of them down (Bravo I think) and then start Sky Atlantic?

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute

also by being exclusive probably benefits them as they get exclsuivity money from sky and the interest from those outside of sky has committed more people to purchase DVD and Blu-Ray so its a win-win for them

Exactly. Sky have paid mega bucks for exclusivity, giving HBO probably more money than they would get from multiple non exclusive deals.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Chris

It is not uncommon for a supermarket to have exclusive rights to the beef from whichever farm is supplying them.

You can get your beef (TV programmes) anywhere, but you can only get beef from a specific farm (prime HBO Angus) at the shop which is its exclusive retailer.

Yes, but not all the flaming beef, Chris! There is only one Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, etc.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, but not all the flaming beef, Chris! There is only one Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, etc.

Those are just individual TV shows out of the dozens upon dozens of shows broadcast to the UK each day. There is absolutely no sense in which the schedule of Sky Atlantic can be said to be "all the flaming beef".

[kop32]

When Sky first launched all those years ago the viewing public just accepted that if they wanted to watch "premium" sport and films then they would have to subscribe to Sky,NTL etc,why is it so different nowadays with the likes of Sky Atlantic?,if people genuinly want to watch it's content then sign up to Sky and watch it,don't just keep moaning that Sky wont just give it to VM as if its a god given right,on a personal note both myself and my family watch Atlantic on a frequent basis and as such are willing to pay Sky (whose owner I detest!) for the privilage, and before people reply with "well we don't really care about getting Sky Atlantic" then from the numerous threads and replies most of you clearly do!

[gizuk]

Originally Posted by Chris

Those are just individual TV shows out of the dozens upon dozens of shows broadcast to the UK each day. There is absolutely no sense in which the schedule of Sky Atlantic can be said to be "all the flaming beef".

The problem with your analogy is that I could go into the supermarket and just buy the beef. In your example it would be like being forced to buy ALL your shopping from the same supermarket just because you want that one item.

[andy_m]

Originally Posted by kop32

When Sky first launched all those years ago the viewing public just accepted that if they wanted to watch "premium" sport and films then they would have to subscribe to Sky,NTL etc,why is it so different nowadays with the likes of Sky Atlantic?,if people genuinly want to watch it's content then sign up to Sky and watch it,don't just keep moaning that Sky wont just give it to VM as if its a god given right,on a personal note both myself and my family watch Atlantic on a frequent basis and as such are willing to pay Sky (whose owner I detest!) for the privilage, and before people reply with "well we don't really care about getting Sky Atlantic" then from the numerous threads and replies most of you clearly do!

Most of us clearly don't, or else, like you, we'd be subscribing to Sky!

[kop32]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Most of us clearly don't, or else, like you, we'd be subscribing to Sky!

Then why are there so many posts on the subject Andy? (55+ in just this thread and there are numerous others)

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Most of us clearly don't, or else, like you, we'd be subscribing to Sky!

and the vast majority of sky customer not bothered either as they don't watch it most over rated channel ever

[kop32]

Originally Posted by Dave42

and the vast majority of sky customer not bothered either as they don't watch it most over rated channel ever

But according to this site,the most talked about.....

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by kop32

But according to this site,the most talked about.....

rather have the sports HD channels what we know is coming

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by kop32

Then why are there so many posts on the subject Andy? (55+ in just this thread and there are numerous others)

Do you really think that people go to Sky just to get Sky Atlantic?

You have to understand that many of us on here have no wish to subscribe to Sky for various reasons, including the other things that VM have to offer. Why should we have to choose? Both operators ought to be able to show this material.

We want Sky Atlantic, or alternatively the HBO shows that are on there, to be available on Virgin Media.