General : Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 4.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by nicknewark

The picture quality is ace on BT Sport HD

I agree , just up at my parents house watching on TIVO and the picture quality is excellent.

Originally Posted by colin25

What gloating before?

it was more self-flagellation by Virgins

Ohh i get it...morons mimicking themselves..yes..true

you, dear boy, are as guilty as the rest....

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Hugh

you, dear boy, are as guilty as the rest....

really? please show me?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Richc1977

Virgin Media will pay around £75m a year for three years to carry BT Sport, it is understood.

How does that compare to the old ESPN deal?
Anyone care to calculate how much that works out per customer?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...gin-Media.html

l cannot remember what they paid for the ESPN deal but l like many other Virgin customers are just happy that both sides came to a deal and one that makes the XL pack great value for money in the process and yes l know a price rise will be coming for this pack but its still excellent value in my humble opinion..

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by Richc1977

Virgin Media will pay around £75m a year for three years to carry BT Sport, it is understood.

How does that compare to the old ESPN deal?
Anyone care to calculate how much that works out per customer?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...gin-Media.html

Or around £3 per XL subscriber per month working on 2 million XL subscribers.

[martin201002]

Certainly is a good time to be a Virgin Media customer.

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Or around £3 per XL subscriber per month working on 2 million XL subscribers.

I get it as £1.04

75,000,000 / 36 / 2,000,000 = £1.04.

[martin201002]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

I get it as £1.04

75,000,000 / 36 / 2,000,000 = £1.04.

So we can expect it facilitated as a price rise then.

[andy_m]

What were they paying ESPN? Similar wasn't it? In other words the cost of the rights have sky rocketed, and Virgin have managed to keep them for the same cost?

[pythagoras]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

I get it as £1.04

75,000,000 / 36 / 2,000,000 = £1.04.

Its 75 million per year

[martin201002]

Originally Posted by andy_m

What were they paying ESPN? Similar wasn't it? In other words the cost of the rights have sky rocketed, and Virgin have managed to keep them for the same cost?

It appears so, must be good at negotiations.

[Catesby]

Originally Posted by Jameseh

I get it as £1.04

75,000,000 / 36 / 2,000,000 = £1.04.

It's £75m per year so it's £6.25m per month Virgin are paying. I've read that there are 3m TV XL customers so that would be £2 each per customer (or £3 each if it's actually 2m customers).

[martin201002]

Think the price is about £3.10. 75,000.000 / 12 / 2,000,000 = £3.125.

[Catesby]

Originally Posted by martin201002

It appears so, must be good at negotiations.

If it wasn't on XL and only available as a stand alone sub, BT would have needed to get 500,000 HD subscribers every year, taking the channels for the full 12 months, in order to match what they are getting in this deal.

I would expect BT to be happy with this deal.

[HDFootyMan]

"Virgin could be in trouble here.....and that's a fantastic goal-line clearance! And Virgin Media are on the break! Its 4 vs 3! BT Sport 2 is onside! and has been found with a killer pass! Virgin could win this here, there's players queuing up to convert a cross, will it come? It does.....BT SPORT 1HHHDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!"

Git in here! Virgin Media Crowd goes wild! BT Sport runs into the crowd to celebrate!

"Virgin have snatched victory, from the jaws of Pay-TV defeat! .....they think its all over......it is now!!! What a result!"

Chris Kamara: "Its unbelievable Jeff!"