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Old 28-01-2017, 12:25   #376
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Old 28-01-2017, 12:32   #377
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It starts with one then others jump on the bandwagon the companies would ask sky,vm,bt etc for more money and that money must be recouped somehow and ultimately it is the consumer who ends up paying.
As much as i find it funny SKY getting a bloody nose i still applaud them for not giving in to greedy Malones demands.
Despite getting accused of speaking codswallop by our resident genie i stand by what i said SKY will retaliate and VM will be at the forefront of the retaliation due to vms behaviour in this, yes by all means drum up custom but given the circumstances vm could of just put a pinned post on their social media pages saying "Discovery and Eurosport will be available on virgin media" rather than childishly jumping on tweets to skyhelpteam and bragging that discovery will be on vm, it makes vm stoop to SKY and discoverys pathetic level.
Then again since LG took over VM they have got quite childish, maybe SKY should go crying to ofcom now afterall Malones vm would if it was sky threatening toremove channels.
SKY and vm are as bad as each other, Dicover are being very childish too telling people to contact SKY to keep discovery this creates issues for genuine concerns aka technical issues or customers needing to phone SKY for real reasons.
All 3 sky,vm and discovery need to grow up.
But what were Discovery going to do? Sky had been paying the same money for years despite providing more channels. Sky would have no qualms in doing exactly the same, as indeed they have done in the past.

Nice to see Sky getting a taste of its own medicine but I suspect there will be adverse consequences down the line.
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But what were Discovery going to do? Sky had been paying the same money for years despite providing more channels. Sky would have no qualms in doing exactly the same, as indeed they have done in the past.

Nice to see Sky getting a taste of its own medicine but I suspect there will be adverse consequences down the line.
Let's wait and see your reaction in however many years when VM's renewal with Discovery comes around
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Let's wait and see your reaction in however many years when VM's renewal with Discovery comes around
And we await yours with just as much anticipation too MM.
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But what were Discovery going to do? Sky had been paying the same money for years despite providing more channels. Sky would have no qualms in doing exactly the same, as indeed they have done in the past.

Nice to see Sky getting a taste of its own medicine but I suspect there will be adverse consequences down the line.
I'd like to know who's next?

Discovery Network channels vanished from Talk Talk last year then only a few months ago Discovery Network removed Quest on Demand from Youview. Now their channels are set to be removed from the SKY platform. It won't be long until TV Player and BT have their troubles I suspect.

Whilst through time the channels might end up exclusive to Virgin Media what kind of audeince and viewing figures would remain?

I think Eurosport might shock us with bids for Champions League and EPL rights!
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These are interesting times ahead as MM said.
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These are interesting times ahead as MM said.
Absolutely.
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Old 28-01-2017, 14:43   #383
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I'd like to know who's next?

Discovery Network channels vanished from Talk Talk last year then only a few months ago Discovery Network removed Quest on Demand from Youview. Now their channels are set to be removed from the SKY platform. It won't be long until TV Player and BT have their troubles I suspect.

Whilst through time the channels might end up exclusive to Virgin Media what kind of audeince and viewing figures would remain?

I think Eurosport might shock us with bids for Champions League and EPL rights!
It's almost as if they are setting themselves up to offer a separate pay service via an app.
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It's almost as if they are setting themselves up to offer a separate pay service via an app.
Certainly looks that way. Would be interesting to see their price point. Eurosport Player is £59.99 for a 12 month subscription. TV player offers most of the Discovery Network channels as part of their £5.99 per month subscription. Got a feeling they'll go in at about £7.99.
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Apparantly, Sky are telling their customers that "BT & Virgin are letting Discovery go as well" according to their Twitter feed.
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Is there no low depths Sky will go too...
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Apparantly, Sky are telling their customers that "BT & Virgin are letting Discovery go as well" according to their Twitter feed.
Well looks like they are telling lies - look here

https://twitter.com/DiscoveryUK/stat...46675250626560
 
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sky lying again never in the world
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I know that Sky are lying, however, i've been told that VM get their HD feeds by fibre and SD feeds via the satellite.

Can't remember if it was an SD or a HD channel that I was watching on VM last night, but the ticker advice for Sky customers appeared at the top (think it was Discovery Science).

I don't think that this has a HD variant, so perhaps this explains why the ticker is being shown to VM customers??

Could this mean that for technical reasons, as opposed to the Sky/Discovery dispute itself, that we will lose access to the SD Discovery channels from the 1st February??
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I know that Sky are lying, however, i've been told that VM get their HD feeds by fibre and SD feeds via the satellite.

Can't remember if it was an SD or a HD channel that I was watching on VM last night, but the ticker advice for Sky customers appeared at the top (think it was Discovery Science).

I don't think that this has a HD variant, so perhaps this explains why the ticker is being shown to VM customers??

Could this mean that for technical reasons, as opposed to the Sky/Discovery dispute itself, that we will lose access to the SD Discovery channels from the 1st February??
I saw this on the Discovery SD +1 channel this afternoon on VM. Didn't see all of it. If so VM will have to rejig the way they get their feeds if they're to continue offering +1.
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