VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

Sounds dangerously close to socialism Old Boy. Virgin, out of the goodness of their hearts, pay hundreds of millions to broadcasters for lost advertising revenue to give us a free app. And my bill won't go up?

Sounds perfect. A bit too perfect.

I didn't say that. Virgin could easily re-work their packages to give their viewers the option of discounted streaming instead of discounting channels. The idea is to make their services more attractive to subscribers, not to give anything away 'out of the goodness of their hearts'.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I didn't say that. Virgin could easily re-work their packages to give their viewers the option of discounted streaming instead of discounting channels. The idea is to make their services more attractive to subscribers, not to give anything away 'out of the goodness of their hearts'.

I think the issue is that it wouldn’t be “easy”. The major streaming packages are already in millions of households, and ITV, Channel 4 and Five in every household meaning a deal with Virgin would cannibalise existing revenue streams in a way that Setanta, then ESPN and BT would not.

From the Sky basics dispute we identified that the vast majority of channels are on pennies per subscriber - a deal that would most definitely not appeal to the major streamers who are retailing packages at £8 or £9 a month relatively successfully.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

I think the issue is that it wouldn’t be “easy”. The major streaming packages are already in millions of households, and ITV, Channel 4 and Five in every household meaning a deal with Virgin would cannibalise existing revenue streams in a way that Setanta, then ESPN and BT would not.

From the Sky basics dispute we identified that the vast majority of channels are on pennies per subscriber - a deal that would most definitely not appeal to the major streamers who are retailing packages at £8 or £9 a month relatively successfully.

Virgin advertising these services and the content on them would probably be sufficient.

You need to exercise a little imagination instead of codemning every idea out of hand, jfman.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Virgin advertising these services and the content on them would probably be sufficient.

You need to exercise a little imagination instead of codemning every idea out of hand, jfman.

I’m trying to exercise my imagination here but I don’t see these companies trading hundreds of millions in revenue for a handful of adverts. It’s preposterous to be frank.

Netflix has 11.5 million subscribers in the UK. Let’s say your average Virgin customer is equally as likely as any other to subscribe - that’s 2.3 million cancellations on day 1. £20m a month using the £9 package as the baseline. £240m per year.

But it gets worse - suddenly non-Virgin subscribers look at their phone plus fibre plus Netflix and move to Virgin. More revenue for Virgin, yes. But even less for Netflix.

[denphone]

Amazon Prime Video will be showing four extra Premier League games this season free of charge.

https://twitter.com/primevideosport/...575104/photo/1

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by denphone

Amazon Prime Video will be showing four extra Premier League games this season free of charge.

https://twitter.com/primevideosport/...575104/photo/1

*in VMS office CEO "Oh look we're getting some more football let's raise prices by around £5p/m"

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

*in VMS office CEO "Oh look we're getting some more football let's raise prices by around £5p/m"

Raising prices by around £5p/m would be pretty unwise for any TV platform to do in the current climate as many have not got the disposable income which they once had a few months ago.

Unlikely to happen IMHO.

[jfman]

I’m quite sure he was joking.

They’ll probably be the tenth picks on any given weekend.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by denphone

Raising prices by around £5p/m would be pretty unwise for any TV platform to do in the current climate as many have not got the disposable income which they once had a few months ago.

Unlikely to happen IMHO.

The should of been a hint mate lol.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by jfman

I’m quite sure he was joking.

They’ll probably be the tenth picks on any given weekend.

l know he was joking..

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

*in VMS office CEO "Oh look we're getting some more football let's raise prices by around £5p/m"

I was pleasantly surprised to see my Virgin mobile's annual inflation-linked rise is not happening this year, due to the pandemic.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I was pleasantly surprised to see my Virgin mobile's annual inflation-linked rise is not happening this year, due to the pandemic.

Don't worry you will get double the rise next year.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I was pleasantly surprised to see my Virgin mobile's annual inflation-linked rise is not happening this year, due to the pandemic.

Oh they're planning a special one for you of around £200p/m extra, says on ceos memo "don't forget to up 1Andrew1's prices by £200p/m"

[denphone]

Little Britain has been removed from all UK streaming platforms due to concerns about the use of blackface by its two stars, David Walliams and Matt Lucas.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...tbox-blackface

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by denphone

Little Britain has been removed from all UK streaming platforms due to concerns about the use of blackface by its two stars, David Walliams and Matt Lucas.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...tbox-blackface

The world has gone fecking mad!!