I currently have cable tv at home - was ntl but now virgin media. Soon all the sky channels could dissappear from Virgin Media as Sky and Virgin cannot agree a price. This would mean Virgin cable customers would lose Sky one, sky sports and sky movies, basically all the premium channels that make it worth having Cable. Me thinks Virgin are proper fooked here. If they don't pay what Sky want then they risk loosing their customers in droves. On every ad break on Sky One at the moment Sky are highlighting the fact that cable customers could lose these Sky channels and offering them special deals to switch. Could this force Virgin Media out of business?
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I think you will find that they will only disappear from the 'Basics' package. A little bit of harmless exaggeration by Virgin will do no harm though. -
As a massive fan of "Lost", I will be extremely pissed off should Virgin Media **** it all up and ditch Sky One.Call the copsComment
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Originally posted by PrinceNamorI currently have cable tv at home - was ntl but now virgin media. Soon all the sky channels could dissappear from Virgin Media as Sky and Virgin cannot agree a price. This would mean Virgin cable customers would lose Sky one, sky sports and sky movies, basically all the premium channels that make it worth having Cable. Me thinks Virgin are proper fooked here. If they don't pay what Sky want then they risk loosing their customers in droves. On every ad break on Sky One at the moment Sky are highlighting the fact that cable customers could lose these Sky channels and offering them special deals to switch. Could this force Virgin Media out of business?
At the same time it wants to double the cost of the basic channels. The thing is in analyisingthe BARB ratings for Sky one it is actually getting less of the audience than before and declining. Just witness the number of repeats on Sky One. Lost, 24, Bones, Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis are all repeated within 1 week of originally been shown.Comment
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I just down load the episode of the series I'm interested the morning after it is shown in the US.Drivel is my specialityComment
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[QUOTE=PrinceNamor Could this force Virgin Media out of business?[/QUOTE]
i doubt it. i'm a virgin media customer and have no interest in any of the sky stuff that i have access to. i expect i am not alone.Comment
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You'll find it is the basic stuff, and you should still get all the premium channels, i.e. sky sports 1,2,3, movies etc...with Virgin Media
Sky have been very bold recently and I think the next six to nine months will determine how well Virgin Media deal with this and whether Sky reap any reqards from customer defects...Comment
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Originally posted by PrinceNamorI currently have cable tv at home - was ntl but now virgin media. Soon all the sky channels could dissappear from Virgin Media as Sky and Virgin cannot agree a price. This would mean Virgin cable customers would lose Sky one, sky sports and sky movies, basically all the premium channels that make it worth having Cable. Me thinks Virgin are proper fooked here. If they don't pay what Sky want then they risk loosing their customers in droves. On every ad break on Sky One at the moment Sky are highlighting the fact that cable customers could lose these Sky channels and offering them special deals to switch. Could this force Virgin Media out of business?God made men. Sam Colt made them equal.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostAll of which (apart from Planet Rock I'd assume) are available free to air on satellite.
Using a box & dish from Lidl.
Plus all variations of BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, with BBC3 and ITV 2, 3, and 4 thrown in.
C4 and 5 are encrypted which is a bitch.God made men. Sam Colt made them equal.Comment
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