Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 05-05-2020, 15:48   #7672
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Of course it would be popular. I love people who give me free stuff.

The question is a simple economic one. Does Virgin Media's financial outlay in your scenario result in more subscribers at the top tier, such that in the end they make more money, not less.

I think it is very unlikely, and clearly so do they. If it was such an obvious winner, they would already be doing it.
It is about providing packages which customers value, Chris. The cost would come from subscribers, obviously, but overall costs could be kept the same, for example by taking out those channels that very few viewers actually watch.

If they were able to do that for BT Sport....

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
And as I’ve said all along. If there was anything in it Virgin (or Sky) could have funded linear television variants without adverts for decades now.
Yes, but remember that streamers and players are becoming more popular now as the media scene transforms. It is only a matter of time before Sky and Virgin come to realise that streamers are becoming more popular than TV channels.
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