Thread: General TV Wars: ITV VS Virgin Media
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Old 17-05-2017, 08:01   #15
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Re: TV Wars: ITV VS Virgin Media
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Originally Posted by Media Boy View Post
Base on that link I posted on post one we now know when we may see ITV Encore Channels on Virgin Media UK.
I guess that depends on when the exclusivity deal with Sky is due to expire.

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Originally Posted by Paul M View Post
I thought the main channels (BBC1, BBC2 & ITV) had to be provided free ?

It would also be very short sighted of ITV to cut themselves off from viewers (advertisers would not be happy).
It would mean fewer Virgin customers, but how many fewer? I would have thought that most people still have aerials. If not, they just need a Roku or similar device to access TV Player, which carries ITV.

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Originally Posted by Raider999 View Post
I cannot remember the last time I watched an advert - my tv viewing is at least 95% time-shifted so I use the FF button to skip them.
Same here. But if ITV was no longer carried on Virgin, I would simply record these programmes via my aerial to my DVD recorder. That's how I view most of the main terrestrial channels now as I spread the recordings between my DVD recorder and my two V6s to increase my HD recording capacity.
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