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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I meant the line feed as opposed to the satellite signal.
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Actually, this thing about VM showing one ITV region across the whole country is probably a tactic being threatened by them.
There is no technical reason why Virgin Media couldn't take FTA satellite feeds for all of the regions, the UK wide thing sounds like a clever threat to scare ITV into backing down.
Very few viewers would quit Virgin because they couldn't get their own region because most of the output is now exactly the same, however, ITV's advertising revenues would be seriously harmed.
It would also be a lot simpler for Virgin to only use one region should it go down this route.
The only thing that viewers might miss would be the local news; with many switching to the BBC.
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If its within the law for VM to retransmit an alternative ITV feed why do they need to rely on satellite transmissions? Couldn't each headend take the local Freeview signal?
Wouldn't that satisfy most regional needs?