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Old 10-02-2011, 17:56   #158
richard1960
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet View Post
VM aren't 'heavily' in debt at all, that would be struggling to pay the bills. VM's total debt is more than sustainable now and they are generating considerable amounts of cash while paying their interest bill and are actively paying back their debt - read their results.

I didn't say that VM had been offered this content I said that Sky have in the past offered to sell their content via VM's platform and VM refused. By that I mean the same deal that TalkTalk TV have where Sky pay for access to the platform and the customer pays Sky.

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Easy, they're happy for Sky to pay for the content and them to go crying to Ofcom if Sky won't sell it to them or charge too much for it.
Well sky did pay for the content and vm are showing no sign of going to ofcom are they.? By their shear market power 10 million customers sky use content to try and batter the oppostion into submission,which is very bad for the consumer as a whole. But what is bad for the consumer is very good for sky mind you as i have said if the channel bombs as it may it will appear at a very reasonable price on vm down the line.

Mind you sky themselves appear happy that their access to BT lines is regulated saves them investing in their own eh,for their phone and broadband offerings sky are quite happy for cut price access in this case.