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Old 10-02-2011, 18:44   #162
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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 LexDiamond View Post
Because quite simply VM and Sky are not meant to be homogeneous substitutes.

I don't see how it impacts your or VM customers interests. There is nothing stopping a VM customer going to Sky if what they want is Sky channels from the day they are released.

Plus going by the figures of Sky's recent misadventures I doubt anyone could question the interests of 3.8m consumers being harmed on the basis of viewing figures in the thousands.
It impacts on all consumers interests if it creates a monopoly. If what you say is true and Sky's attempt to create a gulf between the content they have compared with other's in an attempt to poach customers has failed then that would go a long way to calming my fears.