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Originally Posted by Ultimate.Conj
Found a quote regarding vm's take on it. They arent going to pay itv anything lol
Tom Mockridge, chief executive of Virgin Media, said earlier this year: 'The Government has been clear, new fees should not be paid for mainstream channels. ITV is already fully compensated through its prominent position, audience reach and additional advertising revenue this delivers. It is carried for zero fee by all UK platforms and there is no reason why this shouldn't continue to be the case at Virgin Media.'
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That's quite right, the DCMS made that very clear in the document I linked a few posts back. Unfortunately, the Government has back tracked from the original stance, the culture minister Lord Ashton said "we think it should be left to the market to decide that", when speaking about the possibility of Virgin Media being billed as a result of the repeal of cable's copyright exemption.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...-virgin-media/
Of course, there has been an election since the original DCMS opinions were published and the current administration may hold a different view.
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Originally Posted by theone2k10
I hope Sky take the same stance too.
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Sky have longer to negotiate, it won't really bother them until IPTV delivery of linear channels hits significant numbers. They also have time to build a Freeview hybrid platform and avoid any retransmission fees.