Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Old 16-03-2017, 17:06   #811
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)
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Originally Posted by jj20x View Post
Not at all, Sky doesn't even own the satellites, they use space on the SES Astra fleet. BT, however, is another matter, originally being publicly owned as a part of the GPO.



Indeed.

As mentioned previously, the concern with the Sky takeover is the Murdoch empire's control of and influence over the media. Bearing in mind the reasons for the fate of the Murdoch controlled newspaper "News of The World", the concerns are well founded.
Oh i remember that News of the world scandal yeah it is a bit of a concern with murdoch tbf.
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