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Old 22-11-2017, 16:59   #150
RichardCoulter
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Re: ITV threaten to blackout on Virgin

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I don't know either, buf if ITV continue to pursue this line of opinion, it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to tie in paid carriage of ITV with carriage for their other channels and ITV Encore on demand.

If this ended without agreement, we could see ITV2 etc being removed as I don't think that they'd be able to legally rebroadcast these from satellite.

VM fund the HD variant of ITVBe in return for exclusivity, I would think that this arrangement won't be renewed after these shenanigans.

I'll try and find out when the ITV pay channels are up for renewal.
Apparently, reports on the web say that VM & ITV signed a ten year deal in 2015.

Info. courtesy of MB.
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