Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
10-02-2011, 20:56
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Do you think only having one retail option on VM's network is in our interest? Clearly not, but all products aren't created equally.
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Tbh Ignition I dont really know. I could possibly be persuaded it was in the consumer interest but I really don't think it would be. I think given the dominant position that Sky have to weaken one of there main competitors would be unhelpful but if they did it as a total overhaul of the industry ie breaking up Sky into content and delivery platforms then possibly I could be persuaded.
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17-02-2011, 18:09
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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17-02-2011, 18:12
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
when the Sky/VM battle was concluded with a reasonable settlement ( should have been done earlier ) I think I recall that one of the main underpins was that advertisment revenues were limited overall because eg Sky1 was 'missing out' on exposure to the massive number of VM subscribers
does this same argument not apply with Sky Atlantic
ps : can we have ST Voyager back soon please
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17-02-2011, 21:12
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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ps : can we have ST Voyager back soon please
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Are you seriously saying you haven't seen the entire 7 seasons of Voyager (plus DS9 and TNG) multiple times already when they were repeated to death on Sky One, then Virgin 1 and Bravo?
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17-02-2011, 21:58
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
With all these price hikes Virgin are putting on all TV tiers, I hope they at least give Sky Atlantic SD to L package customers, and Sky Atlantis HD/SD to XL.
That's if they ever get the channel.
Speaking of the Berkett on Sky Atlantic. Why have Virgin Media not allowed the rest of the CBS channels on their EPG?. May not be Sky Atlantic, but it's a hell of a lot better than having absolutely nothing.
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25-02-2011, 11:15
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
Looks like I was right about Sky Atlantic.... it's certainly struggling to attract many viewers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...lantic-ratings
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Treme: Sky Atlantic, 10.15pm – the UK premiere of David Simon's latest drama followed the pattern set by The Wire. Much talked about – even sometimes in the Guardian – but not so much watched.
Friday's opening episode of the post-hurricane Katrina New Orleans drama averaged 66,000 viewers and a 0.5% audience share.
FX's True Blood is faring better, averaging 236,000 (1.3%) from 10pm.
The 9pm hour showcased two contrasting multichannel music shows, with ITV2's American Idol (523,000/2.2%) up against BBC4 documentary Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul (216,000/0.9%).
Also in the 9pm slot, The Simpsons made an uneasy transition into peaktime on Sky1 with two new episodes averaging 275,000 (1.2%) and 323,000 (1.4%).
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25-02-2011, 11:19
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Don't forget all those viewers have cancelled Virgin and gone to Sky!! 
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25-02-2011, 11:23
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Don't forget all those viewers have cancelled Virgin and gone to Sky!! |
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25-02-2011, 11:25
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
Honestly, when will they learn ...
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25-02-2011, 11:28
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Honestly, when will they learn ...
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I think they just have.
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25-02-2011, 11:30
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
Looks like Virgin Media made the right choice in refusing to over pay for this channel.
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25-02-2011, 11:38
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Looks like Virgin Media made the right choice in refusing to over pay for this channel.
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Absolutely agreed. Typical Sky all the hype leading up to a launch. The channel will be worth a lot less now if Virgin pick it up, but maybe its not even worth it 
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25-02-2011, 11:42
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Looks like Virgin Media made the right choice in refusing to over pay for this channel.
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The way it's going it would pay Sky to give it to Virgin for nothing, at least the advertisers would be less likely to come back asking for a refund 
I never thought it would be as big as many including Sky believed it would be but it's even worst than I could have dreamed of.
Sky must be looking at the people who produced expected viewing figures and asking them how they got it so wrong.
Even gems TV must get better figures 
Look for this to arrive sooner than I expected and maybe earlier than September when Sky are due to limit access with their own subscribers. 
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25-02-2011, 11:46
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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Looks like Virgin Media made the right choice in refusing to over pay for this channel.
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How much were Sky asking for?
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25-02-2011, 11:48
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Re: Guardian: "Sky Atlantic won't be on Virgin Media soon, says BSkyB boss"
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How much were Sky asking for?
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Probably highly confidential information only very few actually will know.
Looks like vm called it right though wait and see how it goes before overpaying.
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