Sky cuts of virgin media [ntl:telewest] from there channels

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Originally Posted by luke-p

Lmao, my dad told me that this was going to happen yesterday... If i owned telewest I wouldent even let virgin rename The entire company... Virgin media, Its like telewest has been bought when virgin have just made a partnership with them...

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Virgin didnt make a partnership. THEY BOUGHT THE ENTIRE TELEWEST

Actually, Sky wanted more money for original programs that no one will find anywhere else. 24 was a massive hit, new Simpsons is a steady earner and Lost has exceeded all expectations. Sky think they deserve more money for the programs like 24 that everyone is talking about but Virgin went and had a hissy fit. Because the Mr. Billionare said he couldn't afford it.

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Originally Posted by Cola

Actually, Sky wanted more money for original programs that no one will find anywhere else. 24 was a massive hit, new Simpsons is a steady earner and Lost has exceeded all expectations. Sky think they deserve more money for the programs like 24 that everyone is talking about but Virgin went and had a hissy fit. Because the Mr. Billionare said he couldn't afford it.

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that's not true.... he never did the deal because it would involve raising the cost that customers pay.

Sky is trying to manipulate virgins customers. DOUBLEING the price was not neccasary. And tbh, id laugh so hard if virgin won programs like LOST and 24 in bidding wars when the contract ends.

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Originally Posted by Papershop

Sky is trying to manipulate virgins customers. DOUBLEING the price was not neccasary. And tbh, id laugh so hard if virgin won programs like LOST and 24 in bidding wars when the contract ends.

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i hope virgin outbid sky at the end of the season for prem games. sky will lose alot then and i will be laughing my head off at sky, specially if they don't do a deal with sky to let them use they channels.

Cheaters never win. Virgin is taking over, and even sky knows it

From what I've heard people are leaving VM for this. Which I do think is a bit extreme. Anyway, I'm sure that Sky have got the longest contract possible on 24 and Lost. Although Sky One must've got Lost from C4 somehow so it's all abit complicated.

Virgin are messing up NTL :\ And LOST got sold from sky....

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Basically, Sky are getting scared because Virgin Media's huge advertising campaign was taking business from them. Therefore, despite their claims that they were planning to put the price up (which I don't beleive in the slightest), I strongly suspect that Sky are trying to steal Virgin Media's thunder - after all, Sky One is a very good channel, and VM were selling it for less than Sky themselves were!

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Originally Posted by Leerm

Virgin are messing up NTL :\ And LOST got sold from sky....

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proof? cos they still have a contract with it.

And Sky are becoming very scared of what virgin has in plan. A few years back when virgin was going to buy ITV, Sky bought £1m shares in ITV to stop this happening. SKY ARE BARE LOSERS