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

[Browney]

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

No. Sky are "bare" business people. They know when to fight for ratings and when to effectively run.

[Papershop]

ratings for sky one have actually dropped in the past year, so i dont know where your getting your facts from.
THEY ARE LOSERS, THAT WILL GET BEAT ONE DAY

[Browney]

That is why they are running.

They are slipping up and need something, anything at all to hold onto. That's why they are trying to block Virgin from taking the top spot.

I'm gonna stop posting now. Going in shower.

[Papershop]

How about sky admit defeat then? They are loosers, who could potentially make more money if they let telewest view thier channels. Im sure if they dont, then telewest will win all the popular programs when thier contract ends. There gunna loose sooner or later

[24]

Sky are going to lose some serious money by doing this. Although they may get a few customers who decide to leave just for the Sky One programmes, they will be losing the advertising that goes out to the what is it 3 million Virgin Media Customers. Sky make a massive £60m from advertising and i doubt they will make that up in £25 subscriptions from a few switchers. Plus just like when Sky got Lost and 24 people who had terrestrial tv found "other" means of getting to see their favourite programmes. Many people will do the same. Bad move for Sky.

[:Hazel]

fgs i went to watch sky sports news and its gone :@

[beer]

i emailed sky on got this reply:

Thank you for taking the time to contact us about this.

Unfortunately, Sky One, Sky Sports News, Sky Travel and Sky News are no
longer available for Virgin Media customers to view.

Virgin Media has withdrawn Sky's basic channels from their television
customers following the expiry of the agreement between the two companies.
This was their decision. As a "closed network" only they can decide what to
offer their customers. Up to the final hours we tried time and again to
reach a solution, including proposing a way for Sky to retail channels
directly to cable customers in a way that would cost Virgin media nothing.

Sky knows that its basic channels have many loyal cable viewers and our aim
has been to avoid any disruption to their enjoyment of our programmes. We
are disappointed that we will now be denied access to cable TV homes.

If I may also take this opportunity to explain that we have made repeated
efforts to reach an agreement, but Virgin Media has rejected all of our
proposals, including our latest offer of just 3p per customer per day.

We're committed to bringing you great shows like brand new Simpsons, Lost,
24, Nip/Tuck and Battlestar Galactica. In fact we've increased our
investment in channels and programmes by 68% in recent years.

If Virgin Media decide that it wants to bring back the TV that its customers
enjoy, we are available for talks.

Thanks again for contacting us.

Yours sincerely,

Sky Viewer Relations Team

[-Sweex]

they couldnt move from vm to sky> [customers] some of them might be in a contract with vm

[Browney]

If I may also take this opportunity to explain that we have made repeated
efforts to reach an agreement, but Virgin Media has rejected all of our
proposals, including our latest offer of just 3p per customer per day.

I thought as much.

Eventually this world will become a Virgin world. Nearly every aspect of our lives has Virgin somewhere. Sky can't give up now btw because they are still earning.

[8Freak8]

If Virgin Media turned down 3p per customer per day then they're stupid, because that's 90p per month which is nothing. I guess there must have been other conditions on that deal.

Edit: Maybe Sky wanted 3p per customer of Virgin Media, irrelevant of whether they watched the Sky channels or not. So Virgin Media would be forced to pay for all their customers.