BT vs. Sky relating to charges for sports and movies - Page 2 - SatChat ™ Satellite & Entertainment Forum

TheGENERAL · 09-03-2009, 03:35 PM

You two have been listening to Sky's blurb for far too long and far too often. You can't expect BT and Virgin to bid on these games and still make money. They just don't have the subscribers to justify a bid that could go as high as hundreds of millions or maybe more.

Olongoer · 09-03-2009, 04:10 PM

Besides, I don't think Ofcom is on the payroll of BT and Virgin. Ofcom has already said that even with the 30% price cut it will make sure that sky gets a decent margin with all of its expenses taken into account.

Jennifer_Amistad · 09-03-2009, 04:36 PM

I think that it's payback time for Sky. It has been getting broadband subscribers by using BT's backbone and infrastructure... why doesn’t it return the favor now?

ManniPakyaw · 09-03-2009, 04:49 PM

And BT really needs to beef up the programming on BT Vision. They have lost a lot of customers who switched to either Sky or Virgin on the strength of their triple play packages. If BT does not have a strong cable offering, it will lose more customers!

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09-03-2009, 03:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
TheGENERAL Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 355	You two have been listening to Sky's blurb for far too long and far too often. You can't expect BT and Virgin to bid on these games and still make money. They just don't have the subscribers to justify a bid that could go as high as hundreds of millions or maybe more.

09-03-2009, 04:10 PM	#12 (permalink)
Olongoer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 303	Besides, I don't think Ofcom is on the payroll of BT and Virgin. Ofcom has already said that even with the 30% price cut it will make sure that sky gets a decent margin with all of its expenses taken into account.

09-03-2009, 04:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jennifer_Amistad Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 297	I think that it's payback time for Sky. It has been getting broadband subscribers by using BT's backbone and infrastructure... why doesn’t it return the favor now?

09-03-2009, 04:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
ManniPakyaw Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 295	And BT really needs to beef up the programming on BT Vision. They have lost a lot of customers who switched to either Sky or Virgin on the strength of their triple play packages. If BT does not have a strong cable offering, it will lose more customers!