What a load of bollocks - UKTV/Virgin row (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

No, Quest is fine.

 

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[chiefdave]

Virgin Media’s 4 million pay-TV customers face losing hit ITV shows including Coronation Street and Love Island as a longstanding dispute with the broadcaster comes to a head.

ITV is understood to have written to Virgin Media warning that it could remove its channels as soon as this weekend if an agreement cannot be reached.

Virgin Media and ITV have been in protracted and at times tense talks over a range of issues including the carriage of ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, video-on-demand rights and guarantees of the prominence of its programming, as cable viewers increasingly watch programmes on demand from Netflix, Amazon and broadcasters’ own streaming services.

Virgin Media could lose ITV programmes in long-running dispute
Think Virgin need to let someone other than David Bouchier do the negotiating. All these fall outs with rights providers seem to start around the time of his appointment.

 

[chiefdave]

No, Quest is fine.

Can easily see them being dragged in to it if this goes on for months. Quest is part of Discovery. Discovery own around 50% of UKTV.

 

[Otis]

Virgin Media could lose ITV programmes in long-running dispute
Think Virgin need to let someone other than David Bouchier do the negotiating. All these fall outs with rights providers seem to start around the time of his appointment.

They guy's a legend. If they remove all the ITV stuff I will gladly pay more for my Virgin services.