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Old 28-05-08, 12:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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In recent times there cannot have been a rivalry to match that of BSkyB and Virgin Media within the TV sector and yet could this dispute be coming to end? The people at BSkyB say no, but there could be a reason for that, are they planning to take over Virgin Media and end this [...]

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In recent times there cannot have been a rivalry to match that of BSkyB and Virgin Media within the TV sector and yet could this dispute be coming to end? The people at BSkyB say no, but there could be a reason for that, are they planning to take over Virgin Media and end this [...]

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Crikey I hope bl33ding well not! Sky would obtain an even bigger monopoly than it has now, and with no real competition for Pay TV, what will happen to subscription costs I wonder.

What would be better if the two companies grew up a little and ended the rather tedious dispute, so that cable customers could again suffer Sky1 again if they really wanted to.

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i doubt they could buy virgin media as I'm sure there is some laws to stop them from doing it as there was a fuss kicked up about bskyb buying shares in itv
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