"If they could come up with one shared service, with all the content, and they received their money by content watched (like royalties to different artists/labels with music on spotify) it would be a much better solution.
Ah, like a cable or satellite provider like Virgin or Sky you mean. Hang on..."
First of all there is the cost aspect - they are not seen as providing good value for money. And then there is the exclusives issue. If you want to legally watch Game Of Thrones when it is released (to avoid spoilers) then you must subscribe to Sky and only Sky, Virgin, BT, Talk Talk, no one else has the Sky Atlantic channel).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
