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Thanks Eddie.

Here's the full quote:

"TNA iMPACT! in the United Kingdom is soon to be without a
home when Bravo ceases broadcasting in the new year. This move is a
result of BSkyB purchasing Bravo and a number of other channels earlier
this year . Sky had promised to announce the relocation and time slot of
popular programming which included iMPACT! but the network still seems
to be undecided where best to put iMPACT. Due to an increasing fan
demand Sky released the following statement:

Sky:

"TNA will be broadcast on a
different Sky channel when Bravo closes, we are trying to find out
which channel this will be and will let you know as soon as we find
out"

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That does kind of show that the closing of Bravo is more of a 'boo sucks to Virgin'. If they were at all interested in the viewers of the channel, they would have resolved all the what goes where before they announced it's closure

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It does seem that way.

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With the undoubted interest and exclusivity for VM of Tivo I cannot see Sky doing other than fighting back by retaining their exclusive channels.

This factor has made my mind up to remain with Sky for the time being.

Each to his own.

Happy New Year to you all.

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I was thinking about Sky Atlantic and the recently signed carriage contracts. Surely if Sky are closing Bravo, Channel 1 etc then the contracts would include payments for these channels. So in theory Sky would have to provide alternative channels to VM or reduce the carriage fees? I wouldn't be surprised if Sky Atlantic SD and maybe some plus 1 channels turned up as replacements on VM. Obviously the HD version would be a different story though!

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doesnt work like that unfortnally we will probally get sd version in sky interest for advertising but hd there no need for them and they dnt want t0o

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To be honest, I don't think that is the case. The fact is, Sky are boosting the budgets of other channels, including Living by the way, to improve the quality of the programming. This, to my mind, is a good move. However, it is surprising that Sky have not yet resolved where some of the programming from Bravo is to go at such a late stage. Let's hope that we do not miss any of the surviving programmes as a result of the late decision.

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There has to be a point where OFCOM gets involved in this HD issue of SKY keeping these channels for themselves!:mad:

As I have stated before not everybody wants a satellite dish bolted onto their house, VM offer a simple multi service solution!

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It is right for you to wait before changing, but people are wrong to jump to conclusions about Sky Atlantic. Sky are not charging their subscribers any extra for this channel and so the revenue will come from advertising. Sky will want to boost their income to pay for these programmes and keeping it exclusive to Sky will be shooting themselves in the foot. My guess is that we will get Sky Atlantic SD from launch. Not sure about HD - they may decide to withold it if they can do so under the contractual agreements they have with Virgin Media.

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Have a great new year everyone
Many thanks for all the info and fun during 2010

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I agree, mlayzell. This is the kind of useful activity OFCOM could get involved in. The only alternative is for the companies themselves to take court action, and that can take years to sort out. A very unsatisfactory situation, and distinctively uncompetitive. Maybe the Coalition Government should get involved and update the law. They need some popular legislation to pass at this time!

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so what channels comeing too vm i know about itv+ 1 on the 11th off jen ?

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but altanic is classed as basic channel not premium ofcom wont do anything about it it up to the broadcast and platform provied to coime to adeal premium stuff like ports an dmovies where sky havea competely monopoly yes ofcom can intervene

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what and the tories upsetting they big friend murdoch !!!!! you are asking for hell to freeze over ;)

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nothing but speculation stv and utv +1 more channels but regional so not really but in virgins view they are 3 channels

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Happy New Year People,Here`s hoping for 2011 to bring a realistic price for tivo complete with no bugs and more HD Channels

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happy new year everyine and hope for more HD in 2011