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Its seems Rupert has his eyes on creating a European pay-TV giant to compete with other big companies who are parking their tanks increasingly on Sky's lawn but he might not get his way.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/gre...rupert-murdoch

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Yet another channel to show repeats. :(

I would have thought ITV2, 3 & 4 not forgetting catch-up and boxed sets would be plenty considering a high proportion of ITV1 is also repeats.

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Update to BBC iPlayer on Sky+ HD

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/...ayer-on-Sky-HD

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Forces TV has confirmed on Facebook that they will launch on June 10th.

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Any idea when we'll be able to browse iPlayer content on the Sky+ apps MM?

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This was posted in the comments below , sounds promising.
@Liam, @lettice, @TomM44, @Ian and @Colin - we are discussing Sky+ integration and hope to have some good news soon

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Anyone know who decides what programs are available on demand,i.e the channel owners or sky/virgin? I`ve noticed sometimes an episode of a program is on demand one week then other weeks it isn`t.

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Cool

I like this thread, though I think of "General sky" the same as I do General zod, great name for a character :D

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How much might it cost Sky to change the English Premiership's mind on an exclusive broadcasting rights deal?

Pure speculation, but the buying power of 3 big European broadcasters might help.

I'm sure BT Sports will be looking at a similar "Nuclear" solution.

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I`d love to see a situation were a certain number of Premier league games MUST be shown `free-to-air`. Then maybe a broadcaster could have exclusive rights `eh?

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Some new channels lined up for Sky in the coming months

ITV Encore (HD/SD)
MUTV HD
Forces TV

Also rumoured

Al Jazeera HD
Ginx TV

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Plus all the ITV channels including ITV Encore to be added to Sky Go in June.

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Not going to happen, by doing so you weaken the next bid in three years' time as the defeated party could throw in the towel or decide it's not worth bidding. Do this a couple of times and you are just left with one bidder.

Also, there's not much advantage to buying the Premier League across Italy and Germany as like England, each country is only prepared to pay serious money for its own league.

BT Sport's current rights have gained it 5m subscribers including 1.8m via VM wholesale. If it won massive Premiership rights then it would be unable to bundle it free with broadband. Which is the whole point of it in the first place!

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Forgot to add Premier Sports is planning on going HD this summer

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That's quite big news as it shows they're going to stick around despite being caught in the crossfire between BT Sport and Sky.