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I did a google and, i can't remember the original details, but it's suggested that sky had a 4 year funding partnership with ITV which would take the exclusivity deal to June 2018 (?)

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...796846#M120677

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Thanks for that John.

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This would probably be classed as a regional channel. VM provide S4C SD nationally, which they don't really have too, but adding S4C HD will certainly use up valuable network resources. If VM do offer it, like with BBC1 Wales HD, I think it will end up as Welsh headends only.

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Looking at that forum, the poster who mentioned the four-year funding deal has suggested June 2016 not June 2018 for the end of Sky exclusitivity.

On 1/4/15 Nogrod said "Unlikely we will see it anytime soon. The channel has a 4 year funding partnership with Sky."
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...796846#M120677

On 11/11/2015 Nogrod said "Sky financed the launch of the channel which included a period of exclusivity for their satellite customers. At a rough guess this deal still has around another 8 months to run."
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...2305577/page/3

At the time of the announcement in January 2014, The Guardian reported "Under the deal, ITV Encore will be made available on Sky for an undisclosed "period of exclusivity", which will give the satellite broadcaster a chance to use it as a drawcard for new customers."
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...sky-itv-encore

The channel launched 9/6/14 so we should know soon if it was two years or not! I suspect VM would want to promote it before the Euros start and possibly as an alternative to football if it was going to have it soon.

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I guess we'll find out in about 3 weeks.

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We have heard no news on itv encore coming to vm as of yet.

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There will be a long wait for that I think

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Cannot be that long as when the funding is up. As Liberty Global took over the shares that Sky had in ITV?

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True but I think it's not a controlling share and they can intervene in a existing contract

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No not controlling as it is just 9.9% at the moment

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Exactly that's why they can't impact a decision from sky and itv

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According to the Telepgraph, it is a 4-year partnership. But does that mean the exclusive period is also 4years?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...-Sky-deal.html



ITV has taken its biggest step so far away from free-to-air television by agreeing a deal with British Sky Broadcasting to launch a dedicated drama channel on Sky’s satellite service.

The two companies have signed a four-year partnership that will give ITV a foothold in pay-television for the first time since the disastrous ITV Digital venture folded 12 years ago.

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l would say it is a exclusive 4 year period unless someone can tell me any different.

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That's what we don't know hence the speculation of 18 months, two years and four years. We now know that 18 months was wrong as that date has passed! The Guardian reported "Under the deal, ITV Encore will be made available on Sky for an undisclosed "period of exclusivity", which will give the satellite broadcaster a chance to use it as a drawcard for new customers."

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My *guess* is that it was a four-year deal with a break clause for either party half way through. Hence the time period not being stated in the press release. The fact that we have heard nothing of a forthcoming launch on other platforms suggests that it will last the full four years. However, it may be that the deal prohibits an announcement until a few days before the expiry date.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...e-9093204.html

Reference here to both the 4 year deal and 'at least' 18 months exclusivity as reported at the time.