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Horace · 07-02-2007, 04:18

SKY get the income from the advertising on their channels, they also get to advertise their wares for free on a competitors platform and get paid by NTL for carriage. It's in SKY's interest to get as much visibility as possible whatever the delivery system, why do you think they have SKY Three on Freeview.
NTL *NEED* SKY's package since SKY ONE, Movies and Sports are such a huge draw. Without those channels NTL would ship huge numbers of TV viewers to satellite.
So. It isn't going to happen, it's in both parties interests to keep each others company and if it does ever happen I'll eat my t-shirt.

07-02-2007, 04:18	#75
Horace ©Beam Software Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Teesside Services: BB (200mbit), 1x V6, iPad, iPhone Posts: 1,411	Re: Sky Channels on NTL SKY get the income from the advertising on their channels, they also get to advertise their wares for free on a competitors platform and get paid by NTL for carriage. It's in SKY's interest to get as much visibility as possible whatever the delivery system, why do you think they have SKY Three on Freeview. NTL NEED SKY's package since SKY ONE, Movies and Sports are such a huge draw. Without those channels NTL would ship huge numbers of TV viewers to satellite. So. It isn't going to happen, it's in both parties interests to keep each others company and if it does ever happen I'll eat my t-shirt.