[andygrif]

Thanks for providing the info....

I'm not sure either, but it could be right to say that £40m pa would include all the subs for additional Sky channels, such as Sports and Movies.

Whilst I'm sure that Sky weren't exactly shy and retiring in their negotiations, the more I read on this subject the more I think that Virgin went out to remove Sky channels from the line-up and we might well see other channels such as movies as the next target for them. Anyone know when the contract is up?

The only sticking point is sport, as Sky do still have a dominant presence in this arena, but Virgin could easily do movies, in fact I bet more people would use VOD for movies that having traditional broadcast channels.