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The signal for the standard range of channels is being carried. However with VOD, whether or not it's PPV, there will be extra traffic. Marginal maybe for the upstream, "I want to see this one" type commands, but cumulatively significant on the headend servers that issue the media stream, and the bandwidth over the network. Remember that with VOD everyone is seeing things at different timeframes. If even only some of the dodgy boxes do operate with VOD, that's a significant financial, and networking incentive for VM to try and reduce the problem.

VM try and close a door, the "hackers" will try and reopen it. It's the same as internet spammers and virus writers. Inevitably this is all a game of cat and mouse. The real disssapointment is tha occasionally those who don't have legitimately subscribed services feel they are justified in complaining, and later gloating when VM do something about the problem.