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Originally Posted by Horizon
Once Living HD has launched, I doubt we'll see any new HD channels until next year once analogue has been shut down.
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IMHO VM are likely to be in negotiations to get HD variants of Discovery, History, Eurosport and other channels and, of course, ITV HD once the Freeview exclusive deal ends in a few months.
The hold-up is more likely to be with negotations or other factors rather than bandwidth. As per earlier discussions, the bandwidth is tight but not completely exhausted. Indeed, it may even be a bargaining chip in that VM could say "until mid next year we can only fit two more HD channels in after ITV HD, would you like yours to be one of them?" but you know I don't like to speculate on such things!