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Originally Posted by zantarous
Didn't Sky shelve plans for Picnic years ago and have shown no interest since, could this be a sweetener or final insult?
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They shelved it because it became part of Ofcom's market investigation, so there was no chance of them launching it any time soon.
The biggest problem with Picnic IMO was that it was not compatible with Freeview. Not a problem on the face of it, but on the other hand, over time there was a risk of Sky coming to dominate the terrestrial broadcast space with a not-entirely-freeview service, using the fact that Picnic would have been HD-capable as its hook.