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Originally Posted by EBD3000
Why would that stop ESPNA HD appearing on cable as that has nothing to do with Sky?
Or are you saying that ESPN will only launch it on all formats at the same time?
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Originally Posted by zantarous
Someone has to pay for the bandwidth.
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By which I think he means that the VM feed has to be sourced from a suitable satellite to begin with. In the UK that might be Astra 2D or Eurobird 1 for example.
As far I can determine, ESPN America HD is supplied in Scandinavia by Canal Digital on LyngSat's Thor 5/6 at 0.8°W.
I don't know where the original uplink is sourced from but someone has to pay for the downlink unless it's also available by other means (e.g. a direct cable feed of some sort). In the UK, it tends to be BSkyB that fund the downlink but FreeSat or Virgin Media themselves would be alternative candidates if the customer base justified the expense.