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nomadking · 12-01-2011, 14:39

I wonder what are the extra costs for broadcasters of HD. I wouldn't have thought that it would be the broadcast rights to programmes, as nowadays things are shot in HD anyway. It would be the SD version which required extra processing. Do Sky have to pay more for the satellite capacity and are unfairly passing on part of that cost to VM?

12-01-2011, 14:39	#19
nomadking cf.mega poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northampton Services: Virgin Media TV&BB 350Mb, V6 STB Posts: 8,403	Re: Is it just me or is this £7 extra just for Sky Sports HD 1/2 a complete rip-off/c I wonder what are the extra costs for broadcasters of HD. I wouldn't have thought that it would be the broadcast rights to programmes, as nowadays things are shot in HD anyway. It would be the SD version which required extra processing. Do Sky have to pay more for the satellite capacity and are unfairly passing on part of that cost to VM?