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Originally Posted by mersey70
This would appear to be the case but as I always say that is just my opinion. I just wanted it cleared up that Sky are not actually withholding the channel, merely that VM cannot agree to terms, possibly on costs.
Given this is a very high end channel it cannot be cheap to provide, and let's remember we don't pay extra for basic HD on XL. Sky's own customers will of course be paying extra for it in HD.
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I know we are never going to agree on this Mersey but there is absolutely no evidence that Sky want, at least at the present time, any rival platform access to have access to this channel. During the Sky basics dispute sky said all the time that they were willing to negotiate. Negotiations were taking place right up to the last minute. It is completely different this time. Of course VM are going to say they are trying to get the channel but Sky have been telling everybody, weeks before the channel starts broadcasting that rival platforms are not going to get the channel. That is pretty conclusive evidence to me.