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Old 14-01-2011, 20:17   #207
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Re: Sky Atlantic on Virgin Media

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Originally Posted by ahardie View Post
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.
And not conclusive to me.

I don't know what Neil Berkett's team could be negotiating if what you say is indeed correct. I have no reason to doubt his word.

He seems a pretty upfront sort of guy to me.
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