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Originally Posted by mersey70
*cough, cough*
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...tic-tv-ratings
Sky have made a lot of noise over Sky Atlantic and by the looks of it, it has so far failed to become the hugely popular channel they made it out to be. Sky News are even in trouble for over promoting the channel and Ofcom are investigating them.
Sky News has always been marketed by Sky as a loss leader (that's why it's on Freeview) and it acts as a barker for Sky programming with adverts for their channels non stop. It's there to promote Sky.
The same as Sky Arts, it took over The Arts Channel when it went bust and runs Sky Arts and HD equivalents at a loss to show Sky has "upmarket" channels.
p.s. I don't post other peoples opinions, I have my own 
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For the record Sky never took over The Arts Channel, they took over Artsworld.
438,000 viewers dosen't seem too bad to me but I accept that's only one show, the other figures (if true) were low, I agree. But I have no axe to grind.
Maybe the figures will pick up in the 10million homes who have access to it, particularly when the tranche of brand new shows start.
The Guardian!, cough cough. A touch on the biased side but you'll appreciate that.
And regarding having your own opinion, I suspect that isn't quite 100% true but understandable all the same.