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Originally Posted by mersey70
And it's also easy to find out what the BBC and every single channel on the Sky platform pay because British Sky Broadcasting publish it, publicly.
So with respect (BBC, aside) how do you know VM don't operate the same as Sky? They might not, I don't know.
I'll ask again in case you misunderstood me. Do VM publicly display their platform charges?
I'd love to read them. It might give us a better understanding about why broadcasters feel the need to swap channels and other channel related issues.
I doubt we will find out though.
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No, they don't.
Sky only publish them because their EPG is "open". Anyone can get an EPG slot, and they have to offer them on fair and reasonable pricing. As such it's all standardised pricing and completely transparent.
VM on the other hand, is an entirely closed system, and their carriage agreements (like Sky's where they pay the channels money to carry them or subsidise the platform costs) are confidential.
Sky's platform contributions are only half the story really. Sure all the channels "pay" these fees, but many of them will get more in return from Sky for them carrying them. So it's really only half a story, and the fees are only able to be taken at face value for FTA channels.