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Originally Posted by TheDon
They've backhandedly complained by making the case for ALL the PBS in the UK. They can't really come out and say "we don't like paying sky this money" because of their universal service obligations, but by coming out and saying that Sky should pay retrans fees to the PBS operators (and then qualifying it with "but we don't mind because you know, universal service obligations") they ARE complaining about the charges Sky levy on them, because they're the exact same charges that the other PBS have to pay.
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As I said earlier I can see an argument for Sky paying retrans fees, after all Fox get's them from operators in the US.
But my understanding is the likes of ITV and C4 are wary of the fact that they could lose their prominence priviledges in the EPG should that happen.