[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Bio HD will not launch on Virgin Media after all - as Sky Viewers say goodbye to it on Monday.

An Sky worker via DS Forum has confrimed that Bio.HD is to close next week on the 3rd July 2012.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=109

Is this the first time that a major(ish) HD channel (which I believe that Sky partly own) has closed down?

I'm very surprised at this, as Sky seem more interested in playing the numbers game with HD channels, rather than their individual popularity. As I believe that HD will be the norm for all channels in the future, perhaps this casts doubt on the long term future of Bio SD??

It might also suggest that Sky would rather close down an unprofitable HD channel, than try and make it profitable by letting VM have it to increase ad revenue and subscription costs.

Talk about cutting your nose to spite your face!