At last, a bit more news re the "coming soon" Sky Atlantic!
To those who said it would never happen, etc, time will tell, but let's put this into perspective - it's only a TV channel with a relatively short-life line of programming. I don't see this is a major factor in new negotiatons so it will likely be bundled in with TV XL to keep VM's customer's sweet.
Whatever VM paid to EPSN will likely now pass to Sky as part of the bundle price, which IMHO is a realistic valuation of the channel as it now stands.