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All the above of course is based on rumour and conjecture. The four streams testing could be anything, the lack of BT Sport could be VM hanging out to get the best deal and as for Sky Atlantic, well who knows.

Having said that, I can't see the Premiership football/rugby or their sponsors accepting a drop in potential viewers of a few million. The pressure will be on BT to do a deal with VM especially with the lack of uptake by BT.