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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I find it odd that this is only until 31 December. Maybe that's when the carriage agreement ends and VM have secured a variation in the contract until then to move the channels down to M+??
If this is the case, I'd expect the channels to remain in M+ from 1 January 2014 onwards. I also don't think non essential VM staff would appreciate being asked to go into work first thing New Years Day to change the encryption level! (unless this can be programmed in advance). When does the non essential freeze on changes end this/next year?
I could be wrong and it may be that it is the decision of VM as to which pack a basic channel goes into. I say this because I know that Sky were extremely annoyed that VM initially put Sky 1 into the free M TV pack. This only changed when Sky and VM agreed carriage terms for Sky 3/Pick TV and this channel replaced Sky 1 to align it with the freeview service that M TV broadly reflects.
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Well there is a strong rumour on here that there may be significant changes to packages, which would give these channels reason to stay free until this happens.
Also the fact a few of them are FTA on DSAT may also be a reason for keeping them free for longer than previously planned