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Originally Posted by Stuart
One major cost will be carriage. I shouldn't think for a second that Sky, Virgin and the companies that transmit Freeview carry the BBC's channels (beyond 1 and 2 which I believe they are required to carry) for free.
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So would I welcome a cull of the crap channels. The problem is that introducing a small channel that serves maybe 5-600,000 viewers will not adversely affect the market. Introduce a channel that with it's more popular broadcasts can count nearly half the country as viewers, and that impact will be significant.
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Wrong there Stuart, all the BBC Channels are must carriage.
However they don't pay any fees anymore, Sky dropped them last week and Virgin have never charged the BBC.