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Originally Posted by harry_hitch
I don't wish to rain on your parade too much OB, but that article is from 2013 and they are only publishing the views of analyst who (I am guessing) has very little to do with Sky or VM. IMHO, if a deal for channels, content or pricing had been signed with this deal, we would have seen the benefit of it by now.
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Unfortunately I'm inclined to agree with you, we've seen no additional Sky channels as a result of the backhaul deal and therefore nothing to indicate a linkage. Time has proved the analyst's theory; welcome as it was at the time; wrong.
I think Sky are in a very strong position whereby they can put the backhaul out to tender as a stand-alone contract. BT, Virgin and Vodafone-Cable & Wireless can all bid for the standardised contract and Sky can take the best price. This makes it easy to retender in a few years' time as it won't be entwined with other contracts.