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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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.
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Yep that is how I see at as well, VM can bid as well as others and a way for Sky to get best deal for their requirements and in return don't have to throw anything else into the ring. VM bidded because for them it still represented a good deal in terms of generating much needed cash.
As for this article 2013, we seen nothing as a result and was speculation and nothing official. Indeed since then we had an official announcement from sky and impending set up of ITV encore, all without a carriage deal with VM, so this sky bravo if it will exist could be a rebranding of sky 2, and perhaps was always the case