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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Or maybe VM are happy to take them from when most people want the Sky Sports channels (many customers cancel over the summer) and thus save some money on carriage costs? As you say, any unhappy customers can be appeased by point 2 and the SD versions are still available.
In a way, this was one of the reasons why there was no rush for VM to get BT Sport from day one.
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I don't quite agree with all of this. If all you are interested in Premier League football hence canceling in the summer then you'll probably only be interested in SS1 & SS2 any as it's not on the other channels.
The main draw over summer is cricket, F1, tennis and golf. Aside from cricket (which is pretty much exclusive now to SS2) if you follow these sports you are the target market for SS3 & SS4 in the summer months.
It would favour VM to have these channels now which is why I doubt it is VMs pref to delay.
However I note VM are offering the whole collection for half price for 3 months at the month. Does does throw out a few questions. Maybe SKY support which promotional pricing to VM in order to mutually get in more business but retain HD to have a USP this summer. They did it last year and I assume that was in the run up to BT sport launching in order ti take away momentum.