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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
When Freeview first started, a channel placeholder called CBM appeared. This channel never came to fruition and was rumoured to consist of elements of TCM, Cartoon Network and Bloomberg. Looks like this could be another attempt by Turner to get back into the FTA market. I say 'get back' as, like many of us, the former head of Turner hated Sky and, despite the monetary loss, refused to join the Sky Multichannels package. For many, many years Cartoon Network and TNT were broadcast FTA.
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A slightly confused view of what actually happened when Freeview started. Actually, the BBC / Crown Castle bid for the multiplexes had originally pencilled in a channel made up of CNN / TCM and Boomerang, this channel never happened. Presumably, carriage terms for this channel weren't agreed.
CBM was owned by a Midlands based media company, not by Turner, and carried a placeholder on Freeview for a number of months. CBM had planned to include a strand from Bloomberg in their content. After several months, the channel failed to appear and Crown Castle cancelled the contract with CBM. CBM subsequently announced plans for another Freeview channel with free sports content, which also failed to appear.