Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2
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Old 03-07-2014, 10:53   #2319
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2014) Vol. 2
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
I wouldn't have thought that there was, AFAIK these HD variants of existing services have only been created to fill new (temporary) capacity that nobody else seems to want.
Freeview is an open platform, it doesn't have the budget to make channels exclusive. However, if Channel 4 got a great deal then it might be viable for Channel 4 to make these channels available on Freeview but not on other platforms where it would have to bid for capacity against pay-TV broadcasters.
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