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Originally Posted by Horizon
Possibly, but I think it really is a case that TW just don't want to merge with Murdoch. And don't forget one of the rival media moguls, Ted Turner, who merged his Turner empire into TW, is probably not keen on it either.
He hates CNN, so he might even shut it down if he got his hands on it.
Other companies were talking to TW including Comcast and Google, so we may yet still see a deal done. There will almost certainly be more consolidation to come in the media/telecoms/cable cos business in the States.
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Oh yes, in the analogue days Ted Turner hated Murdoch so much that for many years he preferred to keep TNT and Cartoon Network FTA than encrypt them and take a cut of the Sky Multichannels subscription fee.
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Originally Posted by Dave42
depend if any none sky channel deals can be done Vince after SS 5 there only 2 sky channel to get and we know we got no chance of SA
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After the addition of Sky News HD and Sky Sports News HD, I think we will be just be missing Sky 1 +1, Pick +1, Sky Vegas and Sky 3D (the last one is currently being wound down).
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Originally Posted by Dave42
sky signed a contract for a exclusive deal period that will not change so VM got to wait till that runs out
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They could buy themselves out of the contract as E4 did when they decided to go in the clear on Freeview. I think it's much more likely that they would ask for it to be added immediately at the end of the exclusivity period.