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Bananaman_007 · 17-11-2016, 20:30

When Discovery won the rights to the Olympics there was a commitment to showing 500 hours on Freeview. Everybody assumed this would be achieved using the Quest and Quest +1 slots. However Discovery got a sizable offer from the BBC which they took instead. I think Discovery see Quest as a sort of ITV4 and will only further look to boost Quest with live sport due to its presence on Freeview.

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Bananaman_007 Inactive Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 267	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2016) Vol 2 When Discovery won the rights to the Olympics there was a commitment to showing 500 hours on Freeview. Everybody assumed this would be achieved using the Quest and Quest +1 slots. However Discovery got a sizable offer from the BBC which they took instead. I think Discovery see Quest as a sort of ITV4 and will only further look to boost Quest with live sport due to its presence on Freeview.