That bit of the article was missing a bit of fact checking. The HDMI on Sky Q is currently 2.0 - has to be to support 4K/50Hz - it was upgraded when Ultra HD was launched. A further firmware upgrade would be needed to add HDR, but it should be possible. Back in April Sky said:
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“We’re definitely looking at it and experimenting with [HDR], but there’s really no TVs commercially available, to speak of that can even support this right now and in fact the HDR spec for Blu-ray is finalised, but there really isn’t a finalised specification for HDR in live [TV].
“I would say I’m cautiously hopeful that the standards bodies will end up at a place where we’re able to support that, but I’m also very wary about predicting what standards will be before they’re done... There are physical limits to what the chips can do if someone wants to do some radical, crazy thing.”
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https://recombu.com/digital/article/...k-ultra-hd-hdr)
The problem is there is no standard for HDR on Live TV at the moment. That may come next year. It will probably be "Hybrid Log Gamma" but neither Virgin or Sky or any TV currently out there can guarantee they can support an undefined standard. That wouldn't stop Sky supporting HDR10 for On Demand. Hopefully that will come soon. Right now, of course Virgin does not have any 4k On Demand other than through apps that 4K TV owners already have available, so it's all a little moot at this point!