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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Thats just your personal viewing , the fact the Sky channels now get better viewer numbers is exactly that a FACT.

I never mentioned anything about more channels !!!!

Sadly, the viewing figures do not necessarily reflect programme quality. I am surprised by some of the tribe people gladly watch these days.

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Incorrect. On every other platform the FTA broadcasters have to pay someone for distribution, capacity and an EPG allocation, not for content.

This is also the case for VM, but made more complicated by the fact that they are the sole provider of distribution, capacity and the EPG on the cable platform. These costs where VM has agreed to pay for content will either be netted off or taken into account when negotiating carriage costs. By law, however, the EPG fee must always be clearly shown as a quantifiable transaction for every channel.

With the removal of Quest HD, Premier Sports going back to a frozen screen this morning and VM Ireland customers losing access to their UKTV recordings (despite being promised a three month grace period), could this be a contender for the worst week ever for VM?

I am with jj20x on this. He states:

VM can't be expected to use cash from their own customers subscriptions to pay for content that is funded by advertising. UKTV don't get any cash from other platforms for the free channels, they have to pay for carriage, just as they should pay VM.

I can't disagree with that!