[RichardCoulter]

The current configuration shows that there's only space left for 4 channels (if in HD), apart from space reserved for UHD, that are available across the whole network.

If people regard this as being bandwidth constrained, then I guess they are (although every platform could be said to be bandwidth constrained as it is not infinite!)

However, SP has stated that, if required, more bandwidth can be created. I'm under the impression that people thought that more TSID's would be brought into service, but this is not the only way (or the most cost effective way to do it). Several initiatives have been carried out and I dare say that there will be more to make better use of the existing bandwidth. So, whilst on paper they have nearly run out of space, there are things that they can do to make the existing capacity work more efficiently. In this sense, they have the potential to have more than the equivalent of 4 HD channels.

If someone ran out of kitchen cupboard space, they could simply buy another cupboard! A better way to do it would be to get rid of any useless or duplicated items and stack them in a better way. This way, they don't need to pay for a new cupboard and everything gets to fit into the existing space.

I don't actually think that there are now that many more channels that VM would want to add anyway.