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Originally Posted by Horizon
Probably VM has renewed its deal with A&E Networks UK, the operator of those channels, which is why these swaps are happening.
For those that don't know, A&E UK has just undergone a "few" changes. The parent A&E (American) company is a joint venture between Disney and Hearst and that remains the case, but A&E UK was a joint venture between A&E and Sky.
To appease European regulators to get its takeover of Murdoch's companies cleared, Disney had to sell its stake in the European A&E channels, including the A&E UK ones and it sold its share to Hearst. Additionally, Sky has been taken over by Comcast, so these channels are now a joint venture between Comcast and Hearst, or something like that!  |
I didn't know, but that's very interesting. Thanks, Horizon.
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Originally Posted by garethf1927
Looks like Lifetime going to 208, Crime to 209, History to 270 and History 2 to 273. So the SD’s closing.
Also found Crime +1 moving to 222
I guess Lifetime HD will retier to whatever pack the SD is in too
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Are you saying History 2 is doing an HD swap out too? If so that would mean a retier for that too. (As an aside I've always thought it strange H2 was available on more tiers than History.)