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Originally Posted by spankysmagicpian
Richard Latto said Virgin is invite only and they haven't been invited (so far) hence no Rewind TV on VM
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Thanks, but I believe that any channel can approach Virgin with a view to being added, subject to successful negotiations. Some time ago I approached them with regards to negotiating for the addition of a radio station, but they wanted too much money to make it viable.
Virgin are the most expensive platform per viewer, which is why many channels don't join or do and then decide to leave as it's not profitable, even with the potential increased ad revenue, after Virgin EPG & transmission fees are paid.
I suspect that Rewind are saying it's invite only to explain away why they aren't on the platform.
However, if Virgin specifically want any channel(s) on their platform that couldn't normally afford to join, there are ways around it. When the UKTV channels were removed, they wanted to fill the void with various new channels, such as Horse & Country. I believe that they offered to pay carriage fees equal to the costs of joining, something not normally done for channels on FTA platforms.
Maybe they will do this for Rewind??