Well, a deal has been settled upon which appears to involve Sky paying the lower carriage costs that they wanted.
In essence, I still think that there is a reasonable chance that Quest could join Freesat, if not more eg DMAX, Discovery Shed etc.
Finally, as part of their contingency plans, Sky threw some money at PBS America to make some documentary programmes, which Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media customers will all be able to enjoy, so Freesat viewers have definitely got something out of this