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Originally Posted by nodrogd
This also begs the question of what happens to all the FTA channels on satellite who only pay Sky for an EPG slot. Are Sky going to give these channels an ultimatum to "join our platform & pay up or you are off the EPG on our fibre service". Or will the service become a Hybrid satellite/fibre service with the unencrypted channels still fed by the dish & the pay channels fed via fibre.
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They might go down the Youview route. A service combining Freeview and OTT channels delivered by broadband. Seems to make the most sense as the new service doesn't appear to be aimed at current SKY customers, it's aimed at those who have not been able to to get SKY or cable in their area due to various reasons. I'd imagine their true target audience already has broadband and a TV aerial.
A cross between the Now TV smart box and Sky Q. Having the Freeview channels on the EPG for "free" would allow them to put together some attractively priced packages like Talk Talk and Plusnet have managed to do in the past.
Just guessing