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Originally Posted by Aguero9320
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The dispute is not over yet.
SKY UK CEO Stephen van Rooyen:
"The deal has been concluded on the right terms after Discovery accpeted the proposal we gave them over a week ago."
Discovery have responded:
"The deal we reached with SKY is
meaningfully better than our former agreement and their proposal. Furthermore, our new arrangement enables us to control our destiny in more ways, with even more opportunities to invest and launch channels and consumer services. Stay tuned in the coming weeks."
Read into that what you will. Got the feeling Discovery are planning their own streaming service. One thing for sure SKY where more than prepared to let the Disovery Network channels go. SKY also confirmed earlier today a deal with PBS America to offer “the best of PBS’ factual programming.” SKY also confirmed they are to add more than 1,000 hours of on-demand programming from nonfiction channels including History and National Geographic.
I'm happy with the outcome. Discovery Network channels continue plus even more factual on demand content than ever before.