11-05-2008, 12:36
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Blackburn (BB2 - Bromley Platform/Ex-ntl:)
Services: Virgin Media VIP, 42", DVD Rec, Xbox, PS2, 360, FreeSat.
Posts: 1,606
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin Media 2008.
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Originally Posted by JG3870
FTA Channels pay ASTRA to broadcast via satellite and the channel pays a fee to Sky to appear on their EPG and if they want to be seen on Freesat they have to pay Freesat a fee to appear on their EPG (which is seperate EPG to Sky's)
On cable VM pay a carriage fee to the channel itself so they can carry it and of course it becomes a premium channel so they can recoup the money spent on carriage fees from customers.
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