[huxleypiguk]

Just a quick catch up on how Sky and VM get channels"

Sky - TV companies pay Sky for an EPG slot on the Astra system
VM - VM pay TV companies to show their channel

Therefore Sky can get a channel up and running very quickly as any old channel can join (horse and country tv) and they get paid for it, the contract negotiations for VM take a lot longer.

Hence why it will nearly always be on Sky first.