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Originally Posted by 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.
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I think that you are not telling all!
Sky and others pay Virgin Media to have places on the cable EPG.