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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Thanks.
As well as not appearing on VM, Freesports has had its launch delayed on Sky and Freesat. Wouldn't surprise me if Sky had contrived a delay to both platforms out of spite.
Freesports now estimate a start date on satellite of 12/9/17.
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It has been known for many years that satellite channels pass through Sky's adaptation hub and it has to be configured correctly (to Sky's spec.) for channels to appear on Freesat. This work will be tied into Sky's channel launch schedule. I'm not so sure about spite, but one thing is for sure, a broadcaster isn't going to get Sky to do a rush job to get through this stage.
It could simply be a lack of forward planning by the broadcaster. After all, they did indicate that the channel would launch on VM, clearly without a carriage deal in place. Sometimes things just don't fall into place.
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
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It will be interesting to see if there is a service name change on VM as the service is replaced by "That's Norfolk". VM still carries the "Cambridge TV" service name in the SDT rather than "That's Cambridge".
On another note, it will be interesting to see if That's TV continues with the carriage (of these acquisitions) on VM in the long term, considering that other channels in the That's TV stable are not made available on VM.