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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I wonder why VM go to the trouble of setting up channels that never make it to the EPG??
The only things that I can think of are that, should carriage negotiations be successful, the additional of the channel is ready to go, or to demonstrate to the broadcaster during negotiations that they are technically able to carry their channel with quality audio & video.
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I don't know about demonstrating quality to the broadcaster, that could be demonstrated with other channels. It seems sensible to get everything up and running in the background as negotiations proceed, if only to check for and eliminate any problems before going live to VM customers.
I suppose the conclusion here is that not all negotiations have a successful outcome and some of the channels running in the background won't make it to the wider network.
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Originally Posted by Paul M
It also has little to do with "reality".
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It's a wide genre. Crime based reality tv shows should, arguably, have more to do with "reality" than the scripted drama shows that seem to be pandemic within the genre.