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Old 11-12-2015, 17:10   #11
RichardCoulter
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Re: One or two new channels coming to Freesat.

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Originally Posted by rhyds View Post
Its even more puzzling when you consider the BBC own half of UKTV as well has being a major part of freesat.
It's BBC Worldwide that own half of UKTV.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
This may be the case, but as the number of fully FTA channels on satellite has numbered in the hundreds since well before Freesat even came on the scene, you have to wonder why the prospect of rights payments was uniquely challenging to UKTV. They don't screen anything that might demand a premium for European broadcast, such as sport or movies.
It will either be the additional costs of rights clearance, or a desire to not give away content for free to areas where the programming could otherwise be sold.
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