Thread: 48 Olympic channels.
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Old 28-07-2012, 11:29   #19
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Re: 48 Olympic channels.
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Originally Posted by Telly_ View Post
Saying Sky couldn't restrict them if they wanted to is silly. Sky could of not provided the capacity if they didn't want to. Virgin were ready to restrict the extra Olympic coverage to TiVo remember.

Sky provided the capacity for 48 channels free of charge knowing they would have to be given free to air to all. No matter how hard you try you can't put negative spin on this. Especially when you consider virgin tried to restrict access to TiVo only.
Let's not try and pretend that Sky are doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.

They aren't. They are doing this because they saw (even if VM didn't) that having the 24 channels available in both HD and SD is a major selling point, and they figured it is probably cheaper to provide carriage for the channels for free than risk a mass customer exodus.
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