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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Looks like it's not going to be a 24 hour early preview channel:
"OK it works like this
This channel will show selected programmes for about one hour in the evening around 2100, but usually only on Wednesdays. It is also on tonight at 2000.
The service will only be on air once or twice a week.
Everyone who has been with Sky on the same account CONTINUOUSLY for 3 years or more will get this automatically.
Customers who qualify for this are now regarded as "VIP" and accounts will be flagged accordingly and dealt with by a different team in CS.
The official launch of this new arrangement is 3 August 2017. This channel is a replacement for channel 889, "Sky Insider" which has already been doing the same thing for Sky staff for many years. Channel 889 is due to close soon but no date is known for this.
Hope that will clarify the situation."
Indications are that it will indeed be used as a retention tool:
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Here is what SKY told me on Twitter about SKY Atlantic VIP
"There'll be up to 6 new shows each week so keep checking the app to see what’s new"