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Sky and ****** Media are continuing to negotiate regarding the carriage of Sky's basic channel bouquet on ******'s cable service, it was confirmed today.
In March 2007, channels including Sky One and Sky News disappeared from ****** Media after a carriage agreement between the two parties expired.
An acrimonious public dispute between the two companies, which started a month before the agreement's expiration, saw ****** accuse Sky of "doubling" the price of its channels - a claim denied by Sky, which suggested disaffected customers join its satellite pay television service instead.
In April 2007, ****** filed suit against Sky in the High Court, seeking the supply of the Sky Basics bouquet at a "reasonable commercial rate" and further accusing Sky of "abuse of dominance" by forcing ****** to accept an 85% cut in payments made for the carriage of its channels, such as Living and Trouble, on the Sky EPG.
This March, it was revealed that talks between the two firms had restarted, and Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch said this morning that negotiations remain in progress.
"Our view hasn't changed," he said when asked if a resolution to the dispute was likely to happen before February. "We'd like to get our channels back on ******. It's cost us money in terms of advertising and wholesale, and I'm afraid that is the power of a closed network, so we can't do that unless they agree. If we can get to sensible terms we'll try to but it's still up in the air."
A ****** spokesperson said: "Discussions are still ongoing."
In March 2007, channels including Sky One and Sky News disappeared from ****** Media after a carriage agreement between the two parties expired.
An acrimonious public dispute between the two companies, which started a month before the agreement's expiration, saw ****** accuse Sky of "doubling" the price of its channels - a claim denied by Sky, which suggested disaffected customers join its satellite pay television service instead.
In April 2007, ****** filed suit against Sky in the High Court, seeking the supply of the Sky Basics bouquet at a "reasonable commercial rate" and further accusing Sky of "abuse of dominance" by forcing ****** to accept an 85% cut in payments made for the carriage of its channels, such as Living and Trouble, on the Sky EPG.
This March, it was revealed that talks between the two firms had restarted, and Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch said this morning that negotiations remain in progress.
"Our view hasn't changed," he said when asked if a resolution to the dispute was likely to happen before February. "We'd like to get our channels back on ******. It's cost us money in terms of advertising and wholesale, and I'm afraid that is the power of a closed network, so we can't do that unless they agree. If we can get to sensible terms we'll try to but it's still up in the air."
A ****** spokesperson said: "Discussions are still ongoing."
but I'd like the news back on Cable.
