Sky Multichannels

[joules99]

Does anyone know how Sky's multichannels works as in how the tv companies work with Sky. Do they pay Sky for the privalige and then Sky suppy them with advertising? ANd do they get a cut of viewers subscriptions? Also do Sky own the rights to all tv from the Astra Satellites, and would it possible to setup a tv channel that is not part of the SKy multichannel package, but still beamed through Astra? Thanks../

[vehelpfulguy]

Do not know all the answers, but I believe that BBC and the ITV channels have to pay Sky for them to carry their channels.

Note that at the moment BBC and ITV are scrambled on sky, so you have to have a sky card to see them, but soon they are going to go 'in the clear', so you will not need a sky card to see these channels.