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Old 16th May 2006, 09:40 AM
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Thumbs up TV Wars - It's Over

The tv racing wars between TVN & Sky are over with a settlement being reached between the war generals in their various bunkers.

Sky within the next 48 hours will once agains start to show Sydney & Victorian racing, while TVN will start to show selected interstate races.

Sky will pay TVN something like $300 million over the next six years plus an immediate payment of $15 million.

TVN will be available to all pay tv subscribers, inlcuding Optus.

Why did it take so long to reach a settlement? Ego's, BIG ego's maybe.

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Old 16th May 2006, 09:43 AM
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Yep. And nobody wanted to admit they were wrong.
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Old 16th May 2006, 09:47 AM
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The answer was so damn obvious all along!!!

There should always have been one channel (Sky) with ALL racing, and another channel (TVN) concentrating ONLY on the major gallops racing.
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Old 17th May 2006, 01:13 PM
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Does this mean I just changed to digital on my austar, so I could get TVN for nothing?
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Old 17th May 2006, 02:05 PM
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The outcome took some time because the agreed too terms by all parties is actually quite complex and involved substantial negotiations. I read it all in the business section of yesterdays Age but I won't bore you with the details.

There is about 10 deals in the outcome covering many parties. What happens now and more importantly for those involved, what will [probably] happen in the future and who is entitled to do what, is the reason it all took so long.
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