Why do you have to pay to watch the HD version of SkyNews?

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The one thing I don't get is why do you have to pay to watch the HD version of SkyNews, when a SD version is available on FTA?? Doesn't go very well as to promote the HD package sky offers...
 
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Two reasons I can think of - and they both really come down to money.

1) It's to encourage people to subscribe to their HD service.
2) It's so that it's NOT available on the Freesat platform - their perceived enemy.

PS I split your question off into its own thread so that we can keep the major thread just for announcements.
 
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Here's a question, Why would you want to watch the election results in HD?:confused
 
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Why would any news be 'more' newsworthy just because it is in HD ?
 
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