4 November 2008 15:06 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott
Sky and Virgin Media have announced that, following successful negotiations that Pocket-lint reported on, they have agreed two new channel carriage deals.The first agreement will see the return, on 13 November, of Sky's Basic channels - including Sky1, Sky2, Sky3, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Sky Real Lives and Sky Real Lives 2 - to Virgin Media's cable TV service.
The second agreement provides for the continued carriage of Virgin Media TV's basic channels – Living, Living 2, Bravo, Bravo 2, Trouble, Challenge and Virgin 1 – as part of Sky's retailed channel line-up on satellite. Both deals will run concurrently until 12 June 2011.
Virgin Media's CEO, Neil Berkett, said: "We are pleased to bring our carriage negotiations with Sky to a successful close. I believe this agreement represents a fair deal and is the right thing for our customers. We recognise the quality and popularity of Sky's channels and look forward to welcoming them back to Virgin Media's TV service. We are also pleased to secure Sky's continued carriage of the VMTV channels until June 2011".
Jeremy Darroch, Sky's CEO, adds: "This is great news for Sky and Virgin Media customers alike. We want our channels to be enjoyed by as many people as possible so we're delighted to secure their return to the Virgin Media platform".
As part of the agreements, both Sky and Virgin Media have agreed to terminate all High Court proceedings against each other relating to this matter and their public falling out back in 2007. Home Cinema, Sky, Virgin Media
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