Cable operator Virgin Media has
held talks recently with satellite pay-TV group BSkyB over returning the Sky
channels to the cable platform, Virgin Chief Executive Neil Berkett told
Reuters.
BSkyB pulled its channels off the Virgin platform last year in a
very public spat after the two sides failed to agree terms for a
deal.
Both groups have appointed new chief executives since that decision
however and Berkett said there had been more dialogue in the last two or three
months than before.
"It's fair to say that with a change at the top of
both organizations, there is a dialogue and there's no sort of emotional legacy
that would hold us back," he said in an interview.
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