Electronic programme guide (EPG) charges

Charges for listings on Sky’s EPG are established in a similar manner to Sky’s conditional access (CA) charges. This document should, accordingly, be read in conjunction with the "Method for Establishing Conditional Access Charges" published by Sky Subscribers Services Limited (SSSL).

EPG charges recover both the costs of developing and operating the EPG, and also make a contribution to the recovery of some of the common costs of developing and operating the digital satellite platform. Channels that take SSSL’s CA services make a contribution to such common costs via CA charges and, therefore, it is appropriate that they pay lower EPG charges than those channels that do not take such CA services.

The indicative charges set out below apply to agreements where the intended launch date into the EPG is on or after 1 January 2006 and are predicated on the agreements being for a duration of 3 years (with a right of termination by the broadcaster on 90 days' notice). These charges are to increase on 1 April each year to reflect any increase in the all items Retail Prices Index (RPI) (published by the Office for National Statistics) over the previous calendar year. The indicative charges are:

These charges are exclusive of VAT.

TV channels include pay per view and pay per night services.

An interactive platform is a service listed on the Interactive Main Menu (IMM) which offers access to five or more different kinds of interactive services (banking, shopping, e-mail etc). A niche interactive platform is a service listed on the IMM which offers fewer than five different kinds of interactive services.

March 2006