Unitymedia DE, as free bonus package to VIP Germany, works fine for Unitymedia NRW cable network. As shown in the additional information for Newcamd protocol, these channel uses CA id 1834 (nagra) + 09C7 (nds) for Kabel Deutschland and 1838 for Unitymedia and give access to Sky package as well as Unitymedia channels (not all, but most). Within Unitymedia network the CAID 1838 is the only one of the 3 channels that get ECMs and of course is decoded from the server by that CA id.
FYI: Vodafone Kabel Detschland has bought Unitymedia around 2 years ago, but technically the networks are still separated, all Ex-Unitymedia customer still uses there old receivers and decoding cards. (all 3Unitymedia parts, NRW, Hessen and Baden-Württemberg got sold to Kabel Deutschland, where Unitymedia Badem-Württemberg is technically also different to Unitymedia NRW + Hessen)
The reason to post here: basically, as long as Sky Germany was decoded by satellite, I have a VIP-Astra subscription (still running for 5 month). I setup an additional account to test Unitymedia for a month and as explained, works fine for Unitymedia NRW network. Do you think about adding Kabel Deutschland/Unitymedia-package (without guarantee) to VIP-Astra as well (because many Sky Germany channels not decoded anymore) ? I want to keep my package as it is with access to the 2 remaining MTV-channels and porn on Astra, but I don't want to get 2 VIP-packages or VIP-All (too expensive). Also an option to offer cable channels as stand alone package if the price is fine (pricing is interesting: I can get Sky Germany only for 6$/month or I can get VIP-Astra, or VIP-Germany for 7$/month including much more packages like HD-Plus and ORF. So as stand alone package it should be cheaper than 6$ to be interesting for customers).
I don't want to talk about compensation, in January it was already suggested not to buy whole year subscription for Sky Germany, so I don't want to blame anyone. However, after Sky Germany is stopping, the VIP-Astra package need something new to make it worth 7$/month ? think about it