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Doz007 12-03-2012 19:43
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Sounds like a good deal all around. If Sky do manage to get 4&5 OD content on Anytime+ they would be the final pieces to Sky's On Demand puzzle in my opinion. :)

denphone 14-03-2012 09:13
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...tflix-lovefilm

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BSkyB's battle to retain its stranglehold on Hollywood films on pay-TV has been given a potential boost, after the Competition Commission announced it will broaden its investigation to measure the impact of Netflix and LoveFilm.


Last summer the competition regulator published a provisional decision that BSkyB's contracts with the six major Hollywood studios – Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Universal Studios – were anti-competitive and needed to be weakened to allow rivals to flourish.


On Wednesday the long-running investigation, which published a revised deadline of July for delivering its final report, said that it needed to extend the consultation to take into account changes in the movie market.


The Competition Commission admitted it needed to assess "potentially relevant" developments, in particular the arrival of US giant Netflix which launched in the UK and Ireland in January.


The commission also pointed to the need to assess LoveFilm, which is owned by internet retailer Amazon and has extended its rental-by-post model to offer streaming movies to customers.


BSkyB recently announced that it intends to launch its own internet service, which will include Sky Movies, that will stand alone from its TV channel subscription offering
Interesting development.

muppetman11 14-03-2012 10:07
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35399028)
More promising from Sky's point of view.

denphone 14-03-2012 10:08
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35399048)
More promising from Sky's point of view.
Yes it does seem like that MM.

nstokes 14-03-2012 18:10
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35399028)
whats this mean to us veiwers?

muppetman11 14-03-2012 18:22
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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35399448)
whats this mean to us veiwers?
Basically the competition commission will now take Netflix and Lovefilms studio deals into consideration when looking into Sky's dominance of the movie market.

nstokes 14-03-2012 18:23
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35399456)
Basically the competition commission will now take Netflix and Lovefilms studio deals into consideration when looking into Sky's dominance of the movie market.
Does that mean Skys Movie stake will get reduced?

denphone 14-03-2012 18:26
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Does that mean Skys Movie stake will get reduced?
l somehow doubt it.

muppetman11 14-03-2012 18:29
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Originally Posted by nstokes (Post 35399461)
Does that mean Skys Movie stake will get reduced?
As the article states its a possible boost for Sky as Netflix and Lovefilm have signed quite a few deals with various studios which would point to there being competition in the market , it depends how dominant the CC feel Sky are I suppose.

LexDiamond 14-03-2012 21:22
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35399470)
As the article states its a possible boost for Sky as Netflix and Lovefilm have signed quite a few deals with various studios which would point to there being competition in the market , it depends how dominant the CC feel Sky are I suppose.
My thought from the start was that CC didn't need to start this as big players have been hovering around this markets for a while now and it will change over the next couple of years.

This just shows how out of touch and irrelevant the CC are.

Doz007 14-03-2012 21:56
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Just had my first experience of the Dynamic EPG in action during champions league football. :)

muppetman11 14-03-2012 22:03
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Originally Posted by Doz007 (Post 35399688)
Just had my first experience of the Dynamic EPG in action during champions league football. :)
Not bad for a dinosaur of a box ;)

denphone 14-03-2012 22:05
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Not bad for a dinosaur of a box ;)
Perhaps When you 900 years old you will feel like a dinosaur.:D

richard1960 15-03-2012 06:30
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Originally Posted by LexDiamond (Post 35399662)
My thought from the start was that CC didn't need to start this as big players have been hovering around this markets for a while now and it will change over the next couple of years.

This just shows how out of touch and irrelevant the CC are.
Not sure i agree with that as far as i know Sky have and will continue to have the "first run rights" to all the Hollywood blockbusters,Netflix and Lovefilm are unlikely to get their hands on those,so i do not see the CC review as being irrelevant at all.

Last time i looked at the Netfilix website i thought their selection of films quite old and nothing much new on there,not sure about Lovefilm though.

denphone 15-03-2012 06:31
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This just shows how out of touch and irrelevant the CC are.
Really Lex.:rolleyes:


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