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Sky are obviously worried about BT's competition, and it looks like Rupert/Sky have done what a child does and 'taken one of their bats home'.

Pathetic really.

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Agree completely although you kind of make BT sound better , remember BT will not allow wholesaling of its channel on the Sky platform. Sky customers who don't want BT's phone and BB are forced to pay in excess of £20.

The pair have also pushed up the cost of a landline and basic tv packages to fund football.

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Probably, but the public are fed up with the pettiness of actions such as this.

I in no way defend or myself pirate material, but the content providers need to look at their own small minded actions for some of the reasons for it's increase .

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Its so pathetic in my opinion SP but alas l don't think any one can be surprised at the way these companies behave any more.

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Any similar restrictive practices by BT I would also disagree with.

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And where are Ofcom in all this as they seem to have done their regular vanishing trick for the umpteenth time.

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In fairness, it's not in their remit. But this is a disappointing development which will only encourage BT to set up its own entertainment channels pushing up costs and increasing exclusivity. Understand Fox's reasons but I'm unhappy as to what this might lead to - bigger bills and less content.

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But it should be in their remit in my opinion as its the consumers again who are the ones always left to pick up the increased costs.

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That's something you'll have to raise with your MP but Ofcom's budget was substantially cut in 2011 so I don't think expansion looks likely.

If you think that a company is abusing its position then that's something for the Competition & Markets Authority, CMA.

CMA: "We work to promote competition for the benefit of consumers, both within and outside the UK. Our aim is to make markets work well for consumers, businesses and the economy." https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...kets-authority

Ofcom: "Ofcom is the communications regulator. We regulate the TV, radio and video on demand sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. On 1 February 2011 Ofcom completed an internal review and reorganisation. This was designed to reduce significantly expenditure in response to the challenge facing the whole of the public sector." http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/

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BT Sport's dismal Champions League viewing figures raise concerns at Uefa.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...s-at-Uefa.html

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Yes one cannot be surprised at these dreadful figures but that's what happens when you sell your soul to the devil all in the name of greed.

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BT haven`t made full use of their Freeview channel in my opinion. Instead of it being off air or simply showing trailers for stuff on their pat channels they should be showing stuff like classic matches,re-runs or highlights of the past weekends matches. They should promote the channel too and advertise when a game is on live in the newspapers and tv listings. My mother only knows theres a live game on when someone mentions it on here and I let her know. But as someone as already mentioned I think they`re not keen on the channel being a success.
I can see ITV winning the next bid,if not outright then a share.

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ITV won't win it outright as there is no way they can afford the near on £1 billion in CL rights fees because that's likely to be the price when the contract rights come up for renewal next time.

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Yeah your`e probably right

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He's not probably right he's definitely right. The setup before was excellent in my opinion. Allow FTA broadcasters to bid for the games ITV showed and pay TV broadcasters to bid for the rest. At least that way we'd get either BBC , ITV , C4 or C5 with some games and either BT Sport or Sky Sports with the rest.

Whilst I understand these organisations want to make money they also need to think of promotion of the game , not everybody can afford pay TV.