Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

I thought this thread was about Sky Movies (excess profits), seems to be an awful lot about consistency of regulation....

What I found interesting in the original article was the inference that Sky are effectively withholding VOD rights at wholesale prices to first-run movies, even though technically they could make them available. If this is true, its clearly stifling innovation in this space and the reason why have no Netflix/VUDU type service.

Hopefully, Ofcom will sort this out so a *friend* doesn't have to have a VPN/Entropay card ....

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

Yes they are, they are buying VOD rights which they can not use so no one else can have them.

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

Show me a link that fully backs this up ? They have VOD rights for movies and use them on Sky Player and Anytime service.

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

Sky having the rights to VOD doesn't stop people who do not have Sky from watching that movie. The movies can still be watched by anyone that wishes to do so, just not VOD so that isn't really withholding the content.

Anyway Sky already offer movies on demand don't they? There is another thread on here where members have said Sky Movie subscribers also get movies on demand?

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

Yes they do

http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/default/home.do
http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/anytime/
http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/anytime/what-can-i-watch/

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

This for Ofcom may help.... I found this by googling "Sky VOD rights", and it was the fifth item on the page (the third item referred to it).

The truth is out there.....:D

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

It's called future proofing and it's unfair to say they don't use it movies are delivered by anytime every night and available on anytime+ and sky player. It's sometimes an all to easy get out to blame the entire world on Sky I'm not there biggest fan however they have run it well as a business.

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

You may think that - OFCOM believe differently......;)


(you call it future-proofing, they call it anti-competitive....)

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

So they are available to you, there's nothing stopping you subscribing to Sky unless you cant have a dish that is.

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Is the VM network open to other companies like BT's ? Some would say that's anti competitive.

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

No it's not. it's stopping anyone else offering a service that they can't deliver.

The document is worth a read

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/con...ytv/statement/

The Competition Commision is looking in to this area. If they were offering the movies to their own customers, then that would be ok, but they don't.

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But VM are offering a service on their network, not keeping it closed and not using it, so that's not relevant to this.

Sky are brilliant in what they do and give to their customers, but some of their practices are very questionable.

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

We'll see what happens sooner rather than later , my point is they do use movies over video on demand.

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Thats no Video On Demand though is it?

Whats that got to do with it?

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Sorry but it is a closed network , no other company can use it.

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How is anytime+ not on demand.

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

My brother has broadband with AOL which is supplied on Virgin Media cable - so they do actuarily!

Re: sky movies (excess profits)
 

This is going way off topic :notopic: