Sky to buy O2 & Be Phone/Broadband services
 

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And the behemoth just got a little bit bigger.

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I'm amazed they're allowed! Let's hope it either doesn't make a difference or improves!

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before I opened this I thought they bought O2 as a whole...

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It makes sense though. Looks like their traditional TV market is drying up so by gaining this customer base they could use all sorts of offers to sell Sky tv into homes that don't have it

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I agree its all about numbers , this deal if approved will see the countries largest pay TV platform leapfrog VM into the second largest ISP in the UK. BT already has the largest BB subscriber base allowing it to upsell its Vision TV service and its forthcoming BT Sports channel.

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With VM being bought by LG and with BT and Sky spending money willy nilly one suspects its going to be a fiercely competitive market out there MM.

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Streaming TV services appears to be the way forward for all the telcos. Sky's traditional satellite services can't really do that and broadband is becoming more important. Sky simply can't afford not to be a big player in this marketplace.

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Challenge for VM at the moment is that their hands are tied to an extent as they can't leverage the benefit onf LG until the deal is signed.

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Spookily I hung on for ages at BE in the expectation of a fibre product materialising. Eventually I grew tired of waiting, got Sky fibre and regrettably dumped BE.

So today I learn that things have gone in a circle and BE has now been assimilated by Sky.

Strange how things work out sometimes.

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I hope that the competition chaps make them hive BE off as a separate entity to another buyer. Unlikely of course.

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Yes indeed that is highly unlikely to happen.

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Bit of a back lash from o2 customers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013...nica-broadband

Don't think this poster likes Sky much

"...and the poor sods on O2 who I have no doubt had no say in the matter will be subject to the wonderous insidious price creeping that is Sky, and will be bombarded with the Fabulous Fourskin or whatever they are calling the TV campaign to get people to sign up to their lame on lame television service this week - Sky Bereaved n Bitter."

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We should try and get that person to join Cable Forum. It's that style of angry banter that brings a smile to my face :D

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It did make me laugh I must admit, still think its a good deal for Sky though, yes some O2 customers will be cheesed off but the majority will accept whats happening