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themelon · 15-11-2004, 15:15

Yet OFCOM fail to ever take note of the monopoly that is Sky...........and that is still churning away a full speed and still getting away with it.

I dont see why Sky Should be allowed to advertise their service using channels provided by Disney and UKTV should they not have to point out that these services are also available on other platforms like Cable. To the unsuspecting idiot, Digital TV is Sky, my friend still come round to watch the football on 'Sky' despite the fact I moved to cable 2 years ago!!

And Interactive services, why are they witheld even though we pay the same amount, sureley if we are missing out on some services wholesale costs should be less and we should pay less.

Madness........OFCOM are a waste of space, always tackling issues that dont really matter, sometimes they go too far and ignore the real problems.

I think for one, BT are treated terribly by OFCOM and this makes them less likely to push new technologies as it will be judged anti competative.

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themelon Inactive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Stoke-On-Trent Posts: 561	Re: NTL Broadcast Sale In Doubt Yet OFCOM fail to ever take note of the monopoly that is Sky...........and that is still churning away a full speed and still getting away with it. I dont see why Sky Should be allowed to advertise their service using channels provided by Disney and UKTV should they not have to point out that these services are also available on other platforms like Cable. To the unsuspecting idiot, Digital TV is Sky, my friend still come round to watch the football on 'Sky' despite the fact I moved to cable 2 years ago!! And Interactive services, why are they witheld even though we pay the same amount, sureley if we are missing out on some services wholesale costs should be less and we should pay less. Madness........OFCOM are a waste of space, always tackling issues that dont really matter, sometimes they go too far and ignore the real problems. I think for one, BT are treated terribly by OFCOM and this makes them less likely to push new technologies as it will be judged anti competative.