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Originally Posted by SMHarman
None of them would want to, but BT (as the principal supplier of the last mile / phone services) have to point out that other BB service providers are available when they advertise, why should sky (as the principle supplier of pay tv services) not have to point out other pay tv services are available? This is the sort of thing that OFCOM should be doing. Maybe OFCOM should set up a pay tv helpline that customers could call to see what options ther are in their area, Sky, NTL/TW, Homechoice, could do the same for BB etc. Now that would be a way of educating the consumer in their choices.
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As far as I see it, Sky have a relatively small number of channels of their own, an EPG that makes viewing of all the channels that subscribe to it easy and a digibox sale, repair and installation service. They rely on other companies to provide the bulk of the channels available on their EPG. They rely on other companies to provide the satellites that carry the channels and on other companies, noticeably NTL, to provide the uplink to those satellites and other broadcasting services.
AFAIK anyone can can perform all of the things that Sky does without Sky being involved at all other than to allow its own channels to be received. This puts Sky in a different position to BT as BT own the last mile which is needed for ADSL reception. Sky do not own anything that is essential to provide a satellite reception service.