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Originally Posted by Bill C
Somehow i think Mr Branson has put the fear of god into $ky. why else would they be throwing there teddies about. $ky have had it easy far to long. I hope to see the day when $ky get a good smack in the face. 
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As a side note, who sold BSB (a company that, IMO, if properly handled could have severly damaged Sky) to Murdoch? Oh, that's right. Richard Branson.
However, something may have happned. Sky do appear to be scared.
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Originally Posted by dev
the tesco scenario is slightly different, if sky remove channels from ntl, who else can you use to watch sky channels (except sky)? with tesco, they aren't building shops and removing other companies shops so the option of not going to tesco is and always will be there
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Tescos can't (and don't) do that directly. However, they are large enough that they can make conditions extremely difficult for other shops to trade (and I'm not just talking about the small retailers either, HMV have been complaining).