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Re: Hello Sky (ordered today) and Bye Bye Virgin..
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Originally Posted by andygrif
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I fear I might have missed the interest expressed by OFCOM in the VM/Sky dispute that you refer to. Could you perhaps point me to a link that reports that please?
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ThisIsMoney
"BSkyB is calling for the media watchdog, Ofcom, to force Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Media to open up its cable network to other broadcasters."
Or it may (tangentially) be this - SkyDTT
"BSkyB's plan to launch pay-TV channels on the UK's digital terrestrial platform—announced last week on the day that Virgin Media launched its quad-play proposition—will require media regulator Ofcom to conduct a consultation looking at three key issues.
Ofcom said while no request to change licences held by Sky and National Grid Wireless, the transmission group which currently carries Sky's three channels on Freeview, had been received, discussions between Ofcom and Sky had identified the need to consult on Sky's plans to launch a new DTT set-top box using the MPEG4 compression standard; the impact of the loss of Sky's three channels on Freeview; and whether new licence conditions were needed to ensure fair competition"
or this - BBC
"Media regulator Ofcom has been ordered to investigate BSkyB's controversial purchase of a 17.9% stake in ITV. The government has asked the watchdog to advise on whether November's share deal was against the public interest. BSkyB's decision to buy into ITV was seen by some as an attempt to block a bid for the firm from its rival NTL"
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