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Originally Posted by Incomplete
You can't really see how they could claim it to be anti-competitive when all the other regional cablecos as well as Tiscali all paid up.
The whole anti-competitive thing falls on its' face a bit when the rest of the market accepts the pricing. The blatant dissing of the Sky channels along with comments on it being a commercial decision does make me struggle to see how VM expect to win this, however I wonder if they ever expected to win it or if it was just another part of their ongoing PR scrap with Sky.
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Well, that will depend.
You can't compare the price offered to Tiscalli for their basic channels based on 50K worth of subscribers.
What is quoted in the press and what was actually offered could be completely different. You also have to understand that VM is a competitor to Sky TV, Tiscalli isn't.
EDIT: It is also possible this deal is needed by Sky in order to satisfy disgruntled advertisers who lost a large customer base when Sky pulled (yes, sky pulled) the channels off VMTV.