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Originally Posted by Maggy J
My 'friend' is my sister and our beef as is everyone elses that the supporters of the English cricket team that can't afford to pay Sky's prices were cheated by the system that originally allowed English Cricket to be shown on the available 'FREE' channels until Sky outbid the BBC and others for the rights...This is the danger of a monopoly.
Anyway why would my sister complain to VM?They are not available in Newcastle.  It's Sky for the cricket or it's no one. |
some would argue the bbc had a effective monopoly, with their superior funding via tax. As setanta have shown sky can be outbid if someone is prepared to do so.