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Originally Posted by Mobes
Just because the report comes out doens't mean we will see SKY HD or red button any time soon.
Sky will prolong the process as much as they can with an appeal UNLESS Ofcom has allowed Sky some sweetners to allow OFCOM'S ruleing to go unchallenged.
As much as i wnt Sky HD sports and red button on VM, part of me thinks as Sky invested in the first place why should they have to give anything to VM and BT.
You could argue they were a monoploy at the time but should we be retrospectivley penailising them for that?
I dunno...
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Er sky are not giving the channels away vm pay for them and so do i through vm. Yes sky did invest in the first place but i am a consumer myself not a buisness and as a consumer who CANNOT get sky i do not see why i should not have access to sport i want to watch because one near monopoly bought up the rights.
Also i remember well when BT were privatised in the 80s they were expressively banned from starting a tv network by the then conservative government, for fear that due to their size they would crush any company that wanted to compete, ironic that considering sky are in that position now. So it could be argued sky had more then a little helping hand there.
Sky may not be in a position to delay implimentation as ofcon could order sky to do it and allow them to appeal retrospectively to halt any delay until after a general election when a prospective conservative government may stop it.
All will only be clear when the details are published and yes the rumour is ofcon have sweetened the pill with a nod to picnic if sky are still interested.
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Originally Posted by zantarous
OFCOM has already said it would use its powers to force the changes through while any appeal goes on.
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Yes they have suggested they will do this otherwise the fear is this could go on as long as the itv shares court saga in which sky threw limitless money at barristers and lawyers and still lost the case.
