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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
The Ofcom decision regards Sky Sports 1 and 2. It contains nothing requiring Sky to sell every channel in their portfolio.
There was nothing stopping Virgin Media from purchasing content for themselves in this regard. If Virgin Media feel this is the case they are more than welcome to pursue Sky via the normal means.
Virgin Media evidently don't consider themselves too hard done by given that Sky charge for HD while Virgin are able to offer it for free.
Anyway we're going OT into a general Sky discussion which rarely ends constructively.
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The thing that stops VM purchasing this content is money. They are heavily in debt and have been concentrating on upgrading a creaking tv network and upgrading broadband to compete with the likes of BT infinity. They are heavily in debt so where is this extra money you speak of?
They have just sold the channels they have to get a bit of ready cash. Even if they bid for content they would just be up against a company with far more money than them. It is a battle they couldn't win.
If you read my reply as a response to the poster I was quoting I think what I said about Ofcom is relevant. Sky is charging it's competitors too much for sports. He said Sky platform customers are getting a better deal. Quelle surprise.
Basically what I want Ignition is a fair deal for us customers and a level playing field across the tv platforms so that a tv provider who is such a dominant position as Sky doesn't force the vast majority of custors over to their platform and eventually achieve a monopoly. Not too much to ask is it?