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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Sky had no problems with using BT's network.
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Huh? Relevance?
AFAIK, all of the ADSL broadband providers, including VM's national service, use BT's network - copper, fibre and exchanges.
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Originally Posted by pauldavies83
The difference is, BT's network was once nationalised.
Sky's "platform" has always been provided by private companies (Astra), which anyone else could attempt to agree access to. So they have not benefited from a public service in the same way that BT have.
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I know but it was the best and most recent analogy I could come up with, even though I knew it was somewhat flawed. I did say "similar to" rather than "the same as". The next time I use a weak analogy I'll say "similar to but not the same as", okay?
Tough crowd!
Anyway, it's about separation of service (content) provider and carrier (platform) but, in Sky's commercial, non-nationalised legacy case, is it anti-competitive to split them up?
I've got it! As it's almost a monopoly with almost national coverage, let's nationalise BSkyB "the platform"! Oh, I just remembered, wrong kind of government for that sort of thing.
Yes, there is the further complication that the satellites are not owned by BSkyB and no, I'm not forgetting the 'nationalised' FreeSat which operates from similar satellite constellations to BSkyB.
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
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Huh? What am I looking for?
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
Digital Spy: News Corp 'suggests Sky News sale'.
News Corp has reportedly told the government that it is prepared to make concessions, including the sale of Sky News, to avoid a lengthy review of its bid to acquire Sky.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...news-sale.html
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As a 'news corporation' I'm surprised that the first thing they're willing to let go of is their TV news channel. Makes you wonder how much they actually value it.
Maybe selling off the sports side, including all of those lucrative exclusive deals for coverage of events and various leagues, would appease Ofcom and the Competition Commission more.
I presume that Sky Sports News is considered part of Sky Sports rather than Sky News but it does blur the line a bit.
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Originally Posted by nialli
Money, pure and simple. It's a massive cash cow.
By selling off the (loss making) Sky News they will aim to silence critics who believe there's a political influence agenda behind the Murdochs' bid.
Having said that, if Sky News is sold (and who would buy it??) don't be surprised to see another channel launched once the Sky purchase is completed by News Corp. Launch a new channel after the deal is done? Surely not...Fox News anyone??
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What Nialli said!
