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Old 08-02-2011, 20:33   #2
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Re: sky movies (excess profits)

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Originally Posted by thunderlips View Post
anyone see the article about sky movies making excess proffits ?

The Competition Commission has said BSkyB is making "excess profits" on its movie channels, increasing the likelihood that the company could be forced to change the way it does business with Hollywood studios and rival broadcasters.
Yeah, it's on Digital Spy. The bit that interests me is the way Sky lock away On Demand rights that thay can't even use!.

Linkage HERE

Sky is making "excessive profits" from its Sky Movies service, the UK's competition regulator has said, hinting at potential forthcoming reform of the pay-TV films market.

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In a working paper published on the Competition Commission website, the watchdog reported early evidence that Sky "appears consistently to have earned profits in aggregate in excess of its cost of capital ['excess profits'] in the recent past and over a long period".
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