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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
So long as this and the other regulatory actions on both Sky and BT are taken as part permitting News Corp to get their hands on the other 61% of Sky, and that Virgin's network is opened up on an active and/or passive level I'm cool with it.
Regulation of unbalanced markets is just fine so long as it's not unbalancing them the other way.
EDIT: We have one of the best pay TV packages anywhere, it's also one of the most expensive. There is always a concern however that we the customer will suffer in terms of quality of services in return for receiving them at a lower rate, just as happened with the highly regulated broadband market.
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Why should cable have to open up it's network? They built it paid for by themselves. It's theirs end of story.
Sky buying up VOD rights that it can't use is the major issue here. They effectively act as a cock block for technology development because their system can never sustain any significant VOD. The whole purpose of them buying it is to stop anyone else doing it. That's anti competitiveness in a nutshell and will be stopped imo.