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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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Indeed, this is why I said we should be careful what we wish for.
You don't always get the desired end result.
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Originally Posted by Rattus
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.
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Why can't Sky use the VOD content they have bought up? Genuine question.
BT Vision seems to manage perfectly well, I had it before VM and it was just fine.
My brother is using Anytime+ on Sky and says it isn't bad at all, there's a bit of delay when loading but they certainly seem to be using their content.