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Originally Posted by gstadt
Point is, it could be better now .... Sky are deliberately holding the process up until BT Infinity penetration increases so as to maximize commercial advantage ... at the expense of customers (well some, there's more than one way to skin a cat).
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That ignores the fact that Sky already have the capability to offer this service through its own platform.
Plus what we are talking about here is competition to Sky that is growing rapidly, e.g. Most of the VOD service wannabe providers such as Lovefilm are growing so quickly simply because they buy any bright spark that wishes to compete. VOD is probably in its infancy as a mainstream service in the UK. It will probably become more than just VM, BT Vision and a handful of comprehensive catch up sites soon. The competition is yet to, IMO, really take place. Organisations such as Amazon or Youtube could compete if they wished to.
Which is why I really do wonder why regulate Sky? In the end an organisation must step up to Sky and compete or otherwise Sky should continue as it is. Anything in between is just nonsense as it costs the consumer in the end.