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Originally Posted by Big-Ted
Except that Sky have it tied up for years yet and always negotiate on the basis of linear and VOD as a package.
Unless there is intervention forcing the freeing up of VOD so internet streaming is opened up no-one will get a look in unless they spend mega bucks.
Going mainstream requires intervention or it just won't happen as the movie studios are happy with things the way they are in this country with the money they are getting from Sky.
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The argument that VOD won't go mainstream because of Sky assumes that Sky won't be the force that takes the VOD service mainstream. However Sky does have the capability to further expand its current VOD service so I wouldn't think intervention would actually be necessary at this stage.
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Originally Posted by richard1960
If you believe there is a proper market in pay tv in the uk in the first place,i for instance cannot get sky,thousands csannot get VM possibly millions,BT vision will not work where i live as ADSL only delivers a max of 2MB,some might call ofcom a meddler but to me ofcom are trying to even the situation out to try and benefit the person whose often least thought about whilst sky et al slog it out,yes thats right the consumer what a novel thought. 
The "market" such as it is cannot work when you have one ultra dominent player with the financial clout to overpay or at least outbid most others due to its sheer financial clout as is the case here. |
The market I'm referring to is the supplier market and not the consumer market.
As for the consumer market, the market doesn't have to be perfect to be competitive. There are many markets that are competitive which include consumers that do not have access to every product. But that is besides the point as no one VOD provider could provide its services to every household in the UK anyway.