[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by DaMac

It matters because everytime sky launches a channel, everybody needs to negotiate to get it, all it does is strengthen SKY's hand in a market in which they are very dominant.. fair doo's to them shelling out the money to get F1, but to then have everybody who isn't a SKY TV platform subscriber (but more importantly a SKY content subscriber) get stressed about if, how and when they are getting it, and potentially having to pay more money to get it is ludicrous, take Atlantic for example... a few years ago they tried it on with Virgin about wanting more money for SKY 1, it didn't work so they repackaged the same idea, and a lot of the same shows i might add and tried it again. Would Sky be happy if Virgin went belly up because the costs of supplying quality TV was too expensive, you bet they would. Regulation is good for everybody because it ensures even a little bit of competition and choice in an almost one sided world.