[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by richard1960

I think the CAT appeal only relates to price that virgin and its customers pay for sky sports(the difference at the moment between what the two want is paid into a seperate account pending the cat decision),you would have more chance of king canute successfully turning back the sea then of sky parting with sky sports 3/4 HD in my view,these channels along with sky sports news HD ect ect is what sky use to differentiate themselves from vm.

Even the 3 year OFCOM pay tv enquirey only recommemded sky gave access to sky sports HD 1/2 to other pay tv providers.

You are talking about the wrong thing.

In summary, the principal grounds of appeal on which Virgin Media relies are as follows:
1. OFCOM has failed to consider relevant matters in deciding to exclude Sky Sports 3 and/or 4 from
the scope of the WMO obligation or, alternatively, any such consideration was inadequate and/or
incorrect.
2. OFCOM has failed to impose any control on the wholesale prices that Sky may charge for the supply
of Sky Sports 1 and/or 2 where they are bundled with Sky Sports 3 and/or 4 and/or any of Sky’s
Core Premium Movie channels.
3. The methodology adopted by OFCOM to calculate the maximum prices for the supply of Sky Sports
1 and Sky Sports 2 under the WMO obligation is flawed.
4. OFCOM has made an error in the mechanism which applies to calculate the maximum prices under
the WMO obligation following changes in Sky’s own retail prices.

http://www.catribunal.org.uk/files/1...ice_080610.pdf

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1009...leases-no-one/