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Sky has been given a boost in the battle to retain its stranglehold over pay-TV movie rights, after subscription streaming services Netflix and LoveFilm were dragged into the Competition Commission's investigation of the sector.

Last August, the UK's competition regulator said that Sky's multi-million pound deals with the major Hollywood studios - including Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony and Disney - were throttling competition in the movies market and must be weakened to allow rivals to operate effectively.

The commission, which has been reviewing the pay-TV movies market since it was referred the task by Ofcom in 2010, said that it will now publish its final report in July, after opting to run further investigation of key changes in the digital movies market.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...ies-probe.html

http://www.competition-commission.or...gs_excised.pdf

http://www.competition-commission.or...le_mar2012.pdf