09-08-2012, 17:44
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Re: Sky Sports pricing dispute: appeal ruling looms
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Originally Posted by Sirius
So has there been any further info on this for those of us that are not lawyers, i would have searched the thread but there is still a lot of waffle in it.
In particular is there clarification of who has to do what and when if any ???.
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This sums it up quite well:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/09/sky_sports_ok/
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So what happens next?
What Sky has won is the right to appeal Ofcom's 2010 pricing order. Sky sought to establish that Ofcom didn't have the authority to meddle with retail pricing, and that it shouldn't duplicate the work of the Competition Commission - both these claims were rejected by the tribunal.
Existing commercial contracts will not be overturned. Money has been paid into an escrow account since 2010 in any case. As for current pricing, the tribunal concluded that price wasn't a factor in the adoption of Sky on Virgin Media's cable platform. Ofcom had wanted to reopen the hearing and delay judgment, but the tribunal rejected the request.
A full judgment will follow, and Virgin and BT have reserved their right to appeal.
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