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Originally Posted by themelon
Most of those Interactive service are commercially exclusive to $ky, which basically means the broadcasters are offered incentives to only produce content for Sky. From the likes of ITV, CH4 and UKTV we will never see Interactive.
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I know what you're saying, but even Freeview's interactive services are far better than ntl's. It still makes me laugh when I see the little red 'i' for ITV followed by the inevetable 'There is no interactive link for this channel' message!
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Originally Posted by themelon
Until people complain to OFCOM Little will change.
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I'm not sure that will have a great deal of effect. There is no real provision for the level of interactivity that should be made available by broadcasters or carriers from OFCOM, and given the other issues this country has with regard to all broadcasting, I can't really see them introducing one in the near or mid-term.
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Originally Posted by themelon
(All in my personal experience, neither is particualrly better than the other, Sky is just getting away with abusing its monopoly position due to OFCOMS lack of balls)
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This I don't really understand. Sky has a majority of digital homes through providing a better service (not necessarily customer service) than its competitors. Cable has been going for longer than satellite TV in this country, but Sky very quickly overtook them as the cable companies were unresponsive, behind the times and offered very little for a lot of money.
Sky very quickly eroded cable's offer through quality marketing, a better product and being quick to adapt. As such Sky is a very profitable company when most cablecos are struggling to break even.
This isn't a monopoly, and IMHO should not be legislated against by OFCOM or anyone else, with the exception of unfair trading of key channels such as Sky Sports etc. (where it was proven they were being unfair to cablecos in their wholesale pricing and this was changed as a result).