[ian@huth]

Sky is a business and like every other business it will do whatever it can to maximise revenue and profit. Sky ploughed money and took risks in developing Sky Sports and are entitled to use it as a marketing tool. Look what happened to ITV Digital when they dipped their toe in the water with Premiership Football coverage. There was nothing stopping NTL from launching NTL Sports and doing the same as Sky have done. In fact there was nothing AFAIK to prevent NTL from launching a satellite service in competition with Sky. Just think what NTL could do with a satellite service linked to its cable business.

I wish that all those people moaning about evil Sky were in full possession of all the facts before sounding off. Do they know all the ins and outs of the contracts involved, prices charges, technical ability to provide a multi screen service across the whole NTL network and all other factors involved. What would the moaners say if the boot was on the other foot and NTL had more content on a channel than Sky had and Sky customers were moaning.