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Originally Posted by vincerooney
Ofcom are hilarious how they never interfere in these dirty deals to withhold channels from people. The only time they've got involved really is to break up sky's exclusive hold of premier league football.
I thought at the time that was a good thing and they'd done us a favour!
Sky prices stay the same and now we have to pay another company to watch the matches we could have got with sky before! Ofcom must have been paid off by another company to "investigate" it
Disgrace!
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Vince, a gentle reminder that it was the European Commission that required the Premier League rights to be sold to more than one bidder, not Ofcom. And if you wish a particular market to be investigated, let the relevant body (the CMA, not Ofcom) know
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Originally Posted by denphone
Indeed that is the case MM but his point about Ofcom doing basically sod all hits the nail on the head though.
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It's not usual in any country to force companies to sell things to one another. By doing so, you remove the market ie the regulator would have to decide the price at which every channel was sold to every TV platform. Not really practical.