BT fails in OFCOM bid to secure Sky Sports for new customers

[nodrogd]

BT will not be able to show Sky sports channels on it's new TV service.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...sale-deal.html

"....Ofcom rejected its attempt to force a wholesale deal before the start of the Premier League season....

The decision means subscribers to BT’s YouView packages will not be able to watch the majority of live televised football for the foreseeable future. BT had applied to the regulator to use its interim powers to force a deal before the first matches on 17 August, arguing BSkyB was abusing its dominance of the market to damage a rival. Ofcom has not rejected the complaint outright, but said today it does not believe BT will be damaged enough to justify emergency action. It said it will not make a full decision for months and potentially not until next year....."

So, Sky win again. Surprise, surprise!

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by nodrogd

BT will not be able to show Sky sports channels on it's new TV service.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...sale-deal.html

"....Ofcom rejected its attempt to force a wholesale deal before the start of the Premier League season....

The decision means subscribers to BT’s YouView packages will not be able to watch the majority of live televised football for the foreseeable future. BT had applied to the regulator to use its interim powers to force a deal before the first matches on 17 August, arguing BSkyB was abusing its dominance of the market to damage a rival. Ofcom has not rejected the complaint outright, but said today it does not believe BT will be damaged enough to justify emergency action. It said it will not make a full decision for months and potentially not until next year....."

So, Sky win again. Surprise, surprise!

BT are mega hypocrites cry to Ofcom about sky but do exactly same wont wholesale there sports channel usless swines get stuffed BT

[jb66]

Seems there is no competition for tv, sky wins hands down. I feel espn should have been a joint venture with virgin and bt. It could have been used as a pawn to get skysports on youview and ss3 and ss4 in hd on virgin

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Dave42

BT are mega hypocrites cry to Ofcom about sky but do exactly same wont wholesale there sports channel usless swines get stuffed BT

Indeed they have a go at Sky's often underhand tactics and they do exactly the same themselves.

[Chad]

The noisy neighbors have been given an asbo by Ofcom

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by jb66

Seems there is no competition for tv, sky wins hands down. I feel espn should have been a joint venture with virgin and bt. It could have been used as a pawn to get skysports on youview and ss3 and ss4 in hd on virgin

I would say competition in the TV market is fiercer than its ever been , you say Sky win hands down even though their TV additions have been average at best of late , the company attracting the most new customers at the moment is Talk Talk which proves not everybody's after premium pay TV sub's , Netflix has also been successful in the UK attracting over a million subscribers in its first year.