Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
25-05-2017, 20:01
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Originally Posted by denphone
One suspects they will say we have conducted a thorough review of it all and we cannot see any problem at all with it.
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That's right, because they will find that there's no basis on which to block Mr Murdoch from getting what he wants.
He may not be well liked, but any refusal to grant permission must have a proper and legal basis.
If they come to a surprise and perverse decision to block this, he will appeal and win. Decisions of this nature cannot be made on the basis of how liked the person is.
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Funnily enough when I worked for ondigital so many people said they subscribed because they didn't want to put money in the dirty diggers pocket, I'd go as far as saying it was the most popular reason after exclusive champions league football matches
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Well, I'm not stopping my subscription to Sky and Now TV because Rupert Murdoch gets control. I value Now TV too much to give that up. I'm not cutting off my nose to spite my face!
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25-05-2017, 23:37
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
That's right, because they will find that there's no basis on which to block Mr Murdoch from getting what he wants.
He may not be well liked, but any refusal to grant permission must have a proper and legal basis.
If they come to a surprise and perverse decision to block this, he will appeal and win. Decisions of this nature cannot be made on the basis of how liked the person is.
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Well, I'm not stopping my subscription to Sky and Now TV because Rupert Murdoch gets control. I value Now TV too much to give that up. I'm not cutting off my nose to spite my face!
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Monopolies never work well for consumers..
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26-05-2017, 06:29
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Monopolies never work well for consumers..
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As we can see all around us with higher bills and poorer service...
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26-05-2017, 13:06
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Monopolies never work well for consumers..
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What exactly does Sky have a monopoly on these days ?
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29-06-2017, 13:05
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
Karen Bradley says she is minded to refer Rupert Murdoch bid for Sky to CMA for full investigation.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-politics-live
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29-06-2017, 13:24
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
Minded? I suspect that Tom Watson has it right.
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He says he thinks Bradley will be written up as a “tough operator” on the basis of this. But Rupert Murdoch will then come up with fresh undertakings in lieu, that were in his back pocket. Bradley will then allow the bid, he predicts.
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25-11-2017, 18:04
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
Ken Clarke says that David Cameron did a deal with Murdoch in order to win the 2010 election:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson...dw#.mh7XrkeE0x
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25-11-2017, 18:23
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
Just like every other political party, the power of Murdoch is very reduced these days imo.
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26-11-2017, 23:22
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Well I’ll be damned, shall we appoint a special counsel right away LOL ? 
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27-11-2017, 12:08
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Well I’ll be damned, shall we appoint a special counsel right away LOL ? |
If Murdoch was president or prime minister of another country, yes. Most countries have laws against other countries interfering in their election processes. As he isn't, probably not. While this action is morally on dubious ground, it's not actually illegal for the print media to be biased, and it's not illegal for their staff, or even owner, to meet with ministers.
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30-11-2017, 17:54
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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What exactly does Sky have a monopoly on these days ?
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Sky Atlantic's exclusive rights to HBO in the UK!
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30-11-2017, 20:32
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Sky Atlantic's exclusive rights to HBO in the UK!
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But as you say being the great paragon of streaming there is always Now TV. 
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07-12-2017, 19:59
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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But as you say being the great paragon of streaming there is always Now TV. |
Which of course is owned by Sky.
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23-01-2018, 12:14
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
In what could well be the coup de grace of a long drawn-out saga, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Fox taking full control of Sky is not in the public interest due to media plurality concerns.
https://www.rapidtvnews.com/20180123...#axzz550NPXRZH
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23-01-2018, 12:20
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Re: Petition to try and block Murdoch taking over Sky & it's channels.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
In what could well be the coup de grace of a long drawn-out saga, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Fox taking full control of Sky is not in the public interest due to media plurality concerns.
https://www.rapidtvnews.com/20180123...#axzz550NPXRZH
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Hmm! Things could change.
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The CMA has now set out a series of potential options for addressing these problems identified in its public remedies notice. It has also noted where Fox’s decision to sell assets, including its 39% stake in Sky to The Walt Disney Company leaves the proposed takeover. These will be carefully considered before the CMA’s report is finalised, and a final report will now be provided to Matt Hancock the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport by 1 May 2018 who will then make the final decision on the proposed deal.
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