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Competition Watchdog Rules On BSkyB
This is a discussion on Competition Watchdog Rules On BSkyB within the Sky news and announcements forums, part of the SkyUser Announcements category; The Competition Commission has provisionally found against BSkyB over its 17.9% share purchase of ITV. The purchase restricts competition and ...
- 02-10-07, 02:45 PM #1
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Competition Watchdog Rules On BSkyB
The Competition Commission has provisionally found against BSkyB over its 17.9% share purchase of ITV.
The purchase restricts competition and therefore operates against the public interest, it said.
"As a pay-TV operator, BSkyB faces competition from the free-to-air TV offer, of which ITV is an important part," said CC chairman Peter Freeman.
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Advertisement- 02-10-07, 06:04 PM #2
Re: Competition Watchdog Rules On BSkyB
I was reading about this earlier and I can't say I am surprised by the provisional virdict against Sky. From the outside looking in it appears that Sky only brought into ITV to stop them possibly tying up with Virgin Media.