"here's Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League, the competition with arguably the most to lose from the Ofcom ruling.
"Quite simply we are extremely vexed by the whole proposition. We think its outrageous that there should be an intervention at all... it's a market that doesn't need fixing.""
By which he means it's a monopoly he's doing very well out of thank you very much
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Friday, 2 April 2010
Ofcom v Sky
"The media watchdog has today ruled that Sky has to sell its sports channels to rivals at prices that are between 10.5% and 23% below the existing wholesale prices "
Good. It would be nice to have some football available to those of us not in love with Sky.
"It will appeal against the decision, on the basis that the regulator has been out to get it in a way that is an unfair punishment of the risks it has been taking for 20 years in making substantial investments in sports and movie rights."
That would be because Sky has a huge monopoly that it is fair eager to protect
Good. It would be nice to have some football available to those of us not in love with Sky.
"It will appeal against the decision, on the basis that the regulator has been out to get it in a way that is an unfair punishment of the risks it has been taking for 20 years in making substantial investments in sports and movie rights."
That would be because Sky has a huge monopoly that it is fair eager to protect
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