Sky Sports Coming To Internet TV Providers For Less
Satellite broadcaster Sky have been told to lower the prices it charges rivals for its premium sports content including premiership games. The ruling made by Industry regulator Ofcom, could well open the way for Sky’s sports streaming to become available on online tv services such as BT Vision.
The move has forced Sky to lower its pricing to providers of sport channels by around a quarter, following a three year long inquiry into the pay TV market. Sky must offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 to rival broadcasters for more competative prices.
Sky Sports Online for less
The ruling allows rival internet tv providers like BT Vision to show the Sky channels at a discount. “We will at last be able to sell two premium sports channels,” said Gavin Patterson, CEO of BT Retail. “We aim to offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 at lower prices than those which have been available. We hope to bring them to the market in time for the new Premiership football season but that will depend on Sky now complying with Ofcom’s decision.”
BT say that the ruling doesn’t go far enough. “Ofcom should have gone much further than it did,” Patterson added. “They have dropped movie channels, which should have been included. They should have included all Sky Sports channels, not just two. The wholesale price for the two sports channels is higher than the regulator had previously suggested. Ofcom has not set a regulated price for HD channels.”
Sky quite predictably have not reacted well to the price reductions, calling the decision an “unwarranted intervention” in a ” marketplace where customers are well served with high levels of choice and innovation”.
Of course they may just be getting mad because they now have to face some competition for Sports coverage
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