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Originally Posted by Neptune
Sky and vm are competitors and will never affiliate with each other on any level and competition law ensures it stays like that. My titbit was thrown in for others to speculate, but potentially vm and sky might use the same software platform that their epgs are written on. Whether Murdoch would want to pay fees to Malone for the use of the software is debatable.
What would be interesting is that if Malone did buy vm, Malone would control a huge bulk of channels on both Sky and vm. Whether this would cause additional arguments or whether peace and love would break out between them is something I would eagerly follow.
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This is basically what I meant.
OpenTV would then supply VM with the EPG, and OpenTV already supply Sky with theirs, but it would annoy Murdoch that VM are now using that also, and probably get a discount for being an affiliated company (plus it would probably improve the V+ EPG we currently have).
And your right about him owning a fair few channels on Sky and VM too, which would be seen as to level up the "playing field" a little more.
The dominance suit which has been ongoing would, really, be out of the window then, wouldnt it, because you would have two competitors with ruthlessness and the cash to back it up, aiming to supply the number one content in Britain.
If he does raise prices, I cant see the problem. Sky will do the same, and that just goes to show how inflations affect our market today.
Unless everyone stops watching TV, were not going to see a price drop. Just like with housing. Unless everyone stops buying, House prices will continue to increase.
Its only a matter of time before Digital TV is a Middle and Upper Class luxury again, with the rate things are happening.
Im on VIP, paying £8p/m ontop of call charges, and I wouldnt pay anymore. Thats the very limit I am willing. and I only went on this pack because I was spending that before! lol