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Media Boy · 09-06-2009, 11:21

BSkyB has attacked the government's review of the so-called "crown jewels" sporting events reserved for free-to-air television, arguing the policy acts as a "tax on sport" that subsidises terrestrial broadcasters.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...-to-air-review

Info from Guardian Media Online.

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