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It's a brave man, or indeed organization, that squares up to Rupert Murdoch. He's a very shrewd operator and has seen off OnDigital/ITV digital and more recently Setanta over their sports deals.

Was the spat between Sky and Virgin many months (years?) ago over charging for channels ever resolved?

If Ofcom had any teeth, or indeed balls, they'd force Sky to split up and separate the content from the distribution. IMHO, that's the only way to free up Sky's stranglehold of the TV market.