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Old 09-04-2012, 15:16   #1
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Netflix set to fight sky over film deals

The Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday that Netflix has called on the Competition Commission to abandon its investigation into Sky's exclusive movie deals with the six major Hollywood studios because it wants to compete with Sky for these deals.

I think the Competition Commission should press ahead and ban the practice of having exclusivity deals that are deliberately designed to restrict the ability of other platforms to gain access to those films or TV shows.

The alternative would be that Netflix would get deals with some of the channels and Sky with the others. We would then have to subscribe to both in order to see all the films. That only means one thing for the customer - added expense!

If exclusivity deals were outlawed, we could choose between Netflix and Sky, and guess which would be cheaper! A lot cheaper, with Neflix subscriptions currently at £5.99 per month (although that would increase for more up to date material). However, it is bound to be less than Sky's prices!

If this came about, all the posts that Virgin Media viewers send about missing out on Sky Atlantic would stop in a trice, because we would simply view the programmes we wanted through Netflix.

I think Rupert Murdoch needs to think very carefully about continuing to deny VM viewers the programmes they want to see because we will surely turn their backs on Sky as soon as we get the opportunity after the way we have been treated by that company.
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