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European competition regulators have launched an investigation into the exclusive deals pay-TV companies such as BSkyB have with the major Hollywood film studios.
The European Commission said that it intends to look into the "restrictions" in agreements between film studios and pay-TV companies that grant "absolute territorial exclusivity".
Only seems to relate to using your subscription whilst abroad according to that article , for example a Sky (UK) subscriber can't watch their subscribed content whilst abroad in Spain , I'm sure many would welcome changes to this current stipulation.