Ofcom in 2011: Effective competition in pay-TV and spectrum clearance

January 10, 2011 09.13 Europe/London By
Ofcom Riverside House

Ofcom has published its draft annual plan for the 12 months ahead, promising fair and effective competition in the delivery of pay-TV services, and the sell off of spectrum created through the Digital Dividend. The regulator has said that following last year’s Wholesale Must Offer imposed on BSkyB, requiring it to offer Sky Sports 1 [...]

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Ofcom allows CAM reception of Sky Sports

December 15, 2010 19.32 Europe/London By

Third party platforms including Top Up TV will be able to distribute the Sky Sports channels without the use of a set-top box following an Ofcom decision.

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Real Digital granted ‘Me too’ access to Sky Sports

November 10, 2010 09.48 Europe/London By
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Real Digital has won its fight to be included in Ofcom’s wholesale must offer (WMO) obligation for the carriage of Sky Sports 1 and 2. Real plans to launch an alternative digital satellite TV service in late January 2011 offering carriage to channels already using the 28 degrees East position. BSkyB is already obliged to [...]

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Sky Movie rights face Ofcom WMO

August 4, 2010 08.36 Europe/London By

Sky faces further regulation of its premium content after Ofcom confirmed plans to refer the sale of pay-TV movie rights to the Competition Commission.

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Top Up TV to add Sky Sports

July 21, 2010 10.16 Europe/London By

Top Up TV has joined the battle for the premium sports viewer with the announcement that it will add Sky Sports 1 and 2 to its terrestrial platform from August 2. The statement follows similar announcements from BT, whose terrestrial capacity will be used by the premium service. At £22.99 (€27) per month for one [...]

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Freesat mulls pay-TV subscriptions

July 19, 2010 09.00 Europe/London By

Freesat is looking to take advantage of Ofcom’s Wholesale Must Offer rules, offering a pay-TV package, even though many of its set-top boxes don’t feature the necessary conditional access smart card slot.

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