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UK: BT calls for Ofcom to probe Sky

By  |  July 9, 2015

John Petter, chief executive of BT’s consumer division, has called on the communications regulator to tackle Sky’s dominance. It comes after Sky called in March for BT to be broken up.

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    Ofcom said as part of its review that it welcomed “evidence and analysis from all parties”.

    It said that its first digital sector review since 2005 was “broader than our telecoms review 10 years ago” and that an update on this work to date would be published later this month.

    In a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild, Mr Petter cited what he said were “high prices and poor outcomes for consumers” arising from a lack of competition in pay-TV.

    “Whereas in the energy market regulators have criticised the Big Six operators, in pay-TV Sky has a 64% share, so there is really only the Big One,” he said.

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