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Analoguesat · 12-01-07, 10:49 PM

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says that it has reached a provisional view on the issue of jurisdiction concerning the purchase of a 17.9 per cent stake in terrestrial commercial broadcaster ITV by British Sky Broadcasting. The OFT believes that it may be the case that a relevant merger situation has been created since Sky and ITV may have come under common control for the purposes of the Enterprise Act 2002 as a result of Sky acquiring material influence over ITV.

The OFT is therefore issuing a formal invitation to comment with respect to the transaction. It is inviting interested third parties to submit any further views they have on jurisdiction and whether the merger situation identified above may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services that warrants reference to the Competition Commission. The closing date for comments is 25 January 2007.

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BGonaSTICK · 12-01-07, 11:38 PM

Do we count as 'interested third parties'?

I'm quite interested...

Analoguesat · 13-01-07, 12:14 AM

I doubt the avrage viwer would be very important, but if enough folks put a complaint in maybe someone will listen...

12-01-07, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	UK Office of Fair Trading seeks comments on Sky/ITV business relationship The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says that it has reached a provisional view on the issue of jurisdiction concerning the purchase of a 17.9 per cent stake in terrestrial commercial broadcaster ITV by British Sky Broadcasting. The OFT believes that it may be the case that a relevant merger situation has been created since Sky and ITV may have come under common control for the purposes of the Enterprise Act 2002 as a result of Sky acquiring material influence over ITV. The OFT is therefore issuing a formal invitation to comment with respect to the transaction. It is inviting interested third parties to submit any further views they have on jurisdiction and whether the merger situation identified above may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services that warrants reference to the Competition Commission. The closing date for comments is 25 January 2007. Media Network __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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13-01-07, 12:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: UK Office of Fair Trading seeks comments on Sky/ITV business relationship I doubt the avrage viwer would be very important, but if enough folks put a complaint in maybe someone will listen... __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!