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Figure 51 Abstract of Sky negotiations with BT Vision, Orange, TUTV and Virgin
Media 2006 - 2009
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Abstract of Sky negotiations with BT Vision, Orange, TUTV and Virgin Media 2006 –
2009 (Continued)
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6.42 Furthermore, there is no evidence from Sky’s negotiations with third parties or its
internal correspondence that it has considered offering a lower price in order to
encourage take-up. [ � ].
6.43 [ � ] in Figure 52. [ � ] 378 , [ � ] 379 . [ � ].
Figure 52
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References to pricing in Sky negotiations with BT Vision and Orange
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Setanta as a supplier of wholesale channels.
6.47 Our Second Pay TV Consultation compared the availability of Sky’s Core Premium
channels via other retailers with that of Setanta.
6.48 Following the auction in 2006 for rights to FAPL coverage for three seasons from
2007 / 2008, Setanta owned the rights to one third of the available live FAPL
matches. It was the second player in the market for the wholesale of Core Premium
Sports channels.
6.49 There are several reasons why we might expect Setanta to wholesale in a more
platform-neutral manner than Sky:
� Setanta was vertically integrated to some extent, in that it operated both as a
wholesale supplier of premium channels and as a retailer of those channels.
However, unlike Sky, Setanta was not vertically integrated with a platform
business.
378 [ � ]; Sky response dated 9 Apr 2009 to Ofcom information request dated 20 Mar 2009, question
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