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Submitted: March 15, 2012 - 8:23am
Last updated: April 4, 2012 - 11:55am
Last updated: April 4, 2012 - 11:55am
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Financial Times
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Tim Bradshaw
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UK Competition Commission, Southampton Row Victoria House, London, WC1B 4AD, United Kingdom
UK regulators examining British Sky Broadcasting’s position in the pay-TV movies market have expanded the scope of their investigation to include online providers such as Netflix and Lovefilm.
The Competition Commission said in provisional findings last August that BSkyB’s “control” over film rights was “restricting competition between pay-TV providers, leading to higher prices and reduced choice for subscribers”. At that time, its definition of the market included rivals such as BT and Virgin Media but not online video services.
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