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Submission by the Office of Telecommunications to the Office of Fair Trading review of the pay-TV market Layout image
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CONTENTS:

Summary and Preface

Submission

Section 1: CONTEXT - COMPETITIONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TELEVISION SERVICES

  • Competition in telecommunications
  • Long term prospects for cable
  • Competition in television services

Section 2: MARKET ANALYSIS

  • Market definitions Sky's market position
  • Issues of concern

Section 3: NETWORK ACCESS

Section 4: THE RATE CARD

  • Comparative wholesale pricing
  • The DTH-wholesale price link
  • The pay/basic ratio and other aspects of the rate card
  • Channel carriage discount

Section 5: SECURITY OF SUPPLY AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL ISSUES

  • Security of supply Advertising

Section 6: CHANNEL PACKAGING ISSUES

  • Terms of supply for Sky channels
  • Terms of supply for third party channels

Section 7: CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY OF POSSIBLE REMEDIES


Annex: OTHER QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE ISSUES PAPER

  • Impact of technological developments
  • Conditional access
  • Impact of pay-per-view
  • Intellectual property rights

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