Sky contracts are very one-sided

[Mark39]

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@Vince888 wrote:

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@Mark39 wrote:

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@Vince888 wrote:

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

Note that Ofcom does not have jurisdiction over subscription television pricing.

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Ofcom does have jurisdiction over certain types of subscription contracts, especially concerning transparency and fairness. 

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Not tv, as @TimmyBGood posted.

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Not sure if you guys get facts directly from Ofcom, but the following example proves otherwise:
Ofcom decided that Sky’s pay TV services that rely on satellite transmission fall within the definition of public
electronic communications services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/switching-provider/cw_01254

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That relates specifically to end of contract notification and Sky are still in dispute with OFCOM about the decision.

It has nothing to do with the pricing of tv contracts.

[Vince888]

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@Mark39 wrote:

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@Vince888 wrote:

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@Mark39 wrote:

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@Vince888 wrote:

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

Note that Ofcom does not have jurisdiction over subscription television pricing.

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Ofcom does have jurisdiction over certain types of subscription contracts, especially concerning transparency and fairness. 

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Not tv, as @TimmyBGood posted.

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Not sure if you guys get facts directly from Ofcom, but the following example proves otherwise:
Ofcom decided that Sky’s pay TV services that rely on satellite transmission fall within the definition of public
electronic communications services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/switching-provider/cw_01254

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That relates specifically to end of contract notification and Sky are still in dispute with OFCOM about the decision.

It has nothing to do with the pricing of tv contracts.

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The point was about Ofcom having juristiction on contracts, which this proves it does, otherwise the corts would have thrown it out from the start.

[TimmyBGood]

@Vince888 

Ofcom is claiming that their ruling on end of contract notification extends into subscription television rather than just telecommunications.  The fact remains that provision of subscription television services, being being non-essential, has lighter regulation than broadband and voice calls because that's how the relevant Parliamentary legislation was framed.