In that market, the big ticket is sports, and the big ticket in UK sports is the Premiership League of what some hereabouts call "metric football." In the U.S., we have much more varied sports draws, including three competing sports with generally non-competitive viewing seasons. It's not as easy when the "crown jewels" is only one jewel. I've learned this on this list, from others who at one time commented regularly before, well, before one not-so-intelligent voice became the predominant one. So, not only was bert not listening, but "others" tell me they've left the list because, well, bert was not listening and tried to make up for it by talking more. John Willkie, who's "up for the struggle" -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Manfredi, Albert E Enviado el: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:37 AM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Ofcom opens consultation on Sky's DTT plan "'For example, if as a result of Sky's position in the wholesale provision of sports and movies channels, Sky were to emerge as the main retailer of pay TV services not only on the satellite platform but also on DTT, other providers of pay TV services may find it more difficult to enter the market. This may not be in the long term interest of consumers,' said Ofcom." I don't follow that. It would seem, on the contrary, that if these three or four pay programs on DTT succeed, then perhaps there is a future in pay-TV OTA, and others would jump in. Some would make it, some would fail, as the quality and quantity of by-subscription OTA channels finds its equilibrium. My gut feeling is that Sky will lose most of its OTA customers by doing this, so we'll see. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.