[mythtvnz] [Fwd: Sky Television: Infringement of rights]

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
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> From: "Aaron Whitehouse" <lists at whitehouse.org.nz>
> To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] [Fwd: Sky Television: Infringement of rights]
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>> Steve Hodge wrote:
>>
>>> It does seem backward to me though as the EPG/SkyWatch is simply an
>>> enabler for their core business which is getting people to watch TV.
>>
>> The economics change dramatically when you consider that Sky are now in
>> the PVR market. MySky provides great lock-in, so it becomes a valuable
>> asset. The more that Sky can prevent anyone else giving decent access to
>> Sky programs on a PVR, the more people with Sky will get a MySky and
>> will stay on Sky (among other reasons, to avoid losing their MySky).
>>
>
> You are (somewhat independently) alluding to what I've been wondering, that is whether the commerce commission might be persuaded to
> investigate whether this action is with adequate basis and / or might constitute an anti competitive action?
>
> The Fair Trading Act may well be relevant - but not as might have been suggested.

In what way?

>
> I also understand one of the commerce commission's investigation hurdle criteria is the volume of complaints received.
>
> Before anyone gets too pessimistic that such an approach is unlikely to bear fruit I am reliably informed that a prominent
> technology company was recently issued with a compliance advice notice regarding the information they need to give consumers - all
> to do with a topic dear to our hearts - HD TV.
>
> The commerce commission might well be worth communicating with.
>
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