Sky has kicked in a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading and communications regulator Ofcom in an attempt to kill off YouView and its plans for free on-demand internet TV. Sky has reportedly fired a flurry of complaints about competition concerns to the regulators…

Sky is thought to have argued that the partners behind YouView – including the BBC, ITV, , Channel 4, Five, BT, TalkTalk and Arquiva – will gain an unfair advantage by launching the service.

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The Sky complaint could mean the Ofcom investigation into YouView (previously called Project Canvas) will be delayed while it considers the new submission.

Sky isn’t making its YouView complaint public but it’s clear that it sees the service as a direct threat to its own on demand services. Other firms including Virgin Media have also attacked YouView.

Out TBC | £TBC | YouView (via The Telegraph)

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  • themoshman

    It's sometimes difficult to accept it when you become obsolete thanks to more modern ways of doing things.

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    yeah, I just can't believe it. its hard to accept that.

  • http://twitter.com/SocialistSully Angelus Sullivan

    Sky have a cheek throwing their toys out of the pram and crying about unfair competition. Murdoch already owns 70% of the British media and wants more.

    Paywalls are failing and once services like these get the go ahead Sky and VM will shit themselves. The internet is slowly killing Murdoch and his business model. HOOZAH!

  • surethom

    Poor Sky not getting its way & not liking Free, get a life Sky, if we did not have competition & some free services your would charge even more ridicules prices than you currently do.

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    I agree with you Themoshman its some times difficult for us when we become obsolete.

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    I think Sky has reportedly fired a flurry of complaints about competition concerns to the regulator.

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      Murdoch already owns 70% of the British media and wants more.

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