Ofcom enquiry into Sky's Digital TV Dominance.

Ofcom, the communications watchdog is to examine Sky's dominance of digital TV in the UK to see if Sky have “the incentive to make their premium content, such as sports and movies, available to other retailers and other platform operators”.

This could be a good move for other digital TV operators such as Setanta and Virgin, and might mean that Sky will have to offer their channels to the other TV companies for less than they currently charge. It might also mean that other digital TV companies will find it easier to start up.

Ofcom will investigate further, especially Sky's policy of selling Sports and Movies to subscribers who take the basic channel options. They will finally decide at the end of next year when their investigation ends and they might refer it to the competition commission.

So it will be a while yet before we will know if it will result in lower prices or more choice. In the meantime we will continue to list details of special offers and discounts for Setanta, Sky and Virgin Media