http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11739334

sky merger delayed, interesting this part

In its letter, the commission's competition manager Katie Rusbatch said the regulator was concerned because: The merged business would have "substantial market power by virtue of its portfolio of content, including premium content such as live rugby";

I see in the UK there was similar issues with dominance of sky in premium live sports.

As a result of its recent investigation into the pay-TV market, Ofcom decided that Sky should be required to sell some of its premium sports channels, including Sky Sports 1 and 2, on a wholesale basis at a fair price to enable others, like BT and Virgin, to compete effectively. It is therefore possible now for non-Sky subscription holders to view these premium channels if they subscribe to BT Vision or Virgin Media.
This requirement on Sky was imposed as a result of Sky's "market power” in relation to the supply of premium sports channels

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2...mpetition-law/

wonder if comcom has power to enforce, can impose restriction on sky to make them offer fair wholesale arrangements to other telcos for premium sport, would level the playing field more?

also would still allow spark to partner with tvnz for other tv programming? have sky/vodaph vrs spark/tvnz with premium sport available to everyone from every platform at fair price? duopolies seem the norm in NZ don't they lol interesting times for the Telco and media industries