Media regulator OfCom has cleared BSkyB of any wrongdoing after independent youth channel Rapture TV claimed the satellite network was breaching its regulatory obligations in the fees it demanded to be listed on the Sky electronic programme guide. Rapture's owners said that the £76,800 Sky charged them to be listed on the EPG was "unduly high" given the company's annual turnover is under £150,000. But in a draft decision, OfCom have said that they believe that Sky were "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" in reaching the price they charged the independent broadcaster. The regulator is now inviting responses to the draft ruling before reaching a final decision.
Feb 15, 2007
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Ofcom say Sky not wrong in Rapture rates
Ofcom has provisionally found BSkyB's fees to list youth channel Rapture TV on its EPG were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory.