ONDIGITAL TO FIGHT SKY'S PRICE HIKE

ONDIGITAL, the terrestrial and interactive services platform, have called on the Office of Fair Trading to investigate Sky’s plans to raise prices for their basic sports and movie channels by up to £4 a month.
ONdigital believe the increases are unjustifiable and are an abuse of Sky’s dominant position in the provision of sports and movie channels.
Stuart Prebble, CEO of ONdigital, said: “I am writing to the Director General of Fair Trading, John Vickers to request that he uses his powers to block this price rise or at the very least delays any price rise until he has completed the review he is currently undertaking of Sky. I’m sure that MPs will also want to look into this latest example of Sky’s abuse of its dominant position. It’s pretty extraordinary that while it is still under investigation by the OFT, Sky should try to force through huge price rises of up to 40 per cent, on their, and our customers.”
ONdigital have said they are unwilling to accept that their principal competitor and supplier can unilaterally tell them how much they must pay, without any negotiation or agreement.