This week

摘要

The Competition Commission was expected to advise the government that BSkyB should reduce its stake in ITV to less than 10 per cent, according to the FinancialTimes. The BBC said it would oppose plans to make some of the licence fee available to other broadcasters. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, was rumoured to be interested in acquiring Virgin Media's share of its UKTV joint venture. Commercial broadcaster Channel 4 and Luxe TV, the "luxury" lifestyle channel based in Luxembourg, both launched high-definition services on Sky Digital. ESPN, the US sports network owned by Disney, admitted interest in bidding for the rights to Premier League football. Ofcom expressed concerns over shortcomings in the service provided by Openreach, the BT subsidiary that rents network capacity to BT's competitors. Ofcom published plans to auction licenses for L-band spectrum, which could be used for mobile television.The regulator has also assumed control for regulation premium-rate telephony from PhonepayPlus.