BT has won a court battle to force a review of Ofcom's Sky wholesale TV pricing decision, reports The Guardian. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled in summer 2012 that the grounds for Ofcom's decision to force British Sky Broadcasting to lower the fees it charges rivals to carry Sky Sports were "unfounded".
This decision was challenged by BT and the Court of Appeal has now ruled that the CAT failed to properly investigate the issue of the level of discounts that Sky claimed it gave rivals on the rate card price for Sky Sports channels.
In a statement, Ofcom said that it welcomed the Court of Appeals decision that the CAT failed properly to consider Ofcom's findings that there was ineffective competition in the market, insisting that its objective has always been fair and effective competition in the pay-TV market.
