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Consumers want freedom of choice, not dictated viewing patterns. This should have guided the OFT, not media pressure, believes Mike Gorman
I have not read the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report in detail, which caused it to lose a case in the restrictive practices court for the first time in recent history. For me, like many others, full details of the 190-page report by Mr Justice Ferris, will remain a closed book, but I was interested in the case put forward by both parties.
I understand why the OFT thought it was against the public interest to allow the Premier League to sell the rights to its football matches collectively. Of course the viewing public is not able to watch...