In the ongoing dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media, Sky's chief executive, James Murdoch, is unsurprisingly supporting the potential takeover of the Virgin Media company by the Carlyle Group.
The clash concerns Sky's reluctance to let Virgin Media broadcast its basic channels over Virgin's cable network. According to James Murdoch, a change in management might see Virgin Media "engage in a more real way".
Sky's basic channels, including Sky One and Sky News, haven't been available to Virgin media's 3.3m cable customers since the beginning of March after a failure to strike a deal over carriage fees.
"We have been trying to engage with Virgin's management over a resolution for our basics channels ... [we are] ready to meet in the middle," said Murdoch.
"Perhaps new leadership would engage in a more real way. We would like to have a more productive relationship with current management ... but if it takes new management, so be it," Mr Murdoch added.
Sky "remained hopeful" of striking a deal to get its basic channels back on Virgin Media's cable TV network, but that there had been "no meaningful response" to the last offer the company made. Sky claims this would have meant a like-for-like increase of just 6% in the cost of carrying its basic channels.
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The Guardian
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