The European Union has given British Interactive Broadcasting, the joint venture formed by BT, BSkyB, Midland Bank and Matsushita to provide digital TV interactive services, the all-clear to launch later this year.
BiB was forced, however, to make concessions on a number of issues. The most important is that BiB must allow third parties access to its subsidised set-top boxes and the software needed to create and run interactive services.
BT has also agreed to sell-off its cable TV interests in Westminster and Milton Keynes as the EU felt the ownership, in conjunction with a stake in BiB, would raise competition issues.
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