Virgin Media, Inc. v Office of Communications
Case number:
1156/8/3/10 Registered: 28/5/2010
Status:
Summary of appeal published on 8 June 2010. By an Order dated 8 June 2010, the time for making a request for permission to intervene was abridged until 21 June 2010.
A case management conference took place on 25 June 2010, at which RFL (Governing Body) Ltd, Top Up TV Europe Ltd, The Football Association Ltd, Freesat (UK) Ltd, Rugby Football Union, The Football League Ltd, PGA European Tour, England and Wales Cricket Board were granted permission to intervene. Virgin Media, Inc., The Football Association Premier League, British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and British Telecommunications plc were also granted permission to intervene in each of the appeals, save their own. The President’s Ruling in respect of certain requests for permission to intervene and the extent of the additional undertaking which the BT in-house lawyers should provide as a pre-condition of their membership of the proposed confidentiality ring was also handed down on 25 June 2010. The President also made an Order on 25 June 2010 establishing the timetable for the future course of the appeals.
On 29 June 2010 the President made an Order establishing a confidentiality ring for the exchange of confidential information between the external and certain internal advisers of all the parties.
A further case management conference took place on 6 October 2010 and a pre-hearing review took place on 23 March 2011. On 25 March 2011, the Tribunal ordered that Cases No. 1170/8/3/10 (“the STB appeal”) and 1179/8/3/11 (“the CAM appeal”) be heard together with Cases No. 1156-1159/3/3/10 (“the Pay TV appeals”) to the extent described in the Tribunal’s Order.
The appeals in Cases 1156/8/3/10, 1157/8/3/10, 1158/8/3/10 and 1159/8/3/10 were heard together between 9 May 2011 and 15 July 2011. Judgment is pending.
Diary events for this case:
- There are currently no forthcoming diary events for this case.
- Order of the Tribunal (Transcription services - extension)
PDF 18/5/2011 26KB - Order of the Tribunal (Transcription services)
PDF 13/5/2011 62KB - Order of the Tribunal (Composite confidentiality ring)
PDF 31/3/2011 157KB - Order of the President (Case management)
PDF 25/3/2011 64KB - Transcript of pre-hearing review
PDF 23/3/2011 522KB - Order of the Tribunal (Timetable)
PDF 24/1/2011 24KB - Order of the Tribunal (Composite confidentiality ring)
PDF 25/11/2010 61KB - Order of the Tribunal (Hearing window)
PDF 6/10/2010 24KB - Transcript of case management conference
PDF 6/10/2010 76KB - Order of the Tribunal (Confidentiality ring)
PDF 29/6/2010 43KB - Order of the Tribunal (Future course of proceedings)
PDF 29/6/2010 27KB - Ruling (Interventions, confidentiality, and permission to appeal)
PDF 25/6/2010 60KBSummary - Transcript of case management conference
PDF 25/6/2010 188KB - Order of the Tribunal (abridging time for requesting permission to intervene)
PDF 8/6/2010 19KB - Summary of appeal
PDF 8/6/2010 41KB
