FT: BSkyB in climbdown on iPlayer

“Today’s news . . . is not without irony, given the steady stream of anti-BBC spin we’ve heard from the pay-TV operator over the years,” said Nick Thomas, principal analyst for TV and digital media at Informa Telecoms & Media.

“But Sky has always been a deeply pragmatic company, and the nominal threats from new OTT providers such as Netflix have caused it to put aside its ideological differences with its old enemy, and ensure that its customers don’t desert their pay TV service.”