Judges force Sky to offer sports channels to BT On Wednesday, the tribunal published an interim ruling saying that while it considers the case, Sky Sports 1 and 2 should be made available on BT's YouView boxes. Until now, only users of BT's legacy TV system, BT Vision, have been able to access Sky Sports due to a deal agreed before BT entered Sky's territory by buying the rights to 38 Premier League games a season two years ago. Once BT started to offer its customers YouView boxes in 2012, it had emerged as a competitor to Sky, and the broadcaster refused to offer it the channels. Ofcom is currently reviewing sports broadcasters" requirements to sell on their channels to reflect how BT has shaken up the market. When the regulator made its decision in 2010, the company was yet to enter the sports broadcasting battle, a development that has pushed up the cost of acquiring rights. This remedy remains essential to address the significant competition concerns with Sky's supply of its channels. We look forward to being able to offer these channels to our YouView customers very shortly," a BT spokesman said. It is expected to take around two months for the channels to be available. Sky said: "Today's judgment is a purely interim measure with no impact on the ongoing legal process. Ofcom itself is reviewing [the wholesale obligation] in light of market developments and we continue to believe that this unwarranted obligation should be removed entirely. Ed Richards, Ofcom's outgoing chief executive, said: "Today's ruling paves the way for more top sports to be available on another TV service and supports competition and innovation in the communications sector as we originally intended."