Ofcom's action is therefore potentially bad news for BT, which relies on the rules to offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 to via its Vision set-top box, the technology used by the majority of its 900,000 television customers.
On the other hand, technology has also changed since 2010 and the review could come out in BT's favour. The current regime does not force let it sell the Sky Sports channels via its latest set-top box.
If Ofcom decides to extend the rules to cover more modern technology it would make BT's latest television packages more attractive to households who want Sky Sports.
BT said on Wednesday that it welcomed a review of 2010 rules and said it hoped stronger rules would be imposed against BSkyB.
A spokesman said: “[The current obligation] is an important tool given Sky’s dominance of the pay-TV market and we hope it will result in appropriate obligations on Sky so that consumers can benefit.”
Ofcom’s original decision is the subject of a long-running legal dispute that BSkyB has taken to the Supreme Court. The regulator had been due to review the rules last year but said it had been delayed by legal arguments over its jurisdiction, which were not settled until February.
The rules do not force BSkyB to let BT sell Sky Sports via its YouView set-top box, which had not been introduced in 2010.
BT has already cried foul to Ofcom under the Competition Act, alleging that BSkyB is abusing its dominance to damage a rival. The regulator is currently considering that complaint separately.
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