Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

Yes, I agree with you, muppetman. Conventional pay tv operators are pricing themselves out of the market. Streaming services will replace them, and hopefully the cost of watching live sport will reduce significantly as a result.

Netflix certainly provides excellent value for money as far as films and TV series are concerned. If they can achieve a similar reduction in the price of sport, then at last, the consumer will have won out.

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Looking on sky sports page about what programmes are on, every programme has a channel name (e.g. Sky Sports 1) up until 18th July when everything listed after that just says Sky Sports.

So if they're going to switch it all on the 18th, I would have thought that this would be explained ahead of the change.

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There will be "press releases" very soon to explain what is happening.

The illusion of choice will introduce savings for some subscribers.

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So the usual Sky , the majority will either pay the same or more with very little flexibility.

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

The same or less, unless a further price rise is announced or they are averse to minimum term contracts.

It will depend on what sports they want to watch.

The business priority will continue to be for people to have FULL Sports anyway.

If you just watch Golf, Cricket, Tennis, WWE, Rugby League, Darts, F1 or Premier League football then their will be opportunities to pay less, but if you watch more than one of these then you'd be better having it all. Details due to be out tomorrow officially so..

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

You have got it in one MM.

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

Why would I pay £18 for one Sport when playing hard ball gets me the lot for half the current full price of £27.50.

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

Because from the 18th July they won't offer that option anymore, officially (I'm sceptical about this TBH).

We're being told all the old offers will end from tomorrow (being applied) for Sky TV customers.

The idea is that TV offers will be the same for existing and new customers.

Whether they'll stick to it in the long term (??)
That's where I'm sceptical!

Press releases are out tomorrow so you'll have confirmation good/bad from then.
No more until it's out officially in terms on confirming/denying details about the changes.

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

We'll see , if someone at Sky believes this will stop the discounting I personally think they are deluded.

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

If sky stop offering discounts I have no doubt that they will lose customers

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Completely agree both Sky and Virgin are now being forced to heavily discount to retain customers.

Re: All change for Sky Sports channels & packages?
 

How rude of you.

As explained, someone I know gave me this information.

Personally, I wouldn't care if VM took off all the sports channels, I only posted this to help others.

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From the Coming Soon thread:

Let's hope MM doesn't make him out to be a liar. Due to past snide remarks, this member is now one of the few left who is prepared to pass on information received from contacts.

---------- Post added at 12:09 ---------- Previous post was at 12:01 ----------

EPG numbers from 18/7/17 now confirmed:

HD

501 - Sky Sports Main Event HD
502 - Sky Sports PL HD
503 - Sky Sports Football HD
504 - Sky Sports Cricket HD
505 - Sky Sports Golf HD
506 - Sky Sports F1 HD
507 - Sky Sports Action HD
508 - Sky Sports Arena HD
509 - Sky Sports News HD
510 - Sky Sports Mix HD

SD

511 - Sky Sports Main Event
512 - Sky Sports PL
513 - Sky Sports Football
514 - Sky Sports Cricket
515 - Sky Sports Golf
516 - Sky Sports F1
517 - Sky Sports Action
518 - Sky Sports Arena
519 - Sky Sports News
520 - Sky Sports Mix

---------- Post added at 13:36 ---------- Previous post was at 12:09 ----------

Some points from the smallprint:

Main Event channel: is a bonus channel showing live content from the other Sky Sports channels at the same time as it is available on such channels. Only available with the Sky Sports Complete Pack.

So if this is 100% simulcasts, and only available to complete pack subscribers, what's the point?

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These likely savings it appears WILL NOT apply to Virgin Media customers! According to James on Virgin's Community forum:
"Virgin Media will continue to offer all of the Sky Sports channels in one combined package, and when taken with our Full House pack we are the only provider where you can get all of the sport on BT Sport and Sky Sports in one package."

https://vmhd.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/...ange-july.html

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If that is the case then it won't be long before they have a mutiny on their hands...