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19-03-2015, 17:32
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Fair point, it's a very hefty wedge. My point is more that Sky Sports hasn't suddenly shot up by £6pm and the costs have been distributed across other products.
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Agreed however HD is now more popular than ever just look how many Sky subscribers now take it , a Sky Sports fan with the family bundle is facing a £4 increase some 9 months after the last one with probably more to come at some point with the telecoms side.
I've had subscription TV for many years but now more than ever I'm thinking of ditching the lot , I maybe tempted with a decent discount at contract end but I'm no longer prepared to pay anywhere near full whack.
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20-03-2015, 09:50
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Whack it on other packages and increase Sky Sports modestly. None of this increasing Sky Sports by £6pm from 2016 that so many on here predicted but more a slowly-but-surely approach levied across all services that will get the same revenue but will try and not lose customers.
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The press seem to share my opinion see here
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20-03-2015, 10:21
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
That Daily Mail article has some interesting observations:
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Daily Mail Normally, Sky would announce any price rise in September, however making the announcement then would have coincided with its loss of the TV rights for the Champions League to BT. It would have been obvious to viewers that they were being asked to pay more for less.
The inflation-busting increases will come into effect on June 1 and coincide with the middle of the latest series of Game of Thrones. Fans will effectively have to agree to the higher subscription.
Sky offered a bizarre explanation for the timing of the announcement, claiming it was necessary to comply with regulations imposed by the Advertising Standards Authority. In fact, the ASA has absolutely no role in the timing of such announcements.
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20-03-2015, 10:37
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
They must really think people are thick and their explanation in the last part of the paragraph is just utter ******** in my mind.
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20-03-2015, 10:59
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
To be fair in years past I'd have looked to change but VM and BT are just as bad with their price hikes.
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20-03-2015, 11:16
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l quite agree MM.
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20-03-2015, 14:35
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Dominic West drama The Affair to air on Sky Atlantic.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...r-sky-atlantic
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01-04-2015, 16:14
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
R011 (New Software) is to start being rolled out today
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03-04-2015, 19:57
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Finally a delete all feature in the planner for viewed recordings that I no longer want to keep
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08-04-2015, 06:10
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French giant Vivendi 'considers reach for Sky'
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The French media conglomerate Vivendi is looking at a possible acquisition of pay-TV group Sky, as one of several options to expand the reach of its own TV group Canal Plus, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Vivendi has turned its attention to Sky after reviewing smaller pay-TV targets in Turkey and other fast-growing markets in Europe, one of the sources said.
Sky has a market value of £17.6bn ($26bn) but could cost Vivendi as much as £28bn including debt, the sources said.
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08-04-2015, 07:22
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Personally l think they would be biting off more then they can chew MM.
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09-04-2015, 09:08
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10-04-2015, 11:09
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Is MTV +1 still given out listing after Wednesday on Sky?
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10-04-2015, 12:34
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Is MTV +1 still given out listing after Wednesday on Sky?
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Still showing past Wednesday on the Sky+ app.
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10-04-2015, 12:39
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Still showing past Wednesday on the Sky+ app.
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I was ask via Sky Box.
Thanks anyway look like Viacom did buy an new channel number for the launch of Spike TV and MTV +1 will move to an new channel number.
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