Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
01-02-2017, 01:15
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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The deal settled upon appears to involve Sky paying the lower carriage costs that they wanted, but with some other tweaks eg Sky taking back the TLC slot and putting Pick on there and more freedom for Discovery to run their business as they see fit.
Apparently, Pick is moving to 125, Challenge to 152 and TLC to 145.
Both parties are claiming victory, so I suspect, to reflect the fact that Discovery are being paid less than what they wanted, Sky have agreed to allow Discovery to have the increased control and flexibility that has been mentioned.
I suspect that this involves allowing them to make some of their channels FTA and have a suspicion that this is how UKTV managed to get Really, Drama and Yesterday onto Freesat.
As part of their contingency plans, Sky threw some money at PBS America to make some documentary programmes, which Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media customers will all be able to enjoy
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01-02-2017, 08:09
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
I was confused about the PBS America deal, but this clarifies it..
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sky-...al-1201974511/
Stephen van Rooyen, CEO of Sky for the UK and Ireland, meanwhile, made a point of noting that Sky also struck a new deal with PBS America to provide similar lifestyle, nature, science and documentary programming that Discovery channels carry.
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
The deal settled upon appears to involve Sky paying the lower carriage costs that they wanted, but with some other tweaks eg Sky taking back the TLC slot and putting Pick on there and more freedom for Discovery to run their business as they see fit.
Apparently, Pick is moving to 125, Challenge to 152 and TLC to 145.
Both parties are claiming victory, so I suspect, to reflect the fact that Discovery are being paid less than what they wanted, Sky have agreed to allow Discovery to have the increased control and flexibility that has been mentioned.
I suspect that this involves allowing them to make some of their channels FTA and have a suspicion that this is how UKTV managed to get Really, Drama and Yesterday onto Freesat.
As part of their contingency plans, Sky threw some money at PBS America to make some documentary programmes, which Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media customers will all be able to enjoy
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I hope you are right about that last bit, Richard. The scope of the agreement with PBS America is not yet clear and it may only impact on Sky satellite subscribers. Watch this space...
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01-02-2017, 08:29
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
Not sure the PBS America deal would have adequately replaced the potentially lost Discovery channels though.
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01-02-2017, 08:52
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Not sure the PBS America deal would have adequately replaced the potentially lost Discovery channels though.
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True but then if we are talking factual in my opinion PBS is night and day better , the majority of the Discovery content these days is reality rubbish.
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01-02-2017, 09:14
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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True but then if we are talking factual in my opinion PBS is night and day better , the majority of the Discovery content these days is reality rubbish.
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Yes l agree PBS does have some good factual content that is for sure and although l am not a reality fan there are many who are MM.
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01-02-2017, 09:24
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
Richard, no need ot post the same message in three different threads. Just post what is relevent to that discussion.
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01-02-2017, 09:51
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
Well, that's all a big surprise (not).
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Willing to bet they don't disappear on Sky at all. There'll be a last minute deal etc etc. All brinkmanship over money and seeing who'll blink first. Bet Discovery do, Skys bullying and money usually holds sway.
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01-02-2017, 10:16
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Well, that's all a big surprise (not).
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You will make a Mystic Meg yet then Mr K.
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01-02-2017, 11:10
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
Good! I was getting fed up with the intrusive rolling message..
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01-02-2017, 11:37
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Not sure the PBS America deal would have adequately replaced the potentially lost Discovery channels though.
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Not unless there would have been PBS1,2,3, etc! If that was their intention and it's still going ahead on that basis, I think VM will be left only with its existing PBS channel, good though that is.
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01-02-2017, 11:44
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Not unless there would have been PBS1,2,3, etc! If that was their intention and it's still going ahead on that basis, I think VM will be left only with its existing PBS channel, good though that is.
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Somehow l think OB you are clutching at straws to think they were going to possibly launch PBS1,2,3.
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Somehow l think OB you are clutching at straws to think they were going to possibly launch PBS1,2,3.
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It's just a on demand deal with SKY providing additional content to PBS, nothing will be affected except SKY and maybe vm will get od content from PBS and the PBS channel will get more documentaries.
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01-02-2017, 15:06
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Somehow l think OB you are clutching at straws to think they were going to possibly launch PBS1,2,3.
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I don't know what they were proposing, but the existing channel is already packed with good content, so where would all this new stuff go?
Theone is probably right to suggest it will all be OD content, but either way, there is nothing I've read yet to suggest that VM viewers will benefit from it.
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01-02-2017, 15:09
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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I don't know what they were proposing, but the existing channel is already packed with good content, so where would all this new stuff go?
Theone is probably right to suggest it will all be OD content, but either way, there is nothing I've read yet to suggest that VM viewers will benefit from it.
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Indeed from what l have read OB VM will not benefit at all.
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01-02-2017, 16:53
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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True but then if we are talking factual in my opinion PBS is night and day better , the majority of the Discovery content these days is reality rubbish.
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Have to agree there ,although i do watch a lot of discovery stuff it is getting so that it all seems to blur into the same stuff .PBS is good stuff but could do with being HD.
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Well, that's all a big surprise (not).
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Fairly certain i got it right first nar nar
I had no fears of it being turned ,too much to be lost by both parties
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