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Old 06-11-2012, 17:46   #1381
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Yes it is but they will charge the earth for it thats for sure.
Maybe, i guess we will have to wait
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Old 06-11-2012, 20:09   #1382
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion

I'm sure I read somewhere it was going to be a charge of £10 a day!
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Old 06-11-2012, 20:26   #1383
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I'm sure I read somewhere it was going to be a charge of £10 a day!
Thats utterly ridiculous and is more akin to loan skark rates.
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Old 07-11-2012, 13:23   #1384
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I bet it'll be £30 for 1-4 & F1, as it is on TalkTalk Player (YouView) with the same SD only restriction.
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Old 07-11-2012, 13:39   #1385
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion

I can see monthly access being around £21.00 similar to a Sky Sports sub on the Sky platform.
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Old 07-11-2012, 13:54   #1386
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I can see monthly access being around £21.00 similar to a Sky Sports sub on the Sky platform.
Given that is what they've done with film pricing (similar price to satellite price), that makes sense to me.
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Old 07-11-2012, 14:19   #1387
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I can see monthly access being around £21.00 similar to a Sky Sports sub on the Sky platform.
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Given that is what they've done with film pricing (similar price to satellite price), that makes sense to me.
I agree
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Old 09-11-2012, 00:37   #1388
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New HD Channel testing on Sky HD.

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...0&postcount=13
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Old 09-11-2012, 00:46   #1389
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I'd rather have Paint Drying HD.
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l would not watch that rubbish even if it was offered to me for nothing.
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Old 09-11-2012, 11:41   #1391
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I never thought i would see the day when that channel appears in HD

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l would not watch that rubbish even if it was offered to me for nothing.
I bet you would Mr Den
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I never thought i would see the day when that channel appears in HD



I bet you would Mr Den
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Old 09-11-2012, 19:19   #1393
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Waste of space. Like others on here I won`t be watching it either
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BSkyB strikes deal with Universal for exclusive movie rights

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If Sky continue to buy all these rights one surely can see another investigation is not far off as Sky seems hell bent on monopolising the film market to their own ends.
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