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Mad Max 20-10-2015 23:21
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TV in the bedroom, deary me guys, haven't you anything better to do..........:D

mike_gain 21-10-2015 14:48
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Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35804353)
I have a Fire TV stick in the bedroom. Great for watching Netflix and Prime plus iPlayer works really well. Great to see UKPlay being added. Cancelled the SKY multiroom box months ago. Saving us £135 per year. That pretty much covers the cost of Amazon Prime and Netflix. We're no worse off but prefer on demand in the bedroom rather than linear TV. Bought the new NOW TV box the other day with 3 months entertainment pass. Pretty much the exact same as the old box but run much quicker. Keeping the 3 month pass until February when my SKY TV deal runs out. Will do what I always do. Cancel TV and wait to see what they offer to come back. For the first time ever I'm not too bothered if they don't come back with a good deal i.e. 50% off for a year. I think my wife has finally come around to the idea that Freeview + Netflix + Prime + Now TV is just as good, if not better than having SKY on it's own.
I think that's a common patter now. A few years ago I never would have predicted that my parents would be ditching Sky and opting for a Freeview/Now TV/Netflix/Amazon combo but that's what they're doing as soon as their Sky contract is up.

Have to admit I'm looking very closely at my Virgin TV subscription i.e. what we watch and where else I could get it from. Times are a changing.

OLD BOY 21-10-2015 15:54
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Originally Posted by mike_gain (Post 35804427)
I think that's a common patter now. A few years ago I never would have predicted that my parents would be ditching Sky and opting for a Freeview/Now TV/Netflix/Amazon combo but that's what they're doing as soon as their Sky contract is up.

Have to admit I'm looking very closely at my Virgin TV subscription i.e. what we watch and where else I could get it from. Times are a changing.
That is precisely why VM need to get their act together with the streaming services available on Tivo.

mike_gain 21-10-2015 16:20
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35804436)
That is precisely why VM need to get their act together with the streaming services available on Tivo.
Why? Why not just let other suppliers make the technoloy to stream the content....they can still flog their network capacity to support an uptake in broadband usage. Perhaps that's where they see the profits in the future i.e. having the infrastructure to help their customers and other broadband providers meet the increased streaming demand.

theone2k10 21-10-2015 17:58
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35804436)
That is precisely why VM need to get their act together with the streaming services available on Tivo.
The TIVO struggles with iplayer and Netflix last thing this generation one needs is more apps.

muppetman11 21-10-2015 18:23
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Google Play Music seems like it could be a good offering with this news especially considering they are also due to launch a family option.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34596219

mike_gain 21-10-2015 18:26
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Originally Posted by theone2k10 (Post 35804462)
The TIVO struggles with iplayer and Netflix last thing this generation one needs is more apps.
The box doesn't struggle, more the infrastructure around some boxes.

OLD BOY 21-10-2015 22:51
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Originally Posted by mike_gain (Post 35804445)
Why? Why not just let other suppliers make the technoloy to stream the content....they can still flog their network capacity to support an uptake in broadband usage. Perhaps that's where they see the profits in the future i.e. having the infrastructure to help their customers and other broadband providers meet the increased streaming demand.
And that would cost us all more, of course!

muppetman11 22-10-2015 06:14
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Disney launches dedicated subscription streaming service to rival Netflix in UK

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a6702616.html

denphone 22-10-2015 08:19
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Pricey one would say....

mike_gain 22-10-2015 08:55
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35804534)
Pricey one would say....
One might also say Rip off.

If Sky hadn't just signed a deal with Disney and the latter were keeping all their stuff for their own service then yeah maybe subscribing to a Disney streaming service could be seen as worth it. However we'll just stick with Sky Movies on the Now TV box, we won't get the book or songs but
a) my kids prefer reading real books
b) my kids are more into bands like Bad Religion, Iron Maiden and Queen which I doubt Disney will be offering.

passingbat 22-10-2015 09:02
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Which means the Disney deal that Netflix have in the US, starting 2016, definitely won't be applicable to the UK.

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The Mouse also owns the rights to all Marvel Studio films and LucasFilm (Star Wars), but these will not feature on the service straight away. Iger added, however, that DisneyLife could expand to include these.
I'm guessing this means that they will not renew current contracts with other UK on demand services that currently have these films, when they expire.

Does Sky have any of this content available via the Now TV movie sub? [Edit: Mike just answered that one]

mike_gain 22-10-2015 09:05
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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35804536)
Which means the Disney deal that Netflix have in the US, starting 2016, definitely won't be applicable to the UK.



I'm guessing this means that they will not renew current contracts with other UK on demand services that currently have these films, when they expire.

Does Sky have any of this content available via the Now TV movie sub?
Yes, they've got both Lucas Film content and Marvel Content but not all the content e.g. not all captain America films

muppetman11 22-10-2015 10:28
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Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35804536)
Which means the Disney deal that Netflix have in the US, starting 2016, definitely won't be applicable to the UK.

I'm guessing this means that they will not renew current contracts with other UK on demand services that currently have these films, when they expire.

Does Sky have any of this content available via the Now TV movie sub? [Edit: Mike just answered that one]
Sky have only just renewed , this service will have been in the pipeline for a while.

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...nnel-agreement

theone2k10 22-10-2015 10:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35804534)
Pricey one would say....
I agree quite pricey as Peter Jones would say "i'm out"


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