Cable Forum - Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky

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.

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.

muppetman11

20-03-2015 10:50

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35765922)

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.

The press seem to share my opinion see here

1andrew1

20-03-2015 11:21

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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.

denphone

20-03-2015 11:37

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They must really think people are thick :nono: and their explanation in the last part of the paragraph is just utter ******** in my mind.

muppetman11

20-03-2015 11:59

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To be fair in years past I'd have looked to change but VM and BT are just as bad with their price hikes.

denphone

20-03-2015 12:16

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l quite agree MM.

denphone

20-03-2015 15:35

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Dominic West drama The Affair to air on Sky Atlantic.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...r-sky-atlantic

muppetman11

01-04-2015 17:14

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R011 (New Software) is to start being rolled out today

Info

MadGamer

03-04-2015 20:57

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Finally a delete all feature in the planner for viewed recordings that I no longer want to keep :)

muppetman11

08-04-2015 07:10

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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.

Link

denphone

08-04-2015 08:22

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Personally l think they would be biting off more then they can chew MM.

denphone

09-04-2015 10:08

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Sky's Fortitude to return for second series.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...P=share_btn_tw

Media Boy UK

10-04-2015 12:09

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Is MTV +1 still given out listing after Wednesday on Sky?

muppetman11

10-04-2015 13:34

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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35770745)

Is MTV +1 still given out listing after Wednesday on Sky?

Still showing past Wednesday on the Sky+ app.

Media Boy UK

10-04-2015 13:39

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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35770761)

Still showing past Wednesday on the Sky+ app.

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.

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:59.

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