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Seenit is reporting at Now TV and Sky viewers may lose channels own by Discovery next week.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/discovery-th...riage-dispute/

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Well if that happens then Sky will be getting a bit of its own medicine for once and they will find it will not taste very nice one suspects...

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Sky to offer full TV service without a dish for the first time

https://www.theguardian.com/business...e-rights-costs

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Sky vs Discovery

The following Discovery channels will vanish from Sky from February 1:

Discovery HD
Discovery History
Discovery Home & Healt
Discovery Science
Discovery Shed
Discovery Turbo
DMAX
Eurosport1
Eurosport2
Investigation Discovery
Quest
TLC
Animal Planet



The following shows on these channels will also be lost on Sky:

Gold Rush
Fast N' Loud
Idris Elba: Fighter
Ed Stafford
Cake Boss
Say Yes to the Dress
Tattoo Girls
Bondi Vet
River Monsters
Tanked
World Superbikes
US and Australian Open


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4WsoiNz82

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Wow not much on that list will be missed in our house , I hope they can come to an agreement for those that do watch them though.

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Indeed as there are quite a few who do watch content from these channels.

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Will BT and Premier Sports have the right to retail their channels directly on this platform or will it be a closed platform like VM's?
If it is a closed platform as I suspect, this will be a useful long-term weapon in Sky's fight against BT.

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Was told on live chat this morning that we will be able to buy the channels direct from discovery! Wouldn't give anymore details;)

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Who's live chat ? I won't be paying any extra for something I now get included.

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Hopefully they will come to an agreement because i watch a lot of content from those channels and Sky would lose a lot of customers if they do lose those channels .

Losing 13 channels would surely mean a reduction in subscription cost wouldn't it ?

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The thing is Marty as l am not sure on this but Muppetman11 might be is that if these channels are withdrawn which is very very likely does it mean one can cancel their subscription? and two as you say will they be offering customers a reduction in their monthly subscription?

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A reduction in Sky's costs but not yours I fear.

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Sky says it’s preparing for Discovery’s closure on the platform.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-says-its...-the-platform/

http://uk.businessinsider.com/sky-di...w-twist-2017-1

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I do actually think that there will be a 11th hour deal done simply because both parties have too much money to lose .I think they are just playing a game of 'chicken' at the moment .I also do think that Sky are right in saying that Discovery channels are in decline .Their 'big' shows like Gold Rush,Deadliest Catch ,Ax men etc have all been going for years now and getting quite boring ,to justify a billion £ deal they need some new content

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Looks like VM are looking to capitalise on this noise

https://twitter.com/DiscoveryUK/stat...46675250626560