Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky planning to close its unprofitable UK stores.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...-its-uk-stores

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

SKY unveil their Black Friday sales for existing customers

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...11/1.jpg:large

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Digital Spy Forum is reporting that Sky Cinema Box Office is set to close on January 4th.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I'm surprised it's still going, with Sky Store there is no need ,can't see the point of Sky Movies anymore either

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Yes it's true, customers are now starting to be informed about the changes in groups. Those customers who receive their subscription via a SD Sky box will be offered a free upgrade to a Sky+HD box.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I use Sky Cinema a lot.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Same here ,since they launched Sky Cinema i haven't used Sky Movies

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky movies doesn't exist anymore?

They rebranded to Sky Cinema.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

No ,it's definitely Sky Movies It's in the planner under 'movies .Sky Cinema is all the on demand movies including the UHD content ,the same movies just on demand instead of fixed times

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

No, Sky Movies was completely rebranded as Sky Cinema, including the linear channels.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

If that is the On Demand movies bit then that is called Movies on the planner but its just the Cinema channel content?

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I know what you are saying but there are two ways to access movies .You can go into 'Movies' through the tv guide or you can go into 'Cinema' ,as i said earlier the movies are the same just one is on demand(Cinema) and the other scheduled(Movies)

My point being that 'Movies' imo is now redundant with the introduction of Cinema and i wouldn't be surprised if it is discontinued soon

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

So Box Office is officially shutting down, but its no great loss as the linear service is now 20 years old and they now have the Sky Store anyway.

http://www.a516digital.com/2016/12/s...in-favour.html

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I would never have guessed it was 20 yrs old ,doesn't time fly

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

No what you are saying about TV Guide then movies, that is just the Channel listings for ALL the movie channels Cinema and all the other ones like Film4 and TCM.

Cinema on the main menu is just the current movies that are playing on the Cinema channels but in On Demand form. In the same way that if you go to a channel and a film already started it asks you to download so you can watch from the start.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Ah i see what you mean ,'Movies' is somewhere to put all the other movie channels like True Movies and movies4men .I had actually forgot about them mainly because i the movies are usually rubbish :)

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

It's probably rarely used these days , the cost of running it now probably outweighs the revenue generated from it. It also frees satellite capacity up for Sky to use elsewhere.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

21st Century Fox in bid approach for Sky

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38267199

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

For anyone looking to join Sky, Sky Q has now reverted back to an 18 month minimum term from today.

Also Fibre broadband has reverted to an 18 month minimum term from today too.

The changes are now live on sky.com

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Ouch. Hate 18 month contracts.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

18month, no thanks

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

That could give me the push I need to get rid of pay tv at contract end.

---------- Post added at 17:42 ---------- Previous post was at 16:22 ----------

Is the standard broadband also 18 months or does that remain 12 months ?

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

This is just for new customers.

Existing TV customers upgrading will have a 12m contract. (It seems to be an attempt to stem the numbers of people cancelling to rejoin on a new customer contract!).

Existing customers upgrading from Broadband Unlimited to Fibre will have an 18m contract on Fibre.

Existing customers will have new 18m min terms for TV if adding these offers: 25Gb Fibre for £20/month, Unlimited Fibre for £25/month, Fibre Max for £30/month. (These prices include line rental!!)

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky to put non TV prices up in March and April.

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/01/s...march-and.html

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Guess who'll be next....

It's been over 2 months since VM increased prices, and that was last year anyway so no one will notice...

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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...

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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 ?

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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?

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Looks like VM are looking to capitalise on this noise

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

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky to show live matches from the Kia Super League.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-to-show-...-super-league/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky Q gains voice search and Facebook videos.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-q-gains-...cebook-videos/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

nevermind

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky purchases online channel producer Diagonal View.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-buys-onl...diagonal-view/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Rise in Premier League costs hits Sky's profits as it launches tie-up with Game of Thrones maker HBO

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...rise-revenues/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Still pretty good figures IMO though.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Test cricket to make its 4K debut on Sky Sports.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/test-cricket...on-sky-sports/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Not TV related but SKY are to launch SKY Talk Shield for free to every SKY phone customer.

https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...launch-in-june

Sky Talk Shield, a new call screening service that’s free for Sky Talk customers, is set to crackdown on unwanted and nuisance phone calls by stopping cold callers in their tracks.

One in five households receive a nuisance call every day, with those aged over 55 receiving the highest number of unnecessary calls*. Sky Talk Shield gives users ultimate control over their landline, letting them choose to answer the calls they want and block the ones they don’t before they are even connected.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky talk shield sound really good

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I'm looking forward to using it.... if it is as good as it sounds. Fed up with calls about PPI and accident claims etc.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

New Sky Q software received today Q004.002.40.03L

Allows 6 Simultaneous recordings whilst watching a 7th channel.

By default it's set to 5 whilst watching a 6th , to change you have to go into SETTINGS - SETUP - PREFERENCES then change Maximum number of recordings to 6. (Changing to 6 will disable video in the mini guide and split screen features)

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky and Virgin Media partnering on advertising.

https://www.digitallook.com/news/mar...--2723187.html

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky sources has confirm that Chelsea TV is set to go HD only soon.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Could someone please tell me if the Sky Q boxes have a scart socket on them? Getting Sky Q in next week and the current TV I have only works with scarf ( HDMI sockets won't work for some reason). I'm getting a new TV but it won't be until after the boxes have been installed.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

No scart, I'm afraid. Converters are available from Amazon and the likes though.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Thanks for that,I'll look on Amazon for a converter.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I'd expect the installers can manage without a TV being present. It's a fairly common scenario. They may even have a test TV in their van

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I always thought they had to be able to see a working picture to fully know that all is set up correctly but as you say the engineer might have a TV in his van to be able to check on.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I bought a hdmi - rca converter from Amazon and all set up and working great! Thanks for help/advice guys.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Breaking news: http://http://www.a516digital.com/20...reshuffle.html

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Link not working try http://www.a516digital.com/2017/08/s...reshuffle.html

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

This is slightly old but....no, Sky engineers don't carry a TV with them. I'm almost certain Virgin installers don't either.

A basic requirement to get Sky installed has always been to have a TV on-site at the time of the visit.

Sure, the engineer can install using just his signal meter to check the signal levels/quality/etc but they're not supposed to without the TV being there.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Most VM techs do have a TV in their van. It's useful if they are investigating a fault which might be the customer's TV. It also allows them to test a STB at the street cabinet if they suspect a fault in the cabling to the house.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky snaps up exclusive rights to Marvel’s Inhumans.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-snaps-up...vels-inhumans/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Service techs do, installers dont have a tv

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky Living Ireland HD has closed down. Irish customers now receive the same version as everywhere else as the slot is now mapped to the UK feed.

Eden HD is closing at 6am on Monday; at some point in October I expect the capacity to be used to create GOLD HD.

Eventually I think that Eden SD and GOLD SD will both become FTA and also join Freesat.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky Sources has confirmed Sky are testing NEW things on Sky staff boxes.

We been the information on an Do Not Post order by our Sky Sources.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

To be honest, it's not often something isn't being tested on some staff boxes. Software development doesn't stop, it's a continuous process with multiple releases being worked on concurrently.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Noticed on my SKY +HD box today that the yellow button on the remote now takes you to "My SKY". A Menu comes up on the right hand side of the screen with the local weather, temperature and time. You can also view your SKY package, bills, fix problems, view messages from SKY and other bits and bobs.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

This is one of the features of the R017 update for Sky+HD which has been rolling out to customers since 6th September and should have completed today. The update also adds some other features such as improved clash management and Auto Record Series Link.


Also today the first group of Sky Q customers were upgraded to Q050, the main features are Voice Control and Favourites.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I noticed my box was on channel 999 this morning so guess I've had the update (not checked yet) how do favourites work? Is the voice control only available on the touch remote?

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Yes you need the touch remote for voice.

Once setup favourites can be accessed by keying the number you setup if you know it 1-99 to go directly to the required channel or you can swipe left when the mini guide is up to enter your list of favourites. You can also access it from the TV guide.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Thanks. I have the 1tb box, so don't have the touch remote. It has a small hole at the top which looks like it could be for a microphone, so I've always been a bit confused by it!

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I appreciate not many want to buy one but they are available should you wish in the future.
https://accessories.sky.com/catalogue/skyq/all

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I'm surprised to see the touch remotes are cheaper than the standard remote. When I looked this time last year when I had it installed the touch remotes were £40. Even at half that price I don't think it's worth it though when I already have a perfectly fine working one, albeit with "old fashioned" buttons!

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Frankly this is absolutely laughable by ITV.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky Sources has confirmed the following is set to happen on Thursday on Sky:

-Channel Removal: GR SHOP (Sky EPG 653)

-QVC Style will move from (Sky EPG 678) to (Sky EPG 653)

-New Channel Launch: iON TV (Sky EPG 862)

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Not much to get one excited there unless one is called OB.;)

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky Store adds new buying options for movies.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-store-ad...ns-for-movies/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky Sources has told Media Boy HQ:

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Also comes with an external PSU unlike the original 2TB boxes.;)

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Why the change to external power brick? That is surely a step back in terms of aesthetics and design?

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

It improves reliability and allows the box to be much smaller by removing a big heat-generator.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Means the manufacturer of the receiver doesn't need to do most of the CE, safety and UL certification that would be needed if the PSU was internal. The power brick can be a pre-compliant, off the shelf unit, usually from China.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

It's a pan-European model where they will just change the power cable attachment on the end of the power pack, Sky Q is launching soon in Germany, Austria and Italy.

Powerline networking has also been dropped from these new boxes.
There's no longer an HDMI input socket, there's only one USB on the back and it's slightly longer (wider?) along its longest side.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Powerline should still be supported by the hardware, this is why the PSU connects to the box using a DIN connector.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Powerline is still possible in hardware and current software however it will no longer be supported in future software revisions.

Is this the information you wanted?

Powerline for Sky Q is dead (unofficially - not opinion!) although it's unlikely to ever be official as support was NEVER official.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky and BT have announced a deal that will allow the rival broadcasters to sell their channels on each others' platforms.
Under the terms of the agreement, BT will wholesale its BT Sport channels to Sky, allowing the firm to sell them directly to Sky satellite customers.

This will mean BT's live UEFA Champions League and Premier League football being made available on the Sky platform.
BT has spent north of £3.5 billion on Champions League and Premier League football rights since 2012 in a bid to compete with Sky.
The deal between the two giants will also see BT "market and sell" Sky's Now TV service to its customers.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky takes on Netflix and Amazon with cheaper streaming.

https://www.theguardian.com/business...wnload-service

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Sky takes on Netflix with original film commissions and exclusive rights.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/sky-takes-on...lusive-rights/

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

As long as VM subscribers are part of the action, fair dos.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

The Original Now TV box was £10 wasn't it?
Hardly cheaper at £14.99

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

As it's smaller and more compact it's price has gone up ��

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Strange as generally the more you shift the cheaper it gets but obviously that does not apply to that.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I find it very strange that Eurosport 3,4 and 5HD will be on Virgin and BT but not on Sky. Does anyone know the real reason for this?

I think they will get a lot of complaints from those of their subscribers who are sports fans.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Not strange to me as who is Eurosport owned by OB?.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

I was trying not to jump to conclusions, Den!

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Can't say for sure however seen reports this evening that whilst the channels won't appear on SKY all the events broadcast on the pop up channels will be available on demand / catch up on SKY. It's possible SKY have been offered the channels at a price but SKY feel the combination of coverage from the BBC, Eurosport 1 & 2 plus on demand is sufficient. Another key factor could be the fact that around 70% of the live events take place between midnight and 8am. SKY know their audience pretty well. It's possible they know there will be little appetite from the majority of their subscription base to stay up through the night to watch the events. Maybe they figured people are going to record content and watch it in the morning. If that's the case customers can watch the pop up channel content on demand / catch up instead.

I'm just sumising. Certainly seen nothing to suggest the channels have been withheld.

Re: General Sky TV Discussion
 

Yes, and I guess it does make sense provided all the content is available on demand, if indeed it is.