Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

If they put up the sports package by £12 then their phones will be red hot with subscription cancellations in my opinion.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

That will be me cancelling ... thats far too much

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Cant realistically see that happening who in the right mind would pay £12 more ?

Pay TV prices are already getting too high in my option.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

I suspect £12 will be a bit off the mark I do expect quite a big rise though to cover the start of the new TV deal which starts in August

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Yes, that would be a stupid move by Sky. I subscribed to the sport channels for many years for my son in law really, who would occasionally watch the football. With the last price rise I cancelled it because it seemed like a waste of money just to pay out such an amount each month for an occasional viewing.

A £12 a month increase will lead to only the diehard sport fanatics (no offence, I meant that kindly!) being prepared to pay such a price.

Sky have milked this as much as they can. The law of diminishing returns will now cut in.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

BT's portfolio has devalued Sky's sports offering imo. Its probably overpriced as it is.

To even consider a (another) price hike of that magnitude would be suicide. Their number of subscribers would be slashed in an instant.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Indeed they lost the Champions league and Europa league yet they still are relentlessly increasing their prices.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

i can`t see sky increasing their sports channels by another £12 a month because if they did they would loose customers left right and centre. I for one wouldn`t be able to afford that kind of price rise.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Maybe the increase is only effectively £5pm if the £7pm HD fee is removed? This would still be a steep rise though.

---------- Post added at 13:58 ---------- Previous post was at 13:56 ----------

It's not just about the amount of sporting rights Sky has, it's also the price they pay for them.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Indeed they have way overpaid for those rights and are now preparing to claw them back relentlessly in the next few years as customers are going to find out.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Sky Q to get 4K ahead of Premier League season

http://www.techradar.com/news/televi...gn=buffer-trfb

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

It's also available to order now regardless of your ISP.

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Being somewhat cynical i wonder how much the bitrate of the other channels will drop to make space for it?

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Sky getting into VR also
https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...irtual-reality

Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
 

Sky to launch brand new sports channel Sky Sports Mix to all its TV customers in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost

From the launch this summer viewers can look forward to regular live football from competitions including La Liga, MLS, FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers, as well as a select number of Premier League and Football League matches.

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...sky-sports-mix