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I doubt many people will subscribe especially those who already have pay TV with access to the UKTV channels.

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BT use 'Youview' boxes so should be on thier platform.

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Assuming the UKTV channels and ITV3 and 4 continue to exist, maybe. But we have been promised a lot more archive material than we are already getting on Britbox when it is launched, plus originals and content from other sources as well. So I guess we will soon see.

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The question is how much archive content as quite a bit of it the BBC don't own those rights.

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The BBC have said the two will coexist , most people have seen the oldies to death and many have DVD Boxsets of them. Britbox is a great idea in other countries for those who don't get to see all the BBC content but I can't see much interest here.

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l still stand by my original statement of it won't last much longer then a year.

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You seem to dismiss a lot of online services mate do you have something against streaming services?

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l have nothing against streaming services as we have Netflix and Prime video in our household so l am not sure where you are coming from on that one as my personal opinion is one of many personal opinions on here and members can agree or disagree with it.

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It’s quite bizarre you can’t question a streaming service without being accused of having something against them. Eleven Sports demonstrated people won’t buy something just because it’s streaming. You still have to offer something people want, which is as true on the Sky platform, on Virgin, or if you are retailing directly.

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This looks like a sneek preview of Sky's new IPTV service that will be coming to the UK soon. Typically, Sky is not offering the best picture quality, presumably to deter satellite customers from leaving. Not exactly customer friendly, are they?

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019...re-only-sky-q/

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Even if it did support UHD, there wouldn't be any incentive for satellite customers to leave (I assume the pricing is similar). More likely Sky don't want the support problems caused by broadband outside their control not being fast enough for UHD.

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Indeed they’re saying 15 meg to support three streams plus a tablet. Throw in Ultra HD at 25 meg and suddenly the number of people having not having fast enough internet increases significantly.

If Sky could reliably offer the product they would, it’s not nothing to do with being “not exactly customer friendly” more that the underlying infrastructure isn’t there to guarantee reliably offering a premium product.

As Spiderplant says, there’s no incentive for a satellite customer to move to the IP based product anyway. Why would they want to sacrifice internet bandwidth for an identical service?

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It just seemed that way with your posts, i wasn't accusing you it was just a question.
I obviously have got the wrong end of the stick.

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Don't worry Legendkiller2k as its easy to misread someone as we all do it from time to time.:)

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Thankyou for being understanding :)
btw i do agree with you on britbox i think 2 years tops it will last.