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denphone 18-03-2016 11:43
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So it won't be coming to Virgin then?.

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 11:53
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It doesn't specifically say that it won't be, but I think your conclusion is probably right. Still, when the Sky channels come up for renegotiation with Virgin in three years time.....:rolleyes:

Oh, great, just seen this....

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ix-la-liga-mls

Sky sees it as a way of adding added value to existing customers to help stop them thinking about defecting to a rival, namely BT Sport but also operators such as Virgin Media and TalkTalk TV.

denphone 18-03-2016 12:12
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A leopard sadly does not change its spots....

muppetman11 18-03-2016 12:19
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To be honest it makes perfect sense from a business point of view.

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 12:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35827817)
To be honest it makes perfect sense from a business point of view.
Which is why VM need a strategy to deal with this.

denphone 18-03-2016 12:41
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Which we are still waiting for as they seem very slow to react to a very quick and changing market.

muppetman11 18-03-2016 13:00
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Sky's core business is TV hence they invest a lot into it likewise VM's core business is Broadband so they prioritise their investment in this area.

passingbat 18-03-2016 13:01
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35827817)
To be honest it makes perfect sense from a business point of view.
Yep, very smart move by Sky.

You have to hand it to Sky; things like this and covering the move to streaming via Now TV, and drastically increasing catchup and on demand ---something VM used to wear the crown for, shows that they are on top of their game.

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 13:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35827822)
Which we are still waiting for as they seem very slow to react to a very quick and changing market.
Let's hope the next super duper TIVO is packed with nice sparkling new decent channels and streaming services.

Seriously, they have some ground to make up if they want to be taken seriously on the TV side of their business.

passingbat 18-03-2016 13:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35827828)
Let's hope the next super duper TIVO is packed with nice sparkling new decent channels and streaming services.

.
The channel line up will be the same.

Which worthwhile streaming services in particular are you thinking of?

I assume you would like Prime and Now TV (not much chance of the second one) but what other decent streaming services are available?

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 13:23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35827833)
The channel line up will be the same.

Which worthwhile streaming services in particular are you thinking of?

I assume you would like Prime and Now TV (not much chance of the second one) but what other decent streaming services are available?
Yes, certainly those two! There are plenty of choices that VM can make. For example, just look at all the stuff available on Roku.

passingbat 18-03-2016 13:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35827837)
Yes, certainly those two! There are plenty of choices that VM can make. For example, just look at all the stuff available on Roku.
What services on Roku in particular? (I don't have a Roku)

Richc1977 18-03-2016 15:46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35827812)
It doesn't specifically say that it won't be, but I think your conclusion is probably right. Still, when the Sky channels come up for renegotiation with Virgin in three years time.....:rolleyes:

Oh, great, just seen this....

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ix-la-liga-mls

Sky sees it as a way of adding added value to existing customers to help stop them thinking about defecting to a rival, namely BT Sport but also operators such as Virgin Media and TalkTalk TV.
Re Virgin Media, there are two ways to view this either

1. They don't offer this to VM as Sky want this to stop customers leaving for VM, especially for those who are attracted to the VM XL pack offering BT Sport.

2. They want encourage take up of the complete Sky Sports package so they offer to it VM.

I think option 1 is far more likely but you never know.

muppetman11 18-03-2016 16:29
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The cynic in me thinks Sky could use this to pass a larger than normal increase to non sports subscribers in June

denphone 18-03-2016 16:37
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You could be right MM.

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 17:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richc1977 (Post 35827864)
Re Virgin Media, there are two ways to view this either

1. They don't offer this to VM as Sky want this to stop customers leaving for VM, especially for those who are attracted to the VM XL pack offering BT Sport.

2. They want encourage take up of the complete Sky Sports package so they offer to it VM.

I think option 1 is far more likely but you never know.
Yes, I've read another report that says it is not yet known whether or not Virgin will carry the channel. Guess we'll just have to be patient.

denphone 18-03-2016 17:14
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Well we have been patient for years old boy.:)

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 17:15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35827882)
Well we have been patient for years old boy.:)
You're a cup half empty kind of guy, eh Den? ;)

denphone 18-03-2016 17:24
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No l am usually a cup half full guy my dear chap.:)

heero_yuy 18-03-2016 17:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35827884)
No l am usually a cup half full guy my dear chap.:)
I'm an engineer: The cup is twice as big as it needs to be.:D

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 17:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35827848)
What services on Roku in particular? (I don't have a Roku)
Examples of streaming services on Roku that we don't have on the Tivo are Cinema Now, 247 Retro Television and Movies, Russia Today Europe, Docu, Amazon Prime, Science & Tech, Time, The Movie Channel, etc, etc.

But VM could be doing their own deals. We already have streaming services such as Clubland AKA, Worldbox and Tiddlers TV so I am sure other deals appealing to a wider audience are possible. It would be good to have something from one of the big beasts in the US, such as abc, CBS or NBC, or maybe an Australian channel.

If BT can negotiate a deal with the likes of AMC, I'm sure Virgin can do so too. Liberty Global also have content of their own that they don't seem to want to share with us!!

passingbat 18-03-2016 18:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35827886)
It would be good to have something from one of the big beasts in the US, such as abc, CBS or NBC, !
That is unlikely as their primetime shows are sold individually to other channels in the UK; all the decent ones already have a UK broadcaster.

Not sure about Australian drama. Not sure how good it really is? They tend to fill their networks with US & UK imports.

If VM really did want a HBO type Network, Why didn't they do a deal with Showtime, which Sky did a few months ago?

Of those channels on Roku, excluding Amazon, Netflix and Now TV, how often do you actually watch them?

OLD BOY 18-03-2016 19:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by passingbat (Post 35827895)
That is unlikely as their primetime shows are sold individually to other channels in the UK; all the decent ones already have a UK broadcaster.

Not sure about Australian drama. Not sure how good it really is? They tend to fill their networks with US & UK imports.

If VM really did want a HBO type Network, Why didn't they do a deal with Showtime, which Sky did a few months ago?

Of those channels on Roku, excluding Amazon, Netflix and Now TV, how often do you actually watch them?
Well, there are hundreds of services available on the Roku, and I am suggesting that VM take the quality streaming services.

It is true that rights to current shows get sold to UK channels already, but the same is true for BT's AMC channel. The library of the non first run shows are still worth having.

With a bit of imagination, VM could give us a nice little choice of both streaming and conventional channels that its competitors don't have. And I still believe that it is possible to bring Now TV and Sky Store to the VM box. That would provide a more level playing field with Sky.

Gavin-D 21-03-2016 09:09
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Sky sports and movies is increasing by £3.50 a week from June 1st for VM customers sky sports will increase to £32.75 a month and movies will increase to £23.75

Sky HD Pack is increasing to £12.00 a month a 75p rise as is multiscreen at the same price

denphone 21-03-2016 09:25
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£3.50 a week?.:shocked::shocked:

MutleyF 21-03-2016 09:27
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Just a ridiculous amount of money now

denphone 21-03-2016 09:28
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If that's true £3.50 a week is utterly ridiculous and l can see many saying enough is enough you greedy buggers.

Dave42 21-03-2016 09:56
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well bye bye sky sports at end of current football season here

1andrew1 21-03-2016 11:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35828306)
£3.50 a week?.:shocked::shocked:
Presumably £3.50 per month.
But I don't think we know how much and when VM's prices for Sky Sports will rise until VM says so.

Gavin-D 21-03-2016 11:23
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I should have said month it was a typo sorry!

To avoid any further confusion sky sports will increase £3.50 a month on June 1st

denphone 21-03-2016 11:54
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35828319)
Presumably £3.50 per month.
But I don't think we know how much and when VM's prices for Sky Sports will rise until VM says so.
They will probably announce it just as they are giving us one of those new-fangled Billy nobody channels which will be heralded of course as some new big thing for us customers.

1andrew1 21-03-2016 11:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35828330)
They will probably announce it just as they are giving us one of those new-fangled Billy nobody channels which will be heralded of course as some new big thing for us customers.
I'm sure most VM customers would prefer a one-off Irish election special than Mad Men or Game of Thrones on their screens. :)
My point though is that the £3.50pm rise on 1/6 is for Sky customers; customers on VM will have to wait for VM's advices.

muppetman11 21-03-2016 13:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35828311)
well bye bye sky sports at end of current football season here
Bye bye Sky completely for me with those increases and I won't be looking at VM either because they are just as expensive. Let the mugs out there pay those increases.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35828323)
I should have said month it was a typo sorry!

To avoid any further confusion sky sports will increase £3.50 a month on June 1st
Not according to The Mirror , they say Sky Sports will rise by £2 or if you take both Sports and Movies the increase will be £1.50.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/sky-tv...-again-7600479

1andrew1 21-03-2016 14:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35828335)
Not according to The Mirror , they say Sky Sports will rise by £2 or if you take both Sports and Movies the increase will be £1.50.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/sky-tv...-again-7600479
Indeed, well found and for the avoidance of any doubt, these are increases for Sky's direct customers. Increases to VM customers have not been announced.

telegramsam 22-03-2016 15:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35828361)
Indeed, well found and for the avoidance of any doubt, these are increases for Sky's direct customers. Increases to VM customers have not been announced.
Any increase on Virgin will surely be more as don`t Virgin like to have a share of all increases? and then blame the increase on Sky!

1andrew1 22-03-2016 15:33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35828626)
Any increase on Virgin will surely be more as don`t Virgin like to have a share of all increases? and then blame the increase on Sky!
We don't know how much VM is charged extra by Sky so we can't assume that VM adds a bit more on, whatever else we may think of them.

denphone 22-03-2016 15:56
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A £ 3 to £4 rise l reckon per month.

Gavin-D 23-03-2016 18:01
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Quote:
Sky Sports has extended its partnership with Formula 1 to remain the home of F1 in the UK and Ireland until 2024.

As part of the new deal, Sky has agreed a new broadcast partnership with Formula One Management, strengthening its position as the home of sport offering unrivalled choice for fans.

Sky Sports' new partnership with Formula 1:

Exclusive: Sky Sports will be the home of Formula 1 in the UK and Ireland from 2019 to 2024, offering live coverage of every Grand Prix.

Free to air: The FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX, together with highlights of all other races and qualifying sessions, will be shown on a 'free-to-air' basis.

Sky Sports Mix: Additionally, at least two other 'prime time' live races a season will be offered on the soon-to-be-launched Sky Sports Mix channel along with other F1 content.

UHD: For the first time every race starting with the 2017 championship will be shown in the stunning picture quality of Ultra High Definition via Sky Q, the next-generation home entertainment system.
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/124...019-until-2024

vincerooney 23-03-2016 18:18
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Remember when it was announced on here that sky sports couldn't have all the football coverage to make it fairer for the viewers.

Since then prices have gone up by Sky by 9 quid and we now have to pay for BT Sports

Cheers ofcom! Good work lads!

denphone 23-03-2016 18:24
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A regulator who are basically toothless in my opinion.

Richc1977 23-03-2016 18:44
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Just fecking great another sport I follow now becomes a Sky exclusive. Shame as CH4's coverage looked pretty good. From 2019 I'll have to start developing an interest in something else.

Hope the Murdock **** choke on it. They still won't get a penny off me.

muppetman11 23-03-2016 20:10
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Sky extends F1 deal until 2024

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/124...019-until-2024

Gavin-D 23-03-2016 20:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35828815)
See post #6338 ;)

muppetman11 23-03-2016 21:08
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35828820)
See post #6338 ;)
Apologies hadn't noticed your post.

Mad Max 23-03-2016 22:59
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These feckers should be wearing masks!

Pster72 24-03-2016 05:37
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Will this new F1 deal mean Sky will have to offer Sky sports mix to other tv providers thats what i would like to know as BT did when they got the Champions league as they had to provide a certain number of free to air games

Anypermitedroute 24-03-2016 05:57
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pster72 (Post 35828840)
Will this new F1 deal mean Sky will have to offer Sky sports mix to other tv providers thats what i would like to know as BT did when they got the Champions league as they had to provide a certain number of free to air games
It's a good theory, but let's not forget they have pick tv on freeview so they could easily get around the free to air for British Grand Prix and place it on there as they don't specifically mention using mix as the free to air one (but they do for the promised other two)

1andrew1 24-03-2016 12:20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 35828799)
Remember when it was announced on here that sky sports couldn't have all the football coverage to make it fairer for the viewers.

Since then prices have gone up by Sky by 9 quid and we now have to pay for BT Sports

Cheers ofcom! Good work lads!
Nothing to do with Ofcom - it was an EC ruling that no longer applies. But the chances are that BT would have entered the market anyway regardless of the ruling in response to Sky entering the broadband market.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richc1977 (Post 35828806)
Just fecking great another sport I follow now becomes a Sky exclusive. Shame as CH4's coverage looked pretty good. From 2019 I'll have to start developing an interest in something else.

Hope the Murdock **** choke on it. They still won't get a penny off me.
Channel 4 must be disappointed after only just winning it.

denphone 24-03-2016 13:07
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The tentacles of Murdoch's empire grow bigger and bigger by the day..

Richc1977 24-03-2016 15:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute (Post 35828841)
It's a good theory, but let's not forget they have pick tv on freeview so they could easily get around the free to air for British Grand Prix and place it on there as they don't specifically mention using mix as the free to air one (but they do for the promised other two)
The British Grand Prix is still a crown jewel event so protected for FTA. I know that only BBC1, BBC2, ITV, CH4 and CH5 used to be covered by this. At least that was the case a few years ago, may have been amended after the digital switch over to channels with full UK coverage.

So how SKY are going to get round this is a mystery unless the legislation is changing. As far as I know PICK TV can not be picked up in certain areas.

Anypermitedroute 24-03-2016 16:11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richc1977 (Post 35828951)
The British Grand Prix is still a crown jewel event so protected for FTA. I know that only BBC1, BBC2, ITV, CH4 and CH5 used to be covered by this. At least that was the case a few years ago, may have been amended after the digital switch over to channels with full UK coverage.

So how SKY are going to get round this is a mystery unless the legislation is changing. As far as I know PICK TV can not be picked up in certain areas.
I appreciate Wikipedia may not be accurate but according to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofco...ignated_Events it is not listed as a crown jewel

It is also states nothing about having to be on the those channels, just being free to air and since digital switchover pick tv would satisfy this requirement

Richc1977 24-03-2016 19:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute (Post 35828954)
I appreciate Wikipedia may not be accurate but according to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofco...ignated_Events it is not listed as a crown jewel

It is also states nothing about having to be on the those channels, just being free to air and since digital switchover pick tv would satisfy this requirement
I stand corrected about the Grand Prix

as to the channels I remember seeing it on a tender document for the FA Cup Final, will have to see if I can find it.

muppetman11 05-04-2016 15:35
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Twitter to live stream NFL's Thursday night football

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...night-football

alwaysabear 05-04-2016 15:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35830948)
Twitter to live stream NFL's Thursday night football

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...night-football
Interesting development, bet Sky are not happy. I do not watch many Thursday night games as generally they are not the best match ups.

denphone 05-04-2016 16:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35830948)
Twitter to live stream NFL's Thursday night football

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...night-football
It seems more and more are trying to get into the act in regards to showing sport and that is likely to raise sports rights level even higher in my book thus meaning it becomes even more expensive for sports followers in my opinion..

1andrew1 06-04-2016 11:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35830951)
It seems more and more are trying to get into the act in regards to showing sport and that is likely to raise sports rights level even higher in my book thus meaning it becomes even more expensive for sports followers in my opinion..
But in this case matches have gone from a premium channel to a FTA web channel so quite the opposite! :) Maybe VM can get an app for Twitter's Periscope service?

johnathome 09-04-2016 15:12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35830950)
Interesting development, bet Sky are not happy. I do not watch many Thursday night games as generally they are not the best match ups.
Do sky have the broadcast rights for TNF? If they do it may be geoblocked here then.

alwaysabear 09-04-2016 22:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by johnathome (Post 35831629)
Do sky have the broadcast rights for TNF? If they do it may be geoblocked here then.
Yes they do.

denphone 12-04-2016 17:18
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BBC and BT Sport agrees new deal to broadcast the FA Cup until 2021.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35999220

Chad 12-04-2016 18:58
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BT's exclusive Euro deal seen as a mistake by UEFA

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...g-figures.html

denphone 12-04-2016 19:02
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Money obviously talked but as we know the grass is usually not greener on the other side as the viewing figures have shown as terrestrial channels will always have a far bigger audience then pay TV sports channels.

alwaysabear 12-04-2016 19:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35832201)
Money obviously talked but as we know the grass is usually not greener on the other side as the viewing figures have shown as terrestrial channels will always have a far bigger audience then pay TV sports channels.
Short sighted decision by UEFA . It will be interesting to see what happens next time around. Hopefully a deal including a terestial partner can be done similar to that of Sky and ITV in the previous deal.

muppetman11 12-04-2016 19:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35832206)
Short sighted decision by UEFA . It will be interesting to see what happens next time around. Hopefully a deal including a terestial partner can be done similar to that of Sky and ITV in the previous deal.
Agreed the original deal would suit me personally , ITV and Sky provided pretty decent coverage.

If I'm honest I rarely watch BT Sport.

alwaysabear 12-04-2016 20:24
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35832207)
Agreed the original deal would suit me personally , ITV and Sky provided pretty decent coverage.

If I'm honest I rarely watch BT Sport.
Me either, I watch the occasional EPL game ,but that's about it. The sports I watch the most are on Sky or Eurosport.

Richc1977 13-04-2016 12:41
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I think BT went all in for CL rights at a high price to blow SKY out of the water as SKY have done so often before, thats is after all how they initially got the top tier of UK domestic football off territorial TV in the first place. If they had partnered with ITV or BBC then they may have lost out if made to compromise bid wise and then get dragged into a second round which SKY are masters at winning.

Best solution if UEFA truly want games on terrestrial that reach a wide audience is to split the rights into two packages with one being for terrestrial only. Much better than all the issues from joint bids. Problem solved.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35832177)
BBC and BT Sport agrees new deal to broadcast the FA Cup until 2021.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35999220
Just seen that as a result of the new deal BT will to show one extra match in the first 5 rounds plus I'm assuming an extra replay. So from 24 games per season to 30.

http://www.sportbusiness.com/sport-n...l-bbc-bt-sport

Joedm45 13-04-2016 12:48
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I thought that BT had to show a certain amount of games free to air, ie. on their Freeview channel. Have they not been doing this? Or have they been cherry picking some potentially poor games just to say they made it available to all.

telegramsam 13-04-2016 14:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joedm45 (Post 35832355)
I thought that BT had to show a certain amount of games free to air, ie. on their Freeview channel. Have they not been doing this? Or have they been cherry picking some potentially poor games just to say they made it available to all.
Yes they have been showing games on their 'freeview' channel but have given this no publicity what-so-ever so hardly anyone knew about the games.

Richc1977 14-04-2016 16:44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joedm45 (Post 35832355)
I thought that BT had to show a certain amount of games free to air, ie. on their Freeview channel. Have they not been doing this? Or have they been cherry picking some potentially poor games just to say they made it available to all.
Not poor games but mostly non English club matches and 2nd pick of the night when they do. Main issue is that they only reveal the match they are showing a most a week before, not all areas of the country pick up showcase and it's poor picture quality and not HD.

It will be interesting to see what ratings the final gets compared to other years.

I reckon BT will end up doing something about this for next season rather than risk ****ing off UEFA and not getting anything in next rights auction. They have tried selling selected rights to ITV already and I would not be surprised if they try again with perhaps an improved offer or maybe CH5 now that the ownership is different.

Gavin-D 14-04-2016 20:50
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BT Infinity 1 will be increasing the 'up to' speed from 38mbps to 52mbps

Quote:
BT Broadband will be making some portfolio changes as from tomorrow (15/4):

To summarise the key points;

1. They are going to be emphasising “smarter broadband” which will be supported in both below the line and above the line comms. This is made up of
a. Faster connections – BT will have the fastest standard fibre speeds in the country at 52mb
b. Better connected through their extensive 5million Wi-Fi hotspots
c. Safer as standard – with BT Protect or BT Protect plus, parental controls and cloud storage to keep your photos and files safe (note some of the increases in cloud storage too!)
d. Reliable – through both their most reliable connection via the BT home hub

muppetman11 17-04-2016 08:08
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Sky signs deal with Sony for pan-European film rights
Quote:
It means that Sky channels and on-demand services across the Continent will be the first to show Sony’s films on television, including this summer’s Ghostbusters reboot starring Kristen Wiig.

It is understood that Sky has also negotiated rights to broadcast films in ultra-high definition for the first time, so it can provide sharper pictures to subscribers to its new and more expensive Sky Q packages later this year.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...n-film-rights/

OLD BOY 17-04-2016 11:28
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35832855)
Sky signs deal with Sony for pan-European film rights


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...n-film-rights/
The increasing cost of sports rights goes on unabated.

Presumably there will come a point at which they are so expensive that Sky will be forced to wholesale their rights to other content providers, as mooted in the article.

Eventually, the competition and price issues should resolve themselves but I think it will be a long and rocky road getting there.

Pity our watchdogs aren't sold on regulation to force the issue on behalf of consumers. Sky won't do anything like this until it is dragged kicking and screaming to what is fair and reasonable.

denphone 17-04-2016 11:35
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Well you might have to wait a while for anything to be done old boy if ever.

muppetman11 17-04-2016 12:24
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Doesn't Sky already wholesale all its Premium Sports and movie channels to VM and Talk Talk ?

In fact even BT has access to its movie channels , Sky don't wholesale all its Sports channels to BT though however BT don't wholesale its sports channels to Sky either so it could be argued they're both as bad as each other.

OLD BOY 17-04-2016 13:04
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35832903)
Doesn't Sky already wholesale all its Premium Sports and movie channels to VM and Talk Talk ?

In fact even BT has access to its movie channels , Sky don't wholesale all its Sports channels to BT though however BT don't wholesale its sports channels to Sky either so it could be argued they're both as bad as each other.
Yes, I agree but that doesn't make it right.

I think BT are just playing Sky at their own game, but in the meantime it's the customers who lose out and denied the choices that they would rather make.

muppetman11 18-04-2016 13:17
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35832855)
Sky signs deal with Sony for pan-European film rights


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...n-film-rights/
Confirmed by Sky now
https://corporate.sky.com/media-cent...vies_agreement

denphone 18-04-2016 13:24
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Money , money , money talks as usual...

Gavin-D 20-04-2016 19:31
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VM confirm they will be increasing sky movies and sports price but by how much remains to be seen

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...s/td-p/3093739

denphone 20-04-2016 19:40
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No surprise there sadly.

alwaysabear 20-04-2016 22:51
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Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35833477)
VM confirm they will be increasing sky movies and sports price but by how much remains to be seen

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...s/td-p/3093739
Had my letter £2.50 for Sky sports and movies.

Gavin-D 21-04-2016 08:09
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177,000 new customers joined Sky during the third quarter

http://news.sky.com/story/1682518/sk...-profit-growth

denphone 21-04-2016 09:08
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lt would be nice to see a real breakdown of those figures though.

1andrew1 21-04-2016 12:23
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177,000 Now customers joined Sky during the third quarter
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35833527)
lt would be nice to see a real breakdown of those figures though.
Fixed. :)

muppetman11 21-04-2016 12:37
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35833555)
Fixed. :)
The 177,000 is customers not just tv based.

denphone 21-04-2016 13:15
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 35833555)
Fixed. :)
Not quite Andrew as l want to see a total breakdown rather then the predictable spin put on figures which companies generally do.;)

muppetman11 21-04-2016 14:17
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The last thing I read put Now TV figures at under 1 million.

denphone 21-04-2016 15:07
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The BBC and London Marathon extend broadcast deal until 2021.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics...linkname=sport

OLD BOY 21-04-2016 17:35
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35833577)
The last thing I read put Now TV figures at under 1 million.
What do you read into that, MM?

muppetman11 21-04-2016 19:28
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35833603)
What do you read into that, MM?
That Sky has less than a million Now TV subscribers ;)

bubblegun 21-04-2016 22:15
£
 
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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35833507)
Had my letter £2.50 for Sky sports and movies.
Sports and Movies are only going up £1.50 per month on Sky.
Every year Virgin seem to increase it by a higher amount.
Although Sky customers are getting a £2 increase on their other channels too. Are Virgin just absorbing this for now on the other channels?

I see this is being discussed on the other comng soon.. thread.

OLD BOY 22-04-2016 07:54
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 (Post 35833628)
That Sky has less than a million Now TV subscribers ;)
:D:D:D I wonder how many Now TV subscribers are Virgin Media customers seeking to access Sky Atlantic? That would be interesting to know.

1andrew1 22-04-2016 13:23
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35833682)
:D:D:D I wonder how many Now TV subscribers are Virgin Media customers seeking to access Sky Atlantic? That would be interesting to know.
Not many but will probably rise soon when the new series of Games of Thrones starts.

---------- Post added at 13:23 ---------- Previous post was at 13:16 ----------

Interesting to see this situation in Italy.
"The Italian competition authority has issued €66 million in fines to the Italian football league and its broadcast partners Mediaset and Sky.
Rather than awarding the rights on the basis it had promoted, the league had at the suggestion of Infront, implemented an agreed allocation between two main competitors."
This meant that broadcasters including Discovery were frozen out of package D.

Fines split:
- Mediaset €51.4 million
- Sports rights brokers Infront €9 million
- Sky €4m
- the league €2m

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/...-football-fix/

RichardCoulter 23-04-2016 16:23
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35833682)
:D:D:D I wonder how many Now TV subscribers are Virgin Media customers seeking to access Sky Atlantic? That would be interesting to know.
I know of a fair few who have downgraded their package with VM because, as well as Sky Atlantic and Encore, Now TV also gives access to the other pay channels that they want.

VM TV figures aren't performing well, they would be even worse if the figures for downgrading were included.

denphone 25-04-2016 15:41
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A+E Networks and BT TV extend carriage deal.

http://www.seenit.co.uk/ae-networks-...carriage-deal/

Dave42 27-04-2016 15:13
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got my letter about sky sports increase today going up £2.50 bye bye sky sports

telegramsam 27-04-2016 15:32
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Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35834697)
got my letter about sky sports increase today going up £2.50 bye bye sky sports
My Sky Sports will be cancelled once the football season ends as usual but whether I renew again in August remains to be seen. I may just buy a Now TV box and pick and choose the games I want to watch.

Dave42 27-04-2016 15:40
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Originally Posted by telegramsam (Post 35834700)
My Sky Sports will be cancelled once the football season ends as usual but whether I renew again in August remains to be seen. I may just buy a Now TV box and pick and choose the games I want to watch.
yeah probably see season out all the rises are sure making people turn to things like kodi

denphone 27-04-2016 16:03
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Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35834697)
got my letter about sky sports increase today going up £2.50 bye bye sky sports
Our contract is coming to a end in a months time so we will be giving retentions a little tinkle.

smallclone 28-04-2016 15:51
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Originally Posted by Dave42 (Post 35834703)
yeah probably see season out all the rises are sure making people turn to things like kodi
Hardly surprising really.

Just to add that Kodi is a very useful piece of software. And perfectly legal.

Gavin-D 29-04-2016 10:37
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Price rises at BT this summer

Line rental up to £18.99

BT Sport is going up £1 to £6 - remains free for customers on BT broadband and TV contracts

The increase comes into affect on July 3rd

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...d-tv-customers

denphone 29-04-2016 11:44
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Line rental is becoming incredibly expensive sadly.


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