Cable Forum - General ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news

We just don't know but if they had, I would expect an announcement to that effect and suspect Sky would make it conditional on VM passing it on to their customers.

telegramsam

22-03-2020 13:44

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36028375)

We just don't know but if they had, I would expect an announcement to that effect and suspect Sky would make it conditional on VM passing it on to their customers.

I would imagine if virgin got the discount or pause option from sky they would let customers know about it. They wouldn't be allowed to keep it to themselves I shouldn't imagine.

bubblegun

22-03-2020 14:23

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36028355)

That's one heck of a discount:erm:

VIP/Ultimate Oomp @ £79 is one of those I believe.

The bundle promo discount on the entire bundle is bigger than the cost of Sky Sports so they are saying you cannot get a discount on it.

BT Sports aren't doing anything so far.

Sky are removing the Sports portion of a bundle if you ask to Pause Sports.

AFAIK Virgin Retention will remove Sky Sports cost for 3 months too if you ask for it and are paying the normal Sky Sports add-on cost to a lower bundle.

ozsat

22-03-2020 14:49

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Sky are pausing the subscription for their Sports customers - they are not removing the channels.

Itshim

22-03-2020 17:19

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36028355)

That's one heck of a discount:erm:

Difference for me is 20 pounds if I take sports as I say one heck of a discount .Great that you got so much more wish I could !

RobboEdin

23-03-2020 19:34

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https://www.virginmedia.com/pauseskysports

denphone

23-03-2020 19:46

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Originally Posted by RobboEdin (Post 36028582)

https://www.virginmedia.com/pauseskysports

When l phoned up the other day we wanted to stop Sky Sports but yet were told our bill was going to actually go up by £1 so one was actually not going to get any benefit from it as one hoped.

Raider999

23-03-2020 20:58

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36028585)

When l phoned up the other day we wanted to stop Sky Sports but yet were told our bill was going to actually go up by £1 so one was actually not going to get any benefit from it as one hoped.

Presumably, you also have discounts which would be removed?

denphone

23-03-2020 20:59

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Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36028621)

Presumably, you also have discounts which would be removed?

Most definitely.

oxfordmark

25-03-2020 09:22

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What if your bundle includes SS as standard?

Raider999

25-03-2020 11:43

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Originally Posted by oxfordmark (Post 36028867)

What if your bundle includes SS as standard?

Good point - do any of the bundles include this as standard - I seem to recall taking the top bundle when I joined VM and having to add Sky Sports as an extra although BT Sports was included foc

OLD BOY

25-03-2020 13:18

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Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36028907)

Good point - do any of the bundles include this as standard - I seem to recall taking the top bundle when I joined VM and having to add Sky Sports as an extra although BT Sports was included foc

I have the £99 top package, which includes Sky Sports, BT Sport and Sky Cinema in the package. I am not expecting any discount on Sky Sports or BT Sport for that matter.

denphone

26-03-2020 17:58

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Sky and BT will 'lose £1bn if sporting events stay shut until August'

https://www.theguardian.com/business...t-until-august

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“The hypothesis informing governments assumes an initial three-month long lockdown,” said Enders Analysis, which published the report. “Group activities of 25 people involving close physical contact without protection will not plausibly be the first to be allowed when when some social life resumes.”