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

It wasn't to this extent and the notion that venture capital or Silicon Valley would throw money down the toilet in the way they have with streaming services is fanciful.

The fragmentation of sport was already happening on pay TV. Sky had already split its channels in that way in preparation for any loss of rights.

Your expectation that the status quo would have been maintained had the streamers not come along is, well, fanciful.

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36120816)

The consumers who now have to buy multiple services at higher cost than incumbent pay-tv packages?

Except that they are not higher unless you opt to subscribe to a multitude of more expensive streamers.

jfman

02-05-2022 17:50

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36120818)

The fragmentation of sport was already happening on pay TV. Sky had already split its channels in that way in preparation for any loss of rights.

Your expectation that the status quo would have been maintained had the streamers not come along is, well, fanciful.

Except that they are not higher unless you opt to subscribe to a multitude of more expensive streamers.

Which of course you have to do in order to maintain the depth and breadth of content that you had before fragmentation by loss making streamers.

OLD BOY

02-05-2022 17:53

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36120822)

Which of course you have to do in order to maintain the depth and breadth of content that you had before fragmentation by loss making streamers.

Nope. Streamers + terrestrials give you all the variety you need.

Again, you have failed to explain ‘breadth of content’.

jfman

02-05-2022 18:20

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36120825)

Nope. Streamers + terrestrials give you all the variety you need.

Again, you have failed to explain ‘breadth of content’.

Clearly not at the lowest price point - or nobody would subscribe to Sky/Virgin at all (including yourself!).

OLD BOY

02-05-2022 18:58

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Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36120831)

Clearly not at the lowest price point - or nobody would subscribe to Sky/Virgin at all (including yourself!).

I was questioning what you meant by ‘breadth’ of content.

If that relates to the non premium Sky channels, I hate to be the one to tell you that 95%+ of the content on most of those are not worthy of being included in your ‘breadth of content’ definition.

The main five terrestrial channels provide that breadth, not the general entertainment pay tv channels, which really aren’t worth paying for these days.

jfman

02-05-2022 19:22

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36120840)

It’s hard to take you seriously when the exact same content delivered over streaming would be perfectly acceptable in your view.

muppetman11

02-05-2022 19:35

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It’s hard to take you seriously when the exact same content delivered over streaming would be perfectly acceptable in your view.

It’s laughable isn’t it , the streamers have equally as much junk available on them just try and find yourself a decent Netflix Original film and you may find 1 in 10.:D

jfman

02-05-2022 21:16

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It’s laughable isn’t it , the streamers have equally as much junk available on them just try and find yourself a decent Netflix Original film and you may find 1 in 10.:D

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...x#post36083316

Here’s OB pining for Britbox. A service of literal repeats. Previously offered by UK Gold and Granada Plus (and many other iterations along the way).

muppetman11

02-05-2022 21:58

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It’s somehow better though when it’s streamed.:D

Huxie

02-05-2022 21:59

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Can you folks please confine your back and forth to the chit chat thread?

Raider999

02-05-2022 22:37

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Originally Posted by 1701-e (Post 36120471)

And sky sports subscribers await a price reduction lol

Assuming you mean England football internationals moving to channel 4 - this is unlikely to make any difference to sky sports as, with the exception of the last 2 friendlies, England internationals have been on ITV for a number of years.

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Exactly... They must be feeling the squeeze if they didn't bid enough

Hardly relevant - been on NT Sports for years now.

vincerooney

02-05-2022 22:59

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whats this about england internationals on channel 4? Can't find a post about it during the last two pages....

TimeLord2018

02-05-2022 23:07

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