Sky changing its Sports Channel
 

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news/...cid=spartandhp

Here's some good news for us:)

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Is it though? I only use Sky Sports for the football, is it likely to decrease in payment?

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I think it is brilliant news, trouble is. Will VM change there price structure

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I am sure they will, as long as Sky adjust the costs to Virgin Media accordingly.

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It's alright if you're only into one sport, such as football. But if you like lots of sports you'll probably be paying even more than at present.

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Ifs , buts and maybes is how we stand at the moment OB as whether it becomes cheaper well the proof is in the pudding and many times before one has been left still waiting for the pudding.

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Love if they drop the greedy HD charge on Sports!

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l doubt it..

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I'm still not sure.

For me, the biggie is losing the flexibility of when there's multiple overlapping games of one sport but none of another. Easy to manage when the channels are numbered - I'm sure they have a plan....

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I am unsure how this will effect me, as an avid NFL fan which pack will my sport be in?

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As its classed as some type of football it might be put in the football pack.

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I'd guess SKY Sports Arena along with boxing, tennis etc...

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no chance at all

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its does not end there you have to pay for a multi-room subscription if you want UHD

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As positive as ever, eh Dave?............:D

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---------- Post added at 13:06 ---------- Previous post was at 13:05 ----------

Thanks. Just have wait and see when the changes are implemented .

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sky customers still have sky sports HD charge FACT so it not gonna stop for vm is it

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Don't see the big deal , many can get the complete Sky Sports now with very little effort for under what they want to charge for one Sport.

Whilst the entry point to Sport may decrease for those who pay Sky's full subscription charges I'd expect those who want it all to see the complete Sports package increase , possibly approaching £30.

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These are said to be some of the new logos/names as posted on TV Forum: https://tvforum.uk/tvhome/sky-sports...p-42569/page-6

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They certainly put a lot of effort into those logo's.

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Yep about 2 minutes l would say.

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as long as that

they are horrible

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You're talking about the current position, Dave. The pricing will change with the new channel line-up.

We don't know yet whether Sky customers will be charged extra for HD. They may take this opportunity to charge the same as SD but charge more for UHD. After all, times change and HD is now more mainstream.

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l thinking you are hoping OB and somehow l am not sure its going to work out the way you want it too.

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I know it's early days, but for me the devil is in the detail of how scheduling will work. It's hard to argue with the idea of more competitive pricing, not paying for sports you don't want etc... however....

Numbered channels give so much flexibility with scheduling. There's times when football, rugby and cricket all go out on SS1, for example. I've seen rugby on at least 4 of the numbered channels at various times. How about when more than one rugby match is shown, but there's no football on. Yes, rugby is my main thing but I do dip into various other sports at times - football's the only thing I would actually avoid.

I could go on - numbered channels allow for all of this. I'm at a total loss how this can work, in reality, on dedicated channels. Quite often the F1 is simulcasted on SS1 for example, and apart from a few motorsport programs that could easily be squeezed in elsewhere on 1-5, it's not as if F1 alone fills the F1 channel.

Time'll tell, but I remain to be convinced.

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SKY Sports Mix will continue to operate and could be used as an overflow channel for clashing fixtures. I suspect they will also offer a red button service for each dedicated channel.

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Yes, I get that, but (and this is not shooting the messenger, it's shooting the message)...

Sky Sports Mix is a FTA channel, supposedly for tempting non-subscribers with selected stuff.

Red-button is great for when there's genuine overflow, it's not a substitute for putting particular games/matches/events on a proper HD-broadcast channel. Currently numbered channels mean that 6 live events can be "broadcast" simultaneously plus F1.

That doesn't seem to be the case anymore - it also occurred to me last night about how European rugby weekends will be handled, I think the current BT/Sky share certainly has some time to run yet. It's not uncommon for those to spill across 2 Sky channels at the same time.

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Both Sky and Virgin are capable of making HD streams available behind the red button and recordable , Sky do it with UHD already.

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I'm not saying whether they will or won't keep charging for HD, I was just pointing out that tbings could change.

What is almost certain is that there will be an additional charge slapped on for UHD.

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UHD is included with Sky Q Multiscreen

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It is. Exactly what earlier post said. You have to have multi screen sub to get UHD wether you want it or not (at a cost).

I am also sure that charge for sports HD will remain as not enough people complain about it.

As for having dedicated sports channels for certain sports - rugby union is currently Spread over SS1 to SS5, football is often on other channels as well as SS1 (when concurrent matches are shown such as internationals).

Other sports hop from 1 channel to another.

I can see savupings for people who only want 1 sport, apart from that the cost is likely to rise.

All in all I cannot see how it will work.

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Completely agree with that. Not good if you watch multiple Sports.

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Sky do this by setting up a sub menu behind the programme where you can select the game you want to record (when they can vibe bothered)

I have not seen similar on Virgin - how do they cope with this?

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Good for our hosehold then, football is all we watch.

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Sky wouldn't be doing this unless they thought it was going to make them more money. It might from me, not interested in football, but might subscribe to a cricket channel.

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If I can I will bin Sky for football and watch American football at a cheaper cost. I will still have BT sport for football.

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Yes, but there are ways other than price increases to maximise profits! Think about it...