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I suspect there may also be a reduction in the number of Sky Cinema channels as deals with the studios move to the streamers. The number of new films appearing on Sky in recent months is very noticeable.
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By Sky Sports they mean rolling back on content. That’s where savings are made. |
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I honestly don’t think the number of linear channels is linked to the number of premiere movies… the genre focus of the channels are far more linked to the overall catalogue they have at any one time. |
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If Sky has fewer films to offer, then we can expect the number of film channels to decrease, and presumably, a reduction in the price of subscriptions. But yes, for Sky, no good news here. ---------- Post added at 23:15 ---------- Previous post was at 23:00 ---------- Quote:
Why do you think they are doing this, SP? |
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ITV would absolutely foam at the mouth of being the channel every TV has on “1”. Promo after promo for ITVX. |
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Sky must be hoping to do some sort of deal with Warner Bros be it exclusive or non-exclusive. Warner needs the money so Sky should be in a good position here. But I agree that Covid led to a reduction in filming and that's feeding through into fewer releases. ---------- Post added at 09:13 ---------- Previous post was at 09:05 ---------- Quote:
- Opportunity to charge viewers for no adverts - Opportunity to have a direct relationship with subscribers and market to them - Targets younger people who watch on phones more than TVs - Hope that once people are in the ITV Extra app, they will watch more ITV content and not channel hop to the BBC, Channel 5 etc. |
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No doubt that the loss of the Disney deal is noticeable - and was to be expected and honestly I think the loss of Bond isn't that significant given the paucity of new product from that franchise anyway... and I am inclined to agree with Warner; they're going to stay in business in some way whether it's a Paramount-esque streaming deal or they take advantage of their current predicament and offer them a ton of cash for an extended output deal post 2025. A lot of people give them shit for their 'Sky Original' movies but it was the correct strategy at the correct time especially as there was a need for more exclusive product as the overall number of studio titles started dropping pre-covid and also got them access to a few titles that were sold by distributors who couldn't get them out theatrically... and it's a good thing they're still leaning into it whether it's just acquiring titles or actually boarding them at the production level... also it was quietly announced this week that one of their titles, A Good Person, looks like it's going to have an exclusive theatrical window... that's a real big deal if they want to continue scaling and play for some bigger titles that are taken to market. |
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The features you list aren't unique to ITV X. They were also present in its predecessor, ITV Hub. |
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Oh yes, football rights are what saved Sky from bankruptcy. The rights holders know this and keep creaming off more and more money from them. It's free market capitalism in action, bur how long can this go on? |
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My TIVO caught the last few seconds of an advert. Something to do with "free access over xmas for all Virgin media customers".
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