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m419 · 28-10-2008, 11:55

No I predicted this a while back, look back at the at the early 1990's, nobody was interested in pay tv because it was too expensive,nobody had the money!

Furthermore, peoples income is going down and everyone is having to cut back on luxuaries such as TV. People will start to downgrade TV packages and remove Sky premium channels which means less revenue for the firms.

Bolton Cable Vision which covered Bolton,Blackburn and Darwen had around just under 5,000 subscribers in 1990. Nynex took over and that hardly changed, then Nynex expanding the network to nearly every street and also launched the phone service in 1994, things then started to change and more subscribers decided to join because peoples income was getting more stable and the offers and promotions and cheaper-than-BT offers were very attractive back then. 1996 was another year when a whole big bundle of TV channels were launched and that also dragged in the customers. 1997 saw the merger of Nynex with Cable and Wireless, more customers joined as Advertising of the service was broadcasted over TV, however thats where it went downhill as Cable and Wireless cut back on investments and the service became shabby and then piled it all onto NTL.

All I can remember being on Cable TV in 1994/5 was:

BBC1
BBC 2
ITV
Channel 4
UK Living
UK Gold
The family channel (Now Challenge TV)
The parliamentary channel (Now BBC Parliament)
BBC News 24
TCC (Now Trouble)
Bravo???
Carlton select
Carlton food network ???
Sci-fi???
MTV
Sky premier
Sky Max
Sky cinema
Sky one
Sky two???

Not very attractive eh???

Then in 1997:
BBC1
BBC2
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
Channel One (Local News channel for London and Merseyside)
UK Gold
Living
Bravo
Trouble
Carlton Select
Carlton Food Network
Sky One
Sky News
CNN
Bloomberg
BBC News 24
Euronews
The Box
MTV
VH1
Nickelodeon
Challenge TV
TV Travel shop
Tara TV
Cartoon network
TNT Movies
Live TV
Sky Premier
Sky Max
Sky Cinema
Sky Sports 1,2 and 3
The Parliamentary channel
Sci-Fi
RTL
Rai-Uno
CNBC
Hellenic TV
TV5
QVC
Granada plus
Granada Men and Motors
Paramount comedy
Performance channel
Eurosport
Fox Kids
Disney channel
Television X
Adult Channel

Other channels:

ITV 2 launched in 1998
Playboy launched in 1998
Film 4 launched in 1998
Carlton Cinema launched in 1999

And the telephone service offered something like this:

Local calls: 3p per minute/off peak 1p per minute
National calls: 4p per minute,3p off peak
Local cable calls: Free at evenings/weekends
Calling features: Â£1 each per month
Line rental: Â£6 per month with Cable TV
Top Cable TV package: Â£15 per month

So, Top Cable package and phone line rental: Â£21 per month! Good value!

Now its Â£22 per month for the TV alone!

28-10-2008, 11:55	#12
m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	Re: Credit Crunch to hit Pay TV No I predicted this a while back, look back at the at the early 1990's, nobody was interested in pay tv because it was too expensive,nobody had the money! Furthermore, peoples income is going down and everyone is having to cut back on luxuaries such as TV. People will start to downgrade TV packages and remove Sky premium channels which means less revenue for the firms. Bolton Cable Vision which covered Bolton,Blackburn and Darwen had around just under 5,000 subscribers in 1990. Nynex took over and that hardly changed, then Nynex expanding the network to nearly every street and also launched the phone service in 1994, things then started to change and more subscribers decided to join because peoples income was getting more stable and the offers and promotions and cheaper-than-BT offers were very attractive back then. 1996 was another year when a whole big bundle of TV channels were launched and that also dragged in the customers. 1997 saw the merger of Nynex with Cable and Wireless, more customers joined as Advertising of the service was broadcasted over TV, however thats where it went downhill as Cable and Wireless cut back on investments and the service became shabby and then piled it all onto NTL. All I can remember being on Cable TV in 1994/5 was: BBC1 BBC 2 ITV Channel 4 UK Living UK Gold The family channel (Now Challenge TV) The parliamentary channel (Now BBC Parliament) BBC News 24 TCC (Now Trouble) Bravo??? Carlton select Carlton food network ??? Sci-fi??? MTV Sky premier Sky Max Sky cinema Sky one Sky two??? Not very attractive eh??? Then in 1997: BBC1 BBC2 ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel One (Local News channel for London and Merseyside) UK Gold Living Bravo Trouble Carlton Select Carlton Food Network Sky One Sky News CNN Bloomberg BBC News 24 Euronews The Box MTV VH1 Nickelodeon Challenge TV TV Travel shop Tara TV Cartoon network TNT Movies Live TV Sky Premier Sky Max Sky Cinema Sky Sports 1,2 and 3 The Parliamentary channel Sci-Fi RTL Rai-Uno CNBC Hellenic TV TV5 QVC Granada plus Granada Men and Motors Paramount comedy Performance channel Eurosport Fox Kids Disney channel Television X Adult Channel Other channels: ITV 2 launched in 1998 Playboy launched in 1998 Film 4 launched in 1998 Carlton Cinema launched in 1999 And the telephone service offered something like this: Local calls: 3p per minute/off peak 1p per minute National calls: 4p per minute,3p off peak Local cable calls: Free at evenings/weekends Calling features: Â£1 each per month Line rental: Â£6 per month with Cable TV Top Cable TV package: Â£15 per month So, Top Cable package and phone line rental: Â£21 per month! Good value! Now its Â£22 per month for the TV alone!