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m419 · 25-07-2011, 16:41

Eventually News international may well sell off bskyb as well as Sky Deutscheland.

Rupert Murdoch doesn't usually likes wholly owned companies and that is what his aim was, now that has failed and because people don't like news international anymore in the UK, he may well sell it off. If he does that all Sky branded channels and Viacom channels will either have there content rationed or else subscription costs will go up as it will no longer be in house. Good news for Virgin Media,BT Vision,Smallworld,Chorus,Cablecom-Switzerland and TalkTalk TV and its customers because it will open the market quite a lot and the cost of channels will be cut as well as having full availability across all platforms.

Effected Channels if News international sell of BskyB:

Sky 1
Sky 2
Sky Living
Sky Movies (All channels)
Sky Atlantic (Any content directly from Fox network)
MTV
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
VH1
History
Military History
Biography channel
National Geographic
Crime and Investigation

Sky will have to pay more for content as well as carriage costs.

Content across such channels like The Simpsons could be removed from Sky 1 and Sky 2 and be moved to FX as well as a terrestrial channel such as Channel 4. FX is a wholly owned channel of News International and will become a direct competitor of Sky 1. Without shows like The Simpsons, Sky 1 will fail.

Sky Deutscheland in Germany is not pulling in as many customers as it hoped due to competition with Cable TV, Cable TV offers many channels for free so there isn't much need for satellite TV.

Anyway we will just have to wait and see!

25-07-2011, 16:41	#931
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: Money comes too money Eventually News international may well sell off bskyb as well as Sky Deutscheland. Rupert Murdoch doesn't usually likes wholly owned companies and that is what his aim was, now that has failed and because people don't like news international anymore in the UK, he may well sell it off. If he does that all Sky branded channels and Viacom channels will either have there content rationed or else subscription costs will go up as it will no longer be in house. Good news for Virgin Media,BT Vision,Smallworld,Chorus,Cablecom-Switzerland and TalkTalk TV and its customers because it will open the market quite a lot and the cost of channels will be cut as well as having full availability across all platforms. Effected Channels if News international sell of BskyB: Sky 1 Sky 2 Sky Living Sky Movies (All channels) Sky Atlantic (Any content directly from Fox network) MTV Comedy Central Nickelodeon VH1 History Military History Biography channel National Geographic Crime and Investigation Sky will have to pay more for content as well as carriage costs. Content across such channels like The Simpsons could be removed from Sky 1 and Sky 2 and be moved to FX as well as a terrestrial channel such as Channel 4. FX is a wholly owned channel of News International and will become a direct competitor of Sky 1. Without shows like The Simpsons, Sky 1 will fail. Sky Deutscheland in Germany is not pulling in as many customers as it hoped due to competition with Cable TV, Cable TV offers many channels for free so there isn't much need for satellite TV. Anyway we will just have to wait and see!