Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 29-09-2019, 12:42   #6514
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Indeed they’re saying 15 meg to support three streams plus a tablet. Throw in Ultra HD at 25 meg and suddenly the number of people having not having fast enough internet increases significantly.

If Sky could reliably offer the product they would, it’s not nothing to do with being “not exactly customer friendly” more that the underlying infrastructure isn’t there to guarantee reliably offering a premium product.

As Spiderplant says, there’s no incentive for a satellite customer to move to the IP based product anyway. Why would they want to sacrifice internet bandwidth for an identical service?
In the longer term, Sky is planning on moving its pay-TV customers away from satellite in favour of IPTV. This is why it seems odd that they are not offering UHD, unless for accounting purposes Sky doesn't want customers to move just yet, thus attracting mainly new customers to IPTV at this stage.

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
Even if it did support UHD, there wouldn't be any incentive for satellite customers to leave (I assume the pricing is similar). More likely Sky don't want the support problems caused by broadband outside their control not being fast enough for UHD.
That is easily overcome by ensuring that only customers with a specified broadband connection are accepted to take UHD. Isn't that what Virgin do now for customers with a V6?
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