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Old 29-09-2019, 12:55   #6516
jfman
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
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.[COLOR="Silver"]
A Sky customer is a Sky customer, regardless of delivery method. In the longer term Sky will have plans, but whether Italian broadband infrastructure is up to it today is unknown.

There’s no rational reason for Sky not to offer UHD if the infrastructure is up to it. The reality is that it’s not, and they don’t want the reputational risk that will go along with deploying an untested product.

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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?
100 meg? Yeah they could do that, and see how many potential customers they rule out in the process.
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