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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
A thumbs down from you, then! Not unusual. 
Well, it will be interesting to see how this plays out, won't it? |
It’s simply not viable at this stage.
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So you think Sky is wrong to have a plan to replace satellite TV with IPTV.
Interesting.
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That’s not what he said. He said near to medium term. It’d be reckless of Sky to not have a long term plan that looked at future requirements for the business.
End of life for the Astra 2 satellites for the UK will be nearly 2030.
Eutelsat, who broadcast Sky to Italy, are renewing their fleet at 13 degrees east with two new satellites in 2021, these will have a likely 15 year lifespan. Albeit, that doesn’t mean it will be Sky (Italy) who are using them.
Move to IPTV of some description is inevitable, it just isn’t ready yet and there’s no urgency to deploy. It’s years off replacing satellite broadcasts for Sky. That’s not to say both a satellite and IPTV offering won’t coexist for some time sooner than that. The IPTV version has significant challenges - that’s why it and 1080p Now TV don’t exist in the UK yet.