I just joined the forum (5 mins ago) to ask this same question. I was thinking of changing from Sky to ntl for the tv because of the latest price increase.

I know the red button is only a small thing (and will now be costing me £3.00 a month), but I do use it a lot and my OH uses it for the footie. So it looks as if I will be staying with Sky at least until the next football season is over as we shall be tied into PremierPlus.