Sky Premiership Coverage for Next Season

[mdean]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

mdean, I am sure you wouldnt have that attitude if you was stick with analogue.

when I had sky using the interactive on sky sports xtra didnt cost extra money has that now changed?

Well if I was stuck with analogue I would probably choose Sky over NTL. But is a dumb comparison to say ntl is crap compared to sky digi based only on Ntl analogue

Why do sky push the red dot down peoples throat ? Answer most of its functions cost money - hence the target £s per subscriber being more than Sky world sub x12
Yes they use all sorts of tactics to make people think they are getting something worthwhile- Hands up who actually watches player cam ???
or listens to fanzone ??? they are gimmicks. It is really there to get you to use sky bet etc.

That is why they don't give a damn that the dot ruins the production values of their programmes

[Tristan]

NTL have gone down in my estimation by removing the option to switch off enhanced content in their new software version. We're heading down the road of enforced red dots to...

Chrysalis -- 92% of NTL's network can get digital, if you look at the figures. You're unlucky to be one of that 8% (LE5, I'm guessing?), but you are a very small minority.

As to P+ prices... for the last two years, NTL have had PPV right for Premiership games, so all they've had to buy in was the studio production from Sky. With the new contracts, NTL no longer hold these rights, and so will have to pay Sky for them too. Thus their costs go up, and so it's likely that the price will go up to match.

[DeKurver]

Originally Posted by Tristan

NTL have gone down in my estimation by removing the option to switch off enhanced content in their new software version. We're heading down the road of enforced red dots to...

Well some of us are still waiting to see any red dots! Seriously though, will it be that big a problem? Won't you be able to press back to get rid of the red dot if it annoys you or is there another reason?

Originally Posted by Tristan

As to P+ prices... for the last two years, NTL have had PPV right for Premiership games, so all they've had to buy in was the studio production from Sky. With the new contracts, NTL no longer hold these rights, and so will have to pay Sky for them too. Thus their costs go up, and so it's likely that the price will go up to match.

Yes, that makes sense. Still, the £1/month offer was great while it lasted. It will be interesting to see if ntl: will continue with the monthly subscription cost or move to a Season Ticket model like Sky.

[Chrysalis]

Tristan LE3

As far as the interactive goes, when I was a customer of sky some of it was pay stuff some of it was free, I actually thought the sky sports extra stuff and bbc digital interactive was quite cool. Of course now since I had sky interactive has matured. mdean so ntl digital has same interactive functions eg. full choice of champions league games?

[sav_c]

But the difference last season was that the Prem+ contract was shared amongst Sky, ITV Digital and NTL. They all had to chip in after the first contract was pulled due to NTL (I think) bidding way more than it was possible to pay.

Next season Sky has sole charge of all games (bar the 8 up for auction to the terrestrial channels). Some of the games are on Sky Sports 1,2 etc and some are possibly for PPV. They can sell them wholesale to NTL/TW for as much as they like. NTL will then be forced to package them up in whatever way to recoup the money - I doubt it will be £1 a month though.

[pedg]

It would be interesting to know what the comparitive percentages of viewers on satellite and ntl that took prem+ season tickets where. If NTL had to pay a flat fee and then recoup the money they still might be better off with the cheaper but more people option. If the prem+ season ticket on NTL went up to 50 quid or so I would think very hard before renewing it but the tenner option is a no-brainer.

[DeKurver]

Originally Posted by mdean

Yes they use all sorts of tactics to make people think they are getting something worthwhile- Hands up who actually watches player cam ???
or listens to fanzone ??? they are gimmicks. It is really there to get you to use sky bet etc.

Personally I wouldn't use Player Cam, FanZone, etc., but I would make use of a multi-screen option that allowed me to select a game to watch. I can't remember if there are technical or legal reasons why ntl: can't offer the extra games on separate channels (they did this once for the World Cup and Wimbledon), but it looks like it's red button or nothing if you want access to such features.