Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
01-03-2018, 12:20
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Sky seem to be making all the right moves for consumers just lately. I am impressed.
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01-03-2018, 12:33
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Sky seem to be making all the right moves for consumers just lately. I am impressed.
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l thought your analysis was that TV companies were dead in the water and will die and be replaced by the streaming giants in these coming years?.
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01-03-2018, 12:37
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
Are SKY not gearing up to become a streaming company?
https://www.techradar.com/news/sky-p...ing-takes-over
Fits totally to OB's analysis.
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01-03-2018, 14:10
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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l thought your analysis was that TV companies were dead in the water and will die and be replaced by the streaming giants in these coming years?.
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No, I said the owners of broadcast and pay tv channels had to embrace the changes in the viewing habits of the nation or die.
Sky have clearly recognised this, as have even the BBC, and as long as they move with the times they should both survive.
In the future, instead of having hundreds of TV channels set out on the EPG, both Sky and Virgin will have a library of on demand services available to their customers. This will comprise existing VOD/catch-up services (although they would no longer be called 'catch up'), subscription services including Sky's own content under their own name, together with a range of other on demand/streaming services from Netflix, Amazon, Curzon, Filmstruck, etc. We can expect many more of these to spring up before long, such as Disney, HBO, etc.
These are truly exciting times as we move to this new era of TV, which will give us access to far more choice, so we can decide for ourselves whether to watch quality programming rather than junk.
In my view, there is a spoiler in the woods. What if the controllers of the cloud made all programmes available from all sources via subscription or on demand? I don't think that will happen, and it would require legislation to achieve it except on a voluntary basis, but unless the broadcasters adapt, their hands might be forced in order to give the population what they want.
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Absolutely, pip.
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05-03-2018, 07:15
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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05-03-2018, 08:29
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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Well they do say better the devil you know....!
Will this be a case of "Come back, Rupert, all is forgiven"?
Protesters will be kicking themselves that they have contributed to the delay in the Sky/Fox deal which then leads Comcast to barge in unannounced. That law of unintended consequences strikes again!
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05-03-2018, 12:31
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
If Disney completes 100% ownership of Sky would ESPN switch over to the Sky Sports Channels from BT Sport?
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05-03-2018, 13:13
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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03-04-2018, 17:48
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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11-04-2018, 12:08
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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Obviously looking for concrete tangible evidence.
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25-04-2018, 14:27
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25-04-2018, 18:09
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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Interesting times ahead..
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26-04-2018, 00:27
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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Interesting times ahead..
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Indeed. I think there are more synergies between Sky and Comcast who can learn a lot from Sky in terms of customer service and technology. Will be interesting to see how this ends.
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26-04-2018, 06:18
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Re: Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
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Indeed. I think there are more synergies between Sky and Comcast who can learn a lot from Sky in terms of customer service and technology. Will be interesting to see how this ends.
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My worries is as you and another poster pointed out is Comcast's shocking customer service because Sky customers certainly won't tolerate that and will up sticks if they get poor customer service consistently.
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