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[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

But you don't have to take it up

Yes, but you think they would mark his files not to contact him about sports packages. I guess the CRM is not that nuanced.

[TimeLord2018]

Sky Sports+ and new dedicated channel launching this August
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...nd-new-channel

[telegramsam]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

Sky Sports+ and new dedicated channel launching this August
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...nd-new-channel

I love how it says "at no extra cost" when they've already bumped the prices up!

[Media Boy UK]

More info on Sky Sports + Channel.

Extra info via Radio Times.

Fans can expect six EFL matches to be shown on Sky at 12:30pm on a Saturday each week, with one match on a Friday night & 1 match on Sunday lunchtime, plus two others filtered into one of the slots. No additional EFL match time slots will be created.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/...plus-efl-deal/

Also tests for Sky Sports + SD Channel can be found at:

Sky Sports has started early tests for Sky Sports + SD on May 7th:

Tests can be found at:

12090
V
DVB-S2
8PSK
27.5
2/3

Label (As of May 8th):
7840

[OLD BOY]

Nice to see proof that there’s a future for live sports streaming after all!

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Nice to see proof that there’s a future for live sports streaming after all!

Sky have been streaming live sports for almost twenty years, OB. Where have you been?

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

More info on Sky Sports + Channel.

Extra info via Radio Times.

Fans can expect six EFL matches to be shown on Sky at 12:30pm on a Saturday each week, with one match on a Friday night & 1 match on Sunday lunchtime, plus two others filtered into one of the slots. No additional EFL match time slots will be created.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/...plus-efl-deal/

Also tests for Sky Sports + SD Channel can be found at:

Sky Sports has started early tests for Sky Sports + SD on May 7th:

Tests can be found at:

12090
V
DVB-S2
8PSK
27.5
2/3

Label (As of May 8th):
7840

Sky has posted on a Sky community page:

'Please note: Only customers with the complete Sky Sports pack will get access to Sky Sports+ at no extra cost. Anybody with individual sports packs will need to upgrade.'

https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-TV/...t/ba-p/4638266

[jfman]

I expect these will be red button services too. In addition to “streaming”.

Considering what they plan to show each week, and they only have one extra channel, there will have to be red button selection for matches.

Thats still going to be fun the first week, when they plan to show every match live (so it says). Is there a limit on red button choices ?

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Originally Posted by jfman

Sky have been streaming live sports for almost twenty years, OB. Where have you been?

Almost 20 ? Its over 30 years, they have been showing live premiership matches since it was formed in 1992.

[jfman]

I was accepting that streaming (2006 on some variant of an app) was substantively different from television as a whole for the purposes of entertaining OB.

However I agree, Sky have been, are and will continue to be the dominant player across all technologies.

[ozsat]

4K being dropped by UEFA.

The promos for the Champions League Final only mention TNT Sports 1.

https://www.ibc.org/features/uefa-re.../10918.article

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

Sky have been streaming live sports for almost twenty years, OB. Where have you been?

I know. I’m looking at the trend and judging that against comments made on Cable Forum previously.

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Originally Posted by jfman

I was accepting that streaming (2006 on some variant of an app) was substantively different from television as a whole for the purposes of entertaining OB.

However I agree, Sky have been, are and will continue to be the dominant player across all technologies.

You can’t be certain of that, jfman. I agree with you that Sky have been very successful so far, and their link with Comcast probably strengthens their position, but there is big competition out there.

[jfman]

Even the big “streamers” across the pond are desperate to bundle their products into cable without the cable. It’s a failed business model against the tried and tested offerings in the marketplace.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

Even the big “streamers” across the pond are desperate to bundle their products into cable without the cable. It’s a failed business model against the tried and tested offerings in the marketplace.

We’ll see.

https://advanced-television.com/2024...ined-by-sport/

[jfman]

A deal like this being struck with the Premier League or the Champions League would be the biggest deal in football history and a change in the guard for football streaming.

That would be the Premier League that no streamer can offer a competitive bid on despite real terms reductions in the value of the rights.