SD TV price rises - Page 74

BenMcr · 15-11-2012, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Chad

Do people only have 30 days from receiving these e-mails to cancel their services? If so, people will need to act fast it they don't accept the increase.

The latest someone can cancel is 30 days from the bill that had the changes on it - that's always been the case

Arthurgray50@blu · 15-11-2012, 20:08

Sky Tv are a business not a charity for VM cheapskates.

Big problem is that VM won't pay moneys for channels and customers wont pay increase subs, you cannot have it both ways.

Dave42 · 15-11-2012, 20:13

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Sky Tv are a business not a charity for VM cheapskates.

Big problem is that VM won't pay moneys for channels and customers wont pay increase subs, you cannot have it both ways.

tell us who else got the sky channels that VM is missing sheshhhhhhhhhhh answer NO ONE sky withholding them but you would never ever answer that would you and since when is only sky allowed to be a business VM is a business don't be foolish eh

kenjardine · 15-11-2012, 20:14

i take it the rise in 2013 is merited,what with s4c,africa channel,5+1.WOWEE

15-11-2012, 20:16

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Originally Posted by Dave42

tell us who else got the sky missing channels that VM missing sheshhhhhhhhhhh answer NO ONE sky withholding them but you never ever answer that would you

Yes but no-one other than Sky & VM charge so much.

Dave42 · 15-11-2012, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Yes but no-one other than Sky & VM charge so much.

yes very true both are far to expensive but the rest don't carry number of channels Vm or sky have either

Superblade7 · 15-11-2012, 20:22

I think the biggest problem is the way VM handle these price rises. They seem to advertise numerous 'free' services such as broadband speed doubling and TV Anywhere and then shortly after they announce / release these, they up their prices. VM have got to realise people aren't stupid and it is clearly obvious that the 'free' services come at a cost.

It is also poor that VM stagger their price increases. Nobody likes a price increase but I would stomach it more if they did something like Sky and promise that if prices are to change, they will do so once per year. I could then live with that as I would know it was coming instead of getting numerous price hikes sprung upon us.

I think VM are becoming worse than some of the power companies with the numerous hikes and from some of the prices quoted by others on here, the price hikes equate to more than 10% increases in less than a year, no wonder the company is turning around and starting to make a profit!!!

I guess it really is time for people to start voting with their feet as I almost jumped ship to Sky last April but stayed due to a retentions deal that supposedly guaranteed my price for 2 years but then I got a price rise in September with Sky Sports so they can't even keep their promises on retentions deals. If mine goes up again, I'll definitely consider the switch this time as although I'll miss my TiVo it is now becoming a joke at an ever increasing cost!

muppetman11 · 15-11-2012, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Yes but no-one other than Sky & VM charge so much.

They also don't offer as much , BT in its current form is Freeview with OD. You go on their website or Talk Talks and the prices start to rack up when adding additional channels , you also only get the Freeview channels in HD.

15-11-2012, 20:29

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For Â£10 from TalkTalk. Pretty good value even if there is no HD.

HDFootyMan · 15-11-2012, 20:34

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

They also don't offer as much , BT in its current form is Freeview with OD. You go on their website or Talk Talks and the prices start to rack up when adding additional channels , you also only get the Freeview channels in HD.

Talk Talk's YouView triple play package (the one with the Entertainment TV Pack) offers the likes of FX and Syfy for Â£44.

As for HD - that will change when a future software update enables adaptive bitrate streaming.

BT's YouView offering isn't anywhere near as strong.....yet.

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Originally Posted by Jameseh

Spoiler:

For Â£10 from TalkTalk. Pretty good value even if there is no HD.

Yep, and on VM, you'd need to be on the XL pack to get some of those channels.

muppetman11 · 15-11-2012, 20:39

I agree with both of you , it's great Talk Talk and BT Vision are here to shake up the market , however the Â£44 HDFootyman is quoting doesn't differ vastly from VM's XL with BB and phone pricing or Sky's Entertainment+ with BB and phone plus both offer more channels. I personally think VM's XL TV and Sky's Entertainment+ represent decent value , I'm afraid it's the premium channels which are increasing at too fast a pace for me , aren't sports stars already earning enough.

carlwaring · 15-11-2012, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Sky Tv are a business not a charity for VM cheapskates.

And VM is also a business of course. Your point; other than another cheap shot at VM?

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Big problem is that VM won't pay moneys for channels...

No. They won't pay over-the-odds for a channel that doesn't get many viewers.

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...and customers wont pay increase subs...

This is true

Arthurgray50@blu · 15-11-2012, 21:05

Hi Dave 42, Yes VM is a business, but they also do deals with Sky, and the majority that VM have are from Sky.

Lets put it this way, IF you took all the Sky channels away from VM, you would not have a business.

We have various companies that deal with VM, but not as big as Sky. Don't know wether people know this, is that Sky have a monoply over broadcasters in the UK.

carlwaring · 15-11-2012, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

I think the biggest problem is the way VM handle these price rises. They seem to advertise numerous 'free' services such as broadband speed doubling and TV Anywhere and then shortly after they announce / release these, they up their prices. VM have got to realise people aren't stupid and it is clearly obvious that the 'free' services come at a cost.

A very fair point.

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Lets put it this way, IF you took all the Sky channels away from VM, you would not have a business.

Of course Sky know this too. Hence the possibly over-inflated prices

Dave42 · 15-11-2012, 21:23

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Hi Dave 42, Yes VM is a business, but they also do deals with Sky, and the majority that VM have are from Sky.

Lets put it this way, IF you took all the Sky channels away from VM, you would not have a business.

We have various companies that deal with VM, but not as big as Sky. Don't know wether people know this, is that Sky have a monoply over broadcasters in the UK.

yes agree VM is sky biggest customer Arthur so let be fair no one else has got the sky channels that's missing on VM that's all I asking for be fair about that bit and I would also agree VM business not be as big without the sky channels