Merged:-Comcast makes Bid for Sky
29-01-2015, 16:59
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
I'm sure it will be competitive with other mobile offerings , it also offers them a 10 million plus subscriber base with which to upsell their mobile deals.
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30-01-2015, 09:39
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#2687
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Sky Go comes to PlayStation 3 with TV from Sky app
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30-01-2015, 12:17
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Im hoping the mobile service starts in my area before my contract renewal in Nov
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02-02-2015, 11:03
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Sky accelerates new set-top box launch.
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02-02-2015, 11:08
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Another defensive move l would say as Sky fights battles on every front.
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02-02-2015, 11:25
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
I'd say there all scrapping to retain customers as competition comes thick and fast.
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02-02-2015, 12:39
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
The more competition the better but they will still be trying to get that extra buck on top.
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02-02-2015, 13:05
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Quote from article:
"The focus on portability and user-friendliness has been prepared with penetration of 4K screens very low, in spite of prices coming down rapidly."
Of course there isn't get take up of 4K, because there is not enough content available, and people are waiting to see what Sky, Virgin Media, BT are going to produce in 4K and how much more will it cost them to watch it.
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02-02-2015, 13:13
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
I would say portability is of more immediate importance for the likes of Sky and VM , with Netflix and Amazon already offering their content on a multitude of devices with cloud bookmarking this is badly needed.
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04-02-2015, 09:05
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Sky profits rise 16% after strong UK and German demand
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04-02-2015, 10:39
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Sky profits rise 16% after strong UK and German demand
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Its on-demand service Now TV, allowing customers to watch Sky content without taking a subscription, will be relaunched later this year with a new look and next generation box
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Is this right or are they getting confused with Sky bringing the new 4k Sky box forward?
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04-02-2015, 11:20
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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Is this right or are they getting confused with Sky bringing the new 4k Sky box forward?
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I'm not sure it wouldn't surprise me though , Roku in the USA are working on a TV with 4K capabilities using HEVC codec so you'd think a box with similar facilities would also be worked on.
Sky could easily introduce a new Now box with higher quality streams using the h.265 HEVC codec which is more efficient than h.264 for both HD and 4K content.
Edit: I suppose the only problem with using HEVC for HD streams would be that Now TV would be incompatible with current devices being that they aren't capable of handling HEVC.
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04-02-2015, 18:54
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
Sky vows to ramp-up spending on original British content.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ritish-content
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04-02-2015, 19:29
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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They've managed to get David Attenborough doing documentaries for them and I though he was welded to the BBC.
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07-02-2015, 12:33
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion
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They've managed to get David Attenborough doing documentaries for them and I though he was welded to the BBC.
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Is he making them or doing voice overs?
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