General : £3 TV increase but BT Sport Europe is "free"

[geordiechris]

Originally Posted by Mazz

Thanks Geordiechris!

Knew I should of haggled for a better deal!

It looks like you're only getting the standard £10 loyalty discount whereas I am also getting another £7 loyalty discount on top of that making it the price I pay.

[pengedragon]

ironic really that i was surviving quite happily without sky sports before vm offered the season ticket

currently got sky sports half price for another few weeks so thats due to go up and thats without hd

done a few sums and i reckon if i keep phone and bb with vm and get sky tv i'll be paying roughly the same but will gain sports and movies in hd for 12 months so i think i'll put that in motion today after a bit more soul searching

[geordiechris]

For me i'm paying £57.99 per month and that is for the full package with Sky and the 50Mb broadband and line rental from VM.

I must also add that I've had half price Sky subscription now for 2 full years. My current offer expires in October so no doubt i'll be haggling with them again and manage to get the same deal. Sky don't like customers leaving and, dare I say, 'bend over backwards' to keep you. Last year I managed to blag another 12 months half price WITHOUT having to sign up for another 12 months contract

[andrew.shearman]

I have BT sports and sky spots on the XL package BT sport Europe what Channel will this be on more football for me

[neilo]

I am seriously struggling to justify sky sports at nearly £40 a month with HD (wouldn't want SD on its own) with another £3 rise to XL now on the way. I haven't subscribed to SS for this season as of yet and it's 50/50 if I will now. It's always been a no brainier 'yes' for me before. Wonder how many other regular SS subscribers are balking.

[pengedragon]

I've just remembered I have a relative's sky go login (including sports) I can use on my pS4 linked to the TV, a much cheaper option and something else to throw into the mix

1st world problems maybe but all good fun working out what to do

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Originally Posted by neilo

I am seriously struggling to justify sky sports at nearly £40 a month with HD (wouldn't want SD on its own) with another £3 rise to XL now on the way. I haven't subscribed to SS for this season as of yet and it's 50/50 if I will now. It's always been a no brainier 'yes' for me before. Wonder how many other regular SS subscribers are balking.

Would going onto big kahuna sports work out cheaper for you?

[neilo]

I did try Now TV but the picture quality in live sport is terrible. It's ok on the movies but the sport is horrible. It gave me a headache watching it. Would save £2 a month on the Big Kahuna Sports but am holding out with current package for contract end in a few months.

[Anypermitedroute]

Originally Posted by neilo

I did try Now TV but the picture quality in live sport is terrible. It's ok on the movies but the sport is horrible. It gave me a headache watching it. Would save £2 a month on the Big Kahuna Sports but am holding out with current package for contract end in a few months.

I would argue the PQ is terrible in SD on the main system (VM and sky) and just forces people to pay the additional surcharge to see it in HD

[tassiekev]

Originally Posted by neilo

I did try Now TV but the picture quality in live sport is terrible. It's ok on the movies but the sport is horrible. It gave me a headache watching it. Would save £2 a month on the Big Kahuna Sports but am holding out with current package for contract end in a few months.

New NowTV Box due in a couple of weeks (£15) may (or may not) improve things. Video will be streamed at 720p but there's been no mention of audio so far - hopefully 5.1. At £15 with possibly some streaming thrown in, it may be worth a gamble.

[pengedragon]

Is sky go different to now tv pq wise?

[OLD BOY]

U

Originally Posted by passingbat

You just don't get it. Roku is just the conduit to you subscribing directly to Sky for Now TV.

Sky haven't sold it to Roku, who are then selling it to you.

Of course I 'get it', PB! Where did I suggest that Sky had 'sold' Now TV to Roku?

My point was that given Now TV is available on Roku (as well as other providers), this shows that Sky Atlantic is not being withheld from other platforms.

Of course, VM may have their own reasons for not making Now TV available to its TiVo customers, but that is a separate issue.

I would like to see Mr Malone make good on his promise of maximising the amount of content available to cable customers without necessarily owning the content.

If. Now TV is the only mechanism by which we can access Sky Atlantic, ITV Encore and other exclusive content, I think VM should bite the bullet and add it into our streaming services in the same kind of arrangement it has with Netflix.

VM may take the view that it is not a good deal for their customers, but I and others have taken precisely that decision in subscribing to Now TV outside the Virgin Media service.

They should let their own customers decide.

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Originally Posted by Dave42

well that's why as it has nowtv that the only reason mate and sky own nowtv sky wont let anyone else have SA at all

Not sure I quite understand your comment, Dave. SA is available on Now TV.

Now TV is available on a number of different devices.

This indicates to me that it is Virgin Media who are refusing to take this or any other available option to secure the channel.

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Originally Posted by dilli-theclaw

Sky is an investor in Roku

http://www.techradar.com/news/televi...s-corp-1090185

Thanks for clarifying, Dilly.

However, my main point is correct, because Sky don't own all those gaming consoles and TV makers that give you access to Now TV.

[Bobby Dazzler]

Originally Posted by Superblade7

Try the online chat option on the Sky website Mutley and they should offer it to you if you are willing to take it there and then. That's what John and I did.

Id bite there arm off for that deal. May i ask how did you start this conversation? Do i just charge straight in saying give me 60% off now and ill move from virgin, your choice take it or leave it!

Like others have said the deals on the site are poor at the moment only offering a fiver off the family pack.

[Superblade7]

Originally Posted by Bobby Dazzler

Id bite there arm off for that deal. May i ask how did you start this conversation? Do i just charge straight in saying give me 60% off now and ill move from virgin, your choice take it or leave it!

Like others have said the deals on the site are poor at the moment only offering a fiver off the family pack.

Just play it cool Bobby. Start by saying you're a VM customer and currently considering switching to Sky and just wondered what deals they currently have available. Tell them you'd be interested in the Family Bundle with Sports and Movies in HD. Then just see where the conversation takes you (hopefully to the great deal!).

[Bobby Dazzler]

Originally Posted by Superblade7

Just play it cool Bobby. Start by saying you're a VM customer and currently considering switching to Sky and just wondered what deals they currently have available. Tell them you'd be interested in the Family Bundle with Sports and Movies in HD. Then just see where the conversation takes you (hopefully to the great deal!).

Ok cool dude it is then.

Ill let you know how i get on.

[Dave42]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

U Of course I 'get it', PB! Where did I suggest that Sky had 'sold' Now TV to Roku?

My point was that given Now TV is available on Roku (as well as other providers), this shows that Sky Atlantic is not being withheld from other platforms.

Of course, VM may have their own reasons for not making Now TV available to its TiVo customers, but that is a separate issue.

I would like to see Mr Malone make good on his promise of maximising the amount of content available to cable customers without necessarily owning the content.

If. Now TV is the only mechanism by which we can access Sky Atlantic, ITV Encore and other exclusive content, I think VM should bite the bullet and add it into our streaming services in the same kind of arrangement it has with Netflix.

VM may take the view that it is not a good deal for their customers, but I and others have taken precisely that decision in subscribing to Now TV outside the Virgin Media service.

They should let their own customers decide.

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Not sure I quite understand your comment, Dave. SA is available on Now TV.

Now TV is available on a number of different devices.

This indicates to me that it is Virgin Media who are refusing to take this or any other available option to secure the channel.

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Thanks for clarifying, Dilly.

However, my main point is correct, because Sky don't own all those gaming consoles and TV makers that give you access to Now TV.

sky will only let SA on it own platform sky own now tv why is it on no other platform because sky wont let anyone one else have it