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[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

i forgot about HBO Max. I assume it'll be free for sky customers or something like that and we'll have to pay for it as virgin media customers haha

what do you think will happen with TNT Sports mate?

Only ads version which is up to 6 mins of ads per hour.

No idea what happens to TNT Sports long term, apparently TNT Sports International comes under Warner Bros Streaming & Studios

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Paul

There is nothing official re Sky One, its just speculation.

Agreed. I have seen nothing that persuades me to believe that the Sky channels will be re-structured or have their names changed.

I thought initially that perhaps Sky Atlantic might change its name to reflect the fact that the new HBO material will be shown only on HBO Max, with Sky left only with the HBO material already available to them at the time of the new streamer’s launch in the UK. However, the latest on that from Sky is that SA will remain as it is, but bolstered by more Sky Originals.

In short, Sky is not restructuring its channel lineup at this time, but simply adding the HBO Max service as an integrated part of its entertainment packages.

[TimeLord2018]

Some of Sky Original Comedy on Sky Comedy that was originally on Sky One have had the exipry dates changed to 23rd February.

Also they are testing a pub/commercial of Sky Max, only Sky Sports channels and Sky Showcase, Don't need both doing the same thing.

The plan appears to be for Entertainment channels is downplay the brands

In newer shows On Demand already even in HD, there is no channel intro, just "Sky'

[vincerooney]

what does a pub/commercial of sky max mean? like no adverts?

[Media Boy UK]

The following channels will close soon on Virgin Media UK:

December 31st - 6am:
*MTV Live HD
*MTV Music
*Club MTV
*MTV 80s
*MTV 90s

January 1st - 6am:
*Pop
*High Street TV (Shopping channel)

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

The following channels will close soon on Virgin Media UK:

December 31st - 6am:
*MTV Live HD
*MTV Music
*Club MTV
*MTV 80s
*MTV 90s

January 1st - 6am:
*Pop
*High Street TV (Shopping channel)

More channels closing nothing coming...

so what content will HBO Max have from March? friends and big bang theory by the looks of it? anything else?

[TimeLord2018]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

More channels closing nothing coming...

so what content will HBO Max have from March? friends and big bang theory by the looks of it? anything else?

HBO content that is on Sky channels...including ones that originally launched on Sky e.g House Of The Dragon, The Last Of Us , Welcome To Derry, The Chair Company , Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, the DC Universe, New Line Cinema, Max Originals and Adult Swim

This is Germany and Italy, other than the launch date its basically the same.
https://press.wbd.com/us/media-relea...tent_entity=en

Sky rights to a lot of back catalogue exipre on 25th March e.g Game Of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire , True Detective 1-3 , The Wire, The Sopranos, Barry , Curb, Succession etc

HBO Max does acquire shows in other countries so will see what happens there.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

Some of Sky Original Comedy on Sky Comedy that was originally on Sky One have had the exipry dates changed to 23rd February.

Also they are testing a pub/commercial of Sky Max, only Sky Sports channels and Sky Showcase, Don't need both doing the same thing.

The plan appears to be for Entertainment channels is downplay the brands

In newer shows On Demand already even in HD, there is no channel intro, just "Sky'

Yes, this is what I have always thought, and after the change to IPTV, my view is that all BBC programmes will be categorised by content rather than channels, similarly for ITVX, 4 and 5. Channel names are redundant in a streaming only environment (FAST channels excepted).

[TimeLord2018]

Sky especially should drop channel branding

Evil and Fear The Walking Dead are added to Sky Max in the next couple of weeks and I don't anyone knows what that brand means either.

Does anyone care about the channel names anymore ?
Surely they just look for something, whatever channel its on, and watch it.

If we're looking for something in our house we generally refer to channel number, i.e. its on 105 or 402 etc.

[OLD BOY]

We just look it up by programme title.

[vincerooney]

one of the things i hate is the sky sports channels naming convention. "check out the football on....sky sports cricket"