General £3 TV increase but BT Sport Europe is "free" - Page 4

johnathome · 16-07-2015, 21:58

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Originally Posted by Superblade7

Me too, great offer. Hope your installation went as well as mine John, I'm very impressed so far and not missing hardly anything about TiVo.

Install went great, he only lives 2 roads away and he did a 10/10 job.

The boxsets are great and i've hardly watched Netflix or Prime since i got it. I'm not missing Tivo either.

pengedragon · 17-07-2015, 07:57

Very tempting but I'd want the bt sport package on top (anyone know the cost of that) and would miss my tivo too much I think

MutleyF · 17-07-2015, 08:08

Hmmm... tempted to change, not because I dont like Sport, bit purely cost wise ... if I can get all the channels I have now (bar BT etc) for £25, then I would be silly not to look into it.

The S*y website however only shows £5 off the bundle, so I must be looking in the wrong place !

pengedragon · 17-07-2015, 08:45

Anyone know the broadband only costs with vm ? I’m already starting to think I could get over losing the tivo if I can make a significant saving

geordiechris · 17-07-2015, 08:54

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Originally Posted by pengedragon

Anyone know the broadband only costs with vm ? I’m already starting to think I could get over losing the tivo if I can make a significant saving

For 50Mb broadband and phone I'm currently paying £17.49 with various discounts applied to my account. I believe the price without discount is around £34.50. When I cancelled my VM TV I also wanted to cancel my telephone as I very rarely use it due to having a contract mobile, but if I did cancel my phone line then the adviser said I'd pay more (£19.99) so as it paid me to keep the phone then it may be the same for you.

Superblade7 · 17-07-2015, 08:56

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Originally Posted by MutleyF

Hmmm... tempted to change, not because I dont like Sport, bit purely cost wise ... if I can get all the channels I have now (bar BT etc) for £25, then I would be silly not to look into it.

The S*y website however only shows £5 off the bundle, so I must be looking in the wrong place !

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.

pengedragon · 17-07-2015, 08:58

cheers, at work now so cant really explore the various websites

i think i'll make a few phone calls when i get home tonight and see whats what

Superblade7 · 17-07-2015, 09:05

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Originally Posted by pengedragon

Anyone know the broadband only costs with vm ? I’m already starting to think I could get over losing the tivo if I can make a significant saving

I've just got a deal with them for 50Mb broadband for £7.50 per month + LR. So along with the Sky deal I got for £25 I'm now paying £32.50 + LR per month and lost BT Sport but gained loads of box sets, Sky Movies, Atlantic HD, Universal HD, Spike, etc.

I'm more than happy with that as whilst I'm a big football fan, I'll only miss the 1 EPL match per week on BT as I lost interest in the Champions League years ago when it stopped actually being 'champions' and became a money spinner.

The deals are out there if they meet your needs and you're willing to switch!

pengedragon · 17-07-2015, 09:11

interesting, thanks

at that price i'd be saving plenty even adding bt sport i think

geordiechris · 17-07-2015, 09:28

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Originally Posted by pengedragon

interesting, thanks

at that price i'd be saving plenty even adding bt sport i think

Beware that come August BT sport will cost £19.99 (£23.99 with the HD variant) on Sky.

denphone · 17-07-2015, 09:32

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Originally Posted by geordiechris

Beware that come August BT sport will cost £19.99 (£23.99 with the HD variant) on Sky.

And that's why £3 extra sounds much better then nearly £24 extra.

pengedragon · 17-07-2015, 09:39

Ah, that was the missing piece of information. Thanks gents

Will do some sums later

muppetman11 · 17-07-2015, 10:06

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Originally Posted by denphone

And that's why £3 extra sounds much better then nearly £24 extra.

I have BT Infinity , I opted for BT Starter TV and receive BT Sport free or £4 if I want HD seems a good deal to me.

OLD BOY · 17-07-2015, 11:35

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Originally Posted by Dave42

then please tell me why has only sky got it as we know sky own now tv that only reason it there

and why to sky keep insisting that why people join sky for SA even though the viewing figure disprove that as vast majority of sky customers don't watch it and why they mention SA in every tv ad that's on apart from sports or movie only ads because they wont let anyone have it at all that's why

But what you are missing is that Sky Atlantic is available through a Roku streaming stick, which includes Now TV. As far as I know, Roku has nothing whatsoever to do with Sky.

If you are still of the view that Sky is deliberately withholding the channel (despite the evidence I have just given), the link below may console you!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/1...ing-up-BT.html

Extract

Ofcom said it will also consider new regulation of the pay-TV market to open up access to programming and protect competition in a bundled market, a move that could lead to further clashes with Sky. The company has battled the regulator through the courts for years over being forced to wholesale Sky Sports.

passingbat · 17-07-2015, 11:55

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

But what you are missing is that Sky Atlantic is available through a Roku streaming stick, which includes Now TV. As far as I know, Roku has nothing whatsoever to do with Sky.

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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.