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02-05-2022, 17:49
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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It wasn't to this extent and the notion that venture capital or Silicon Valley would throw money down the toilet in the way they have with streaming services is fanciful.
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The fragmentation of sport was already happening on pay TV. Sky had already split its channels in that way in preparation for any loss of rights.
Your expectation that the status quo would have been maintained had the streamers not come along is, well, fanciful.
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The consumers who now have to buy multiple services at higher cost than incumbent pay-tv packages?
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Except that they are not higher unless you opt to subscribe to a multitude of more expensive streamers.
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02-05-2022, 17:50
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The fragmentation of sport was already happening on pay TV. Sky had already split its channels in that way in preparation for any loss of rights.
Your expectation that the status quo would have been maintained had the streamers not come along is, well, fanciful.
Except that they are not higher unless you opt to subscribe to a multitude of more expensive streamers.
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Which of course you have to do in order to maintain the depth and breadth of content that you had before fragmentation by loss making streamers.
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02-05-2022, 17:53
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Which of course you have to do in order to maintain the depth and breadth of content that you had before fragmentation by loss making streamers.
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Nope. Streamers + terrestrials give you all the variety you need.
Again, you have failed to explain ‘breadth of content’.
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02-05-2022, 18:20
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Nope. Streamers + terrestrials give you all the variety you need.
Again, you have failed to explain ‘breadth of content’.
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Clearly not at the lowest price point - or nobody would subscribe to Sky/Virgin at all (including yourself!).
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02-05-2022, 18:58
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Clearly not at the lowest price point - or nobody would subscribe to Sky/Virgin at all (including yourself!).
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I was questioning what you meant by ‘breadth’ of content.
If that relates to the non premium Sky channels, I hate to be the one to tell you that 95%+ of the content on most of those are not worthy of being included in your ‘breadth of content’ definition.
The main five terrestrial channels provide that breadth, not the general entertainment pay tv channels, which really aren’t worth paying for these days.
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02-05-2022, 19:22
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I was questioning what you meant by ‘breadth’ of content.
If that relates to the non premium Sky channels, I hate to be the one to tell you that 95%+ of the content on most of those are not worthy of being included in your ‘breadth of content’ definition.
The main five terrestrial channels provide that breadth, not the general entertainment pay tv channels, which really aren’t worth paying for these days.
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It’s hard to take you seriously when the exact same content delivered over streaming would be perfectly acceptable in your view.
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02-05-2022, 19:35
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It’s hard to take you seriously when the exact same content delivered over streaming would be perfectly acceptable in your view.
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It’s laughable isn’t it , the streamers have equally as much junk available on them just try and find yourself a decent Netflix Original film and you may find 1 in 10.
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02-05-2022, 21:16
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It’s laughable isn’t it , the streamers have equally as much junk available on them just try and find yourself a decent Netflix Original film and you may find 1 in 10.
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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...x#post36083316
Here’s OB pining for Britbox. A service of literal repeats. Previously offered by UK Gold and Granada Plus (and many other iterations along the way).
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02-05-2022, 21:58
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It’s somehow better though when it’s streamed.
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02-05-2022, 21:59
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
Can you folks please confine your back and forth to the chit chat thread?
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02-05-2022, 22:37
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And sky sports subscribers await a price reduction lol
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Assuming you mean England football internationals moving to channel 4 - this is unlikely to make any difference to sky sports as, with the exception of the last 2 friendlies, England internationals have been on ITV for a number of years.
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Exactly... They must be feeling the squeeze if they didn't bid enough
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Hardly relevant - been on NT Sports for years now.
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02-05-2022, 22:59
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whats this about england internationals on channel 4? Can't find a post about it during the last two pages....
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02-05-2022, 23:07
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Watch out on May 12th.
We may get a update on a BT Sports / Discovery merger on that dete as BT PLC reveal results on that date.
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Looks like we will get a announcement within the next 11 days.
https://community.bt.com/t5/TV-Conte...2229073#M25731
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02-05-2022, 23:12
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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whats this about england internationals on channel 4? Can't find a post about it during the last two pages....
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Not sure why you’d limit yourself to two pages and posts on a bank holiday weekend.
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...ostcount=10842
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05-05-2022, 00:52
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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i wanted to make a point haha
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