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Jan 27 2017, 07:56 PM
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QUOTE (Gazzadp @ Jan 27 2017, 07:14 PM) I thought I would wait a couple of days before I posted about this, but it seems that BSkyB are already accepting cancellations from TV subscribers.
But on the 31st January Discovery Networks will pulling its 12 TV channels from Sky TV and the Sky owned Now TV services.
This is due to Sky demanding more money from Discovery Networks, Although Discovery Network channels are broadcast (uplinked/downlinked via either an Astra or Eutelsat satellite) they have to pay Sky vast somes of money to appear on the EPG, they also pay for positioning on the EPG.
For those who may say "well I don't watch Discovery" you should know that they now own the Eurosport channels and they WILL be going off too, if neither side backs down.
Still as is always the case it is the viewer, customer and paying subscriber that is being made to lose out.
NOTE: BT & Virgin customers are NOT affected by this. Sky is getting very expensive now for what it offers. Quite frankly unless you want fifty channels of football there's very little worth watching. I may now cancel my overpriced subscription.
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Jan 28 2017, 04:42 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jan 28 2017, 02:49 PM) Discovery, 13 channels of tosh. I'm with Sky on this one:
"We have been overpaying Discovery for years and are not going to anymore. We will now move to redeploy the same amount of money into content we know our customers value."
I for one will not miss them Can't disagree with that!
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Jan 28 2017, 08:27 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 28 2017, 08:12 PM) Why don't you blouses go to the pub, like real men! Cos we are all old brexiteer gits that have robbed the young of the future. 😂
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Jan 28 2017, 08:49 PM
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Many people seem to be missing the real issue at stake here, whilst it is Sky vs Discovery Networks today.
At any point in the future it could be ITV or BBC who Sky decide to try it on with next, I find it interesting how people are seemingly happy to believe the press release that Sky have put out today, when all the evidence of year, on year price increases well EVERY OTHER YEAR they raise the TV subscription charges. I can remember when I signed up to Sky in 1991 and it less than £8 a year, what was even better is back then the consumer had a choice of what satellite receiver they wanted as you bought it and then signed up to Sky.
Anyway the point is this yes, Discovery Networks have done themselves no favours as when the Discovery Channel first started it was a channel worth watching, but Discovery have ruined many of the decent programmes by making more and more into reality style programmes, people watch Discovery to "discover" then can get reality like crap on every other channel.
But again I say this is NOT just about Discovery channel, there is the Eurosport Channels too the cynic in me thinks this may be Sky flexing it muscle more about Eurosport than anything else, as Sky have been there before when they threatened to not allow Sky Sports on CableTV when it was bought by Virgin Media.
If you are a Sky subscriber, you might well think the "discovery channels are not worth it" fine, the TRUTH is Sky over paid for the football rights and vastly overpaid too.
Now if the BBC find themselves in a "price fee battle" with Sky, just remember it will NOT only the channels with "BBC" in the names that go, the BBC own a controlling stake in a company that was called Flextech it might have been renamed....
EDIT/UPDATE: A quick internet search shows that Flextech was split into two companies Flextech was bought by yes BSkyB and is now a subsidiary of BSkyB Flextech owns the Living channels on Sky. The other major and better know channels were all kept together and the company called UKTV, the BBC still hold the controlling stake.
Sadly my old ITC members pocket book is out of date, well out of date as the ITC is now called OFCOM!
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Jan 29 2017, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 29 2017, 12:19 PM) I just watched Federer win the Australian Open ... on Eurosport. I blame Brexit!!!
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Jan 29 2017, 04:48 PM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Jan 29 2017, 01:55 PM) I blame Brexit!!! Quite right, although Donald should share some of the blame.
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Jan 29 2017, 11:14 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 29 2017, 12:19 PM) I just watched Federer win the Australian Open ... on Eurosport. I didn't, can't remember last time there was anything interesting on Eurosport. To be fair, the only sport I watch is cricket.
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Jan 30 2017, 12:10 AM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jan 29 2017, 11:14 PM) I didn't, can't remember last time there was anything interesting on Eurosport.
To be fair, the only sport I watch is cricket. Sport?
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