Sky Sports Set To Replace Numbered Channels & Slash Prices

hfc rd · 27-06-2017 08:17 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/27/sky-sports-channels-prices-football-golf-cricket?CMP=twt_gu

About bloody time! Only personally mainly watch football, rugby, darts & F1 on Sky. No interest in golf, cricket, snooker etc.

***Itsnoteasy*** · 27-06-2017 08:29 PM

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/27/sky-sports-channels-prices-football-golf-cricket?CMP=twt_gu

About bloody time! Only personally mainly watch football, rugby, darts & F1 on Sky. No interest in golf, cricket, snooker etc.

But still costly if you take all the channels

**bigstu** · 27-06-2017 08:31 PM

At last!!

***Golden Bear*** · 27-06-2017 08:31 PM

So what's the story? I can't open the link on my phone.

***blackpoolhibs*** · 27-06-2017 08:38 PM

If the football was a tenner a month, i'd subscribe. The rest i'm not really bothered about, but i'm sure it will be much more expensive than that.

hfc rd · 27-06-2017 08:38 PM

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But still costly if you take all the channels

Depends which sport you are into. If you like football, golf, cricket, F1, rugby, tennis etc it's going to cost a lot. I'd only be interested in the two football channels and the Sky Sports Arena for the rugby, darts etc. The golf and cricket channel can get patched.

***bingo70*** · 27-06-2017 08:41 PM

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If the football was a tenner a month, i'd subscribe. The rest i'm not really bothered about, but i'm sure it will be much more expensive than that.

You're probably right but they need to do something to start competing with BT sport for the football so hopefully a far more reasonable price is a start.

If they don't I'm pretty tempted to get rid of sky for BT and I'm sure I won't be the only one based on the games BT had last year compared to SKY.

***Carheenlea*** · 27-06-2017 09:26 PM

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So what's the story? I can't open the link on my phone.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...ket?CMP=twt_gu

**JJP** · 27-06-2017 09:30 PM

What a bunch of fan boys. Making their Premier League teams richer and paying more for fees when people are bored with the product and aren't watching anymore.

***Sylar*** · 27-06-2017 10:07 PM

Whatever channel shows the NFL and golf will get my backing - couldn't give a stuff about F1, Cricket, the EPL, La Liga or even the televised SPL (I'd rather go and watch us...).

**Ozyhibby** · 28-06-2017 12:20 AM

Happy to watch the lot for free on kodi.

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***GlesgaeHibby*** · 28-06-2017 12:35 AM

One of the main reasons I left Sky was their insistence on having the full TV package to be able to get Sky Sports in HD. I don't watch much TV and when I watch sports I want to watch in HD.

That, and BT coverage of Scottish Football is miles better. If they do a cut price Sky Sports HD package with football I could be enticed back.

***cabbageandribs1875*** · 28-06-2017 12:55 AM

sky are very clever in how they bundle different categories, they will probably split footy and rugby bundles, if you want to watch both then you will have to pay for two different bundles etc, it will probably end up costing more to get a few different categories than it is presently for the whole lot

the only winners will be the viewers that only want to watch one specific sport

**KazaHibs** · 28-06-2017 01:04 AM

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Happy to watch the lot for free on kodi.

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I can only imagine that is the main reason for this so called revamp?

**Mcpakeisgod** · 28-06-2017 04:36 AM

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Happy to watch the lot for free on kodi.

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Here here!

***Allant1981*** · 28-06-2017 04:58 AM

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Happy to watch the lot for free on kodi.

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until your provider blocks it

**Ozyhibby** · 28-06-2017 06:10 AM

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until your provider blocks it

Doing it nearly a year and saved over £600. If it ends, it ends. Still been worth it. Hopefully get another year first.

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***Hibernia&Alba*** · 28-06-2017 06:14 AM

I'm still not giving Rupert Murdoch any more money. I used to pay a fortune for Sky, but my conscience finally got the better of me. BT Sport will do.

**Phil MaGlass** · 28-06-2017 08:49 AM

Looks like the SKY billions to the Premier could start drying up when the contract ends, by the way, what is kodi?

**steelendhibs** · 28-06-2017 08:52 AM

Just left sky for a new job elsewhere. Sky will have channels dedicated to individual sports. There will be a channel for the English premiership, a channel for other football, one for cricket, one for golf, one for F1 and another for other sports such as darts, tennis, nfl and rugby. One channel will cost £18 a month, two channels £22, and three £26. All channels will still cost £27.50. On a contract basis, you will be able to get all channels for £20 on an 18 month contract. They are tinkering at the edges in my opinion

**Ozyhibby** · 28-06-2017 09:24 AM

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Looks like the SKY billions to the Premier could start drying up when the contract ends, by the way, what is kodi?

A program you can load onto an Amazon firestick and get all the TV, movies and sport you want for free. Takes about 15 mins to load and there are plenty YouTube videos that show you how.

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***GreenNWhiteArmy*** · 28-06-2017 09:30 AM

It just gets better and better for the armchair fan. Hopefully there's a channel dedicated to 24/7 365 days coverage of the EPL only. I don't think there's enough coverage of that league at the moment.

One thing i'm not looking forward to this coming season is the inevitable switch from Saturday to Sunday games. Fri/Sat night games i love but it seems these are exclusive to BT/Jordi ALBA only.

Thanks Sky, thanks a lot

***jonny*** · 28-06-2017 09:32 AM

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Looks like the SKY billions to the Premier could start drying up when the contract ends, by the way, what is kodi?

Kodi is an app that can be added to a number of electronic devices, most commonly the Amazon Fire stick. It gives access to thousands of live internet streams in a variety of categories - TV shows, movies, sports etc. You can pick one up for about £60 on eBay. You need a good internet download speed for it to be worthwhile.
Another app that you can get for your phone or android device us Mobdro. That gives direct links to loads of sports channels all over the world (including sky and bt).
A lot of the streams aren't legal though.

**brianmc** · 28-06-2017 09:33 AM

Meanwhile... The Sky RSS feed has gone spamming mental!!

**patch1875** · 28-06-2017 10:44 AM

I don't bother with the sports but have F1 free with the legacy package better not take that away😤

**Phil MaGlass** · 28-06-2017 10:57 AM

Cheers lads

***renato*** · 28-06-2017 11:36 AM

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Just left sky for a new job elsewhere. Sky will have channels dedicated to individual sports. There will be a channel for the English premiership, a channel for other football, one for cricket, one for golf, one for F1 and another for other sports such as darts, tennis, nfl and rugby. One channel will cost £18 a month, two channels £22, and three £26. All channels will still cost £27.50. On a contract basis, you will be able to get all channels for £20 on an 18 month contract. They are tinkering at the edges in my opinion

Thanks for the overview. Will the footy internationals be on the "other football" channel or will game choice still be available if you only purchased this one sports channel?

**edinburghhibee** · 28-06-2017 11:46 AM

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One of the main reasons I left Sky was their insistence on having the full TV package to be able to get Sky Sports in HD. I don't watch much TV and when I watch sports I want to watch in HD.

That, and BT coverage of Scottish Football is miles better. If they do a cut price Sky Sports HD package with football I could be enticed back.

I called them up at the start of the year and dropped the HD channels from my package and guess what two months later they sent me a letter saying due to my loyalty I'm getting the HD channels back for free

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**wallmack** · 28-06-2017 12:27 PM

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I called them up at the start of the year and dropped the HD channels from my package and guess what two months later they sent me a letter saying due to my loyalty I'm getting the HD channels back for free

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Same