Sky Sports only?
 

Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say =A320 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200 or
so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and rugby.

Ed

On 2 Jun 2005 07:52:43 -0700, "Ed" wrote:

Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say £20 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200 or
so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and rugby.

Ed

I wish it could be.. I'd do exactly the same. Unfortunately they know
a good % of viewers would do exactly that and they'd lose the revenue
from broadcasting all the other ****e...

"Cheeky" wrote in message
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On 2 Jun 2005 07:52:43 -0700, "Ed" wrote:

Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say £20 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200 or
so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and rugby.

Ed

I wish it could be.. I'd do exactly the same. Unfortunately they know
a good % of viewers would do exactly that and they'd lose the revenue
from broadcasting all the other ****e...

That's right, you need one of the basic packages too, which is a con, you
should be able to subscribe to the channels you want

PKH

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:21:40 +0000 (UTC), "Paul K Hudson"
wrote:

"Cheeky" wrote in message
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On 2 Jun 2005 07:52:43 -0700, "Ed" wrote:

Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say £20 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200 or
so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and rugby.

Ed

I wish it could be.. I'd do exactly the same. Unfortunately they know
a good % of viewers would do exactly that and they'd lose the revenue
from broadcasting all the other ****e...

That's right, you need one of the basic packages too, which is a con, you
should be able to subscribe to the channels you want

PKH


But where would that leave the 2600 shopping channels...?

;o)

"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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In , Cheeky
wrote:

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:21:40 +0000 (UTC), "Paul K Hudson"
wrote:
That's right, you need one of the basic packages too, which is a con, you
should be able to subscribe to the channels you want


But where would that leave the 2600 shopping channels...?

Just where you left them - unencrypted, not part of any of Sky's
packages, and not getting any revenue from subscriptions.

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All consumers should have the option that you are able to subscribe to any
premium channel WITHOUT having to subscribe to the basic package if you
don't want it.

I won't hold my breath though

PKH

Ed wrote:
Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say £20 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200
or so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and
rugby.

Threaten to leave them and you often get offered a 50% deal. Once you are on
one of those they sometimes re-extend when you phone up again at the end of
the deal. I think it may depend, however, on the length of time you have
been with them.

mick

Paul K Hudson wrote:
"Mike Henry" wrote in
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In , Cheeky
wrote:

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Kill all Sky's red dots on TiVo! http://www.ljay.org.uk/tivoweb/

All consumers should have the option that you are able to subscribe
to any premium channel WITHOUT having to subscribe to the basic
package if you don't want it.

I won't hold my breath though

There used to be a lot of discussions on this group a few years ago about
the pros and cons of a pick`n`mix option. Let`s say you had bands of
channels from 50p/month to £5/month (or whatever), and then you could choose
a selection that was in your price range (10/15/20 quids worth - whatever
you could afford). I probably wouldn`t have dumped Sky altogether if this
option had been available.

mick

On 2 Jun 2005 07:52:43 -0700, "Ed" wrote:

Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say £20 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200 or
so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and rugby.

I'd like to go one step further and have a tailored Sky Sports
subscription - I have no interest in heavily subsidising the soccer
broadcasts just to get the cricket and rugby :-)

Charlie

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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:56:45 +0100, Charlie Pearce
wrote:

On 2 Jun 2005 07:52:43 -0700, "Ed" wrote:

Does anyone think it will ever be possible to pay, say £20 a month
just for the 4 sports channels? I have absolutely no interest in 200 or
so of the channels I am paying for just to get the cricket and rugby.

I'd like to go one step further and have a tailored Sky Sports
subscription - I have no interest in heavily subsidising the soccer
broadcasts just to get the cricket and rugby :-)


To be honest, I don't think Sky Sports, or Sky itself, would be viable
without the football. They'd have to come up with a completely
different model if they didn't have the monopoly on live Premiership
football.

Threaten to leave them and you often get offered a 50% deal. Once you are =
on
one of those they sometimes re-extend when you phone up again at the
end of
the deal. I think it may depend, however, on the length of time you
have
been with them.

They offered me another two months half price, but once the one day
cricket is over most of the tests are on C4 so I cancelled.

I said I only wanted the sport and they could keep all the other
channels. He countered with 'there is a package that is only the sports
channels plus sky one and discovery. I asked how much, expecting it to
be considerably less than the =A333 for SS World. he said it was =A331! I
said that with respect that was crap. He agreed. He did say, however,
that in september there would be a number of new packages available.