sky tv - churn
 

As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the churn
rate is now .

sky tv - churn
 

In message , Sir Krustov
writes
As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .


The main companies to watch for signs of the real economy being hit are
airlines & telecoms. They are all over extended on credit with low
margin business. i,e. If you have a mobile with Crazy Rorys Cheapo
Telecom, now would be a good time to switch to O2 :-)

Sky must be included in this bunch because they were having debt
problems in the boom years.

Personally I ditched Cable and went Freeview about 3 years ago. Why pay
TeleWorst for what I can get for free ??

--
Edward Cowling "Time is not your enemy, forever is !!"

sky tv - churn
 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:15:29 +0100, Sir Krustov
wrote:

As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the churn
rate is now .

I was think of something similar when Children In Need was mentioned
the other day of BBC..I wonder how much the amount collected will go
down this year.

sky tv - churn
 

uk.media.tv.misc
Edward Cowling London UK
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:44:41 +0100


As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .


The main companies to watch for signs of the real economy being hit are
airlines & telecoms. They are all over extended on credit with low
margin business. i,e. If you have a mobile with Crazy Rorys Cheapo
Telecom, now would be a good time to switch to O2 :-)

Sky must be included in this bunch because they were having debt
problems in the boom years.


IMS sky stopped offering half price deals when a while ago when you
phoned up to have the card switched off - wonder if they are still
playing hard ball .


--
www.cannabisaware.co.uk

sky tv - churn
 

"Sir Krustov" wrote in message
m...
As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the churn
rate is now .


Sky is like a drug dealer. Very few of its addicts have the capability to
withdraw from their narcosis.

Churn won't vary much from the usual 10% and in any event where one user
quits, another new user can be found elsewhere or from existing users
"friends".

sky tv - churn
 

In uk.media.tv.sky Sir Krustov wrote:
: As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
: without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
: sky tv must feeling the effect .

Not so much - it's cheaper to give up other luxuries (such as foreign holidays
or even trips to the restaurant or pub!) and stay at home with Sky
instead!

As others have said churm is always around 10% and has not increased.

sky tv - churn
 

"Sir Krustov" wrote in message
m...
As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the churn
rate is now .

Well Scudamore at the Premier League expects to keep his money coming in. He
argues that SKY TV is cheap compared to many other forms of entertainment,
such as taking the family to the cinema or having dinner in a restaurant.
It's certainly cheaper than taking your family to see a live premiership
match!

sky tv - churn
 

Sir Krustov wrote:
As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other
business sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the
churn rate is now .

Sky have been pretty smart on this, the free broadband offer will almost
certainly have reduce the churn rate to close to zero for customers who have
it.

Gaz

sky tv - churn
 

Sir Krustov wrote:
As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the churn
rate is now .

A banker was telling me the other day, Sky TV tends to be about the last
thing to go when people hit money trouble. Most utilities, banks and
other lenders will give you some leeway or cut a deal if you're
struggling to pay the bills, where Sky just cut you off overnight.
There are households where the furniture, cooker and dog are being taken
by bailiffs but Sky Sports plays on in the corner of the room.

I used to work in credit about 12 years ago and remember trying to set
up a revised payment plan for someone who'd been made redundant, and the
one thing they wouldn't give up was Television X :-)

sky tv - churn
 

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:48:49 GMT, David Low
wrote:

Sir Krustov wrote:
As more and more people start to tighten their belt and start to do
without some of lifes little luxurys - then just like any other business
sky tv must feeling the effect .

Anybody know what the churn rate was six months ago - and what the churn
rate is now .

A banker was telling me the other day, Sky TV tends to be about the last
thing to go when people hit money trouble. Most utilities, banks and
other lenders will give you some leeway or cut a deal if you're
struggling to pay the bills, where Sky just cut you off overnight.
There are households where the furniture, cooker and dog are being taken
by bailiffs but Sky Sports plays on in the corner of the room.

I thought bailiffs weren't allowed to remove cooking equipment.

I used to work in credit about 12 years ago and remember trying to set
up a revised payment plan for someone who'd been made redundant, and the
one thing they wouldn't give up was Television X :-)

LOL