Things that annoy me about sky

Hi all,
Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a subscription)and
is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts come on, and why
are the adverts on every channel at the same time.
Why do all the programs start on the hour or half hour, why don`t they
stagger the start times,
also the movie channels on sky seem to be showing older movies since box
office began .
Why are there so many repeats on
Why am I still subscribing ?
Oh yeah, I signed a contract for 12 months

only 4 months to go )
[email protected]

"[email protected]" wrote:

Hi all,
Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a subscription)

because they're money grabbing *******s

and
is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts come on, and why
are the adverts on every channel at the same time.

Yes, it does seem louder and apparently they spent a lot of time
trying to sync the things so it would be hard to dodge them. worse
still were the ones that came on almost as soon as the credits had
finished at the start.

Why do all the programs start on the hour or half hour, why don`t they
stagger the start times,

advertising?

also the movie channels on sky seem to be showing older movies since box
office began .

there are some moldies doing the round, or course they're 'classics'

Why are there so many repeats on

because they would have no new programing except american series and
gambling things

Why am I still subscribing ?

because, like me, you're crazy

Oh yeah, I signed a contract for 12 months

only 4 months to go )

I am reluctant to give it up as I've been with others and been less
happy. It's a shame that money and trickery, the stupid red dots and
DOG crap etc come before customers happiness.



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[email protected] wrote:

is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts come on,

If you buy a decent TV with delta volume control you will no longer be
aware of this.

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"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
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"[email protected]" wrote:

Hi all,
Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a subscription)

because they're money grabbing *******s

and
is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts come on, and
why
are the adverts on every channel at the same time.

Yes, it does seem louder and apparently they spent a lot of time
trying to sync the things so it would be hard to dodge them. worse
still were the ones that came on almost as soon as the credits had
finished at the start.

Why do all the programs start on the hour or half hour, why don`t they
stagger the start times,

advertising?

also the movie channels on sky seem to be showing older movies since box
office began .

there are some moldies doing the round, or course they're 'classics'

Why are there so many repeats on

because they would have no new programing except american series and
gambling things

Why am I still subscribing ?

because, like me, you're crazy

Oh yeah, I signed a contract for 12 months

only 4 months to go )

I am reluctant to give it up as I've been with others and been less
happy. It's a shame that money and trickery, the stupid red dots and
DOG crap etc come before customers happiness.

That's why Sky continue to do it, they know people wil keep paying whatever
they do. Money talks - the only way to make Sky listen would be for
thousands of people to unsubscribe (all on the same day for better effect!)
I cancelled earlier this year and don't regret it one bit.

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:52:25 GMT, "[email protected]" wrote:

Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a subscription)

Because if there were no advertisements at all, your subscription
would be substantially higher and you'd be moaning about that too.

is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts come on,

No, but the audio for adverts is usually 'treated' by the advertisers
so that it sounds like "your hot rocking Capital FM, the loudest
station on the dial". That is not done to programmes.

and why
are the adverts on every channel at the same time.

Because most channels start their programmes on the hour or half hour,
and because Ofcom (and/or common sense) dictates that breaks in an
hour or half hour show will occur at roughly even points throughout
the programme. So If they start at the same time, they'll probably
have breaks at the same time as well.

Why do all the programs start on the hour or half hour, why don`t they
stagger the start times,

Because every channel is different, because they don't work together,
and because it wouldn't benefit anyone anyway.

also the movie channels on sky seem to be showing older movies since box
office began .

That's a myth, the movie channels are still "12 months after rental
date" as dictated by the movie studios.

Why are there so many repeats on

Because most people can't watch 500 channels at once so there's always
a very good chance that they're going to miss something.

Why am I still subscribing ?
Oh yeah, I signed a contract for 12 months

Funny that you're posting from a CABLE company IP address, then,
isn't it.

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On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:53:24 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:

whats that? sounds (no pun intended) interesting, annoys me as well the way
they ramp up the vol on ads even if they use some technical trick to prove
they dont really.

They don't ramp up the volume and don't use a technical trick to prove
that they don't. The ADVERTISERS use a technical trick to make their
adverts SOUND louder when the volume ISN'T turned up.

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"Zero Tolerance" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:52:25 GMT, "[email protected]" wrote:

Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a subscription)

Because if there were no advertisements at all, your subscription
would be substantially higher and you'd be moaning about that too.


8% IIRC. I'd take that.

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"[email protected]" wrote in message
k...
Hi all,
Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a
subscription)and is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts
come on, and why are the adverts on every channel at the same time.
Why do all the programs start on the hour or half hour, why don`t they
stagger the start times,
also the movie channels on sky seem to be showing older movies since box
office began .
Why are there so many repeats on
Why am I still subscribing ?
Oh yeah, I signed a contract for 12 months

People who subscribe to Sky, then moan about the subscription...

Loz

"Zero Tolerance" wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:53:24 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote:

whats that? sounds (no pun intended) interesting, annoys me as well the
way
they ramp up the vol on ads even if they use some technical trick to prove
they dont really.

They don't ramp up the volume and don't use a technical trick to prove
that they don't. The ADVERTISERS use a technical trick to make their
adverts SOUND louder when the volume ISN'T turned up.


OK, 'they' = advertisers, its still an annoying thing about sky. Would
Jomtiens "delta force" or whatever it was called fix that? :-)
--
Tumbleweed

email replies not necessary but to contact use;
tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com

Brian Wescombe wrote:

"Paul Heslop" wrote in message
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"[email protected]" wrote:

Hi all,
Why are there so many advertisments (when we are paying a subscription)

because they're money grabbing *******s

and
is it me or do they increase the volume when the adverts come on, and
why
are the adverts on every channel at the same time.

Yes, it does seem louder and apparently they spent a lot of time
trying to sync the things so it would be hard to dodge them. worse
still were the ones that came on almost as soon as the credits had
finished at the start.

Why do all the programs start on the hour or half hour, why don`t they
stagger the start times,

advertising?

also the movie channels on sky seem to be showing older movies since box
office began .

there are some moldies doing the round, or course they're 'classics'

Why are there so many repeats on

because they would have no new programing except american series and
gambling things

Why am I still subscribing ?

because, like me, you're crazy

Oh yeah, I signed a contract for 12 months

only 4 months to go )

I am reluctant to give it up as I've been with others and been less
happy. It's a shame that money and trickery, the stupid red dots and
DOG crap etc come before customers happiness.

That's why Sky continue to do it, they know people wil keep paying whatever
they do. Money talks - the only way to make Sky listen would be for
thousands of people to unsubscribe (all on the same day for better effect!)
I cancelled earlier this year and don't regret it one bit.

I'm not into cutting my nose off to spite my own face. There's much I
hate but I would go spare with the basic five channels. I don't watch
much telly but hardly any of it is on the five.
--
Paul (Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it)
------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/