[Closed] That's it I've had enough! Sky content.

their inabiltiy to identify whats in the box was enough for me

Just be aware that when you do ditch Sky you are going to get lots and lots and lots of calls and emails from them offering new deals etc.

Get ready for some dude wearing Hessian underpants to pop along shortly and advise you not to watch telly because he thinks it's rubbish

We've got a Virgin Tivo box - it's ok, but we haven't had a recent Sky equivalent to compare it to. Sometimes slow accessing certain content like on demand / catch up etc.

Virgin like sneaking up the monthly cost so you suddenly find it's really quite expensive. Think it start at £35 a month just over 3 years ago - recently edged up again and it's now £70!

I'll be moving tv from Sky in April when that contract ends, and september when my fibre contract ends. Phoned last week to see if I could get a short contract on the tv and get the price down, best they could do was £about £20 off a 12 month contract.

Virgin have just installed cable in our area so I'll be moving to that.

ive just had the same email but going up £1.59 a month

it does really get my goat this, and its the reason I left talk talk

In my eyes, I sign a contract at the start with a set fee, as far as I'm concerned that fee shouldn't change at all unless I add things to the package

with talk talk I got a price increase every 2 months at £2 a time, in the end I just sacked them off as what started off cheap at 20 quid, was almost 40 by the time I left just off these email price increases

I don't go to various people like Vodafone and say, well I don't want pay my normal monthly contract price this month, so ill pay you 2 quid less, why on earth are they allowed to do it to us with tv packages????

(I know it will be in the small print, but even still its ****!!!)

I keep hearing that Virgins TiVo box is rubbish.

[i], its crept up with price rises £80 again [/I]

Presumably because you've Sky Sports, as ours is nowhere near that.

Virgin have just installed cable in our area so I'll be moving to that.

Wasn't aware they were still expanding... that's promising.

I keep hearing that Virgins TiVo box is rubbish.

They have just released another box to compete with the new Sky one so look in to that.

Cancel it, do without for a few months and they'll phone you back with an offer. Bloke i work with cancelled sky a while back, they phoned him up a few weeks ago and he now gets sports/movies for £15-20 (cant remember the exact amount offhand)

We quit Sky when we moved house. Sky kept calling and emailing offers for us to come back to them. Currently have 75% off for a year. I could of got everything for £20 per month as above. When that ends, i'll call them back up and ask for a repeat order (or go through to cancellations and get them to do it). The kind lady at Sky to me to do this.

Tried other TV boxes but the sky one is just so much easier to use.

I'm not quite in the hessian underpants category (I've just ordered a new TV today) but I do think £50+ per month for TV is really steep, you must be watching a lot of TV for that to consider it worthwhile. I find enough on standard TV and Netflix so don't feel the need to pay more. Why not just try that instead and spend the money you save on some nice stuff?

This only works for me as I don't really watch sport, I guess if you ar einto sport then paid for TV is more valuable

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

Get ready for some dude wearing Hessian underpants to pop along shortly and advise you not to watch telly because he thinks it's rubbish

"What is Sky? [i]I've[/i] never even heard of it" FTW!

hessian underpants

love that.

Wasn't aware they were still expanding... that's promising.

Think they're putting cable into pretty much every house in Kilmarnock, not much use to you though.

I find enough on standard TV and Netflix so don't feel the need to pay more. Why not just try that instead and spend the money you save on some nice stuff?

I can spend money on sky and some nice stuff, one isn't exclusive of the other.

franksinatra - Member

I'm not quite in the hessian underpants category (I've just ordered a new TV today) but I do think £50+ per month for TV is really steep, you must be watching a lot of TV for that to consider it worthwhile. I find enough on standard TV and Netflix so don't feel the need to pay more. Why not just try that instead and spend the money you save on some nice stuff?

This only works for me as I don't really watch sport, I guess if you ar einto sport then paid for TV is more valuable

+1.

We've got a Freeview HD recorder box & that's it. Well, now we've got a 'modern' telly we can have easier access to iPlayer, 4OD etc. as well, but it's all free stuff.
The odd thing pops up that I think ooooh, that looks interesting but not enough for me to pay £50+ a month for....

Can you just see how you get on without - you've got kids though, haven't you Kryton, so perhaps more pressure to have the latest TV stuff? Our 15 month old isn't too demanding in that respect, as of yet.

The thought of spending £600-£1000 a year on telly just boggles my mind though - I don't think we could actually afford it, if we wanted it, to be honest.

I can spend money on sky and some nice stuff

Silence peasants!

🙂

Gary_M - Member

I can spend money on sky and some nice stuff, one isn't exclusive of the other.

But he actually said 'spend the money [b]you save[/b] on some nice stuff....'
In which case one is exclusive of the other.....

I'm not a Sky subscriber nor ever will be but £80 per month ... sheesh....

In my eyes, I sign a contract at the start with a set fee, as far as I'm concerned that fee shouldn't change at all unless I add things to the package

You do realise that if they do increase rates you have the right to cancel the contract even if you are only 1 month into an 18 month contract don't you?

Who's gonna tell him they might be dropping Eurosport too?

If you have prime, then FreeSat and a Prime dongle should sort you for all but the worst things, surely? 80 quid seems very high for a TV package.

"Who's gonna tell him they might be dropping Eurosport too? "

Source ?

This will end my subscription if true .

The new v6 box from Virgin is so much better than their tivo box.

I keep hearing that Virgins TiVo box is rubbish.

Mine is proper rubbish, but my old dears is actually ok, no multi second pauses between pushing a button and something actually happening, it's not buttery smooth but it's not shit either. Tivo itself is pretty good.

[url= https://www.virginmedia.com/shop/tv/v6.html ]There's also a new one too which I guess you would get as a new punter[/url]. However having had Virgin for the last few months I'll be binning it off when our year is up, I barely watch anything on the non freeview channels anyway, well except for Impractical Jokers on Comedy Central. Freeview and Netflix and to a lesser extent Amazon Prime is all I need.

But the V6 is only available to current subscribers if they have 100+ broadband. I have 70 and I really don't need the additional speed just to get a shiny new box (which they would charge me for too).

And the discovery channel is going as well...

peteimpreza - Member
"Who's gonna tell him they might be dropping Eurosport too? "

Source ?

This will end my subscription if true .

Horses Mouth

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/changes-to-sky-channels?DCMP=snt-skycom:ec_channel_changes

If it wasn't fot the kids channels and the earache I'd get this would be it for me.

Does you spending money on Sky = you giving money to Rupert Murdoch or has he split off that business?

Murdoch + Fox = cancelling as soon as poss.

Freeview + Netflix will be ample!

writing this subtly...

i would wait a month or two (or do without for a while). There are other providers out [url= http://www.vodafone.ie/home/tv/#channels-section ]there[/url], with Eurosport, and the ability to use NowTV (if you need Sports/Cinema for a short while, or SkyAtlantic), and Netflix. And some new providers are coming out in the very near future.

As I say, I'm trying to be subtle, so do read between the lines. 😆

Pete,

Its true. If you go to discovery and /or eurosport there is a banner across the bottom. Its to do with Sky not continuing with Discovery which is part of the same group as Sky wont pay Discoverys price.
http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=315571.

OK..too slow.

johndoh - Member

In my eyes, I sign a contract at the start with a set fee, as far as I'm concerned that fee shouldn't change at all unless I add things to the package

But they have to increase charges to cover their increasing costs, otherwise they would end up with lots of people paying way below current market rates.

You do realise that if they do increase rates you have the right to cancel the contract even if you are only 1 month into an 18 month contract don't you?

but I signed a contract with a set fee per month, its not my problem if they forecast the increase of running the business wrong, they should have overcharged me (which they do anyways) at the start! they simply shouldn't be allowed to do it

and yes I realise that I can now cancel if need be, but I don't want the hassle of it, so they've got you by the short and curlies! which is exactly what they want

the idea of signing a contract for a set amount over a set amount of months to me is concrete, it shouldn't be altered

The new v6 box from Virgin is so much better than their tivo box.

Yup. If it hadn't of been released I was going to cancel. As was sick of being able to recite the Lord's Prayer while I waited for a button press to register.

@johndoh

Ring retentions, have a moan. I bet they'd pop you on to the 100mb band for free if you're going to get a V6.

It really is pretty nifty. i.e. Useable.

Don't bother with BT either. They make the cockwombles at sky look like professionals. 😐

As the antithesis to this thread - just ordered Sky Q (have HD at moment) with 2 x multi-room, full package to compliment Amazon Prime and Netflix.

Looking forward to watching F1 in 4k

OK I had to do it having got my hessian underpants on. I would never give Murdoch a penny of my money and £1000 a year for tv?

That's entirely your prerogative tj - different matter to telling someone not to watch tv cos you think it's all shit.

Demoted to mildly scratch hemp undercrackers

anon1 - Member

writing this subtly...

i would wait a month or two (or do without for a while). There are other providers out there, with Eurosport, and the ability to use NowTV (if you need Sports/Cinema for a short while, or SkyAtlantic), and Netflix. And some new providers are coming out in the very near future.

As I say, I'm trying to be subtle, so do read between the lines.

I don't really do subtle 🙁

So Eurosport & Discovery going too - thats 50% of my viewing. Its definately going after I've broached the subject with Mrs K tonight.

We have Virgin here so if the new box is better and we can get it they'll be 12 monthly swaps onto new offers from now on at least between them & Sky.

Maybe the people inclined to are just about to launch in this country with all you desire

Or maybe not

"cough"openbox"cough"

Maybe the people inclined to are just about to launch in this country with all you desire

Or maybe not

I see. I'll wait a bit and watch for an advert that may or may not appear then.

Don't get the openbox thing.

Maybe the people inclined to are just about to launch in this country with all you desire

Or maybe not

You just going to pop up every few months with vague whisperings on incoming services?

I have openbox and get all channels including mvies and sport and PPV, miss some HD channels but can live with that

Not at all. Just it's quite hush hush Obviously.

This isn't my normal login. Again obviously.

As the antithesis to this thread - just ordered Sky Q (have HD at moment) with 2 x multi-room, full package to compliment Amazon Prime and Netflix.

Looking forward to watching F1 in 4k

We've just cancelled Sky with a Q box because they couldn't provide good enough broadband (via BT) to support the box (<15 mbps, often 1 mbps) and simply wouldn't admit to it.

They sent out four engineers who all came in, suggested cabling changes and boosters, and 'if only that wall wasn't there..' and didn't once say that they are selling a service that they can't provide in this area.

Utterly useless. Although the box, when working, was nice. Unfortunately, it would freeze at least four times during a live (rather than recorded) game of rugby. 🙁

You could sack off Sky and put the money on to a decent car. Hardly anything decent on TV nowadays anyway and certainly not worth over £900 per year, plus spunking load on the latest High def, ultra dynamic 4k range is just a stupid 'investment'.
I prefer to demonstrate my wealth by procuring silk underwear and spending time in the library we had built on the east wing.

not worth over £900 per year, plus spunking load on the latest High def, ultra dynamic 4k range is just a stupid 'investment'.

You could say the same about wasting money on a car.

You could say the same about wasting money on a car.

Never about silk boxers. 😀

Curses.

I just went through the Virgin selection process, then my Sky Login. So to get what I have now with only potentially faster - 100mbs rather than 30mbs - broadband for £55 + £39 for the Sport & Movies = £94 for 12 months then £115

Well unless you include the ability to record 7 programs at once, but I dont need that.

Oh and confirmed on my customer page - Discovery & Eurosport "may remove thier service" from Feb 1.

Guess I'm stuck with my £80 a month...

I've just stayed with Sky

£36 for fibre/telephone and Sky Freesat

Tried HumaxFreesat box and just didn't like it.

Toying with getting Eurosport for £40 a year but don't think I even watch it enough for that

Apparently Sky profits down 10%, because they have bid more for sports, so that will get passed on to customers...

So this new provider will BB based? Ah I hope the call centres have uk postcodes

Oooooh! Seems my half price deal has ran out. Time to cancel.

I spent half the day looking at alternatives after hearing we will be losing discovery and eurosport. That plus dave and alibi is all we watch APART FROM F1 which leaves us snookered.

Bt want 50 a month for fibre broadband (essential as normal is 1 meg here) which is 20 more than sky and virgin dont have cable in our street.

Feel pretty upset by it all really..

Until i saw the vodafone chat 🙂 bet they will be getting a load of customers 🙂

Just watching 5th gear on Quest and they have a scrolling "gone from Sky 1st Feb" banner too....

Freeview + NowTV.

Only cos I'm ill but would rather read/keep busy/make money or ride!

We've just cancelled Sky with a Q box because they couldn't provide good enough broadband (via BT) to support the box (<15 mbps, often 1 mbps) and simply wouldn't admit to it.

They sent out four engineers who all came in, suggested cabling changes and boosters, and 'if only that wall wasn't there..' and didn't once say that they are selling a service that they can't provide in this area.

Utterly useless. Although the box, when working, was nice. Unfortunately, it would freeze at least four times during a live (rather than recorded) game of rugby.

We've got 36mbs with talktalk, so presume it will be the same with Sky - have no problem streaming 4k content at the moment

You could sack off Sky and put the money on to a decent car. Hardly anything decent on TV nowadays anyway and certainly not worth over £900 per year, plus spunking load on the latest High def, ultra dynamic 4k range is just a stupid 'investment'.

It's not an investment, it's a consumable

I like watching films and tv in decent quality, so choose to spend money on it

V6 is supposed to be shit hot (super quick, record 6 channels and watch a 7th, 1tb), but not really had a problem with TiVo - it is not quick, but it's not si slow that you'll die waiting for it.

I ditched Sky last year - they tempted me back with the fibre BB for a tenner a month, and free Variety pack, without HD...but that still had Eurosport so a bit gutted im losing it. I can live with that. I have BT Sport for what little football I get to watch, and the MotoGP and UFC. Eurosport and Bike Channel made up 75% of any Tv I watch, you can guess what for. If I was made to pay for it again, I just dump it altogether...Bike Channel is free to air so never stops (its also on Freesat BTW) and Eurosport Player seems to have better cycling coverage than the actual TV channel does anyway. I don't understand why anyone pays the stupendous fees Sky charge for mostly channels of utter dirge. The sports channels are just abysmal these days, Skys own dramas aren't much good, with the exception of Fortitude I guess, and lets be honest, you can get GoT and Westworld from many far cheaper places, which are the only 2 series I actively watch on there. I watch FAR more from Amazon and Netflix, which are absolute bargains IMHO.

Until i saw the vodafone chat bet they will be getting a load of customers

If it ever launches... it's nearly a year late. In September 2015 it was going to launch by April 2016.

[url= https://thenextweb.com/uk/2015/11/10/vodafones-tv-service-will-launch-in-uk-before-april-next-year/ ]https://thenextweb.com/uk/2015/11/10/vodafones-tv-service-will-launch-in-uk-before-april-next-year/[/url]

Spoke to some of my old colleagues at Sky who say they have endless problems with the Sky Q system,
The main box is fine but the multiroom boxes seem to have issues keeping hold of a connection, especially in large houses or ones with solid internal walls,
This was echoed by a house I was visiting the other day who has it and has exactly the same issues.

Thing is later this year Sky's plan is to offer a complete streaming service between the existing Satellite content but above whats currently on offer on Now TV.

I've got a combination of Amazon Prime, Netflix, BT & iPlayer.

Way cheaper than Sky & I only pay for what I want to watch - not bored yet!

Of course there are various providers out there usually based in far away countries who provide live streaming of all these programmes for free. Not that I would consider using them of course. I mean watching rugby is not that important is it?

Confirmed on the Sky site now

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/changes-to-sky-channels

What is changing?
From 1 February, Discovery Communications’ portfolio of channels are unlikely to be available in Sky TV packages.

Which channels does this include?
In the UK and Ireland, this includes DMAX, Animal Planet, ID, Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2, Discovery Shed, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery History, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, Discovery, TLC and Quest.

This would be a good time to remind everyone that the yearly subscription rate for the Eurosport player is reduced to £20 until January 31st .

Normally £60 .

This would be a good time to remind everyone that the yearly subscription rate for the Eurosport player is reduced to £20 until January 31st .

Normally £60 .

No, this would be an excellent time!

Thanks, with my Quidco cashback funds in my PP account that's cost me £8 for the year.

Anyone else thinks it's a bit fishy that the Eurosport player sale finishes the same day that Eurosport might go dark on sky?

And how long has it been £50 a year? Didn't it used to be £3 a month?

Just renwewed with sky. Line rental, unlimited fibre (FTTC) and the basic originals TV pack. £28.50 all in. That's cheaper than most companies charge for phone and broadband. SKY are OK to haggle with, but you do need to haggle.

How are people haggling with Sky? Going via the cancellation people? Had two entirely fruitless conversations with idiots who when asked if they could give me a better deal than my current £67 per month (gone up from the initial £45 per month), the best they can offer is £69 per month! They couldn't quite understand that me paying £2 more a month didn't constitute a better deal in my eyes!!!

Must admit, without Discovery I'm not all that bothered about the TV so may just see what offers they have on fibre and calls.

You have to cancel. After 10 days retentions team from Derby 01332 number will call you. Refuse at least the first offer. Hint at what you would like however. Wait for call back then go for it.
I've just renewed, full box set package with movies and sports in hd, telephone line rental and unlimited fibre bband (tested at 36mb) for £52.40 a month with no contract.

Just heard they cane to an agreement with discovery so the channels are staying!

Eum, yay!

Wheeler dealers stays, and we get to see the Giro.

Are you sure ?

Having looked it up, it is.

After a public war of words and warnings of a possible blackout, Sky and Discovery Communications have come to terms on a new carriage deal for 12 channels, hours before the previous contract was due to expire.

Hang on, weren't there 13 channels under threat?

I feel aggrieved - I signed up for the £20 annual Eurosport player deal, I want my money back!

I feel aggrieved - I signed up for the £20 annual Eurosport player deal, I want my money back!

That's probably what they were hoping for.

I did make this point a couple of days ago.

Very suspicious timing of the dispute vs player sale deadline.

Are Sky not the only* bad guys....

*they definitely are one, not disputing that.

Also, we're being treated to messages on Discovery channels stating "thanks for your support, we are pleased to tell you we will be broadcasting and would like to thank you, without your support we'd not be here" or something equally obnoxious.

Can't think who would actually plead with them to stay, but guess Discovery looked at the numbers and thought "yeah, so William run those rating figure expectations by me once more when we do pull out of Sky" and thought, ahh shite we're gonna need more substance and subscriptions to fund our Man WithHandiCam programs..

But hey, as said at least the Giro is on the big screen.

cough....Kodi box.....cough cough 😉