Sky TV to raise prices

ftakeith · 19-03-2015 4:53pm #1

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/sky-to-increase-pay-tv-prices/5085407.article

It appears Irish sky tv customers can expect 5-6 euros increase on their subscriptions

I just have the basic original HD bundle, 'sky sports 1' only package and the setanta pack

I think more sky tv customers for football will just take the 'sky sports 1' only package as european rugby is half covered by BT Sport

Kristopherus · 19-03-2015 4:59pm

Robbing b**ta*ds:mad:.

lertsnim · 19-03-2015 5:20pm

An increase of that much would be a deal breaker for lots of people. The ridiculous amount they payed for the Premier League will do damage for a few years.

Loughc · 19-03-2015 5:21pm

It was coming the minute they upped the premier league rights bid.

Guy:Incognito · 19-03-2015 5:23pm

I'd say a €5-6 increase will lose a lot less customers than having no PL would.

muffler · 19-03-2015 6:38pm

From the story carried here it clearly states that its UK customers who will face a price hike.

Sleeper12 · 19-03-2015 6:46pm

Irish Sky customers already had a price increase in January or February of this year so I'd be gobsmacked if they tried for another till 2016 at the earliest.

ftakeith · 19-03-2015 8:34pm

muffler wrote: »

From the story carried here it clearly states that its UK customers who will face a price hike.

I predict it will spread to Irish sky tv customers around September 2015

Is Ireland a special case from the UK? No

NIMAN · 19-03-2015 10:42pm

Well, its easy to hit them where it hurts. Leave.

Gonzo · 20-03-2015 2:13pm

a 5/6 euro increase would have people leaving alright. That represents a 3 year increase in one go. You'd think Sky would learn, their sales people have rang us more than ever over past month trying to take half price sports and movies, they once rang 3 times in one day! I told them their half price offer is still way too expensive and that my Netflix subscription is far, far cheaper and he just hung up.

mikeym · 20-03-2015 11:00pm

Theres no hope that Sky will put the prices up for the rest of 2015.

josealdo · 20-03-2015 11:01pm

mikeym wrote: »

Theres no hope that Sky will put the prices up for the rest of 2015.

Get an android box ????????

ftakeith · 21-03-2015 11:51am

mikeym wrote: »

Theres no hope that Sky will put the prices up for the rest of 2015.

You will be wrong as someone I know that works for sky in Dublin told me in September 2015, sky subs are going up by €2-€3 and then 6 months later by another €2

That is why sky call centre reps have got some subscribers on sky sports/movies half price deals such as for 8 months at the start of 2015
Most of the sports/movies subscribers keep the packages on after the 8 months and they don't check prices they are paying

Sky rep friend also told me the sky multi-room customers should get a freesat+ receiver with saorview instead of getting sky for a second room as this would save sky subscribers money in the long term
Sky multi-room is the biggest rip off ever

Access · 22-03-2015 12:08am

If you are still on sky and on the fence about leaving to go with the likes of a freesat box... DO IT!

I was a long term sky subscriber and last year i cancelled when the price went up again. I missed the discovery channels and a few others for about a month but i got over it and would never go back now.

Dymo · 22-03-2015 10:40am

Access wrote: »

If you are still on sky and on the fence about leaving to go with the likes of a freesat box... DO IT!

I was a long term sky subscriber and last year i cancelled when the price went up again. I missed the discovery channels and a few others for about a month but i got over it and would never go back now.

Exact same here, when the price increase went up I decided to get out. Stumped up the €230 for a humax box, at this stage it's nearly paid for from the sky subs I'm not paying now.

If your into your sports it's probably a hard call but for anything else go for it. Your TV quality viewing will improve, it amazing the great UK shows you miss with sky.

helimachoptor · 22-03-2015 12:49pm

Irish customers wont see an increase in 2015

ftakeith · 22-03-2015 2:11pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Irish customers wont see an increase in 2015

you are wrong

Sky subs will increase in 2015

Kensington · 22-03-2015 4:22pm

ftakeith wrote: »

you are wrong

Sky subs will increase in 2015

Not in June, though - My Sky showing the usual subscription charges for May, June and July with no change under the "Upcoming subscription costs" section.

muffler · 22-03-2015 4:51pm

ftakeith wrote: »

you are wrong

Sky subs will increase in 2015

How do you know this and have you proof or is that just a guess?

ftakeith · 22-03-2015 5:23pm

Kensington wrote: »

Not in June, though - My Sky showing the usual subscription charges for May, June and July with no change under the "Upcoming subscription costs" section.

September 2015 they will increase

mightybashful · 22-03-2015 5:25pm

ftakeith wrote: »

September 2015 they will increase

I'd say you're close. I think they'll announce a rise in August. Just after people have resubscribed for the new football season.

muffler · 22-03-2015 6:35pm

ftakeith wrote: »

Sky subs will increase in 2015

ftakeith wrote: »

September 2015 they will increase

Repeat question: How do you know this and have you proof or is that just a guess?

helimachoptor · 22-03-2015 7:10pm

You can say it as many times as you like they won't.

Sky will not do a double increase in a year

Hollister11 · 22-03-2015 7:14pm

Its a rip off as it is.
Are sky+ box packed in, and we had no choice but to get a sky+HD box to replace it. At a cost of €15 Extra P/M.
Robbing B*s*a*rds

SteM · 22-03-2015 7:25pm

No champions league football next season but they're going to up the price? My sub is up in September so it looks like I'll be streaming then.

kev1.3s · 22-03-2015 7:38pm

The last price increase did it for me and I got a vu+ box, I've said to people before the fee sky have paid for the football is going to be detrimental to sky.
I was a sky subscriber on the full package for over a decade before I got fed up paying so much, the loss of the champions league and coupled with the price hike pushed me into the sat box route, how many more people will follow if they hike prices any further?
Coupled with the worst customer care in the business it'll be a cold day in hell before I go back.

mightybashful · 22-03-2015 7:58pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

You can say it as many times as you like they won't.

Sky will not do a double increase in a year

They've never paid £5 billion for football rights before.

helimachoptor · 22-03-2015 8:29pm

True, but price increase still isn't going to happen

kev1.3s · 22-03-2015 8:35pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

True, but price increase still isn't going to happen

It's only a matter of time before sky up there prices again, 5 billion football bill will only be the excuse.

Kristopherus · 22-03-2015 8:37pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

True, but price increase still isn't going to happen

I hope you are right, but Sky are sure to increase prices in the medium term, say 12 months, and I think it will be substantial. The Euro is in the doldrums and this coupled with recouping more than £1bn a year is sure to exercise the minds of Sky's financial minions.

callaway92 · 22-03-2015 8:38pm

Hollister11 wrote: »

Its a rip off as it is.
Are sky+ box packed in, and we had no choice but to get a sky+HD box to replace it. At a cost of €15 Extra P/M.
Robbing B*s*a*rds

You don't have to pay the €15 extra p/m for HD channels if you don't want.

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