Sky TV is going up from the 1st December 2015

ftakeith · 02-10-2015 6:46pm #1

*Sky TV price will increase on 1 December 2015 in accordance with our standard terms.

http://www.sky.com/ireland/tv/

I will cancel Sky Sports on the 1st December 2015 as december is my last month of 6 months half price deal and I will cancel 'sky boxed sets' as I have catched up on the TV content.

Non Sports subscribers are paying for the increased Eng Premier League deal

mackersdublin · 02-10-2015 7:17pm

Typical - happens every year

galtee boy · 02-10-2015 8:25pm

No doubt some of this increase will help subsidise the reported €2m cost to Sky for the new 5 year deal with RTE for carraige of the RTE channels and the addition of RTE1 HD etc. ( maybe we wont see RTE1 HD etc now until December 1st ? )

blueser · 02-10-2015 8:49pm

Well; my 9 months half price offer is up next month, so that'll be me out.

Gmac40 · 02-10-2015 8:51pm

Why has anyone got Sky these days?
Dick Turpin wore a mask,at least...:)

tayto lover · 02-10-2015 8:52pm

I'll get rid of it too.
It's very poor value for the money now that other providers have taken the best of the football.

greendom · 02-10-2015 8:54pm

That link is not showing the increase. How much is it going up by?

Racket · 02-10-2015 8:59pm

Where's the mention of December on the pages? Haven't spotted it, and no mention of a change yet in their calculations of bills into early next year. Guess they're changing from their recent thing of using February for increases here

lertsnim · 02-10-2015 10:24pm

Racket wrote: »

Where's the mention of December on the pages? Haven't spotted it, and no mention of a change yet in their calculations of bills into early next year. Guess they're changing from their recent thing of using February for increases here

On the webpage in the opening post it says

*Sky TV price will increase on 1 December 2015 in accordance with our standard terms.

ftakeith · 02-10-2015 10:24pm

Racket wrote: »

Where's the mention of December on the pages? Haven't spotted it, and no mention of a change yet in their calculations of bills into early next year. Guess they're changing from their recent thing of using February for increases here

under the icon

Here's the legal bit

Racket · 02-10-2015 10:28pm

lertsnim wrote: »

On the webpage in the opening post it says

*Sky TV price will increase on 1 December 2015 in accordance with our standard terms.

ftakeith wrote: »

under the icon

Here's the legal bit

I get that now, cheers. Must have been getting an old page before as I had a full splash for The Walking Dead at the top when first looking.

You Mirin? · 02-10-2015 10:31pm

Lol, Sky are so out of touch these days. I feel sorry for people unaware on the better alternatives that are cheaper that continue paying for their sh!t service.

kleefarr · 02-10-2015 10:50pm

Dumped Sky 2 weeks ago. They even offered same basic service for €32 a month cheaper. LOL

Shows what a bloody rip off they are.

No rewards for being loyal either.

Gonzo · 03-10-2015 12:52am

gonna phone up and dump Sky as well, waste of money and can get everything Sky offers for peanuts between Netflix and online stuff anyway. Once you dump sky there is still plenty of decent FTA stuff on the satellite anyway. Sky stopped being cool and desirable when they moved digital and started multiplying their subscription charges and adding BS +1 channels and endless repeats.

snaps · 03-10-2015 7:17am

But surely the subscriptions should be coming down? They have lost so much sport content this year?!

Problem is people pay it, so they get away with it.

Over 95% of TV watched by people is available FTA. So much content is available online now and more convenient its madness paying so much to a TV provider.

Nono Toure · 03-10-2015 7:25am

So what exactly is a better alternative to Sky? I'm with UPC, I'm leaving them. Was gonna go to Sky, but I noticed alright on their site yesterday about the upcoming price increase, so fúck that!

My internet isn't great, so where does that leave me?

bored_stupid · 03-10-2015 8:11am

Go with upc for broadband & Phone and you still get the basic cable channels also .

Sky Entertainment plus pack and you get a free install free sky+Box and it,s yours after a year if you cancel .

And then theres the freesat boxs also .

Myself i got a sky deal last year sports movies etc sky matched carphones offer as she not into enigma 2 satellite boxes ,what a waste of money never watch Barclays Premier League bunch of posers { GAA any day proper sportsman /sky movies what a load of sh@te repeats rename channels still crap films for the money and they have the cheek to charge extra for HD and boxsets .

I,ll be on the phone later downgrading to Entertainment plus pack [ have to keep the boss happy ] if i had me way i,d cancel the lot but she likes sky pause rewind record compared to upc joke of a box .

Rant over

enfant terrible · 03-10-2015 8:24am

Nono Toure wrote: »

So what exactly is a better alternative to Sky? I'm with UPC, I'm leaving them. Was gonna go to Sky, but I noticed alright on their site yesterday about the upcoming price increase, so fúck that!

My internet isn't great, so where does that leave me?

There was an offer of Variety bundle for €19 per month and sky sports for €20 euro on top of that but can't find it anymore.

Carphone warehouse usually have deals on Sky too.

You can also get €75 cashback for introducing a friend to sky.

Banjoxed · 03-10-2015 8:26am

Nono Toure wrote: »

So what exactly is a better alternative to Sky? I'm with UPC, I'm leaving them. Was gonna go to Sky, but I noticed alright on their site yesterday about the upcoming price increase, so fúck that!

My internet isn't great, so where does that leave me?

Freesat works for me for two reasons: the BBC content and I'm not in hock to the great God of Sport.

ftakeith · 03-10-2015 9:05am

bored_stupid wrote: »

Go with upc for broadband & Phone and you still get the basic cable channels also .

Sky Entertainment plus pack and you get a free install free sky+Box and it,s yours after a year if you cancel .

And then theres the freesat boxs also .

Myself i got a sky deal last year sports movies etc sky matched carphones offer as she not into enigma 2 satellite boxes ,what a waste of money never watch Barclays Premier League bunch of posers { GAA any day proper sportsman /sky movies what a load of sh@te repeats rename channels still crap films for the money and they have the cheek to charge extra for HD and boxsets .

I,ll be on the phone later downgrading to Entertainment plus pack [ have to keep the boss happy ] if i had me way i,d cancel the lot but she likes sky pause rewind record compared to upc joke of a box .

Rant over

setanta pack is more watched than sky sports in my home

most online tv content is not available
netflix only has some decent new tv content but Sky has the hbo content

Right Turn Clyde · 03-10-2015 9:07am

Sky Sports is obviously going to seem very expensive if all you want to watch is Premier League football. However, they have golf, American football, darts and cricket pretty much tied up. Then of course there's the odd bit of GAA or boxing that I watch. So based on my interests I think it's very good value, but I appreciate that other people feel differently.

It's all very subjective though. For example, I think Netflix is overpriced based on its US-centric library (MUBI is outstanding, and cheaper!). However, my girlfriend can't believe it's 'only' €9.99 per month.

But you're not going to please everyone all of the time. Sky's big mistake could turn out to be that they're trying to do just that.

Personally, I like Sky. It's somewhat expensive but they have what I want and that's what it boils down to. It's easy and convenient and that's what I'm after for those few hours in the evening when I finally have time to sit down. My only issue is that they charge for premium content and then force you to sit through adds. That's not the case with the likes of HBO in the US.

Neon_Lights · 03-10-2015 9:14am

I can see eir and UPC upping the price of broadband and phone for existing customers and trying to flog more TV so....

mikeym · 03-10-2015 12:33pm

The last price increase was last February and ive seen the small print on the Sky Ireland website about Decembers price increase.

Sky must think we have short memories.

Two price increases in between February and December.

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057336897/1

ftakeith · 04-10-2015 9:35am

mikeym wrote: »

The last price increase was last February and ive seen the small print on the Sky Ireland website about Decembers price increase.

Sky must think we have short memories.

Two price increases in between February and December.

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057336897/1

no link so far

sky TV's original bundle maybe up to 30euros per month

maybe RTE1 HD and RTE catch up will be added from the 1st December 2015

sky's boxed sets is €7.50 per month for the next 12 months in a deal
I have catched up on the sky boxed sets content

Sky TV should scrap the variety pack and just have the original bundle and variety pack content together for €30 per month

colm_mcm · 04-10-2015 10:21pm

I would guess that Sky eventually will raise the price of standalone TV to silly levels and offer a competitive bb/TV/phone bundle.
This would work for a few reasons. Out in the country they'll effectively have a monopoly on paid TV when upc mmds expires, in urban areas they'll have good fibre speeds and can sell tripleplay bundles instead of having customers splitting providers.

ftakeith · 05-10-2015 7:48am

if Sky sports subscribers downgraded or cancelled sky sports, sky would be in trouble

colm_mcm · 05-10-2015 10:50am

Not very likely that they would cancel it altogether though. They're probably the most loyal customers of all. I see sky do a €20pm sports offer at the moment.
They probably lose some customers to piracy alright. If someone jumps ship to upc or eircom, Sky will still get paid for their sports subscription.

kooga · 05-10-2015 1:28pm

saw this ad on tv last night for freeview, kind of apt for the thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3hvReCrfk

channelsurfer2 · 05-10-2015 1:46pm

Probably to pay for rte player and rte1HD. Skysports is way overpriced at 36euro per month - probably go up to 38 or 39 euro to pay for their mad premier league bid in advance of next year.
Prices went up in the UK on the 1st of June this year.

ftakeith · 05-10-2015 2:22pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Not very likely that they would cancel it altogether though. They're probably the most loyal customers of all. I see sky do a €20pm sports offer at the moment.
They probably lose some customers to piracy alright. If someone jumps ship to upc or eircom, Sky will still get paid for their sports subscription.

20euros per month for the whole 12 months
they are contracted to sky sports and most of these people will forget to cancel and then pay 38euros per month as the new Eng Prem deal kicks in

pad199207 · 05-10-2015 5:52pm

so will this mean even if you are still in contract do we have rights to cancel within 30 days of this notice>

Sky TV is going up from the 1st December 2015

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