UK sky tv prices might be going up again by 10%

ftakeith

http://www.sky.com/products/tv-packs/entertainment/

at the botton of the link

uk sky tv is going up

will this apply to ireland

mikeym

Didnt the prices go up last February in Ireland?

Zardoz

Someone has to pay for the 70% increase in Premiership tv rights .

Kristopherus

Zardoz wrote: »

Someone has to pay for the 70% increase in Premiership tv rights .

Why would the Entertainment customers be paying for the Sports customers?

byte

Kristopherus wrote: »

Why would the Entertainment customers be paying for the Sports customers?

I think they always did.

NIMAN

$ky have been putting the prices up fairly regularly over recent years. And only going one way, those EPL footballers wages aren't cheap you know.

Just glad they get nothing from me.

scudzilla

Is it a breach of T&C's if they put up the price? Can you get out of contract?

Cantona's Collars

scudzilla wrote: »

Is it a breach of T&C's if they put up the price? Can you get out of contract?

No,they have it in their t&c's about increases.Sky cover their asses very well in this regard.

greendom

When you consider the competition that Sky face in the UK for pay tv and compare the paltry opponents in Ireland and it would seem pretty apparent that prices will go up in Ireland.

JDxtra

Our prices went up in Feb. I seriously doubt they'd have the cheek to attempt a second increase in the same year. Besides, our prices are already higher when you convert sterling to euro.

helimachoptor

Ireland wont go up

Gilbert Grape

time for a dreambox

ftakeith

helimachoptor wrote: »

Ireland wont go up

I predict they will go up

kooga

currently the uk have three basic packages priced at £21.50, £26.50 and £31.50 unlike here.

MrFrisp

Not only will the prices in the UK be going up by 10% ... But they will also be cutting ESPN and ESPN Classic from the Sports Pack. :eek:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/homecinema/sky-prices-increase-by-10-per-cent-in-september-50011474/

I believe this will soon happen here as well.
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muffler

MrFrisp wrote: »

Not only will the prices in the UK be going up by 10% ... But they will also be cutting ESPN and ESPN Classic from the Sports Pack. :eek:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/homecinema/sky-prices-increase-by-10-per-cent-in-september-50011474/

I believe this will soon happen here as well.
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Sky have already said (on my bill I think it was) that it will be automatically removed from my subscription at the end of July and that I didnt have to do anything myself with regards to cancelling it.

recyclebin

BT will have ESPN as a separate package so no surprise there

greendom

kooga wrote: »

currently the uk have three basic packages priced at £21.50, £26.50 and £31.50 unlike here.

There's also a £10 option where you have the sky + functionality with only free to air channels.

muffler

greendom wrote: »

There's also a £10 option where you have the sky + functionality with only free to air channels.

I believe that's only available in the UK

greendom

muffler wrote: »

I believe that's only available in the UK

Yes

helimachoptor

ftakeith wrote: »

I predict they will go up

You will be wrong, I guarantee it

byte

ftakeith wrote: »

I predict they will go up

Well, that was an easy prediction, since Sky never have price reductions.

It's just a matter of when prices go up...

Newport81

What's a dreambox?

snaps

smyths wrote: »

What's a dreambox?

Something that wont be working for much longer.

channelsurfer2

I dont think they will go up after the recent rise in February. their churn rate in Ireland must be at least 15 to 20% during the summer going by the amount of people getting free deals this month to try and keep them.

It will probably be next year for an Irish price rise but who knows. They have very little competition even with Eircom planning their new tv service at the end of this year it wont compete unless they can get BT sport or something like that all inclusive to tempt people away.

snaps

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

I dont think they will go up after the recent rise in February. their churn rate in Ireland must be at least 15 to 20% during the summer going by the amount of people getting free deals this month to try and keep them.

It will probably be next year for an Irish price rise but who knows. They have very little competition even with Eircom planning their new tv service at the end of this year it wont compete unless they can get BT sport or something like that all inclusive to tempt people away.

Years ago it was quite common to have 2 price increases a year. But remember they did have a price freeze here for nearly 2 years.

The only thing that is worth subscribing to is sport. Movies shouldnt be a premium sub now and all the general entertainment channels are nothing to get excited about either. But for me its far too overpriced now for whats on offer.

lertsnim

snaps wrote: »

Something that wont be working for much longer.

It will work for FTA though. So it wont be all bad.

gazzer

snaps wrote: »

Something that wont be working for much longer.

Why do you say that?

Fighting Irish

If you don't like the price, get rid of it

Gilbert Grape

snaps wrote: »

Something that wont be working for much longer.

They will be working a long time yet:)

Newonhere

I switched to Freesat about 3 months ago using a Humax Foxsat I still get all the channels (other than the SKY specific channels such as SKY 1, SKY atlantic). I used to pay over €70 per month I now pay no subscrition and I dont miss the SKY channels at all, in fact the only SKY channel that I would have watched regularly was SKY News and I still have that on Freesat. With the Humax box I still have all the other functions of SKY+ including HD, series link and record and the hard drive is much bigger than on the SKY box that I had. I would certainly recommend the Freesat option to anyone who isn't addicted to the actual SKY channels.

kingtiger

snaps wrote: »

Something that wont be working for much longer.

hehe

think I have heard that one for the last three years

greendom

Newonhere wrote: »

I switched to Freesat about 3 months ago using a Humax Foxsat I still get all the channels (other than the SKY specific channels such as SKY 1, SKY atlantic). I used to pay over €70 per month I now pay no subscrition and I dont miss the SKY channels at all, in fact the only SKY channel that I would have watched regularly was SKY News and I still have that on Freesat. With the Humax box I still have all the other functions of SKY+ including HD, series link and record and the hard drive is much bigger than on the SKY box that I had. I would certainly recommend the Freesat option to anyone who isn't addicted to the actual SKY channels.

How does the EPG functionality compare. One thing Sky has in its favour is the ease of use of the EPG. How does the Humax compare ?

Woodie40

greendom wrote: »

How does the EPG functionality compare. One thing Sky has in its favour is the ease of use of the EPG. How does the Humax compare ?

The EPG is actually quite good, the only thing is you don't have the Irish channels on the EPG. Freesat is much better than FTA.

Newonhere

I have found very little difference in the EPG in appearance and functionality between Freesat and SKY

Gonzo

if sky put this charge onto us Irish customers im leaving, enough is enough, were already paying far too much.

Manc-Red

10% is madness - these boys are now completely taking the p*ss with these bloated prices.

NIMAN

Woodie40 wrote: »

The EPG is actually quite good, the only thing is you don't have the Irish channels on the EPG. Freesat is much better than FTA.

To be fair I would say that $ky's EPG and general operation is a lot quicker and slicker than the Humax. Plus the Humax remote is very temperamental - it needs to be relatively close and at a fairly straight angle to be recognised.

But the Humax costs me £0 per month and $ky cost me £42 per month, so I can live with it.

grange mac

NIMAN wrote: »

To be fair I would say that $ky's EPG and general operation is a lot quicker and slicker than the Humax. Plus the Humax remote is very temperamental - it needs to be relatively close and at a fairly straight angle to be recognised.

But the Humax costs me £0 per month and $ky cost me £42 per month, so I can live with it.

Where can one get the specs of a Humax box? Looking at getting one...if it is good.

NIMAN

Here a link to the manual, should find what you're looking for in there
http://www.freesat.co.uk/files/8413/6382/4633/Humax_Foxsat_HDR.pdf

Barring the remote not being recognised as easily as the $ky one, its a great box. I have had mine over 2 years now (bought 2nd hand) and I have yet to have a failed recording, whereas I had them quite often on my $ky+ box.

Woodie40

NIMAN wrote: »

To be fair I would say that $ky's EPG and general operation is a lot quicker and slicker than the Humax. Plus the Humax remote is very temperamental - it needs to be relatively close and at a fairly straight angle to be recognised.

But the Humax costs me £0 per month and $ky cost me £42 per month, so I can live with it.

I have the 1tb Freetime box, I have none of the issues you describe.

zg3409

I have never had trouble with the humax remote. I also have a programmable remote that covers all the functions too, and controls everything else.

Cantona's Collars

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