[article] BBC threaten to charge Sky for channels

Apogee

Noticed this while browsing current edition of What Satellite mag, but story from digital spy below is much the same. Argument is primarily over cost for placement on Sky EPG

http://www.digitalspy.ie/media/news/a483837/bbc-to-charge-sky-to-show-its-channels.html

Similar article here:
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/05/23/bbc-talks-tough-on-retrans-fees/

watty

Sky has a cheek with their EPG charges, and the Regulator for claiming it's reasonable. It's about 99% profit margin and since 92% of what Sky Subscription viewer watch is the FTA channels, it's logical actually that the cost should remain as it is, but REVERSED. Yes Sky SHOULD pay BBC, C4, ITV, C5, RTE, TG4 and TV3. They are parasites.

Jon_459

Great - and how do you think Sky will recoup these losses/charges ?

Charge US!!!

excollier

I hope the BBC carry out this proposal.
Sky have had it their own way for far too long, about time they paid up for getting quality content to go along with the multitude of crap pay channels they offer to their long suffering subscribers.

eggy81

Be great if this happened.

OldRio

Jon_459 wrote: »

Great - and how do you think Sky will recoup these losses/charges ?

Charge US!!!

Well we do have the ability not to pay.
Don't we?

TheDriver

remember the vast majority of people who have sky only watch rte and bbc and don't need to pay anything for them. I have a freesat+ box, planner, recording etc and its free. (bar initial equipment purchase)

excollier

Me too. Humax Foxsat HDR.
I ditched Sky while they were still analogue on 19.2e.....a while ago now.