Sky TV Price Increase From Feb 1 2014

AlanS181824

I noticed on a leaflet I got today for Sky that on the bottom it said "Sky TV will increase from Feb 1 2014 as per our standard terms" or something along those lines. It doesn't say how much but I'm guessing it's €2 as it was in 2013. So the standard package will now be €29 per month! Just thought I'd let you all know and apologies if there's already an existing thread.

Sky - Pay more for Less

channelsurfer2

yeah they seem to have moved the annual price increase to february from September for Ireland. really dosent make sense to be paying full price unless you are stuck in a 12 month contract these days with all the offers. on top of that they still havent brought in the equivalent of the £5 HD entertainment extra pack they have in the UK.

zg3409

I am paying zero per month for a 35 Euro pack, for 6 months ending in February, then it would, in theory, go up to full price.

I already have made a note to cancel in January. The true price is what you are willing to pay or haggle for. Those prices are just the maximum price. Even UPC have hidden discount prices not shown on the website.

Mimikyu

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NIMAN

$ky, ker-ching

I was thinking of cancelling but I think this is the thing that'll make me do it.

JDxtra

What size of increase are they making? They need to be careful - they are an easy target for families looking to save money from their monthly outgoings. Any increases just makes them stick out.

Iano_128

JDxtra wrote: »

What size of increase are they making? They need to be careful - they are an easy target for families looking to save money from their monthly outgoings. Any increases just makes them stick out.

Was just about to type the exact same thing here!!

channelsurfer2

can be up to 10% according to their terms and conditions but usually in the region of 1 to 3 euro depending on the package.

NIMAN

JDxtra wrote: »

What size of increase are they making? They need to be careful - they are an easy target for families looking to save money from their monthly outgoings. Any increases just makes them stick out.

$ky is like fags for many now. A necessity rather than a luxury.

AlanS181824

Bit of a pain in the hole being a customer since 2005 what with their yearly price hikes.

lmimmfn

sooo glad we cancelled in August, have freesat & Humax PVR, dont miss it at all and glad to stick it too them as theyre becoming far too expensive( ok, you can get a deal off them if you cancel but still ).

whitebriar

Ditto.
Left them in march,haven't looked back.
660 euros saved so far.

wandatowell

Are Sky still charging €15 quid a month for HD????


lolz

NIMAN

whitebriar wrote: »

Ditto.
Left them in march,haven't looked back.
660 euros saved so far.

Cancelled my UK account 3 years ago, after being with them since the start.

Don't miss them one bit, and have saved £1650 so far (having said that, I dread to calculate how much they got off me since they launched:().

whitebriar

NIMAN wrote: »

Cancelled my UK account 3 years ago, after being with them since the start.

Don't miss them one bit, and have saved £1650 so far (having said that, I dread to calculate how much they got off me since they launched:().

8 to 10k in my case :eek:

They make 100's of millions in the Republic each year for little cost,90% of which goes out of the country and millions to her majestys treasury as it's UK vat that's charged on your sub,not Irish vat.So that's 20% of subs going to Geoorge Osborne.

Kurn

I noticed the letter they sent out about the increase mentioned catchup tv - does this mean the tv players will be coming?

zg3409

johnmryan wrote: »

I noticed the letter they sent out about the increase mentioned catchup tv - does this mean the tv players will be coming?

There is a mention on other threads an Irish catchup service was meant to launch but now seems to be delayed with no new date. Someone in the UK reported seeing a TV3 player option until it dissapeared, so it looks like they are testing something and may launch it at some stage shortly.

keith_d99

I bet it is to compensate the revenue they are losing on the sports subs.
I bet Sports subs in Ireland are way down on last year.

They have 1 less football game to offer per weekend than last year - yet charge the same price.
And yeah - still they expect you to fork out €15 for your sports sub in HD.

channelsurfer2

its the same stuff with sky. in the uk you can get HD in the Entertainment Extra pack for £5 whereas here there is no option you have to pay €15. I guess they will milk it as long as people pay it.

uck51js9zml2yt

Got my letter to say a €1 increase.

AlanS181824

Colten Enough Telegram wrote: »

Got my letter to say a €1 increase.

What package are you on? The basic €27 one or?

uck51js9zml2yt

AlanS181824 wrote: »

What package are you on? The basic €27 one or?

on the basic one but paying 19 a month.
my broadband trial finishes in January. I called them today go get a date and was told I'll have to pay line rental.
told him I'll call in 2 weeks to cancel the lot and was told efibre is launching soon.

AlanS181824

Colten Enough Telegram wrote: »

on the basic hn it paying 19 a month.
my broadband trial finishes in January. I called them today go get a date and was told I'll have to pay line rental.
told him I'll call in 2 weeks to cancel the lot and was told efibre is launching soon.

Only for I'm in contract with them for broadband I'd be well gone.
The TV I will always keep though.
I was told in September, October and November that they were launching "soon"
Was also told they'd launch in Late December, Early New Year, late January, February and now around May 2014.
Really annoys me

myIdea

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

really dosent make sense to be paying full price unless you are stuck in a 12 month contract

A "Contract" with sky is for a Term, not what's subscribe to. Customers are perfectly entitled to upgrade/downgrade at 30 day intervals.

mikeym

Sky movies is a complete waste of money.

I have it half price and I dont even watch anything thats on Sky Movies.

As for the sports losing Espn means were paying more for less.

kaisersuzy

keith_d99 wrote: »

I bet it is to compensate the revenue they are losing on the sports subs.
I bet Sports subs in Ireland are way down on last year.

They have 1 less football game to offer per weekend than last year - yet charge the same price.
And yeah - still they expect you to fork out €15 for your sports sub in HD.

Drop the charge on HD and mulitroom to a fiver like UPC and they might well get more sports subs

Gonzo

my dissapointment over not giving irish viewers the new BBC HD channels was greeted by this one euro increase charge letter from sky this morning, cant get rid of sky as other family members wont live without it (sigh).

They might give us the new BBC HD channels to counteract the price increase.

englander

This increase is the straw to break the camel's back for me.

I have been getting the family warmed up to a change in TV setup.

Can someone point me to a thread that would tell me what my options are and what type of box I need.

I want a box that can take input from satellite (free channels) and aerial (RTE etc) and functionality to record either/both inputs (Sky+ functionality).


Thanks.

MBSnr

englander wrote: »

I want a box that can take input from satellite (free channels) and aerial (RTE etc) and functionality to record either/both inputs (Sky+ functionality).

Thanks.

That's a slight problem - there's no 'nice' single box answer! I did look into it a while back.

You can get a Walker PVR to record Saorview and a Humax to record Freesat. Two boxes, two remotes (unless you get a programmable one), two TV inputs. Cost about €170 for the Walker and another €200 odd for the Humax or similar Freesat PVR.

or

Get a combi box to record both. But they are limited in EPG (normally now and next on satellite only - they may have changed a bit since mine came out a few years back) and some only have one tuner so can only record one thing at once (with limited options to view another channel).

I pay €21 a month for Sky on a deal and I got €50 credit to the account after ringing and saying I could not afford it any more. So that €202 per yr for TV. Half the price of getting two boxes and a whole lot less hassle for the family.

I'm by no means a big Sky fan and if there was one non-Sky box to rule them all.... I'd probably get it as I do watch mostly FTA channels and we do get a slightly rawer deal here than in the UK. However I find I do use some of the extra things now available with Sky as well such as remote record, on demand etc....

But then I also have a FTA box in the other room if I desperately need to watch BBC 3/4 in HD...

Not sure if that helps...

englander

Thank you for that.

It certainly does help.

Got a few options to look into there.

Going to get onto Sky first and see if they can do anything but need a backup if they go ahead with cancellation.

ThisRegard

mikeym wrote: »

Sky movies is a complete waste of money.

I have it half price and I dont even watch anything thats on Sky Movies.

It all depends, I have the half price offer and I've probably watched a movie every day so far. Haven't been to the pics much recently so have a lot of catching up to do. And if you have kids it's great.

Gonzo

have to admit tho sky movies is a long way from what it used to be back in the early 90s, it was essential in the household in the days before the internet and even showed films which were sometimes as new as what was in the video libraries and newer than anything you could buy in the shops at the time, all for just 10 pounds per month.

Stopped subscribing to sky movies nearly 8 years ago when it started all the multi movie channels showing older movies and more repeats along with huge subscription increase charges. Now I take a look at what's on there and half the listings are still films from when I subscribed back in the early to mid 90s! They are still showing 'Who framed Roger Rabbit'!!!

ftakeith

just get sky's basic enetertainment package for the main tv room alongside with freesat/saorview in 2 other rooms

I only get sky sports when the heineken cup rugby, then cancel when its not on

Commander Shepard

this is the first time sky put up there prices in the last three years and its only goin up a euro

Mimikyu

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mikeym

Imo you should not have to pay €15 extra for HD if you have the complete Sky package.

Sky can hike up the prices whenever they want and we cant do anything about it.


Theres no decent competition out there unless you live in a cable tv area served by UPC.

Johnboy1951

They have to charge ye all extra to make up what they have lost from those who quit paying them

channelsurfer2

got a phone call on saturday offering 75% off for 9 months and told em no bbc3 4 hd or rte+1 and he said well think of all the other great channels. I then said yeah like channel4 hd chan5 SD and UTVHD i now how on my Freesat EPG. He had no answer for that and gave up.. when you have gone a few months without it you dont really miss it unless you are into the soccer.

Cantona's Collars

€2 increase for anyone with the premium channels,got a letter yesterday.I expect it'll be €1 for anyone without them.

Tipsy McSwagger

zerks wrote: »

€2 increase for anyone with the premium channels,got a letter yesterday.I expect it'll be €1 for anyone without them.

My bill has gone up €22 since last year, €20 for BT Sport and this €2 increase. This is bollix. I'm going to keep the basic package just for the recording function and have ordered a certain box that will give me everything else for €30 a year.

muffler

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

My bill has gone up €22 since last year, €20 for BT Sport and this €2 increase. This is bollix. I'm going to keep the basic package just for the recording function and have ordered a certain box that will give me everything else for €30 a year.

BT Sport has nothing to do with your Sky sub/

Leitrim Lady

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

. I'm going to keep the basic package just for the recording function and have ordered a certain box that will give me everything else for €30 a year.

Could you point me in the direction of the "certain box"for €30 a year....;)

Bellview

Leitrim Lady wrote: »

Could you point me in the direction of the "certain box"for €30 a year....;)

Second that

Patty O Furniture

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

My bill has gone up €22 since last year, €20 for BT Sport and this €2 increase. This is bollix. I'm going to keep the basic package just for the recording function and have ordered a certain box that will give me everything else for €30 a year.

I third that

Tipsy McSwagger

muffler wrote: »

BT Sport has nothing to do with your Sky sub/

Yes it does. The extra prem games were being shown on ESPN last season which was free to Irish customers. BT now has these games and it costs €20. Sky are upping their prices while reducing their content.

Tipsy McSwagger

Leitrim Lady wrote: »

Could you point me in the direction of the "certain box"for €30 a year....;)

Buy a skybox f5s off amazon which is perfectly legal. Just google that box and you should get a nice 'gift'.

byte

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Yes it does. The extra prem games were being shown on ESPN last season which was free to Irish customers. BT now has these games and it costs €20. Sky are upping their prices while reducing their content.

BT or ESPN have nothing to do with Sky directly though, and I'm pretty sure ESPN wasn't a freebie in UK with Sky Sports. Just here in Ireland.

Of course, you have to subscribe to Setanta to get the BT Sport channels here. In UK, you subscribe to BT Sport seperately, unless you've BT Broadband whereby it's free (for the time being).

thomur

Used to have Sky in my own home and the place I rented on the western side of the country. Missed 2 months payments after 15 years and they send a debt collector after me. Now have Freeview. Sky are dirt