Zaph wrote: » Ah ffs, I'm not at all happy about that. Haven't received any notification yet myself, but that's grossly unfair to anyone who has been paying over the odds for the HD package for years just so we can keep the F1 channel.
Zaph wrote: » There are often deals for Sky Sports on NowTV. Been using it myself while all the EPL matches are on TV, but was planning on probably dropping it at the end of the season and I still would have had the F1 channel on my Sky subscription. Looks like I'll switch to a cheaper Sky package now and hold on to NowTV as well.
dastardly00 wrote: » I'm not a Sky customer but I thought the idea behind the Sky Sports F1, Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Cricket channels etc. was that a customer could pick and choose the specific channels they wanted based on a sport.
v10 wrote: » Well for me F1 was the main reason I was holding on to my sky subscription. Can't remember the last time (other than F1) that I've watched something live, it's always recorded or catchup. These days there's so many easy ways to get TV after it's aired that Sky just seems a total rip off. As long as we've Netflix and Disney in the house everyone else is happy. So losing F1 was the nail in the coffin. I've just signed up for F1 TV Pro @ €65 for a year so I'll see how that goes.
antodeco wrote: » I ditched all my sky sports and sports channels about a year ago (including NowTV). Use a different service now that provides me with all the sports channels for a lot less. Obviously not something I'd discuss on here
jhegarty wrote: » Does that sub work in Ireland ?
v10 wrote: » [...] I've just signed up for F1 TV Pro @ €65 for a year so I'll see how that goes.
joujoujou wrote: » For all interested, few countries have F1 TV Pro priced @ 50 euro a year, and other few weekly free trial.
ads20101 wrote: » Is this happening to subscribers that are out of contract (that could leave tomorrow if they wanted to) or is this affecting those currently in an active annual contract. Because, if it is the latter, I renewed in December of last year and they used the fact that I watched and had the legacy f1 channel as a sales tactic to keep me. I’d be more than a bit miffed if sky had misled me in such an open and transparent way.
17larsson wrote: If you have good internet, spend a day researching alternative methods and you'll never look back
Wanderer78 wrote: » Just bought a Chromecast, it's 'alternatives' all the way, but I have to say, there still seems to be good deals out there, other than sky. I've spent lockdown testing a shed load of 'alternatives', some truly dreadful ones out there, but I'm after finding some gems to, be careful where you spend your money folks
rock22 wrote: » Interested how this works as i also have Chromecast. How do you get F1 on Chromecast?
LIGHTNING wrote: » The move to pay channels is what pretty much killed WRC viewer figures. They are doing the same with Rugby and its only a matter of time before it nose dives as well.
seamusk84 wrote: » But sure what can we do.
flazio wrote: » Personally, if bootleggers are involved in other shady dealings, I'd be afraid any of my personal or payment details would end up in the hands of the authorities if they ever catch up with them.
AMKC wrote: » I think the contract Sky made with Vernie Ecclestone must have had something saying that the F1 channel should only be sold with the other sports channels as maybe they thought that would get them more viewers but it's not.
lertsnim wrote: » Can UK Sky customers not subscribe to individual sport channels rather than taking them all? Even if they couldn't that would be a very strange stipulation to have on a contract.
