Sky Package prices increasing on 1st Feb 2013.

Mr Cumulonimbus · 20-11-2012 03:45PM #1

Was looking at my online account earlier. There's a note there stating that Sky Package prices will increase on 1st February 2013.

Wonder what sort of increase is on the cards? €5 for all premium packages maybe? A lesser amount for the Entertainment and Entertainment Extra packs?

Zardoz · 20-11-2012 04:14PM

Well someone has to pay for the ludicrous 70% increase in EPL costs for the next 3 seasons.
They certainly wont be getting any more money out of me .

Its currently 91 euro for the Sky World HD pack (overpriced by 50% in my opinion) how much more do they think they can screw out of people .They are almost as bad as our politicians who kept on inflating the housing bubble.

Sky's prices should be coming down if anything .
Five years ago people needed Sky/Cable to get the Irish and Uk Terrestrial channels in Digital quality .
You can now get a good Enigma 2 receiver for well under 200 euro that will give you a 7 day guide for Freesat and Saorview.
At least 70 decent channels in digital quality,pvr,timeshift,series link,radio channels,internet radio,for no annual costs.
Modern tv's have smart functionality too and you can download shows if you so please.
Sky has lost its edge,its codding itself .

snaps · 20-11-2012 07:14PM

ive seen it on my bill now. no indications on how much these increases will be.

scout353 · 21-11-2012 03:50PM

Time to mobilize a new campaign methinks!!

Agree with Zardoz - Sky is no longer great value and even wall to wall soccer is no longer attractive - seems to prove the point that most games are poor. And any of the champions league games are all now available on terrestrial HD channels now so come Feb 1 it's time to say goodbye to Sky and considering I am paying €106 per month, in two months I'll have paid for the new box!!!

snaps · 21-11-2012 04:16PM

scout353 wrote: »

Time to mobilize a new campaign methinks!!

Agree with Zardoz - Sky is no longer great value and even wall to wall soccer is no longer attractive - seems to prove the point that most games are poor. And any of the champions league games are all now available on terrestrial HD channels now so come Feb 1 it's time to say goodbye to Sky and considering I am paying €106 per month, in two months I'll have paid for the new box!!!

yes, we rarely watch movies. The kids channels we now have on a foreign package we have. Its just the sport channels that keep me. I certainly won't pay anymore for less than 10% of my viewing. (kids watch boomerang and Disney channel which we watch mostly on polish tv due to dual languages spoken in my family). The only thing ill miss is sky go. But im sure ill do without it.

MrFrisp · 21-11-2012 04:21PM

We got that note as well this morning.

We only have the basic pack,,with the Nat geo,History,Discovery,,etc.. €33 a month.

Looks like We'll be getting rid of that.. No matter what sky offer,,no way is it worth any more. I'm afraid to think what people with the sports/movies/HD/Multi-Room are going to end up paying.
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Dozen Wicked Words · 21-11-2012 04:29PM

I have the basics, currently 25 a month. I will probably cancel if it goes up more than euro or 2. Will invest in decent freesat box and pay the few euro a month to access US Netflix via my ps3.

snaps · 21-11-2012 05:01PM

dooferoaks wrote: »

I have the basics, currently 25 a month. I will probably cancel if it goes up more than euro or 2. Will invest in decent freesat box and pay the few euro a month to access US Netflix via my ps3.

pay tv is only worth it for sports really. But I think that dog has had its day now. I wonder how the commercial rates will go?

MrFrisp · 21-11-2012 05:10PM

snaps wrote: »

pay tv is only worth it for sports really. But I think that dog has had its day now. I wonder how the commercial rates will go?

I think it's going to start making people look at the illegal methods of getting their sports and movies.
For the price it can be got at,,more and more will think it's worth the risk.
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snaps · 21-11-2012 05:13PM

MrFrisp wrote: »

I think it's going to start making people look at the illegal methods of getting their sports and movies.
For the price it can be got at,,more and more will think it's worth the risk.
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yes its a shame, I love my football and sometimes because of the censorship we have in Ireland by not having certain matches on (like they do in mainland Europe away from the UK) I've found myself watching the odd stream here and there. Its amazinly easy to find good streams.

GoodisonPark · 21-11-2012 05:13PM

Dumped Sky last year for a Dreambox , have'nt looked back since.

Skill Magill · 21-11-2012 05:23PM

GoodisonPark wrote: »

Dumped Sky last year for a Dreambox , have'nt looked back since.

Are these dodgy skyboxes? Sick of paying for sky, nowt but adds and movies I never watch

MrFrisp · 21-11-2012 05:31PM

eoing1 wrote: »

Are these dodgy skyboxes? Sick of paying for sky, nowt but adds and movies I never watch

Any other method of getting sky other than upc can't and won't be discussed on here.
All I'll say is that if you want the discussion to go further,start pm chats,,or the thread wil be closed,,and a few members will be getting a free holiday from the Forums.

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GoodisonPark · 21-11-2012 05:59PM

There's nothing dodgy about a Dreambox , can be used for receiving FTA channels , some people , as a hobby , can set them up to unscramble encrypted channels. Sky did take a case against someone in the UK who was doing this and Sky lost their case , but if anyone would like to know more about how they work then feel free to PM me.

MrFrisp · 21-11-2012 06:03PM

GoodisonPark wrote: »

There's nothing dodgy about a Dreambox , can be used for receiving FTA channels , some people , as a hobby , can set them up to unscramble encrypted channels. Sky did take a case against someone in the UK who was doing this and Sky lost their case , but if anyone would like to know more about how they work then feel free to PM me.

Ahh yeah,,fair enough,and well done for taking it on..But if you check back through a lot of old threads regarding Dreamboxes on here,you'll see the Mods closed a lot of them.
I have one Myself,and I also have an OpenBox S9..
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NIMAN · 21-11-2012 06:17PM

GoodisonPark wrote: »

Dumped Sky last year for a Dreambox , have'nt looked back since.

Dumped $ky 2 years ago for Freesat, and haven't missed anything I didn't want to see.

pa990 · 21-11-2012 06:38PM

the increase will probably be 1Euro pm, not too much that it will turn people away.
and probably another 1Euro increase in sept.

personally I'm not worried. as I ditched sky 4 or 5 yrs ago and got a freesst+ box.

between freesat and torrents, I've never been short of something to watch

Cantona's Collars · 21-11-2012 08:34PM

Has anybody questioned them on the promised price freeze until August 2013?

Surely there's some sort of breach of contract on their behalf somewhere.

Fresh Pots · 21-11-2012 08:36PM

Well if there is an increase I'd imagine it'll only be for new customers. That way they wouldn't be breaking any contracts.

lertsnim · 21-11-2012 08:59PM

Anyone who changed their package would also be liable for an increase.

muffler · 22-11-2012 12:36AM

zerks wrote: »

Has anybody questioned them on the promised price freeze until August 2013?

Surely there's some sort of breach of contract on their behalf somewhere.

Cant remember if it was yourself or someone else who mentioned this in another thread a while ago but I never once seen Sky state that prices were frozen until any specific month in 2013. It was always 2013 that I seen

STB · 22-11-2012 01:07AM

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Well if there is an increase I'd imagine it'll only be for new customers. That way they wouldn't be breaking any contracts.

Existing customers can be ones who are in a 12 month contract or have signed up to some new package which puts them at day 1!

Source: http://www.sky.com/ireland/terms-conditions/tv/

SKY's T&C wrote:

Under the Sky digital Subscription Contract we can increase the prices for the Stand-alone Premium Channels or extra Sky Premium Channels at any time during the Minimum Term. However, in all other cases we can only increase the relevant Subscription Payment once during the Minimum Term. This increase won't affect you during the first 60 days of your subscription to your chosen service(s) and will not be more than either 10% of your subscription or the increase in the UK Retail Price Index over the last 12 months before we tell you about that price increase, whichever is greater. Under the Sky digital Subscription Contract, if at any time you change your chosen Service, you will pay the then current price for your new Service from the day you first receive it.

We promise to give you at least 31 days notice before we put the price of your subscription(s) up

No wonder people are leaving in droves.

pa990 · 22-11-2012 12:43PM

When i was renovating my house, i had two sat cables put into almost every room, and a multiswitch in the hot press.

People couldnt understand why, they all thought i was going mad by putting Sky+ into every room. When i explained about freesat i was given blank stares or was told that i would only get shopping channels.

Who's laughing now.
Free multi channel tv everywhere in the house.

I've no problem with sky, and i've no problem with people having it, but imo it is a complete rip off, considering that most of the channels watched are FTA.

Cantona's Collars · 22-11-2012 09:11PM

muffler wrote: »

Cant remember if it was yourself or someone else who mentioned this in another thread a while ago but I never once seen Sky state that prices were frozen until any specific month in 2013. It was always 2013 that I seen

It was on literature previously but now just seems to say 2013.Very suspicious.Even a link I found is now dead??

zg3409 · 23-11-2012 12:36PM

Rang Sky, spoke to an Irish person. It does apply to ROI accounts. Increase will be from 01.02.2013. Could not tell me increases. Letters will be sent out shortly (in the coming weeks)

Denied August 2013 for ROI though that date can be found in a few web searches but no official record of old offers found.

zg3409 · 23-11-2012 03:21PM

The closest I could find of "official" information on a Sky price is from here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20110604235859/http://www.sky.com/ireland

which is an archive of the main page from June 2011. It says there price freeze until 2013 with no mention of August. People may be confused with the date of the UK offer which ended August 2012 vs the Irish offer which ends in 2013.

There is a mention of August 2013 here:
http://www.digitalworldz.co.uk/266687-sky-freezing-tv-prices.html

which seems to be a copy and paste of an internal Sky document. Sky may have changed their mind before they went public with the offer. However I can find no other proof of that August 2013 date.

kollegeknight · 23-11-2012 03:50PM

I use the entertainment package. Contacted sky by online chat. raised issue and this is the reply i got

Saifulla: Just checking that for you now.
Saifulla: There is no increase on Feb 2013, please ignore the letter and I've checked the account there is no increase on your package.

pricewise987 · 23-11-2012 03:54PM

Calm down lads...

If it's an increase of a Euro a month does it really matter whether it's in February or in August..?????

lertsnim · 23-11-2012 06:05PM

pricewise987 wrote: »

Calm down lads...

If it's an increase of a Euro a month does it really matter whether it's in February or in August..?????

Surely the later the better?

mikeym · 23-11-2012 06:23PM

The movies package is a waste of money. Especially when most of us know someone that that has the latest movies on their hard drive.

snaps · 23-11-2012 06:32PM

pricewise987 wrote: »

Calm down lads...

If it's an increase of a Euro a month does it really matter whether it's in February or in August..?????

It wont be a euro, Sky have to pay all those primadonnas that play in the EPL. It cost Sky 3 billion this time around for the EPL rights. Sky may well have a shock coming there way this time around. What with saorview and FTA the way it is.

Sky Package prices increasing on 1st Feb 2013.

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