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The real question here is where players like SKY in the UK eventually go for content, I pay €40 a month for Skys satellite service and I am on the edge of cance
by mywacaday 5y ago
The real question here is where players like SKY in the UK eventually go for content, I pay €40 a month for Skys satellite service and I am on the edge of cancelling it, I have Netflix/Disney/Prime for a combined approx €30 a month, recently when watching live TV I spent 40 minutes channel hopping and watched nothing, most channels are now reality show filler junk, the occasional gem in there is looking less and less worth the cost and its only a matter of time before they get squeezed out of the live sports market as well.
- k-mcgrady 5y agoI think SKY is well prepared for this. With their NowTV service you can get the movies/entertainment/sports packages all separately. You can even buy the sports package for a day or a weekend. They also have quite a lot of exclusive content through SKY Atlantic + their sports offerings. On top of that they are a major Broadband provider. If they started losing full SKY TV subscriptions I think their other business areas will make up for it. I would never get SKY TV...but I've paid for their broadband + pay £30 a month for sports via NowTV.
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoThe problem in most countries I've lived is that there is a market capture with the whole 'triple play' trap. I only really need a fast internet connection but I can only get that if I bundle it with TV + Phone. Regardless of how much of a 'cable-cutter' I am, it is only financially worth getting internet-only, if I go for lower speeds. Definitely something I thing the EU competition/anti-trust teams should be looking into.
- zerkten 5y agoWikipedia suggests Sky are a subsidiary of Comcast which would suggests Universal is where they'd go for content.