Why so many adverts? Value for Money?

[Jason+Golding]

Sky Uk made 2.2 BILLION pounds PROFIT ! in 2019. Appreciate we are 4 years down the line, but I doubt very much if the profits are even now less than 2 billion from the Uk operation. Sky UK customers are paying the price for poor performance in Germany and Italy 

[Paul+Boland]

@Jason+Golding 

https://www.skygroup.sky/locations

Sky Group is

Sky UK

Sky Ireland

Sky Germany

Sky Italy

Also in

Austria

Belgium

Portugal

Switzerland

Also includes

Sky Studios

Now

[Jason+Golding]

Uk and Ireland are one entity within the group. In 2019 there was no sky studio 

[Paul+Boland]

@Jason+Golding 

Sky UK and Sky Ireland are separate divisions within Sky Group

Sky Ireland has a separate website to Sky UK

Sky Ireland (Republic of Ireland)

Head Office Level 4 Burlington Plaza 1, Burlington Road, Dublin 4.

Sky Ireland has to do separate carrier supply agreements with channel broadcasters

This is why channels provided is different between UK and Republic of Ireland

This also why Sky Glass in Ireland was launched in August 2022 and not same time as UK October 2021

Sky Studios was previously Sky Vision 

[TimmyBGood]

@Jason+Golding 

They also didn't factor in a European war (somewhat significant when purchasing a European company), fuel prices soaring, interest rate rises, inflation and a cost of living crisis all causing subscribers, including those in the UK, to question the value of their product...

[Jason+Golding]

@Paul+Boland  You're wrong. Sky Ireland is a subsidiary of Sky UK. Sky UK sits within the Comcast group 

[Jason+Golding]

@Paul+Boland 

Sky UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky Group, with its current company directors (including that of Sky Ireland) being Executive Vice-president Stephen van Rooyen Its corporate headquarters are at the Sky Studios in Isleworth.

[Paul+Boland]

@Jason+Golding 

Comcast Owns Sky Group

Sky Group is

Sky UK

Sky Ireland

Sky Germany

Sky Italy

Sky also available in

Austria

Belgium

Portugal

Switzerland

Also includes

Sky Studios (was previously Sky Vision)

Now

When Comcast purchased Sky Group Sky Studios replaced Sky Vision

JD Buckley is Chief Executive Officer of Sky Ireland

https://www.skygroup.sky/our-leadership/jd-buckley

Sky Ireland (Republic of Ireland)

Head Office Level 4 Burlington Plaza 1, Burlington Road, Dublin 4.

[Jason+Golding]

@Paul+Boland  You're wrong they are counted as the same business group, unlike sky Italia and Deutschland. 

https://www.skygroup.sky/our-leadership/stephen-van-rooyen

[Paul+Boland]

@Jason+Golding 

Do you not understand Sky Ireland has to do separate carrier supply  agreements for providing channels in Republic of Ireland

[Jason+Golding]

@Paul+Boland  Do you not understand that when sky UK negoatiates programming rights it does so for the Uk and Rep of Ireland.  Not just the UK 

[Paul+Boland]

@Jason+Golding 

Sky Ireland does separate carrier supply agrements to UK in regards to the non sky Channels 

It's Sky Ireland that does supply deal  agreements with BBC/Channel 4/Virgin Media etc  and also with Premier Sports/Viaplay Sports and other channels broadcaster that are not Sky own brand channels

This is why Republic get channels  that UK don't get and UK get channels that Republic don't get

The supply of third party channels are done separately in regards UK and Republic of Ireland

[Jason+Golding]

@Paul+Boland And so what? 

[bob1234]

Does it realy matter it is what it is, we pay the subscription or move somewhere else which may be no better.

[MPE]

If the dreadful skip ads does not improve and sky doesn't reduce the amount of ads when my subs are up i'm off. There's better out there now.

Skip ads on sky controlled programs are dreadful however on other channels skip ads work well. Sky need to buck there act up