Future of satellite TV feedback

[Invisiblename]

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@Dobber1234 wrote:

It may be inevitable, but it's still not fair to put people out of work like that

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Try telling that to the miners, steel workers, car manufacturers etc etc etc.

[Chodley]

Companies don't exist to be fair to anyone other than shareholders, unfortunately.

If I were your mate, I'd be glad I have 4-5 years to figure out what else to re-train in. Some people don't get that much warning.

[Nadsack69]

Hey all!

I have an idea. How about everyone stop replying to Dobber1234? I happened upon this thread, while searching for something else, and the old 'Dreams/Reality" gif comes to mind when I read their posts. They're not going to accept the reality of how satellite TV will cease to exist by 2029/30, no matter how often you tell them. That's obvious. Leave them to rant and rave to themselves in an empty room.

[Chodley]

Ah, he's harmless enough and just wants something we can't have.

It's like when Blakes Seven ended, I was in the same state of mind.

[Dobber1234]

Sorry if I have upset anyone but I am doing nothing wrong obviously there is some kind of a rule here which prohibits talking about the same topic over and over again that's fine. I won't bother you anymore. Any of you sorry I'm extremely upset. I thought this was a space where I wouldn't be judged But obviously I was wrong. Thank you. Goodbye

[rab666]

well my sky contract is up if i go to streming it£125 and if i stay on sky q   it £156  hmmmmmm just because i want to recored and sky q in done with moden how can they charge that diff 

[Chodley]

They can charge what they like. You can decide if you want to pay it or not.

[TimmyBGood]

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@rab666 wrote:

how can they charge that diff 

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Largely because Q is now a legacy product (from nearly a decade ago) which wasn't developed by the current owners of Sky, and which they appear to be transitioning away from a a business policy.

[AnytimePlus+On+VM]

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@rab666 wrote:

well my sky contract is up if i go to streming it£125 and if i stay on sky q   it £156  hmmmmmm just because i want to recored and sky q in done with moden how can they charge that diff 

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The deals aren't what they used to be.  Whether that's the current economic climate, the newish owners combination of both or more I don't know.

Sometimes phoning them again on another day yields another offer.  It did for us, but still nothing like it used to be.  Sky is a luxury item really, it's not a requirement and they charge a luxury price.

We love our Sky Q it does everything that we wanted the old Sky+ HD to do, esp. the shared planner.  For us it's perfect, we use the recording feature a lot, but also the apps (and a mini box).

Maybe more for a Sky Stream thread rather than a Q one, but when Q finally does die I have to admit that we may no longer be a Sky customer.  By then pretty much all content (excl. sports) is going to be app based pretty much won't it.  Even the likes of Sky Atlantic will be HBO/MAX whatever their app will be.

At that point doesn't Sky Stream just become an expensive aggregator?

I'd have thought an Apple TV/Chromecast/Firestick with the apps will do and additionally subscribe to Now for the odd bit of sport required.  Or have I over simplified things 😉

[AndrewF_UK]

@AnytimePlus+On+VM  I don't think that you've oversimplified things, but I'd argue you've underestimated how coherent the Sky Stream package is compared to competing platforms. Apple TV is the best-in-class among the big tech platforms, but when it comes to live TV and UK-focused content, it doesn't really compare to Sky imo... you can't even get subtitles on iPlayer!

Putting tech aside, I think we're reaching peak subscriptions at the moment. The costs of each of these services can now cost more than traditional pay TV ever did. I expect that we're going to see that shift back to bundling through companies like Sky, something we've already seen with Netflix and Discovery+ and the upcoming Max launch being bundled with Sky. In the US, Comcast launched "Streamsaver" which included Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV and their version of NOW in one bundle.

The Sky service on the Apple hardware would be the ultimate experience, for sure.

[Chodley]

If only AppleTV+ made the tile you've currently selected even vaguely distinguishable from all the others.