Sky tv after 2029

[TimmyBGood]

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@simon194 wrote:

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Here's a radical thought. Re-purpose Sky Q boxes as streaming boxes. I can be done because the very first Sky Italia streaming boxes were repurposed V1 Sky Q boxes. They even had the satellite tuner and the obligatory terrestrial TV tuner that was required in Italy.

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Sky Q is a decade old (with its last hardware revision in 2019), only supports UHD output to one screen, and doesn't integrate with wider Comcast infrastructure because it was developed when Sky Group was an independent company.

[GardenZen]

As of today on sky.com in Ireland, Sky Q is coming is as a new business option: 

https://www.sky.com/ie/tv/sky-q

[Paul_G]

And it's a lot cheaper than Sky Q in the UK too

[GardenZen]

In ROI Sky stream doesn't even include ITV or 5 channels. You can add all these channels to Q with excellent reception. 

[BenJoBanjo]

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@GardenZen wrote:

As of today on sky.com in Ireland, Sky Q is coming is as a new business option: 

https://www.sky.com/ie/tv/sky-q

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Funny that they're using the image of a Stream puck to illustrate the Sky Q minibox... oops.

[GardenZen]

They still offer Sky Q. When you ring them merely asking about it causes their staff to quickly admit it's better. Next time you speak to eg a Sky engineer ask them if they themselves use Sky Q or stream. 

[Crakila]

Yeah a lot of people here watch UTV (ITV Northern Ireland) and the other ITV channels (2,3,4.... Quiz) via the manual channels.

The problem is, Sky relies on people using iPlayer and ITVX but those are not available in Ireland (Even through BBC1,2,3,4 is available to us (Channel 141,142, etc))

but Virgin Media Player and RTE Player are not suitable replacements for the iPlayer/ITVX so our options are very lacking.

It will be a silly move if Sky discontinues Q here in Ireland. 

[nigea99]

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@Crakila wrote:

Yeah a lot of people here watch UTV (ITV Northern Ireland) and the other ITV channels (2,3,4.... Quiz) via the manual channels.

The problem is, Sky relies on people using iPlayer and ITVX but those are not available in Ireland (Even through BBC1,2,3,4 is available to us (Channel 141,142, etc))

but Virgin Media Player and RTE Player are not suitable replacements for the iPlayer/ITVX so our options are very lacking.

It will be a silly move if Sky discontinues Q here in Ireland. 

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I feel we must re-iterate that SKY Q is still available in the UK - just not available to select online (as per the post marked Answer)

Even though Ireland may still be offering it online, I suspect it may also stop being offered online in the not too distant future. 

We are a few years away from the Satellites running out of fuel but this will happen towards the end of the decade and as we approach that, then no doubt SKY Q offering will cease. Clearly there would be no point in offering 24 month contracts for something that cannot be provided

[Paul_G]

It will be telling about 2028 then when I come to renew again. I'm due next year then 2028.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Crakila wrote:

It will be a silly move if Sky discontinues Q here in Ireland. 

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The same satellites serve the UK/NI and RoI, so there's no possibility of maintaining access in one but not the other.