This is where the sky pre-order system on Sky Premier lets everyone down.
The original promotion heavily impied that you'll be able to watch the latest cinema releases at home for a premium fee (in line with a full priced cinema ticket for a digital release) which is a fair transaction given you cannot transfer from the service.
However each pre-order release on the Sky Store does NOT indicate that these will be made available immediately after leaving the cinema, nor will be released during the cinema run leading to consumer confusion.
Likewise the media HEAVILY promoting that the film has arrived to streaming service Peacock without indication its US only has also mudded the waters given the Peacock service the UK was meant to have originally received was promoted as a full app and a perk to have in the Sky infrastructure.
If you're considering canceling the pre-order, good news - YOU CAN'T. presently there is no way to cancel on the box directly before Sky eventually releases, nor does the purchase show up in your orders on sky.com.
you would've thought Sky, Virgin, BT would've been in conversation with Peacock to secure the digital release over the Halloween period, given peoples appetite for the movie thanks to a successful promotional campaign, before many resort to VPN / pirating to maximise sales. But again sadly our UK media teams missed the mark.
Given the average delay time to VoD is 12 weeks to 6months, i'm not counting on this hitting release until post Jan, but of course how many people will have pre-ordered to watch (or believe re-rewatch) this through the sky store only to be let down, when they find out they don't have instant access..
