Freely TV

[mkderby]

Well been with sky for 19 years. Saddens me that today I gave my notice in. Firstly the price has gone from 38 to 62 a month. Retention got it to 46 a month. Well I did a TV audit and 95%of the time I watch the free to air channels, so after a couple of months of research I went to freely. I git a nice new 4k TV for £350.and now subscription free TV. It's amazing. And no monthly cost Sky I would have paid over £1400 in fees in 2 years. I fact I am. Going to buy another new TV for the bedroom and I am still quids in. Sky sort your product out and look after your customer who have supported you for many years. I have no TV aerial and so freely is a good substitute for me. Take care all and if you want to save money you know what to do.

[TimmyBGood]

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@mkderby wrote:
 Sky sort your product out

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In what way?  If the content on FTA television suits your particular needs then you've made the obvious decision: someone who wants, for example, new HBO series or Premier League football is going to stick with Sky.

[Marlu-Nyu]

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@mkderby wrote:
Well been with sky for 19 years. Saddens me that today I gave my notice in. Firstly the price has gone from 38 to 62 a month. Retention got it to 46 a month. Well I did a TV audit and 95%of the time I watch the free to air channels, so after a couple of months of research I went to freely. I git a nice new 4k TV for £350.and now subscription free TV. It's amazing. And no monthly cost Sky I would have paid over £1400 in fees in 2 years. I fact I am. Going to buy another new TV for the bedroom and I am still quids in. Sky sort your product out and look after your customer who have supported you for many years. I have no TV aerial and so freely is a good substitute for me. Take care all and if you want to save money you know what to do.

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So £19 in 2006 is worth £33 in 2025. Sky also needs to pay licence fees, news broadcasters, live presenters, sports rights, etc. At thinking like that, £68 is not too bad. 

An alternative you could have gotten is Sky Essential TV. This gives access to channels that are "free-to-air channels*", their catch-up and streaming services. On Sky Stream, this is only £15 month (2 year min term). This is only £180 per year.

So, you could have gotten TV for less that the price 19 years ago. 

(* includes RTÉ and TG4 channels in Northern Ireland)

[Timelord2018]

Sky Essential TV does come across as designed with HBO Max launch in mind (since Sky bundle agreement isn't exclusive)

[Timelord2018]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

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@mkderby wrote:
 Sky sort your product out

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In what way?  If the content on FTA television suits your particular needs then you've made the obvious decision: someone who wants, for example, new HBO series or Premier League football is going to stick with Sky.

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Not really a good example , would become a co exclusive with HBO Max until it naturally expires from Sky at a later date (this is how the current output deal works for post 2020 shows until that runs out)

Sky this year have acquired something like 5 US shows, 3 are from NBC Universal, 1 each from Sony and Fifth Season along with Sky Originals you can see the direction of travel whether that's value for money is another matter.