Discussion topic: Poor sports commentary
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Message posted on
29 May 2026
08:58 AM
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29 May 2026
02:38 PM
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Nimbob
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Poor sports commentary
Hasn't sky really gone downhill dramatically, poor poor pundits on football, Neville carragher and that Micah, the ad break "don't go away" and it's just ONE ad, keeping players waiting. Been doing that for weeks.
no Europe for another year, and with the old firm bias on and off the pitch, it'll be last choice for next week.
cant watch darts now, unless on mute, with the drunks.
what have they done with golf, its like Chinese water torture, you can't sneeze without the thought of of a ad break coming up, and the moaning drone of a yank. Ewan you left in time.
and tennis, no French , no Australian but still full price, but hey three weeks on grass, but bbc as well.
snooker commentary is just as bad, but not on sky.
and there's there the flaming e-mail, we are all not Gen Z mentality, yapping all day, ADD the landline option.
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Message posted on 29 May 2026 09:13 AM - last edited: 29 May 2026 09:13 AM
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Re: Constant reboots
By how much would you like your Sky Sports subscription to increase so that they can outbid their competition for rights to European soccer or overseas Grand Slams?
Realistically, Sky UK is now a tiny regional platform in a world of global streamers.
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Message posted on 29 May 2026 09:15 AM
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Re: Constant reboots
If you no longer feel its value for money then so long as you're not in a discounted minimum term contact Sky to give 31 days notice to cancel.
If you have 'in contract' discounts you may not be able to remove them, because the discounts were provided on the understanding you’d be paying for the full period. Also make sure cancellation of a certain add-on doesn’t cancel another part of a discount.
You may be able to remove it via this link which includes a message option (usually available between 9am & 7.30pm) or by calling using the number that should appear.
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/change-your-package-2-t2#downgrade
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Message posted on 29 May 2026 01:33 PM
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Re: Constant reboots
Very tiny. Too dear enough
Message posted on 06 Jun 2026 07:11 PM
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Runaround
It doesn't help sky, when you get the runaround. Treating customers like a gym membership.
tried to watch the golf, as no French open, and all you get is the yank, couldn't wait long enough for the add breaks, no football till August, trump soccer is off, be great if you can switch off and on, as they are charging £30 for nothing
Message posted on 06 Jun 2026 07:29 PM
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Re: Runaround
@Patches11 wrote:
tried to watch the golf, as no French open, and all you get is the yank, couldn't wait long enough for the add breaks, no football till August,
The World Cup starts in less than a week - on BBC and ITV
be great if you can switch off and on, as they are charging £30 for nothing
We have already said it you don't find the package value for money then see if you can cancel it.
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Message posted on 07 Jun 2026 09:20 AM - last edited: 07 Jun 2026 09:28 AM
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Re: Runaround
@Patches11 wrote:
tried to watch the golf, as no French open,
Rights owned by TNT
and all you get is the yank, couldn't wait long enough for the add breaks,
Probably the global feed provided by the venue
no football till August, trump soccer is off,
In the UK the FIFA World Cup is a 'protected' event which has to be on free-to-air channels: that's a long-standing political decision.
You perhaps aren't grasping the nature of the planet-wide sports business: Sky cannot just turn up with a camera crew anywhere on the planet and demand entrance...
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Message posted on 07 Jun 2026 07:55 PM
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Unwatchable golf
Thanks. Sky. With five hours of live golf, I'm watching columbo and old episodes of doctor at large, to avoid the ads
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