UHD Sky Cinema Channel

[Jason+Golding]

Fully appreciate that sky cinema films are available on demand -  but I wonder if we will see a Sky Cinema UHD channel at some point. Clearly we have them with sport due to the live element, and you could argue that a cinema UHD channel isn't required, but I think it would be a nice addition 

[GD1]

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@Jason+Golding wrote:

Fully appreciate that sky cinema films are available on demand -  but I wonder if we will see a Sky Cinema UHD channel at some point. Clearly we have them with sport due to the live element, and you could argue that a cinema UHD channel isn't required, but I think it would be a nice addition 

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Well you never know, never thought we'd see 2 UHD sport channels, but here we are 🙂

As this isn't specifically a Glass/Stream thing as there is also Sky Q (satellite delivered channels) i've moved this to the whats on forum.

[Jason+Golding]

Hope so @GD1 

[nigea99]

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@GD1 wrote:

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@Jason+Golding wrote:

Fully appreciate that sky cinema films are available on demand -  but I wonder if we will see a Sky Cinema UHD channel at some point. Clearly we have them with sport due to the live element, and you could argue that a cinema UHD channel isn't required, but I think it would be a nice addition 

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Well you never know, never thought we'd see 2 UHD sport channels, but here we are 🙂

As this isn't specifically a Glass/Stream thing as there is also Sky Q (satellite delivered channels) i've moved this to the whats on forum.

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Films are quite different to live sport.

As we move to more fluid viewing, personally, I suspect Cinema Channels will reduce rather than use very expensive Satellite bandwith for  one or more UHD channels for Films that people generally prefer to watch to suit their own time table rather than watch live (I think the channels on Stream/Glass are there really only to match the Satellite ones) 

[TimmyBGood]

@Jason+Golding 

Shifting UHD data via satellite is a really expensive way of delivering bits: as @nigea99 noted above it's just about tolerable for live Sport which is a really expensive additional subscription, but I wouldn't think the sums work for Cinema

[nolte]

Sport is one of the few things people watch live

The ads for the sports uhd was "it's only live once", which is a bit different to how people watch movies

[Exiled-in-HH]

Unlikely as DSat broadcasts would allow UHD movies to be recorded!

Or would the UHD movie channels only be on the Streaming service?

[Jason+Golding]

I was thinking really more about the future and the UHD channel being in Glass or Stream j guess 

[nigea99]

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@Jason+Golding wrote:

I was thinking really more about the future and the UHD channel being in Glass or Stream j guess 

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TBH scheduled channels outside of Sports & live news/events on Glass / Stream are really just to keep a legacy reference to analogue & Satellite & provide a schedule for the live events.

Pre-Recorded material for Glass/Stream which is actually a  streaming platform will, I think, just become  streamed, available at a time to suit the viewer, like other streaming platforms.  Scheduled channels for entertainment / films don't really make sense anymore - although there will always be 'slots' for premieres for key films/shows but these won't make up a full schedule

I say all this as someone who really is still geared to the legacy of channels and still watch many shows on BBC/ITV & even the likes of  Alibi when broadcast rather than via catch up/on demand but I think I am becoming part of a minority audience who do so

[nolte]

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  @nigea99 wrote Scheduled channels for entertainment / films don't really make sense anymore - although there will always be 'slots' for premieres for key films/shows but these won't make up a full schedule

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To me, as someone that is a bit indecisive, I use the movie schedules as a bit of a 'push notification'/reminder, I am like "oh I see that film on the schedule, I will Stream it now."

Otherwise I am like a joke from Trevor Noah

"The most popular thing on TV now is scrolling through netflix, looking for something to watch"

[xenon81]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Jason+Golding 

Shifting UHD data via satellite is a really expensive way of delivering bits: as @nigea99 noted above it's just about tolerable for live Sport which is a really expensive additional subscription, but I wouldn't think the sums work for Cinema

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There is a Sky Cinema 4K channel in Italy

https://advanced-television.com/2022/01/11/sky-italia-launching-sky-cinema-4k/

[Jason+Golding]

@xenon81 @Interesting - I don't think the consideration around satellite bandwidth is of concern, as Sky could easily launch this on stream and glass as an incentive to push customers across and not launch it on Q. My underastanding is that Skys current contract with Astra runs up until 2028 and I personally don't see them extension this, by 2028 the majority of customers will be on a streaming platform rather than satellite. 

[Anonymous]

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@Jason+Golding wrote:

Fully appreciate that sky cinema films are available on demand -  but I wonder if we will see a Sky Cinema UHD channel at some point. Clearly we have them with sport due to the live element, and you could argue that a cinema UHD channel isn't required, but I think it would be a nice addition 

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Sky do have a lot, and I mean a lot of UHD movies available on demand on both Sky Q and Sky Glass/Stream but one needs the Sky Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos®  pack.

Sky Cinema channels, themselves are essentially dying (thank Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, etc), and I think in a few years more the majority of Sky Cinema content will be available on-demand or available to be bought instead. Sky may even want to cut the number of Sky Cinema channels down to one or two, like a highlight channels.

I think this was mentioned, but sports in UHD makes sense, as there are commercial premises like pubs and clubs that really benefit from UHD Sky Sports channels. I would imagine Sky need to carefully manage a balance between what customers want and need (in respect to demand). 

[TimmyBGood]

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@xenon81 wrote:

There is a Sky Cinema 4K channel in Italy

https://advanced-television.com/2022/01/11/sky-italia-launching-sky-cinema-4k/

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The UK is considerably ahead of some other European nations in ultrafast broadband rollout: in places with much lower availability, UHD satellite transmission makes more sense. 

[Jason+Golding]

@TimmyBGood @Do you mean behind ?