Sky Sports changing next week

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:51 am

Not really - just giving new names to the channels rather than 1 to 5.

There will be Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Golf & Sky Sports Action.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:59 am

Think it is a good idea as you will able to just subscribe to the football channels if you want which I read as 1 and 2 and pay less for the subscription.

Good to see there are concerns at Sky how to keep people from leaving and have come up with a cheaper alternative as an option.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:01 am

claretdom wrote:Think it is a good idea as you will able to just subscribe to the football channels if you want which I read as 1 and 2 and pay less for the subscription.

Good to see there are concerns at Sky how to keep people from leaving and have come up with a cheaper alternative as an option.

That I didn't know, it just reads like a name change. I'd certainly want to keep the football and cricket channels but would happily ditch f1.

Darthlaw · Post by **Darthlaw** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:04 am

Don't worry. I'm sure they'll manage to shave £2 per month off your subscription for dropping F1.

Just the other £78 left to find, now...

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:07 am

These are the channels

Sky Sports Main Event – Channel 401
Sky Sports Premier League – Channel 402
Sky Sports Football - Channel 403
Sky Sports Cricket - Channel 404
Sky Sports Golf – Channel 405
Sky Sports F1 – Channel 406
Sky Sports Action - Channel 407
Sky Sports Arena - Channel 408
Sky Sports News - Channel409

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:17 am

My understanding is you only get the main event if you have all the sports channels.

SkiptonClaret · Post by **SkiptonClaret** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:22 am

Swapped to BT last month. Saving over £30 per month and that's with BT UHD sport (and all their sport HD channels) and Sky Sports 1&2 included.

Les latcham fan club · Post by **Les latcham fan club** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:26 am

Will this mean kodi wont work? I have for awhile thought they would find away to block streaming on other devices.
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tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:38 am

I've only just got to know the way that they changed from the last time.

I now need to remember 2,3,4 & 5 which even with my memory shouldn't prove too difficult.

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:43 am

Les latcham fan club wrote:Will this mean kodi wont work? I have for awhile thought they would find away to block streaming on other devices.
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No.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:55 am

Ditched Sky Sports ages ago as I watch mainly motor sport which is mostly on BT sport, managed to get BT sport for £15 month for 18 months. I have the old HD package and still get the F1 channel for an extra£4 month so won't make any difference to me.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:57 pm

renewed my Sportsmania sub for 1 year this time, after my original 6 months expired yesterday, when I tuned into the GP start...and found I had expired!

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:58 pm

IanMcL wrote:renewed my Sportsmania sub for 1 year this time, after my original 6 months expired yesterday, when I tuned into the GP start...and found I had expired!

You have been out of Scotland too long if you are paying for 12 months when 6 months is available

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 4:59 pm

It would be nice if the BBC did this and put all the football on one channel.At the present the annoying habit of interupting the commentary to cover formula 1.rugby.horse racing and athletics is poor.
Why not put all these minority sports on their own channel.?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:01 pm

If you have Sky be sure to check your bills. Twice now they've added features to my account for an increase in price without my consent. Once, it can be classed as an accident. Twice, and there's quite clearly something going on where they're hoping I don't notice.

Healeywoodclaret · Post by **Healeywoodclaret** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:33 pm

That's not how I understood it at all. I got an email saying from June we would get all sky sports channels free for 5 months well mot free we currently pay £14 per month for sky sports but that we get all these extra channels free until November then that part of the package goes up to £27.50. I rang them to discuss and they basically said do nothing til November then call us back if you only want the football channels.

moaninclaret · Post by **moaninclaret** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:40 pm

Sky wont give us much of a discount for footy channels only packages, they are too greedy for that lol

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:58 pm

Hmm will have to give them a ring then when the changes are done.

Currently, if I get rid of sports they claim I'll lose all the HD channels.
I'm wondering that's still going to be the case

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:32 pm

Les latcham fan club wrote:Will this mean kodi wont work? I have for awhile thought they would find away to block streaming on other devices.
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On the contrary,I think this is Sky admitting a modicum of defeat due to the way PL games are sliced up globally, hence a rethink in pricing structure

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:37 pm

Sidney1st wrote:Hmm will have to give them a ring then when the changes are done.

Currently, if I get rid of sports they claim I'll lose all the HD channels.
I'm wondering that's still going to be the case

It's a bit of a joke still having to pay for HD channels on top of the sport subscription. Particularly when the quality of SD has obviously been downgraded.

I've not gone SHD yet but might do later this year.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:47 pm

Only thing I'd change with Sky is upgrade to a Sky Q box. Big problem is that I have so much recorded still to watch so no upgrade for me

Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:47 pm

IPTV is the way forward

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